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Business/FinancialMobile Gantry Moves At South American Spaceport
A mobile gantry performed its initial rollout test at the Spaceport in French Guiana, South America, Arianespace announced. The launch site and mobile gantry for the Arianespace Vega lightweight vehicle […]
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InternationalCanada Awards CAE $265 Million C-130J Training Package
CAE recently said that the Government of Canada has awarded a CAE-led team a contract worth about $265 million for a comprehensive Lockheed Martin [LMT] C-130J aircrew training equipment and […]
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International
Australia Remains Committed To Afghanistan, Defence Minister Says
Australia’s Minister for Defence, Joel Fitzgibbon, reaffirmed his nation’s commitment to Afghanistan security when he met with his United States counterpart, Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Krakow, Poland Feb. 20 […]
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International
New Australian Defense Materials Technology Center Opens
Australian Feb. 19 launched a US$55 million Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC) in Bendigo, Victoria, aimed at researching futuristic materials for the Defence industry. Minister for Defence Science, the Hon. […]
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International
Tauscher: Delay European Missile Defense
The United States shouldn’t completely abandon its plans for the European Missile Defense (EMD) system as Russia has demanded, but Washington should slow the EMD effort until it is tested […]
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Business/Financial
BAE 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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International
CAE and Rotorsim to Train Norwegian NH90 Crews
The Rotorsim consortium between CAE [CGT] and Finmeccanica’s AgustaWestland has signed a three-year contract to provide NH90 flight simulation training to the Norwegian armed forces, CAE said this week in […]
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International
BAE Systems Receives Additional VIKING Order From British MoD
BAE Systems Monday said it has received an additional order for the armored all-terrain vehicle BvS10 VIKING from the British Ministry of Defence (MoD). “This contract recognizes the performance the […]
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Air ForceIrregular Warfare Must Become a Core Competency, General Says
By Ann Roosevelt Facing the complexity and uncertainty of military operations in the 21st century, the military must make superiority in irregular warfare a core capability, according to a top […]
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Business/Financial
Clinton Says No Decision Made On Whether To Abandon Planned European Missile Defense
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said nothing has been decided on a U.S. response to repeated Russian demands that Washington kill the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system. She was […]