International
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Business/FinancialSen. Levin Doubtful About Need For Airborne Laser Missile Defense System
Levin Sees Opportunity For Developing European Missile Defense Jointly With Russia Senator: Iranian President Ahmadinejad May Not Be Deterred By U.S. Retaliation Threat From Launching Missile Attack Sen. Carl Levin […]
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Business/FinancialRep. Tauscher Suggests Slashing Ground-based Missile Defense, Others, In Letter To Pentagon Leader
The United States should cut funding for the Ground-based Missile Defense program that aims to take down long-range incoming enemy missiles, focusing instead of systems that counter short- and medium-range […]
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Business/FinancialMissile Defense Agency Set To Increase Testing Of Ballistic Missile Defense Systems As Some Lawmakers Challenge Testing Adequacy
Republicans Assert Testing Issue A Pretext Democrats Use To Justify Slashing Funds For Missile Defense In Fiscal 2010 Budget Cuts That Harm Ground-based Missile Defense Program Would Weaken U.S. Defense […]
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InternationalU.S.-Australia Enter Project Arrangement On JLTV
As part of the Army/Marine Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program, the Defense Department and the Australian Department of Defence have entered into a Land Force Capability Modernization (LFCM) Project […]
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InternationalUAE to Modernize Cargo Fleet With New Lockheed Martin, Boeing Planes
The United Arab Emirates will buy 12 Lockheed Martin [LMT] C-130J Super Hercules and four Boeing [BA] C-17 Globemaster III cargo planes to modernize the country’s tactical airlift fleet, contractors […]
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InternationalRevisit Force Structure Plans, U.S. Army Europe General Requests
To meet its operational requirements and build partnership capacities, the commander of U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) has asked that current plans to move two brigades back to the United States […]
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InternationalBAE Posts Solid 2008 Financial Results
United Kingdom-based BAE Systems yesterday posted higher sales and earnings for its 2008 fiscal year led by growth in its defense business in the United States. BAE’s U.S.-led defense work […]
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InternationalDynCorp International Gains $77 Million LOGCAP IV In Kuwait
DynCorp International [DCP] has been authorized to proceed under a LOGCAP IV task order for support services in Kuwait. This is the first task order awarded to the company under […]
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Homeland Security
Think Missile Defense Is Expensive? Try Having No Defense From Missiles
North Korea, Iran Might Use Nuclear ICBMs To Intimidate United States Book Says Possibility of Attack Makes National Missile Defense ‘Attractive’ Even a small nuclear weapon from the North Korean […]
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Air ForceExperts See Deep Cuts Coming In Defense Procurement, Myriad Programs At Risk
Defense procurement programs face huge budget cuts, not only in fiscal 2010 but even more in 2011 and the out years, with an immense array of programs in each of […]