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Cal Biesecker
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Formation Flying Global Hawks Close In On Autonomous Aerial Refueling
Northrop Grumman [NOC], the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center said they have successfully completed a series of flights moving DARPA’s Autonomous High-Altitude Refueling […]
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DEFENSE WATCH
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Sequester Swap. A government watchdog group is calling for lawmakers to avoid “sequestration”–the $1.2 billion in longterm defense and […]
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ArmyBoeing Receives First PBL Contract For Chinook Rotorblades
Boeing [BA] this week was awarded a $185 million firm-fixed-price performance based logistics (PBL) contract for services in support of CH-47 Chinook helicopters and rotor blades. A PBL contract is […]
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Army
NanoMech Partners With KDH Defense Systems On Advanced Body Armor
NanoMech, an international material science company and leader in nanotechnology innovation, yesterday revealed a partnership with KDH Defense Systems Inc. to deploy technology that will keep soldiers and law enforcement […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Reports Successful SBIRS Payload Tests
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said it successfully completed payload integration and the ambient functional test of the Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System’s (SBIRS) third highly elliptical orbit (HEO-3) payload. "The […]
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Army
BAE Systems Receives Second Phase of ECP Work For Bradley Fighting Vehicle
BAE Systems yesterday said it received a $55 million contract for the second phase of the Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) work for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. This contract continues the […]
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InternationalNATO Extends Secretary General For Another Year
The North Atlantic Council yesterday approved a fifth year for Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, an extension that will run through July 31, 2014. The allies will support Rasmussen in […]
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Army
Boeing To Continue High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator Work
Boeing [BA] yesterday said it would continue developing a truck-mounted directed energy system to improve soldiers’ ability to counter rockets, artillery, mortars and unmanned aerial threats under a $16.18 million […]
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Air Force
Third Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Poised To Launch
CAPE CANAVERAL AFS, Fla.–The third of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites Boeing [BA] is developing for the Air Force is ready to be launched this morning at 8:10 a.m. […]
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Business/Financial
ITT Exelis Named Part of Army Eagle Program
ITT Exelis [XLS] yesterday said the Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Ill., selected the company as one of the prime contractors for the five-year, $23.5 billion Enhanced Army Global Logistics […]