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Business/FinancialU.K. MoD Orders More Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk UAS
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $4.8 million contract to procure additional Desert Hawk III Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), the company said Nov. 28. With […]
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Business/FinancialUAE Buying PAC-3 Missiles, E-2C Upgrades
The United Arab Emirates is looking to spend upward of $9 billion to buy 288 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security […]
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Business/FinancialKuwait Seeking PAC-3 Missiles, Upgrades
Kuwait has requested a possible $1.36 billion sale of 80 PAC-3 missiles, PAC-2 missile upgrades to GEM (Guidance Enhanced Missile)-T, and Patriot ground support equipment upgrades as well as associated […]
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CongressSenate Likely To Consider Iraq War Funding Again
By Jen DiMascio As Congress returned this week to continue debating funding for the war, the Senate majority leader said a vote on war funding was likely during the next […]
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Business/FinancialGeneral Dynamics UK Ltd. Collaborates With UWE To Develop Facial Recognition System
General Dynamics [GD] United Kingdom Limited subsidiary yesterday announced it is collaborating with the University of the West of England (UWE), the Imperial College London, the Home Office Scientific Development […]
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Business/FinancialKMW To Supply Fennek To Germany, Dingo 2 To Czech Republic
The German Ministry of Defence has tapped Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG (KMW) under an approximately $46.4 million deal to supply 10 new Fennek reconnaissance vehicles to the armed […]
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Air ForceDefense Watch
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Movement Possible. A House leadership aide confirmed the House is likely to appoint conferees this week for the defense […]
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InternationalSpace Shuttle Atlantis Cleared For Launch at 4:31 p.m. ET Thursday
European Laboratory Columbus To Be Added To Space Station Space Shuttle Atlantis is cleared for liftoff at 4:31 p.m. ET Thursday from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for […]
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Business/FinancialiRobot’s New Multimission Warrior
By Ann Roosevelt iRobot [IRBT] is developing a new multimission modular robot called Warrior that can pull more of its weight in the soldier’s world and is expected to be […]
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InternationalLarge Number Of Aegis Ships Would Be Needed To Shield Europe: Admiral
It would take a large number of U.S. Navy Aegis weapons system ships to shield Europe against enemy missiles from the Middle East, if the United States attempted to use […]