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Dan Parsons
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Air ForceCarter Calls For Services To Identify Specific Jobs Unsuitable For Women
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said Aug. 20 that all ground combat jobs will be open to women unless service chiefs can deliver convincing reasons, backed by data, that certain […]
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Missile DefenseBAE Systems Increases USAF Missile Defense Radar Contract to $550 million
BAE Systems netted a $46 million contract for continued maintenance and support of the Air Force’s solid state phased radar system (SSPARS). The contract modification extends work on an existing […]
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ArmyStudy: Planned Troops Cuts Could Leave Army Unable to Fight Major War
Plans to reduce the size of the Army by 40,000 troops within two years likely will leave the service unable to fight a major conflict while fulfilling its current global […]
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Air ForceArmy Troop Cuts Could Have Ripple Effects For Other Services
As a major provider of services to the joint force, cuts to Army end strength will have second-order effects on the capabilities of its sister services, the National Commission on […]
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Unmanned SystemsReport: Global UAV Market Could Reach $14 Billion Within A Decade
The global market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) will continue its meteoric expansion from $4 billion annual expenditures to $14 billion by 2025, according to the Aerospace Analyst Teal Group’s […]
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Air ForceFinal Version of F-35 High-Tech Helmet Finally Arrives
Rockwell Collins [COL] on Wednesday delivered the first Gen III F-35 Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS), the super-high tech custom headgear that allows pilots to see through the fuselage of […]
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ArmyArmy Reserve Commander Backs Aviation Restructure Plan
Army Reserve Commander Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley agrees with the Army’s controversial plan to transfer all AH-64 Apache gunships to the active component and that utility helicopters are better suited […]
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ArmyOdierno: Enduring Troop Presence Could Have Prevented Rise Of ISIL
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno believes that if U.S. troops had been allowed to remain in Iraq past 2011, the likely could have prevented the rise of the […]
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ArmyOdierno Hands Over Army With Few Resources, Many Challenges
When Gen. Raymond Odierno became chief of staff of the Army four years ago, the service was ending one war, winding down another and facing budget cuts that threatened its […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin Nets $21 Million Contract To Upgrade Apache Cockpits, Sensors
The Army on Wednesday awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $21.7 million contract to upgrade cockpit displays in the AH-64E Apache attacks helicopters. The contract is the fourth lot of modernized […]
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