International
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InternationalArmy Approves Positioning Stryker Vehicles Forward For Afghanistan Operations
The Army has approved changes to the fiscal year 2008 Stryker vehicle contract with General Dynamics [GD] to create a fleet of Stryker Theater Provided Equipment (TPE) in Afghanistan, according […]
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International
MoD Research Consortium Led By GDUK Demonstrates Future Defence Technology
Future defense technology was discussed and demonstrated by academics, scientists, experts and business leaders this week the final annual conference of the Defence Technology Centre in Data and Information Fusion […]
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Business/FinancialMoD Research Consortium Led By GDUK Demonstrates Future Defence Technology
Future defense technology was discussed and demonstrated by academics, scientists, experts and business leaders this week the final annual conference of the Defence Technology Centre in Data and Information Fusion […]
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Homeland Security
DHS Ramping Up Border Security In Southwest In Response To Violence In Mexico
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security said it will redeploy manpower and technology resources to the nation’s Southwest border to help prevent drug-related violence in Mexico from spilling […]
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Business/Financial
Airborne Laser System Endangered By Looming Budget Cuts, Lawmakers Say
Military May Lose Laser Capability In Killing Enemy Missiles; Industrial Base Is Threatened By Budget Moves Legislators Write Letter To Gates A bipartisan group of legislators told Secretary of Defense […]
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International
India Finds New Bacteria In Stratosphere
Three new species of bacteria, which are not found on Earth and which are highly resistant to ultra-violet radiation, have been discovered in the upper stratosphere by Indian scientists, according […]
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Homeland Security
Czech Republic Parliamentary Chamber Cancels Vote To Authorize European Missile Defense System Radar Installation
The European Missile Defense (EMD) system ran into further problems when the Czech Republic lower house in parliament canceled a vote on whether to approve the EMD. Czech lawmakers in […]
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Business/Financial
Hyslop To Head Boeing Missile Defense Systems
The Boeing Co. [BA] named Greg Hyslop as vice president and general manager of its Missile Defense Systems division. Hyslop succeeds Scott Fancher, who assumed responsibility for Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ […]
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Business/Financial
Raytheon Sees Vast New Opportunity For Standard Missile-3 Marketing With Land-Based SM-3s In VLS Tubes
The United States could gain a premier land-based missile defense interceptor, quickly and at low cost, merely by making the currently sea-based Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptors land-based assets as well, […]
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Business/Financial
If Iran Goes Nuclear, It Deals A Blow To Nonproliferation Efforts Globally
If the already existing Iranian nuclear materials production program ends with Tehran wielding nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles to deliver them, that grim situation will be made even worse, […]