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Cal Biesecker
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Air ForceU.S. Should Concentrate On Midcourse BMD, Not Boost Phase, Report Says
The United States should concentrate on midcourse missile defense systems and “stop spending money on boost-phase defense systems of any kind,” said a new, congressionally mandated report released yesterday by […]
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Business/FinancialSikorsky, PZL Mielec, Sign Agreement With Poland’s Principal MRO Company
Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) [UTX] and PZL Miele, which produce S-70i™ Black Hawk helicopters in Poland, said they signed a Letter of Intent with Poland’s principal maintenance, repair and overhaul […]
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ArmyGTV Will Not Pursue JLTV Protest
General Tactical Vehicles (GTV), a joint venture between General Dynamics Land Systems [GD] and AM General LLC, yesterday said it decided not to pursue a protest of the Army’s Joint […]
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Army
Persistent Surveillance JLENS Demos Ability To Detect, Track, Swarming Boats
Raytheon’s [RTN] Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) has demonstrated its capability to detect and track swarming boats hundreds of miles away in test scenarios […]
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Business/Financial
Northrop Grumman Unit Executes Teaming Agreement With Brazilian Firm
Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said it has executed a teaming agreement with Flight Technologies Sistemas S/A to develop national security technologies for Brazil. Northrop Grumman’s Overseas Service Corporation and Flight […]
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Business/Financial
Navistar Issues Statement Refuting Carl Icahn’s Concerns
Navistar International Corp. [NAV] yesterday responded with “disappointment” to an open letter issued Sept. 9 by activist stockholder Carl Icahn that called the company “a poster child for abysmal business […]
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Army
Boeing Expecting First PBL Contract For Chinook Rotor Blades
MILLVILLE, N.J.–In a tight budget environment, keeping the Army’s Ch-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopter ready and flying leads to new types of contracts and innovative thinking, according to an executive […]
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DEFENSE WATCH
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Hill Happenings. Congress is back in session this week–following the August recess and two presidential nominating conventions–and has a […]
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Army
Army Procures More RQ-11BG Ravens
AeroVironment Inc. [AVAV] yesterday said it received $16.4 million in additional Army funding for its RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aerial vehicles under a contract with a total projected value of […]
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InternationalRheinmetall Defense Makes Strategic Acquisition of U.K.’s EM Digital
Rheinmetall Defense aims to expand its global naval presence with the takeover of the stabilized weapon platform activities of Britain’s EM Digital making it a significant strategic acquisition. The acquisition […]