International
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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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International
Boeing 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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International
Egypt 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 […]
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International
Egypt Requests $77 Million To Support Skyguard-Sparrow Upgrades
Egypt would spend an estimated $77 million on a potential foreign military sale of 40 Skyguard AMOUN Solid-State Transmitters to support the upgrade of the Skyguard-SPARROW Launcher/Illuminator System and associated […]
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International
European Defence Agency-EC To Consider Joint UAV Funding
The European Defence Agency (EDA) and the European Commission (EC) conference on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) plans to consider closer cooperation in a common European way forward. “The tasking given […]
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Homeland Security
Gaps Persist In Nuclear Detection Architecture, Lieberman, GAO Warn
By Calvin Biesecker Gaps remain in the nation’s nuclear detection system in large part because the Homeland Security agency charged with developing and purchasing detection technology has over emphasized a […]
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Homeland Security
TSA Expects All International Air Cargo To Be Screened By 2013
By Calvin Biesecker Despite a congressional mandate that 100 percent of cargo loaded on passenger planes be screened for explosives this year, it won’t be until 2013 before this will […]
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Business/FinancialBusiness Analytics Software Firm Acquires Memex
SAS, the North Carolina-based firm specializing in business analytics software and services, has acquired Britain’s Memex, a small analytic software firm specializing in the public safety and criminal justice markets, […]
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Homeland Security
TSA Reaches Another Milestone With Secure Flight
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said last week that 100 percent of passengers flying domestically and internationally on United States airlines are being checked against government watchlists through the […]