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Cal Biesecker
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ArmyIndustry Needs Customer To Provide Detail, Clarity and Collective Understanding, Sikorsky Executive Says
There’s a vital need to continue and increase industry/government dialogue on Army aviation, industry leaders said at a recent conference in Washington, while a top Sikorsky [UTX] executive said it’s […]
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Business/FinancialFiscal Pressures To Stretch Army GCV Technology Development By Six Months
Anticipating fiscal pressures over fiscal years 2014-2018, the Pentagon’s top acquisition official has extended by six months the Technology Development (TD) phase for the Ground Combat Vehicle Infantry Fighting Vehicle […]
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Army
Top Army Leaders Issue Command Intent For Fiscal Risk Mitigation
The top civilian and military Army leaders yesterday issued their “command intent” and immediate, but reversible, actions for risk mitigation in the face of fiscal uncertainty. The Jan. 16 memo […]
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Business/Financial
Marines Order New LAV A2s
The Marines have awarded a $24 million contract for 13 Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-A2) from General Dynamics [GD] Land Systems-Canada. The LAV-A2 is a mobile, survivable and lethal system for […]
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Army
General Dynamics Stryker Layoffs Continue At Anniston Army Depot
A total of 237 of a total of just over 400 workers on the General Dynamics [GD] Stryker combat vehicle line at Anniston Army Depot (ANAD), Ala., are being laid […]
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Army
General Dynamics, Army, Union, Agree To Furlough 82 Workers At Lima Tank Plant
General Dynamics [GD] yesterday said in concert with the Army and the union, it plans to furlough 82 workers on the tank line at the Lima Army Tank plant in […]
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Army
Northrop Grumman To Supply Army With Hand-Held Precision Targeting Devices
Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said the Army has awarded it a three-year, $9.2 million contract to supply Hand Held Precision Targeting Devices (HHPTDs). The HHPTD is an advanced targeting system […]
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Business/Financial
MBDA Scores Another Aspide Missile Success
MBDA yesterday said it had another Aspide 2000 success in Kuwait, reaffirming the missiles’ status as a reliable interceptor. The Aspide 2000 has a RF seeker and over 25 km […]
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Army
Army Could Save $10 Million Recycling Artillery Shells For Training
The Army potentially could save $10 million per year over the next 20 years by recycling a family of old artillery shells in the M1122 Program, to create less expensive, […]
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Army
DARPA’s First FANG Challenge Under Way
With a $1 million prize in the offing, more than 700 participants flexed their fingers yesterday and began collaborating in more than 150 teams to design the mobility and drive […]