International
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CongressRepublicans Slam New Missile Defense Plan Democrats Praise
By Emelie Rutherford Congressional Republicans immediately attacked yesterday the Pentagon’s new European missile-defense plan, charging it would leave the United States vulnerable, while Democrats hailed the new sea-and-land-based approach as […]
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Business/FinancialDRS Closes Acquisition of Soneticom
Finmeccanica‘s subsidiary DRS Technologies yesterday said it has completed its acquisition of Florida-based Soneticom, Inc., which provides geolocaton systems, wireless communications and digital signal processing systems and capabilities. Terms of […]
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Business/Financial
Chemring Plans To Acquire U.S. Firm Hi-Shear Technology
By Calvin Biesecker Britain’s Chemring Group PLC yesterday said it has greed to acquire Los Angeles-based Hi-Shear Technology Corp. [HSR] for $132 million in cash, a deal which complements its […]
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Homeland Security
Coast Guard Seeks To Avoid HC-144 Production Break
By Calvin Biesecker The Coast Guard this month is scheduled to seek a commitment from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for approval to buy up to nine HC-144A Maritime […]
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InternationalSAFRAN Completes Acquisition of Majority Of GE’s Homeland Protection Business
Frances’s SAFRAN Group recently said it has completed its acquisition of 81 percent of General Electric‘s [GE] Homeland Protection business, which will report to SAFRAN’s subsidiary Sagem Securite. The $580 […]
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International
Australia And Thailand Participate in Combined War Game
HMAS Darwin, a Royal Australian Navy Adelaide Class Frigate this week kicked off Austhai 09, a combined maritime exercise with the Royal Thai Navy in the Gulf of Thailand. The […]
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International
ITT Awarded U.K.MoD Follow On Order For Head Mounted Night Vision Systems
ITT Corp. [ITT] Sept. 9 announced it has been awarded a $16.6 million follow-on order from the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (MoD) for the Head Mounted Night Vision System […]
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International
Boeing And Damco Sign MoU To Develop Logistics Tools
Boeing [BA] and Danish logistics company Damco, part of the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pursue the development of industrial and technological […]
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International
U.K. MoD Taps BAE For New Generation of Helmet Mounted Displays
The U.K. Ministry of Defence has placed the first order for a new generation of helmet-mounted displays developed by BAE Systems. The Royal Navy will purchase 12 remote sighting systems […]
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International
Brazil Selects Northrop Grumman For Navigation Units
Northrop Grumman [NOC] this week announced it’s Sperry Marine business unit has been selected by the Brazil navy to supply state-of-the-art navigation systems for four new NAPA 500-ton patrol vessels, […]