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Cal Biesecker
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ArmyNew Chairman Provides A Few Key Themes As Tour Starts
On his first day on the job, the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin Dempsey sent a letter to the joint force pointing to key […]
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InternationalCHC Helicopter Orders 20 Additional Super Puma Helicopters
CHC Helicopter has ordered and will incorporate 20 more Eurocopter EC225s Super Puma twin-engine helicopters into its operations over the next several years, CHC and European Aeronautic Defence and Space‘s […]
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Air ForceNew Defense Leadership Takes Shape As Dempsey Becomes Joint Chiefs Chairman
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey was sworn in as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Sept. 30, setting the stage for a nearly entirely new team leading the Department of […]
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DEFENSE WATCH
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Iraqi F-16s. The government of Iraq has transferred its first payment for 18 of Lockheed Martin’s F-16C fighter jets, […]
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Army
Army Cerberus Sensors Competition Under Way
The Army request for proposals (RFP) for the Cerberus System, a suite of trailer mounted elevated sensors designed to provide persistent surveillance in a combat zone, is under way. The […]
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Army
Undercover Drug Investigation Leads To Arrests of Boeing Employees
Federal agents yesterday arrested employees and former employees of Boeing’s [BA] Ridley Park, Pa., plant as well as one non-employee “in a coordinated, long-term, undercover effort aimed at prescription drug […]
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Army
Army Expects Humvee Recap Draft RFP Early Next Month
The government has released its executive summary of its plans for an Up Armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle Competitive Recapitalization and Modernization program. Cost is a major driver, and […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman’s Technology Pivotal in Marines’ Mobile Command and Control System
The Marines have begun deploying the first of 10 AN/TSQ-269 Mobile Tactical Air Operations Module (MTAOM) command and control systems, which feature key Northrop Grumman [NOC] components. MTAOM is a […]
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Air Force
ATK To Produce More 20mm PGU-Series Ammunition For Navy, Marines And Air Force
ATK [ATK] yesterday said it received an order valued at more than $58.7 million to produce multiple variants of 20mm PGU-series ammunition. The contract, from the Army Contracting Command, Direct […]
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Army
MD Helicopters Receives Logistics Support Contract For Afghan Air Force Training Helicopters
MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) said it has been awarded a $14.2 million fixed-firm contract from the U.S. Army to provide logistics support operations of rotary wing primary training aircraft and […]