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Cal Biesecker
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ArmyArmy To Host January NIE Agile Process Industry Day
The Army yesterday said it will host an Industry Day Jan. 11 at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Md., for industry partners participating in, or that wish to participate in the […]
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Army
Northrop Grumman Adds To MQ-5B Hunter Logistics Support Work
Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said the Army awarded it two contractor logistics support contract modifications totaling $91.2 million for the MQ-5B Hunter program. The cost-plus-fixed-fee interoperability engineering change proposal and […]
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Air ForceSCHOTT North America Now Produces Chalcogenide Glass Components In U.S.
SCHOTT North America Inc. (SCHOTT) yesterday said it is kicking off production of chalcogenide glasses for infrared (IR) sensing applications, produced for the first time in the United States. To […]
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Army
Lockheed Martin Delivers Prototype New Day Sensors For Apache Helicopter
Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it delivered the first Modernized Day Sensor Assembly (M-DSA) upgrade prototype units to the Army for use on the Boeing [BA] AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. […]
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Business/FinancialForeign Military Sales Surpass $30 Billion For Fourth Year
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said the U.S. foreign military sales (FMS) it oversees reached $34.8 billion in Fiscal Year 2011, surpassing the $30 billion mark for the fourth […]
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Army
Army Seeks Industry Info On State-of-The-Art Ground Penetrating Radar
The Army is conducting market research to find out the state- of- the-art on ground penetrating radar (GPR) that could potentially be used in the service’s next generation handheld landmine/explosive […]
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Air Force
ITT Exelis Sees Electronic Warfare Opportunities In 2012
Moving into 2012, a number of important electronic warfare programs are moving forward, an ITT Exelis [XLS] executive said. “There’s no place I’d rather be in the defense world than […]
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Business/Financial
Lightweight Oxygen Generator Takes Top U.K. Award
A lightweight oxygen generator developed to save lives on the battlefield has won first prize at the U.K. Engineering Technology and Innovation Awards 2011. The award for best collaboration in […]
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Air Force
U.K.’s First Joint Forces Commander Takes Post
The first commander of the U.K. Joint Forces Command has taken up the job: Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach took over Dec. 1. Peach will be responsible for commanding […]
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Army
GAO Denies SAIC Protest of Army Ground Combat System Awards
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) late yesterday rejected a protest filed by SAIC [SAI] of the Army awards to teams led by General Dynamics [GD] and BAE Systems for the […]