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Cal Biesecker
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InternationalFinland Wants To Spend More Than $500 Million To Buy Stinger, JASSM Missiles
Finland has requested two Foreign Military Sales valued at more than $500 million to buy Stinger and Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM), equipment and support to modernize its forces, the […]
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International
Turkey Wants To Buy Super Cobra Attack Helicopters, Sale Funds To Aid H-1 Upgrades
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency Oct. 28 notified Congress of a possible $111 million Foreign Military Sale to Turkey for three AH-1W Super Cobra Attack Helicopters and associated equipment, parts, […]
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ArmySuccessful Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Test Validates Updates
Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said its PAC-3 Missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted an aerodynamic tactical ballistic missile target yesterday in a flight test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. […]
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Army
Second Army Network Integration Evaluation Under Way
The Army has begun the second of a planned biannual series of Network Integration Evaluations (NIE) examining a series of network and non-network capabilities in realistic scenarios to see how […]
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Army
More Than 40 House Members Urge HAC Support of Army JTRS HMS, WIN-T Efforts
As the defense appropriations conference with the Senate comes closer, 46 House members are urging the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Defense subcommittee to hold to the […]
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Army
Northrop Grumman Awarded $124 Million Follow-On Contract for C-RAM Systems
Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said it received a $124 million follow-on award to provide personnel for expanded operations of Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) sense-and-warn systems in Afghanistan and Iraq. […]
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Army
The Army Future Study To Aid Transition To Future Force
The Army Chief of Staff’s Unified Quest 2012 Future Study Plan is under way and aims to help senior leaders determine the challenges and opportunities and provide insights and recommendations […]
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DEFENSE WATCH
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense $1 Trillion And Counting. The Project on Defense Alternatives at the Commonwealth Institute in Cambridge, Mass., argues in a […]
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Army
Army Creates New Fixed Wing Aviation Program Office
The Army now has its eighth project office–the Project Manager for Fixed Wing Aircraft–under the Program Executive office Aviation at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. Col. Brian Tachias Oct. 28 assumed responsibilities […]
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Army
Team Chinook Saves Taxpayers Some $400 Million
At a time when the services are looking to squeeze efficiency and effectiveness from every penny, the CH-47F helicopter “Team Chinook” produced some $400 million in savings from its first […]