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Cal Biesecker
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ArmySELEX Galileo Launches Kit To Transform Land Vehicles To Remotely Operated Vehicles
Finmeccanica’s SELEX Galileo said it has launched the Automated Computerized Mobility Equipment (ACME) kit that can be installed on any land vehicle to turn it into a remotely operated vehicle. […]
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SAC Recommends Full MEADS Proof of Concept Funding
The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) last week approved full funding in the defense appropriations measure for fiscal year 2012 for a two- year “Proof of Concept” for the tri-national Medium […]
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DEFENSE WATCH
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Presidential Ride. The defense appropriations bill the SAC approved Sept. 15 calls for cutting $119.3 million from the Pentagon’s […]
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General Dynamics To Upgrade Netherlands Marines Tactical Communications
General Dynamics [GD] UK yesterday said it has been awarded an approximately $5.3 million contract to upgrade the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps’ (RNLMC) New Integrated Marines Communications and Information System […]
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Army
Textron Defense Systems Offers Three-Year Proposal For Army RPG Active Protection Program
Textron Defense Systems [TXT] yesterday said it submitted a three-year proposal to the Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) for the Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) Active Protection, or […]
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Raytheon, RAMSYS, Meet Upgrade Requirements For RAM Block 2
Raytheon [RTN] and its German industry partner, RAMSYS, yesterday said they completed missile upgrades and integration testing as part of the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2 program. The partnership […]
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Air ForceIntelligence Integration Key To NRO Future, Director Says
Integrating more sensors and doing it faster and cheaper is the direction for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) as it moves into its second 50 years, the director said. “We […]
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Violent Extremists, Weapons Proliferation, Concerns For AFRICOM General
The safety and security of weapons in Libya, and preventing them from moving into the hands of violent extremists is something that the head of U.S. African Command is concerned […]
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ATK Awarded $30 Million In Orders For Non-Standard Ammunition
ATK [ATK] yesterday said it received a $30 million order to supply non-standard (non-NATO) ammunition to the security forces of Afghanistan via the U.S. Army’s Product Director, Non-Standard Ammunition, Picatinny […]
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InternationalBAE Systems Signs On To Australian Global Supply Chain Deed
Australia’s Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare Monday signed a Global Supply Chain Deed with BAE Systems plc. The Deed was signed on behalf of BAE Systems plc by the […]