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Cal Biesecker
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DEFENSE WATCH
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Sequester Slicing. The Pentagon doesn’t know how so-called sequestration cuts would apply to its accounts if those $500 billion […]
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ArmyEADS North America Delivers Army’s 200th UH-72A Lakota
EADS North America yesterday said it delivered the 200th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) to the Army during a ceremony at the company’s American Eurocopter production facility in Columbus, […]
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Army
Army Awards Lockheed Martin AN/TPQ-53 Firefinder Radar Contract
The Army Product Manager for Radars (PdM Radars) yesterday awarded an $881 million contract yesterday to Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the AN/TPQ-53 Firefinder Radar, formerly called the EQ-36. Additional information […]
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Air ForceATK Receives Fourth Option For 30mm Training Ammunition
ATK [ATK] yesterday said it recently received the award of a fourth contract option to produce 30mm PGU-15A/B cartridges for the Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Contracting Center (RICC), Rock […]
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CSC Receives MDA Task Order To Support Test Directorate
CSC [CSC] said the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded it a task order with a one-year base period and a one-year option, lifting the estimated two-year total value to $33 […]
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Army
Army Investment, Modernization About More Than Money, ARCIC Director Says
The Army must invest now to provide the future force required under the new Strategic Guidance, but that investment is about more than money, a Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) […]
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Army
Raytheon Successfully Tests New TOW Propulsion System
Raytheon [RTN] yesterday said it tested a new ATK [ATK]-developed propulsion system for the Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wireless (TOW) missile. The enhanced system doubles TOW’s range and reduces the missile’s flight […]
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Army
Army Training Tougher, More Complicated, Like Environment
The Army of 2020 will be smaller, but whatever its size, the service chief says readiness is non-negotiable and that force must be highly trained, a Training and Doctrine Command […]
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Air Force
Sagem To Provide Maintenance for French Tactical Drones
Sagem, part of the Safran Group, yesterday said it has just signed a contract with SIMMAD, on behalf of the French Ministry of Defense, to provide in-service maintenance for the […]
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Army
Sequestration Concerns For Army Chief of Staff
The Army’s plans to transition from conflict to the future force of 2020 could be face disarray if automatic budget cuts of some $500 billion known as sequestration kick in. […]