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Cal Biesecker
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ArmyArmy Details Contribution To Joint Force: Unified Land Operations
The Army this week released its new operating concept, Unified Land Operations (ULO), its contribution to the joint force, officials said. “The central idea, the operating concept, is that “Army […]
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Army
Sequestration Would Be ‘Catastrophic’ For Army, McHugh says
Funding is the key concern for all the services, but any across the board federal budget sequestration would be “catastrophic” for the Army, the Army Secretary said yesterday on the […]
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Business/FinancialDuPont Starts Up $500 Million Cooper River Kevlar Site
DuPont [DD] yesterday said it initiated the start up of its $500 million Cooper River Kevlar® facility near Charleston, S.C. The Cooper River Kevlar® plant uses state-of-the-art technology to allow […]
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Army
BAE Systems Prepares For Bradley Upgrades Under $270 Million Contract
BAE Systems yesterday said it would purchase material items in preparation for the conversion of 245 Bradley Operation Desert Storm Situational Awareness (ODS-SA) vehicles through a $270 million Army contract. […]
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Army
Army Buys More Stryker Vehicles With Double V Hulls
General Dynamics [GD] yesterday said the Army awarded it a $243 million contract to produce and deliver an additional 115 Stryker combat vehicles equipped with double V hulls (DVH). The […]
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Army
Australia Temporarily Suspends Flight For Its CH-47D Chinook Helicopters
The Australian Army yesterday said it has temporarily suspended flying operations for the CH-47D Chinook helicopter after identifying possible issues relating to the operation of the aircraft’s Advanced Flight Control […]
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THAAD Missile Defense System Intercepts Targets In IOT&E Flight Test
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Army said they conducted a flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system yesterday, detecting, tracking and intercepting two […]
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Army
Retrain On Fundamentals, Including Discipline, Army General Says
As the Army leaves Iraq and eventually Afghanistan, the force must retrain on the fundamentals that had to be put aside due to the urgencies of current conflict–and this means […]
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Army
BAE Systems To Upgrade Howitzers For Chile
BAE Systems yesterday said it received a $15.8 million contract to refurbish and upgrade 12 M109A5 howitzers for the Chilean Government through a foreign military sales contract. “The howitzers will […]
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Army
Army To Acquire More Sentinel Air Defense Radars
ThalesRaytheonSystems yesterday said the Army will procure 56 Improved Sentinel Battlefield Air Defense AN/MPQ-64 Radars. "The Sentinel battlefield radar not only meets the needs of today’s soldier, but will grow […]