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Cal Biesecker
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ArmyLockheed Delivers Latest Tethered Aerostat Detector To Army
Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said May 29 it delivered the 29th Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS) to the Army. PTDS is a tethered aerostat equipped with multiple sensors that can […]
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InternationalNorthrop Grumman, L-3 MAS To Offer Global Hawk Variant To Canada
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and L-3 MAS [LLL] yesterday said they plan to join forces on a variant of the Northrop Grumman-produced Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) […]
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Air ForceCompanies Team To Offer C-27J For Canadian Fixed Wing Search And Rescue Program
Finmeccanica units Alenia Aermacchi, Alenia Aermacchi North America and Canada, and DRS Canada, as well as General Dynamics [GD] Canada and Canada’s Provincial Aerospace yesterday said they have signed a […]
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Business/FinancialHarris Corp. To Produce Wideband Manpack tactical Radios For Special Operations Command
Harris Corp. [HRS] said it has received orders totaling $81 million for its Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G wideband manpack tactical radios from the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The radios will […]
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Army
DoD Gives Army Milestone Decision Authority For Stryker Vehicles
The Defense Department has relinquished to the Army the Milestone Decision Authority for the Stryker family of vehicles (FoVs), produced by General Dynamics [GD]. “I delegate MDA for the Stryker […]
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Army
Army Evaluation of On-The-Move Communications Under Way
El PASO, Texas–The Army is evaluating whether it can connect voice, video and data on the move from soldiers at the company level up to the brigade commander and beyond […]
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Army
DRS Technologies Launches New C4ISR Management System
Finmeccanica’s DRS Technologies Inc. says its DRS Tactical Systems (DRS TS) division has launched the C4InSight™ Integrated C4ISR Management System at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, Fla. […]
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DEFENSE WATCH
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Countering Counterfeits. The Pentagon takes “seriously” a SASC report on counterfeit electronic parts in the U.S. defense supply chain, […]
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Army
Army Network Integration Evaluation Aims To Empower Soldiers, Gain Overmatch, Officials Say
EL PASO, Texas–The Army is testing software and hardware in the West Texas desert during Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 12.2 aiming to give soldiers a tactical network–and an edge, officials […]
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Army
NSA Approves First JTRS WNW-Capable Radio System
The Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) yesterday said the Ground Mobile Radio (JTRS GMR) system was certified by the National Security Agency (NSA) on March 23. […]