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Cal Biesecker
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CongressPanetta, Kendall Request MEADS Support From Key Senators
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall have written key senators asking for their support for Fiscal Year 2013 funding […]
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Business/FinancialJumper Elected Chair of SAIC Board of Directors
SAIC Inc. [ SAI] yesterday said President and CEO John Jumper has been elected Chair of the SAIC Board of Directors, effective June 15. Jumper succeeds A. Thomas Young, who […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin To Improve Protection, Upgrade MLRS Launchers
Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it received a $27.1 million Army contract for the first phase of a three-year development program to increase crew protection and update the service’s fleet […]
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Business/Financial
Aerospace Companies Open New Research Lab In Netherlands
A new laboratory that provides thermoplastic composites research for Boeing [ BA] and other aerospace companies has opened at Enschede in the Netherlands. “With this opening, the Thermoplastics Composites Research […]
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Business/Financial
Ed Timmes Joins General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems
General Dynamics [GD] Advanced Information Systems yesterday said Edward Timmes has joined the company as vice president of its Intelligence Systems business in its Cyber Systems division. Timmes will lead […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
Boeing [BA]’s Board of Directors yesterday declared a regular quarterly dividend of $.44 per share, according to Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney. The dividend is payable Sept. 7 to […]
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Army
New C4ISR Integration Lab For NIE Risk Reduction Opens At Aberdeen Proving Ground
The new laboratory hub for Command, Control, Communications, Computer Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (C4ISR) integration officially launched yesterday at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Md. The C4ISR Systems Integration Laboratory, or CSIL, […]
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Army
Aptima Works On Improving Soldiers-Robot Coordination
Aptima Inc., yesterday said it is developing software with iRobot [IRBT] and Imprimis to improve the safety and effectiveness of small-unit tactical teams in urban settings. The software called Coordinating […]
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Army
More Kestrel Wide Area Surveillance Payloads To Go Operational
Logos Technologies’ day/night Kestrel wide-area persistent surveillance systems are increasing their presence in Afghanistan as 10 systems will be operational in July, a company official said. “We’ve delivered all 16 […]
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Army
Army Takes Delivery of 100th Modified Chinook Helicopter
Boeing [BA] delivered the 100th modified CH-47F Chinook helicopter to the Army Friday in a ceremony at the company’s modification center in Millville, N.J. "The Boeing Millville team is proud […]