International
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InternationalIraqi Airmen Score Bull’s Eye With Hellfire Missile Shoot
For the first time since the Iraqi air force was reconstituted, an Iraqi pilot fired a missile from an aircraft–scoring a bull’s eye, Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I) said last […]
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International
BAE Systems Submits Bid For Warrior Fighting Vehicle Upgrades
BAE Systems Nov. 17 submitted its bid for the potential $1.67 billion Warrior Capability Sustainment Program, to upgrade the fleet of British Army Warrior infantry fighting vehicles. The bid, submitted […]
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International
NATO Parliamentary Assembly Drafts Strategic Concept Recommendations
The cornerstone of the NATO Alliance should remain collective defence, Sven Mikser, vice president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, said at the annual session. However, NATO’s new Strategic Concept, currently […]
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International
Stork Aerospace Moves To Group Name: Fokker Aerospace Group
The group name Stork Aerospace is now changed to Fokker Aerospace Group, 90 years after Anthony Fokker started the Nederlandsche Vliegtuigenfabriek (Dutch aircraft factory) to strengthen the market presence of […]
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ThalesRaytheonSystems Moves Another Step Toward New NATO C2 System
ThalesRaytheonSystems, a joint venture between Raytheon [RTN] and Thales Group, recently announced it successfully completed its latest in a series of tests of the NATO Air Command and Control System […]
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International
Australia Pushing Ahead With Defense Procurement Reform
Australia has made a good start, but must continue to strive for defense procurement reform in a time of economic restraint, the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science said. […]
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International
ATK Awarded Contract For Non-NATO Weapons For Afghanistan
ATK [ATK] has been awarded a $21 million contract by the U.S. Army Aberdeen Contracting Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., to supply various types of non-standard (non-NATO) weapon systems […]
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CongressTSA Boosting Security At Overseas Aircraft Repair Stations
By Calvin Biesecker While it has taken six years for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop regulations to bolster security at domestic and foreign aircraft repair stations, the agency […]
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Business/FinancialSpeed of Response Vital To Stemming Cyber Attacks
By Geoff Fein Nations defending against cyber attacks need the ability to respond in lightning speed, as well as an understanding of who has the authority within the government to […]
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International
Australia Releases Defense ICT Strategy
Australia’s Minister for Defence, Sen. John Faulkner, recently released the 2009 Defence Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Strategy. Faulkner said that the strategy contains several key initiatives that will increase […]