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Cal Biesecker
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Air ForceGlobal Hawk Completes First Acceptance Flight of Block 30 Multi-Int Sensor Package
The newest Northrop Grumman [NOC]-built RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft completed the first production acceptance flight of an operational Block 30 multi-intelligence sensor package, the company said yesterday. The […]
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ArmyOshkosh Specialty Vehicles Completes Move To Florida From Illinois
Oshkosh Corp.’s [OSK] Oshkosh Specialty Vehicles (OSV) yesterday said it completed the move of its manufacturing, engineering and product development operations to Clearwater and Bradenton, Fla. Both facilities are ISO […]
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Army
General Dynamics UK Taps Thales UK For Scout Vehicle Sighting Systems
General Dynamics UK [GD], the prime contractor for the Ministry of Defence’s Scout SV program, yesterday said it selected Thales UK to supply the primary and secondary sighting systems for […]
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Army
Major Army Evaluation Could Be A ‘Catalyst’ for Change, Officials Say
White Sands Missile Range, N.M.–The Army’s oft-stated number one priority, the network, is undergoing its first major integrated evaluation in the West Texas desert, in what is expected to become […]
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Deputy SECDEF Lynn To Step Down
The Pentagon yesterday said William Lynn plans to step down as deputy secretary of Defense and return to private life once a successor is in place this fall. The third-longest […]
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Army
AxleTech Delivers First DriveTrain, Components, To Force Protection Europe
General Dynamics’ [GD] AxleTech International said the company’s St. Etienne, France, facility has delivered the first drivetrain and suspension components to Force Protection Europe Ltd. (FPE) for the United Kingdom’s […]
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Army
Australia Reforms, Prepares For Major Disposal of Military Equipment
The Australian Defense Force (ADF) is about to embark on the largest disposal of military equipment since World War II–replacing or upgrading as much as 85 percent of its equipment […]
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CyberGeneral Dynamics To Provide DIA’s Enterprise Communication Services
General Dynamics [GD] Information Technology yesterday said it has been awarded a potential five-year $178 million task order if all options are exercised to provide enterprise communication services under the […]
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Army
Lockheed Martin Delivers First VNsight Unit For Apache Helicopter
Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it recently delivered the first VNsight production unit for the Army’s AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter, which adds a low-light-level display capability to the Apache’s combat-proven […]
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Army
Army Plans HEL TD Tracking Tests Later This Year
Army Space and Missile Defense
Command/Army Forces Strategic Command revealed its High Energy Laser
 Technology Demonstrator ( HEL TD) with the recently completed laser beam control 
system integrated on a tactical […]