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Raytheon Gains $115 Million Contract Continuing Patriot System Upgrades
The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $115 million contract to continue Pure Fleet upgrades of Army Patriot air and missile defense systems. That Army Aviation and Missile Command contract […]
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Tomahawk Block IV Improved Against Surface Naval Targets, Raytheon Announces
The Tomahawk Block IV missile has been upgraded in effectiveness against moving maritime surface targets, with a longer-range capability, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. "This capability will allow the warfighter to […]
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QinetiQ To Bolster Cyber Security Capability With U.S. Acquisition
By Calvin Biesecker Britain’s QinetiQ yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Cyveillance, Inc., a Northern Virginia-based firm with software products that help commercial firms ward off cyber attacks, to […]
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Lockheed Martin Modifies HAAWC To Keep Up With Changes Made To P-8
By Geoff Fein Companies competing for the Navy’s High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapons Concept (HAAWC), an effort to place a wing kit on a Mk 54 torpedo and drop it […]
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NASA To Study Possible Major Changes In Constellation Program; Augustine Leads Panel
Scolese Says Any Ares I Replacement Must Be Capable To Carry Out Full Lunar Return Mission NASA today unveiled an $18.69 billion budget proposal that includes a major study of […]
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Missile Defense Budget Stops Boost-Phase Programs, But Agency Has A Backup Plan; European Missile Defense Gets Just $51 Million, With No Construction Seen
Multiple Kill Vehicle Is Dead; Agency Leader Voices ‘High Confidence’ United States Can Kill Missiles From Iran Or North Korea; U.S.-Israeli Program Mulled President Obama’s defense budget plan, released today, […]
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Sen. Sessions: Senate Authorizers May Balks At Missile Defense Funding Cuts, But House, Others, May Favor Obama Moves To Slash Protection
Tough Battle Ahead, But Not Hopeless, Sessions Says President Obama’s plan for dramatic cuts in funding missile defense programs likely will be challenged in the Senate, especially among authorizers on […]
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GOP Lawmakers Assail Obama Cuts In Missile Defense Budget
Republican House members blasted President Obama’s proposed cuts to ballistic missile defense programs, saying a rising missile threat makes such cuts reckless. Further, they expressed incredulity that there could be […]
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MDA Director O’Reilly Says Missile Threat ‘Extremely Worrisome,’ Not Slowing Down
O’Reilly Urges Emphasis On Hitting Enemy Missiles In Ascent Phase, But Also Endorses Not Buying Another Airborne Laser Aircraft ABL Needs Design Changes, O’Reilly Says; Existing ABL Shows How To […]
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Navy Continues At-Sea Shipboard Landings of Fire Scout VTUAV
By Geoff Fein The Navy conducted a series of landings and approaches of the Fire Scout vertical takeoff unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) in the most recent tests of the Unmanned […]