International
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CongressLawmaker Moves To Block Sale of JDAMs To Saudi Arabia
By Jen DiMascio Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y. ) said yesterday he is moving to block the president’s proposed sale of precision-guided missiles to Saudi Arabia. The president on Jan. 14 […]
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Business/FinancialAirbus Vows To Boost Business In Alabama If It Can Make Tankers There
By Jen DiMascio Airbus executives and Alabama politicians yesterday said that the company would produce commercial freighters in Mobile, as long as its parent, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space […]
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InternationalAustralia Accepts First MRH-90 Helicopters
The first two Australian Defence Force MRH-90 Multi Role helicopters (MRH) last month were accepted into service, Hon. Greg Combet MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, said. Acquired under Project […]
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CongressBush Expected To Notify Congress, Saudi Arabia of JDAM Sale This Week
By Jen DiMascio The president is expected to notify Congress Jan. 14 about the sale of the GPS-guided Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) to Saudi Arabia one day before the […]
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InternationalATK Moves To Become Full Spectrum Space Company With MDA Purchase
Alliant Techsystems [ATK] recently said it has agreed to acquire the space and related information systems business of Canada’s MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) in a $1.3 billion cash deal […]
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InternationalAustal USA Awarded $33 Million For Hurricane Katrina Repairs
The Navy last month awarded Austal USA a firm-fixed-price contract for $33.7 million, the last of six contracts for infrastructure improvements to Gulf Coast shipyards in the aftermath of Hurricane […]
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Business/FinancialBusiness Coalition Backs GAO Report On Need For Export Control Reforms
The Coalition for Security and Competitiveness, a consortium of business groups lobbying the administration on export issues, recently hailed a recent government report taking the nation’s arms export process to […]
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Air ForceRockwell Collins Proceeds To Second Phase Upgrade For Thai Air Force C-130 Fleet
Thai Aviation Industries has awarded Rockwell Collins [COL] the second phase of a contract to upgrade the Royal Thai Air Force’s (RTAF) fleet of C-130 aircraft with integrated Communications, Navigation, […]
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Business/FinancialRockwell Collins Proceeds To Second Phase Upgrade For Thai Air Force C-130 Fleet
Thai Aviation Industries has awarded Rockwell Collins [COL] the second phase of a contract to upgrade the Royal Thai Air Force’s (RTAF) fleet of C-130 aircraft with integrated Communications, Navigation, […]
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Business/FinancialU.K. Spending $1 Billion For 10 Reaper UAVs
The United Kingdom is looking to spend upward of $1.07 billion for the sale of 10 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI)-built Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) aircraft as well as […]