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Dan Parsons
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UncategorizedOpen Systems Believed Essential As Army Upgrades Precision Navigation Capability
The modern Army relies heavily on equipment that can precisely locate and track all of its tanks, trucks and troops, but upgrading hundreds of thousands of GPS receivers across its […]
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Army Awards L3 Contract For Improved Apache Manned-Unmanned Teaming Hardware
The Army is moving ahead with an effort to team unmanned aircraft with the AH-64 Apache gunship, awarding $97 million in contracts to L3 Technologies [LLL] for improved communication and control systems. […]
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PentagonAs Taliban Gains Ground In Afghanistan, Military Classifies More Info About Longest U.S. War
The Pentagon is shrouding more and more information on Afghanistan from public view as the Taliban makes historic gains in the 16-year-old war, according to the watchdog overseeing U.S. reconstruction […]
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ArmyArmy Awards L3 Contract For Improved Apache Manned-Unmanned Teaming Hardware
The Army is moving ahead with an effort to team unmanned aircraft with the AH-64 Apache gunship, awarding $97 million in contracts to L3 Technologies [LLL] for improved communication and […]
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PentagonFormer NASA Chief Tapped As Number-Two Pentagon Weapon Buyer
A former NASA administrator has been tapped by the Trump administration as the deputy chief weapon buyer for the Pentagon. Michael D. Griffin on Oct. 27 was nominated to become […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch
F-35A Deployment. The U.S. Air Force plans to send 12 F-35A Lightning IIs to Japan in early November, marking its first operational deployment of the new Lockheed Martin-built fighter jet […]
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UncategorizedLight-Helicopter Market Could Reach $22 Billion Through 2031
The market for light military rotorcraft could be worth $22 billion over the next 15 years, according to industry analysis firm Forecast International. The market research and consulting firm projects […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps’ Next High-Speed Ship-To-Shore Connector Could Be Unmanned
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – When Marines next storm a beach in wartime, they likely will be preceded by robots of all sorts, including autonomous or semi-autonomous high-speed amphibious vehicles, according to […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Adds HIMARS To Navy Sea-Based Strike Capabilities
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Marine Corps is finding ways it can contribute to a sea-based fight while aboard Navy ships instead of simply being ferried to a land-based fight by […]
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Pentagon
Defense Innovation Board: Optimize Pentagon For Speed, Not Cost
As a 20th century organization designed to acquire weapons and fight wars at the lowest possible cost to taxpayers, the Defense Department is rigidly hierarchical, bureaucratic and stifling to the […]