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UncategorizedSweden to reintroduce military service
Sweden said Wednesday it would reintroduce compulsory military service from 2018, eight years after it was abolished. The Scandinavian nation, which has not seen armed conflict on its territory in two centuries, ended conscription in 2010 after it was deemed an unsatisfactory way of meeting the needs of a modern army.
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UncategorizedRussian Tu-160M2 Strategic Bomber Being Upgraded Ahead of Schedule
The upgrade of the Tu-160 (NATO reporting name: Blackjack) strategic bomber fleet to Tu-160M2 standard is ahead of schedule, expert Vladimir Tuchkov writes in an article on the Svobodnaya Pressa news portal. Russian Aerospace Force Commander-in-Chief Colonel General Victor Bondarev has said the maiden flight of the Tu-160M2 is slated for 2018.
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UncategorizedAustralia names Lockheed as submarine weapons provider
Australia has selected Lockheed Martin (LMT ) as its preferred bidder to supply the combat system for its new $38B fleet of submarines. The company beat out competition from Raytheon, which built the system for Australia’s existing Collins-class subs.
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UncategorizedGeneral Dynamics Stock Rating Reaffirmed by Deutsche Bank AG
Deutsche Bank AG restated their hold rating on shares of General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE:GD) in a report issued on Friday. Several other equities analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of General Dynamics Corp. from a hold rating to a buy rating and set a $159.00 price target for [ ]
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Thursday, September 29, 2016
- McMaster Calls For Army Investment In Close Combat
- SAIC To Begin Integration Work On First Amphibious Combat Vehicle In October
- Federal, State Officials Say Election Systems Are Cyber Resilient
- BAE’s First Amphibious Combat Vehicle Surfaces With New 690-HP Engine
- Air Force Upgrading Labs To Aid Tech Development
- Lockheed’s Vector Hawk Drone Launched From Unmanned Sub
- DHS Approves Moving Forward With New Biometric Database
- BAE Systems Reveals New Handheld Tactical EW Sensor
- DoD Heightens Importance of Cybersecurity in Future Ground Systems
- Lockheed Martin Receives Contract To Integrate Sniper ATPs Onto Kuwait Eurofighter Typhoons
- Israeli Cyber Startup SecBi Raises $5 Million In Funding
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
- Marine Corps Seeks To Rapidly Prototype, Speed Non-Developmental Gear To The Field
- NGA Eyes More Commercial Satellite Imagery
- Air Force And ULA Sign Development Agreement To Certify Vulcan Launch Vehicle
- National Commission Hearing That Cyber Security Must Be Priority Of Next President
- Public-Private Sector Cyber Threat Sharing Critical To National Security, DoJ Official Says
- Grounded JSTARS Aircraft Cleared To Fly
- Musk Lays Out Mars Ambitions
- DHS Awards University $3 Million Cybersecurity Training Grant
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016
- Air Force Anticipates UH-1N Replacement Draft RFP By November
- Navy Awards Contracts For New Carrier-Based Drone
- Brazil Still Pursuing Nuclear Subs, Aircraft Carrier Despite Economic Woes
- Rocket Lab Completes New Zealand Launch Site
- RAND Wins $495 Million DHS Support Contract
- Kratos Wins $17 Million In Cyber Contract
- NIST Grants $1 Million In Five Projects In Local Cybersecurity Programs
- Elbit Cyberbit To Help Start Cybersecurity Training Center In Baltimore
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Monday, September 26, 2016
- Defense Watch
- Open Architecture Mission Systems Will Determine Success Of Army’s Future Vertical Lift Program
- SpaceX Suggests Cryogenic Helium System Breach For Launch Pad Anomaly
- Next-Generation Of Defense Biometric Collection Devices Will Likely Be Off-The-Shelf, DoD Biometrics Lead Says
- Navy Reviewing Delivery Timing For New Ford Aircraft Carrier
- U.K. Government Partners With Start-Ups To Operate Two Cyber Accelerator Facilities
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Friday, September 23, 2016
- Carter Warns Short-Term CR Would Harm European Reassurance Initiative
- Navy Exploring Successor To Sub-Launched Nuclear Missile
- Cyberspace Allows Small Nations, Groups To Flex Large-Scale Military Muscle
- Japan Requests Nearly $2 Billion In Four KC-46A Aerial Refueling Aircraft
- Army Readying Competition To Maintain And Upgrade Biometric Database
- Egypt Requests $70 Million In Eight Sentinel AN/MPQ-64F1 Radars
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Thursday, September 22, 2016
- AFSOC, Marines Pushing Industry To Resolve V-22 ‘Challenges’
- Industry Awaits Next Phase of DARPA’s Gremlins UAS Program
- U.S. Marine Corps Successfully Tests GD-Built Aviation Command And Control System
- Air Force Holds JSTARS RFP Release Due To Senate Concerns
- Dunford: Military Can’t Buy Its Way Out Of Modernization Hole
- Release Of RFP For New DHS Biometric Database Imminent, Officials Say
- ULA Bids For GPS III-3
- Report: Army Ill Prepared For Future High-End War With Near-Peer Nation
- Saab Wins $44 Million Order For RBS 70 Air Defense System
- Coretelligent And Cylance Partner To Bundle Cyber Threat Products