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Dan Parsons
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Business/FinancialIT Giant CSC To Buy Trading Management Specialist Fixnetix
Information technology giant Computer Sciences Corporation [CSC], announced Tuesday it will acquire Fixnetix, a provider of front-office managed trading solutions in capital markets. CSC is the leading provider of IT services […]
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ArmyTruck Builders Await JLTV Decision Within Weeks
In only a matter of weeks–perhaps as few as two–one of three companies vying to build the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) will be asked to fire up its production […]
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Business/FinancialBerkshire To Buy Aerospace Component Supplier Precision Castparts for $37 Billion
Major aerospace component manufacturer Precision Castparts Corp. [PCC] is being sold to Berkshire Hathaway for $37 billion, the companies said Monday. At $235 dollars per share for the outstanding PCC […]
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ArmyLockheed Self-Funds Eight JLTVs Ahead of Army Contract Award
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has decided to build eight production examples of its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) offering to ensure its new Camden, Ark., production line is humming ahead of […]
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UncategorizedFAA Authorizes More Than 1,000 UAS To Fly in U.S. Airspace
The number of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) authorized to fly in U.S. airspace has topped 1,000 under a law that allows case-by-case exemptions for pilots to fly outside of existing […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Declares F-35 Ready For Combat
The most expensive weapon ever devised, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, has been declared ready for battle by the Marine Corps. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121), went operational Friday […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch
JAGM EMD Contract. DoD awards Lockheed Martin a $66 million fixed-price incentive (firm target) contract for engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) Joint Air to Ground Missile (JAGM) work, according to […]
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ArmyArmy Establishes Open Architecture Voice Communication For Tactical Network
The Army’s new battlefield network now will have the ability to link radios, smartphones and other communication devices together to provided two-way voice communications, regardless of make or model of […]
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Air ForceAir Force Years Away From Flying Laser Weapons
The United States. military has long wanted to mount directed energy weapons like lasers on aircraft to perform various missions currently done with old fashioned guns and missiles, but it […]
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CongressDoD Report Outlines Security Risks of Global Warming
The political battle over whether humans are causing climate change – and whether the climate is changing at all – is far from settled, but the Defense Department is already […]