Army
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ArmyLevin, McCain Bill Targets Cost-Plus Contracts
By Emelie Rutherford The heads of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) said yesterday they hope to seriously curtail the use of cost-plus contracts through the extensive defense-acquisition- reform bill […]
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Army
New DoD Biometrics Database Already Demonstrating Worth, Officials Say
By Calvin Biesecker The Defense Department’s next-generation biometrics repository that went online in late January is already exceeding the capabilities of the system it replaced and is also showing itself […]
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Army
Lockheed Martin Finds VUIT-2 Proving Itself In Combat
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Video from Unmanned Aerial Systems for Interoperability Teaming-Level 2 (VUITTM-2) for AH-64 Apache helicopter technology is performing well after its introduction to operational use in theater, the […]
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Army
Army Increases Northrop Grumman FBCB2 Contract By $574 Million
The Army has increased by $574 million the contract ceiling of Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) program to provide installation kits, cables and related […]
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Army
Northrop Grumman Wins Army Contract For Biometric Intel Gathering
By Calvin Biesecker Northrop Grumman [NOC] said yesterday it has received a potential $39.6 million contract from the Army to redesign and enhance an intelligence gathering and distribution system that […]
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Air ForceExperts See Deep Cuts Coming In Defense Procurement, Myriad Programs At Risk
Defense procurement programs face huge budget cuts, not only in fiscal 2010 but even more in 2011 and the out years, with an immense array of programs in each of […]
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Army
Revisit Force Structure Plans, U.S. Army Europe General Requests
By Ann Roosevelt To meet its operational requirements and build partnership capacities, the commander of U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) has asked that current plans to move two brigades back to […]
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Air Force
Augustine: United States Can Afford First-Rate Space, Defense Programs, But Doesn’t Out Of Stinginess, Wrong Priorities
Betting On Super Bowl Rivals The Missile Defense Budget; Pornography Spending Equals Recent NASA Budgets The United States fails to provide adequate funding for major space, missile defense and weapons […]
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Army
Northrop Grumman Delivers 500th Command Post Platform Shelter System
Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday delivered the 500th Command Post Platform (CPP) shelter system to the Army during a ceremony at the company’s Huntsville, Ala. facility. "This accomplishment is a tribute […]
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Army
GAO Denies JLTV Northrop Grumman, Textron Protests, Stop Work Orders Lifted
By Ann Roosevelt The Government Accountability Office (GAO) yesterday denied protests by Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] and Textron [TXT] of the Army awards of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program […]