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Boeing’s [BA] Insitu Pacific, the Australian Insitu subsidiary, yesterday said it would use its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) on behalf of the Queensland Government for the Department of Agriculture, […]

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) is working to help the defense industry be more competitive in a tough fiscal environment. “We have some specific initiatives that we’re focusing just […]

The Defense Department is seeing small businesses leave the industrial base because of defense spending cuts, according to a top official. “We do see some evidence, in some particular elements […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT], union representatives and federal mediators began discussions yesterday in an attempt to resolve a nearly two-month old strike by machinists at the company’s fighter jet making facility […]

Today and tomorrow, General Dynamics [GD] UK will showcase its “Base of the Future” at the DVD demonstration at Millbrook Proving Ground, Bedforshire, U.K. Base of the Future demonstrates how […]

It’s unclear how nearly $500 billion in looming defense spending cuts will be implemented and what the exact consequences will be, but there will be changes to the defense industrial […]

The Coast Guard last Friday evening released the draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for its new medium-endurance cutter, saying it plans to award up to three preliminary design contracts in […]

TenCate Advanced Armor yesterday said it was selected as supplier to Daimler AG for ballistic protection of the Daimler Zetros protected transport trucks, due to be delivered to the German […]

L-3 Communications [LLL] this week appointed Steve Kantor, currently the president of its Services Group, to be president of the Electronic Systems Group. Kantor will succeed James Dunn, who will […]

Princeton Security Technologies, Inc. [PSGY], a small firm specializing in the development and manufacture of radiation and X-ray detection products, said this week that it has agreed to be acquired […]