International
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Business/FinancialJDAM ER Fares Well In Australian Test
The Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range (JDAM ER) weapon performed well and completed tests for the Royal Australian Air Force, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Tests were performed at […]
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Business/Financial
Netherlands Navy Launches Harpoon Air Defense Missiles
The Royal Netherlands Navy test-launched two Boeing Harpoon missiles from air defense and command frigate (LCF) HMS De Zeven Provincien, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. The exercise, which was the […]
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Business/Financial
Japanese Forces Test-Fire Patriots At Fort Bliss
Two Japanese Patriot crews recently fired Patriot missiles in testing at Fort Bliss, Texas, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. The company provided operational support for the annual service practice conducted by […]
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InternationalEuropean Space Agency Leaders Envision Euro11.2 Billion (US$14.4 Billion) Outlays Spread Over Many Years Into Next Decade
European space ministers in recent days have backed multi-year outlays for the European Space Agency totaling Euro11.2 billion (US$14.4 billion). Various time frames apply to different programs, ranging from 2009-2013, […]
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Business/Financial
Contracts
SAIC Gains $69.3 Million Contract For Support Services At Kennedy NASA selected Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] of Houston to provide project management support services at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. […]
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Homeland Security
Obama Retains Gates As Secretary Of Defense; Gates Oversaw Major Advances In Missile Defense
President-elect Obama today announced he will retain Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in the top Pentagon post, and also said Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), a member of the Senate Armed […]
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Business/Financial
European Missile Defense Plan Advances As Czech Senate Provides Long-Sought Approval
The Czech Republic Senate, 40-31, approved a plan for the United States to install a radar on Czech territory as part of the envisioned European Missile Defense (EMD) system. Because […]
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Homeland Security
Russia Tests Sea-Based Submarine-Launched Bulava Missile, And Plans Deploying Land-based RS-24 ICBMs To Outwit U.S. Missile Defense System Before It Is Created
RS-24 Test-Fired Successfully For Third Time An increasingly bellicose Russia test-launched a sea-based ballistic missile from a submarine, and also readied plans to deploy a land-based nuclear-tipped missile that Russians […]
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ArmyU.K. Taps Navistar Defense, Force Protection Industries, Supacat, For New Support Vehicles
U.K. Defence Secretary John Hutton Nov. 19 announced preferred bidders Navistar Defense, Force Protection Industries [FRPT] and Supacat for the army’s approximately $517 million armored support trucks. Force Protection will […]
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Army
BAE Systems’ Caiman and RG33 MRAP Production Ends
By Ann Roosevelt Production ceased Nov. 20 after more than 5,000 vehicles at BAE Systems‘ facilities for the Caiman and RG33 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP). "We’ve been delivering week to […]