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Cal Biesecker
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Air ForceHistoric ABL Program Winds Down, Aircraft Heads To Storage
The Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB), which achieved a historic first shooting down a boosting ballistic missile, demonstrating a directed energy weapon could be used for missile defense, now heads […]
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ArmyArmy Conducts Successful Flight Test of New Target Missile
Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC/ARSTRAT) yesterday said it successfully completed a flight test of the new Economical Target-1 (ET-1) at Eglin AFB, Fla. The ET-1 […]
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Army
AM General Sees Humvee Right-Hand Drive Market, As Left-Hand Drive Suffers Budget Blow
Far from the U.S. defense budget battles in Washington, D.C., Humvee-maker AM General unveiled a right-hand drive variant of the vehicle at the Singapore Air Show. In the United States, […]
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InternationalU.S., Israel Conduct Successful Arrow Weapon System Test
The Israel Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said they completed a successful test of the cooperative U.S.-Israel Arrow Weapon System (AWS) over the Mediterranean Sea, the […]
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Air Force
Defense Budget Funds Missile Defense Capability Improvements–Including MEADS, PAC-3
In support of administration priorities, the fiscal year 2013 budget request for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is $7.7 billion, down from $8.4 billion in FY ’12, with funding reductions […]
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Army
Army Budget Request To Terminate FMTV, EMARSS, Supports Future Force
The president’s fiscal year 2013 budget–the first based on the new strategic guidance–requests $184.6 billion for the Army comprised of $134.6 billion in the base request and $50 billion for […]
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DEFENSE WATCH
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Industry Muscle. Former HAC staffer William Greenwalt is the Aerospace Industries Association’s new vice president of acquisition policy, the […]
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Army
NIITEK To Collaborate With MBDA Italia On Italian Army Counter-IED Work
Chemring Group PLC subsidiary NIITEK Inc. says it is entering a collaboration agreement with MBDA Italia. As part of the agreement, NIITEK will provide multiple Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) kits, […]
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Army
Army BAA Looks For Proposals For Next-Gen Combat Vehicle Engine
The government yesterday said it wants proposals by April 9 to explore the further development of an advanced next generation combat engine. One 36-month contract is expected to be awarded […]
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Army
BAE Systems, Anniston Army Depot Refurbishing M113s For Iraq
BAE Systems in partnership with the Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) yesterday said it is refurbishing 440 M113A2 armored personnel carriers for Iraq through a foreign military sales (FMS) contract worth […]