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Cal Biesecker
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ArmyLockheed Martin Notches Up 14th Successful PAC-3 Missile Test
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said its PAC-3 missile, for the 14th time, successfully detected, tracked and intercepted an aerodynamic tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target in a test yesterday at White Sands […]
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Army
MBDA Germany Successfully Tests 40kW High-Energy laser Demonstrator
MBDA Germany yesterday said it has achieved a power of 40 kW using its high-energy laser demonstrator during a laser firing campaign. The laser power generated by patented beam coupling […]
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Homeland Security
Navy Concentrates On Midcourse, Terminal Ballistic Missile Defense
The Navy’s ballistic missile defense priorities are on intercepting an adversary’s ballistic missiles in the midcourse or terminal phase–exactly where the most recent assessment of missile defense programs recommends putting […]
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Business/FinancialSikorsky, PZL Mielec, Sign Agreement With Poland’s Principal MRO Company
Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) [UTX] and PZL Miele, which produce S-70i™ Black Hawk helicopters in Poland, said they signed a Letter of Intent with Poland’s principal maintenance, repair and overhaul […]
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Air ForceU.S. Should Concentrate On Midcourse BMD, Not Boost Phase, Report Says
The United States should concentrate on midcourse missile defense systems and “stop spending money on boost-phase defense systems of any kind,” said a new, congressionally mandated report released yesterday by […]
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Business/Financial
Navistar Issues Statement Refuting Carl Icahn’s Concerns
Navistar International Corp. [NAV] yesterday responded with “disappointment” to an open letter issued Sept. 9 by activist stockholder Carl Icahn that called the company “a poster child for abysmal business […]
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Army
GTV Will Not Pursue JLTV Protest
General Tactical Vehicles (GTV), a joint venture between General Dynamics Land Systems [GD] and AM General LLC, yesterday said it decided not to pursue a protest of the Army’s Joint […]
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Army
Persistent Surveillance JLENS Demos Ability To Detect, Track, Swarming Boats
Raytheon’s [RTN] Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) has demonstrated its capability to detect and track swarming boats hundreds of miles away in test scenarios […]
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Business/Financial
Northrop Grumman Unit Executes Teaming Agreement With Brazilian Firm
Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said it has executed a teaming agreement with Flight Technologies Sistemas S/A to develop national security technologies for Brazil. Northrop Grumman’s Overseas Service Corporation and Flight […]
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Army
Boeing Expecting First PBL Contract For Chinook Rotor Blades
MILLVILLE, N.J.–In a tight budget environment, keeping the Army’s Ch-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopter ready and flying leads to new types of contracts and innovative thinking, according to an executive […]