International
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Business/FinancialNavy Beaches Coastal Craft Over Structural Issues
By Geoff Fein The Navy has ordered all of its Cyclone-class Patrol Coastal (PC) ships deployed in the Persian Gulf to be removed from service following the discovery of structural […]
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Homeland Security
Terrorist Threat Less Severe Today But More Complex, Report Says
By Calvin Biesecker Al-Qaeda and its allies have fewer capabilities now to launch a large-scale attack like it did nine years ago although the threat it presents is more diverse […]
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InternationalPEO LMW Sees Steady Growth In Counter IED, Maritime Surveillance FMS
The Navy’s Program Executive Office Littoral and Mine Warfare (PEO LMW) has seen a steady growth in foreign interest in technologies ranging from efforts to counter improvised explosive devices (IED) […]
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InternationalNortrhop Grumman’s Marc DeBlasio To Chair NATO Group
Marc DeBlasio, director of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Package Integrator program, was named chairman of NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG) 150 for Modularity. The committee […]
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InternationalNATO ACT Stays In Norfolk, Secretary General Says
NATO’s secretary general says the alliance has no plans to move Allied Command Transformation (ACT), which will stay in Norfolk, Va., even as the U.S. Defense Department plans to shutter […]
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InternationalBoeing Completes Harpoon Work With Danish Navy
Boeing [BA] said it has successfully completed an industrial cooperation program associated with follow-on support of the Harpoon weapon system for the Royal Danish Navy. Boeing met ahead of schedule […]
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InternationalViaSat, DEW Engineering and Development ULC To Work In Canada
ViaSat Inc. and DEW Engineering and & Development ULC have signed a technology and marketing alliance agreement to collaborate to bring innovative, integrated Link 16 networking to mobile and fixed […]
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Business/FinancialBAE To Acquire Electro-Optical Systems Firm OASYS Technology
BAE Systems yesterday said it has agreed to acquire OASYS Technology, a small company specializing in the design and manufacture of electro-optical systems and subassemblies for aerospace, defense, industrial and […]
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InternationalElbit Systems Signs Agreement To Buy Units of Mikal Ltd.
Elbit Systems Ltd. recently said it signed an agreement to acquire all the shares of Soltam Systems Ltd. (“Soltam”), Saymar Ltd. (“Saymar”) and ITL Optronics Ltd. (“ITL”), that are currently […]
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InternationalL3 Unit To Continue Maintenance of Canadian CF-18 Jets
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said this week the nation has extended an approximate $445 million maintenance contract for its fleet of CF-18 fighter jets with a division of L-3 […]