International
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Business/FinancialInsitu Forms New Alliance For Middle East Customers
Boeing’s [BA] wholly owned subsidiary Insitu Inc. yesterday said it has formed a new alliance to facilitate world-class systems and support for current and future customers in the Middle East. […]
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Business/Financial
Parsons Completes Acquisition Of SPARTA From Cobham
Parsons Corp. yesterday said it has completed its $350 million purchase of the systems engineering and services firm SPARTA from Britain’s Cobham, giving it a big boost to its advanced […]
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Air ForceDoD Office Created To Implement Air-Sea Battle Concept
The Defense Department has a new Air-Sea Battle Concept office expected to integrate air and naval combat capabilities–and soon to incorporate the Army–in support of freedom of action for U.S. […]
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InternationalMalaysia Requests AIM 9X-2 Missiles For Air Force Modernization
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Nov. 8 notified Congress of a potential $52 million Foreign Military Sale to Malaysia for AIM-9X-2 Sidewinder Block II All-Up- Round Missiles and associated […]
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International
Peru Requests Refurbishment of Two C-130E Aircraft
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress Nov. 8 of a possible $74 million Foreign Military Sale to Peru work on two C-130E aircraft and associated equipment and support. […]
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International
Fire Scout Stay In Afghanistan Extended
The Navy has elected to extend the deployment of the MQ-8B Fire Scout in Afghanistan, manufacturer Northrop Grumman [NOC] said recently, adding the unmanned helicopter has improved the ability of […]
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International
Australian Industry Supporting Rapid Prototyping, Development And Evaluation Program
Twelve more Australian organizations have joined the Rapid Prototyping, Development and Evaluation Program (RPDE), the nation’s effort to fix high risk and complex Defence capability problems, Minister for Defence Materiel […]
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International
White House Proposes Aircraft Export Changes
The Obama administration unveiled recently proposals for making it easier for U.S. companies to export some military aircraft equipment. A defense-industry group hailed the publishing of the proposed export rule […]
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International
Armaments Directors In U.S., Germany, Italy Approve MEADS Contract Amendment, Flight Tests
The National Armaments Directors of Germany, Italy and the United States recently approved a contract amendment that funds two flight intercept tests of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), […]
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International
Lockheed Martin Acquires Dutch Commercial Aviation Simulation Firm
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently said it has acquired Netherlands-based Sim-Industries, a developer and manufacturer of commercial aviation simulators, in a move that expands the company’s simulation business beyond the military. […]