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Cal Biesecker
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ArmyNavistar Withdraws JLTV Protest, BAE Team Will Not Protest, GTV Assessing Options
Navistar [NAVZ] yesterday decided to withdraw its protest of the Army’s awards for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of its planned family of Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV). […]
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Air ForceQF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target Moves Toward Testing
CECIL FIELD, Fla.—Elected officials, Air Force representatives and Boeing [BA] employees gathered here Friday to celebrate the QF-16, a program to bring the Air Force a more capable and threat […]
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Business/FinancialNew P-8A Poseidon Integrated Training Center Ramping Up
JACKSONVILLE NAS—Officially opened in March, the approximately $48 million, 165,000 square-foot P-8A Integrated Training Center (ITC) is ready to transition air crew to the next-generation P-8A Poseidon from the older […]
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Navy/USMCDirect Hits For Viper Strike Munition Over Two Day Test, MBDA Says
MBDA Inc. said its GBU-44/E Viper Strike munition launched from a Cessna Caravan test aircraft scored direct hits against high speed vehicles in a recent two-day test. During a U.S. […]
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Army
Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Scores In Operational Test
Lockheed Martin [LMT] Aug. 29 said its PAC-3 missile successfully destroyed a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., in an Operational Test conducted by Army […]
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Air Force
Boeing To Provide PBL For Air Force F-15 AESA Radars
Boeing [BA] Wednesday said it received an $85 million Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract to continue support of Air Force F-15 mechanically scanned and Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars. […]
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Army
Boeing Rotorcraft Support Business Growing ‘Exponentially,’ Official Says
Millville, N.J.–The current budget environment coupled with conflict winding down in Iraq and Afghanistan means platforms–U.S. and internationally–are expected to stay in service longer, which is something fueling more service […]
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Air Force
V-22 PBL Contract Poised To Enter Phase 2
MILLVILLE, N.J.— The V-22 Osprey Joint Performance Based Logistics (JPBL) program, which is led by the Boeing [BA]-Bell Helicopter [TXT] team developing the aircraft, is preparing to enter Phase II […]
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Army
Army/Boeing Mobile Laser Demonstrator Tests Coming This Fall
The Army and Boeing [BA] plan to test a 10-kilowatt high-energy laser, part of its mobile demonstrator (HEL MD), against a variety of targets this fall at White Sands Missile […]
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Army
Granite Tactical Vehicles Unveils Folding Protective Armored Turret
Granite Tactical Vehicles Inc. yesterday launched its folding gunner’s protective armored turret that is nready for immediate deployment. The turret folds flat, and when folded it is lower than […]