International
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ArmyTextron Awarded Afghanistan Training and Logistics Support Contract
Textron Systems’ [TXT] Marine & Land Systems (TM&LS) yesterday said it was awarded initial $14.95 million funding of a potential $30.51 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification to continue providing training and […]
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CongressPanetta, Kendall Request MEADS Support From Key Senators
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall have written key senators asking for their support for Fiscal Year 2013 funding […]
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Business/FinancialAerospace Companies Open New Research Lab In Netherlands
A new laboratory that provides thermoplastic composites research for Boeing [ BA] and other aerospace companies has opened at Enschede in the Netherlands. “With this opening, the Thermoplastics Composites Research […]
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InternationalNorthrop Grumman To Supply F-16 Targeting Pods To Danes
Northrop Grumman [NOC] will provide its LITENING G4 targeting systems for Danish F-16s, the company said yesterday. The Danish Defence Ministry selected Northrop Grumman to supply the targeting pods along […]
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Congress
Squeeze On Southwest Border Pushes Illegal Contraband Activity Into Caribbean
Increased pressure by the United States government along the Mexican border to help choke off the flow of illegal cross-border activity has resulted in an increase of this activity in […]
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Business/Financial
DSCA Working To Help Industry Be More Competitive In Tough Budget Environment
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 […]
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Army
BAE Systems To Build, Upgrade Norwegian Army CV90s
BAE Systems yesterday said it will upgrade and build CV90 armored combat vehicles for the Norwegian Army under a contract worth approximately $750 million awarded by the Norwegian Government. The […]
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Business/Financial
Scan Eagle To Use Detection Capability For Australian Agricultural Department
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, […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Awarded $88 Million FMS Sale For APG-68(V)9 Radars
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said yesterday it received an $87.8 million foreign military sales (FMS) contract to provide Thailand, Iraq and Oman with its APG-68(V)9 airborne fire control radar for use […]
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Army
General Dynamics UK Showcases Vision Of Land Open System Architecture
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 […]