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Cal Biesecker
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ArmyAgustaWestland North America Completes Army AAS Flight Demos
Finmeccanica’s AgustaWestland North America Inc. yesterday said it has completed a week of flight demonstrations for the U.S. Army as it moves forward with its Armed Aerial Scout program. AgustaWestland […]
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Army
Lockheed Martin To Produce More Hellfire Missiles For U.K.
The United Kingdom has ordered more Hellfire missiles under an approximately $45 million contract with Lockheed Martin UK, which continues missile delivery through 2013. All production for the AGM-114 missiles […]
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Air ForceExpanding Army NIE Could Open New Avenues, General Says
The Army’s recent success in distributing its nascent network to several sites offers a glimpse of how the service can not only play an important role in the new defense […]
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Army
Gray Eagle UAS An Evolving Game Changer, General Says
The first fully equipped unit–F/227–of the Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system (UAS) in Afghanistan is a game changer and the capability keeps growing–despite some reliability issues, the program executive officer […]
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DEFENSE WATCH
c Foreign Deal. The House Foreign Affairs Committee approves on June 27 an authorization bill for the State Department, which has not been guided by such a policy-setting law since […]
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Business/FinancialMDA To Acquire Space Systems/Loral, Become Major Communications Player
Canada’s MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. [MDA],this week said it signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of Space Systems/Loral Inc. (SS/L) for $875 million in a transaction that is […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Martin Elects Kubasik To New Position On Board of Directors
Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said its board of directors unanimously voted to establish the new position of vice chairman, electing President and Chief Operating Officer Christopher Kubasik as a board […]
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Army Validates Ground-Based Sense And Avoid System
The Army yesterday said it successfully validated the technology and capabilities of the Ground Based Sense and Avoid (GBSAA) System this month in a series of demonstrations held at Dugway […]
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Business/Financial
PartnerTech, BAE Systems Unit Sign LoA On Defense Electronics
Sweden’s PartnerTech [PART] and BAE Systems’ Global Combat Systems unit yesterday said the two companies have signed a letter of intent regarding the manufacturing and testing of defense electronics. "This […]
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Army
Kongsberg To Supply Norwegian Army Systems Under BAE Systems Contract
Kongsberg has signed an approximately $64.2 million contract with BAE Systems to supply combat systems for Norwegian military vehicles. BAE Systems, Sweden, is the main supplier to the Norwegian army’s […]