International
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Business/FinancialSatellite Firms Should See Growth As Need For Imagery Mounts, Official Says
By Geoff Fein Even with the concern over dwindling defense budgets and the high cost of putting satellites into orbit, the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) sees the […]
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Business/FinancialBAE Completes Acquisition of Atlantic Marine
BAE Systems yesterday said it has completed its acquisition of four shipyards of Atlantic Marine from the private equity firm J.F. Lehman & Co. for $352 million in cash. The […]
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Homeland Security
U.S., Canada Reach Cooperative Agreements On Security, Trade
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Canada’s Public Safety Minister Vic Toews reached several agreements yesterday, including a first-ever plan to establish a comprehensive cross-border approach to critical infrastructure resilience. […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Says Narus Acquisition Provides International Cyber Presence
By Calvin Biesecker Boeing‘s [BA] pending acquisition of cybersecurity software firm Narus, which is based in California but has regional offices around the world, will give it a global presence […]
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InternationalOman Could Spend $54 Million On C-130J-30 Logistics Support
Oman would like to spend $54 million on a possible Foreign Military Sale for logistics support and training for two C-130J-30 aircraft, including associated equipment and parts for an estimated […]
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InternationalU.K. Requests Continued Participation In C-17 Sustainment Partnership
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress July 1 of a possible $390 million Foreign Military Sale to the United Kingdom for continued participation in the U.S. Air Force/Boeing Globemaster […]
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Air ForceTransatlantic Rivals Submit Air Force Tanker Bids
By Marina Malenic Airbus parent company EADS yesterday filed an 8,800-page proposal to build a new fleet of 179 aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force, a day ahead of […]
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InternationalBoeing Australia Completes High Frequency Modernization Project
Boeing Defence Australia [BA] said it’s completion of Joint Project 2043’s High Frequency Modernisation (HFMod) Project. The formal letter of completion for the project was delivered on behalf of the […]
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InternationalBoeing Sees Foreign Arms Sales Balancing Pentagon Spending Slowdown
Boeing [BA] executives said they hope to grow their international military sales as Pentagon spending is set to slow dramatically in the coming years. “We see a definite counterbalance in […]
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InternationalEgypt Requests Continued Frigate Technical Support
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress July 1 of a possible $210 million Foreign Military Sale to Egypt for the continuation of technical services in support of four Oliver […]