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Cal Biesecker
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Business/FinancialPrecision Castparts To Acquire Timet, Expands Titanium Capabilities And Reach
Precision Castparts [PCP] last week said it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Titanium Metals Corporation [TIE] for $16.50 per share in cash. The transaction values Titanium Metals Corporation […]
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DEFENSE WATCH
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Hill Hopping. HASC leadership is expected to decide in the next few weeks whom the new subcommittee chairmen will […]
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InternationalNATO Missile Defense Successful In Second Live Fire Test
NATO’s interim Command and Control system for territorial missile defense passed its second live fire test Nov. 1, facilitating a successful missile defense engagement by German assets, using information from […]
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ArmyGeneral Dynamics To Deliver New Radio For Nett Warrior Soldiers
General Dynamics [GD] C4 Systems yesterday said it received an order from the Army to deliver a new secure radio for Nett Warrior soldiers. The Low-Rate Initial Production order for […]
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Army
MBDA Germany Successfully Tests High-Energy Laser Demonstrator
MBDA Germany yesterday said the company’s high-energy laser demonstrator was used to demonstrate the complete deployment sequence in countering rockets, artillery and mortar shells (C-RAM) for the first time on […]
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Army
Tank Production A Strategic Issue, Pennsylvania Lawmaker Tells VP Biden
Pennsylvania State Sen. John Blake (D) is concerned about the potential end of M1 Abrams tank production and wrote to Vice President Joe Biden that he agrees with President Obama […]
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Business/Financial
General Dynamics UK Specialist Vehicle Tests Increasing Confidence In Its Capability
General Dynamics UK [GD] yesterday said its Specialist Vehicle (SV), the core of the British Army’s Future Armored Fighting Vehicle (AFV) program, is already increasing confidence in its capabilities in […]
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Army
BAE Systems Prepares For AMPV Request For Proposals
BAE Systems is preparing to offer a Bradley-based tracked vehicle with specific improvements for the Army’s Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) competition, which is expected to replace the M113 family of […]
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Business/Financial
Thales To Acquire Gentex Corp.’s Helmet Mounted Display And Motion Tracking Businesses
France’s Thales on Monday said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) and motion tracking businesses from the privately-owned Gentex Corp. For Thales, the […]
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Army
Army Selects DARPA Wireless Network-After-Next Radios to Support NIE
The Army has selected the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Wireless Network after Next (WNaN) radios to support the Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 13.1 experiment at Fort Bliss, Texas. […]