Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCBoeing’s Unmanned A-160T Cargo Helicopter Set For Evaluation
The Navy is scheduled to perform a technical evaluation next year of Boeing’s [BA] A160T Hummingbird, an unmanned cargo helicopter designed to ferry supplies to troops, and will decide whether […]
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Air ForceDoD Officials Warn Against Budget Cuts To Nuclear Force
Senior Pentagon officials warned Congress yesterday that budget reductions for nuclear weapons modernization and life extension programs could be detrimental to the U.S. strategic deterrence. “While we recognize that fiscal […]
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InternationalTurkey Wants To Buy Super Cobra Attack Helicopters, Sale Funds To Aid H-1 Upgrades
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency Oct. 28 notified Congress of a possible $111 million Foreign Military Sale to Turkey for three AH-1W Super Cobra Attack Helicopters and associated equipment, parts, […]
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Navy/USMC
AARGM Reaches Third Round Of Initial Production
The Navy has awarded ATK [ATK] a $54.4-million dollar contract for the third phase of low-rate initial production (LRIP) for the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guiderd Missile (AARGM), the company recently said. […]
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Business/FinancialGD Completes Purchase of Virginia-Based Ship Repair Firm
General Dynamics [GD] yesterday said it has completed its purchase of the Norfolk, Va.-based naval ship repair company Metro Machine Corp., giving it an opportunity for additional work maintaining and […]
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CyberHP Has Upper Hand In NGEN Competition, Program Chief Says
The Navy has taken steps to level the playing field in the competition for the successor program to the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), but incumbent bidder Hewlett-Packard [HPQ] will […]
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ArmyArmy Pleads For Time To Hash Out Vehicle Efforts
As lawmakers debated defense budget cuts behind closed doors, an Army general made an impassioned plea on Capitol Hill yesterday to give his service time and money to continue sorting […]
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Air Force
Lockheed Martin Facing $1.2 Billion In F-35 Termination Liabilities
If the Defense Department fails to provide additional funding for the F-35 fighter program as the fifth production lot, aircraft prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] would face a $1.2 billion […]
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Army
Amos Pledges To Fight Hill For New Light Vehicle
The Marine Corps’ top general pledged yesterday to fight a Senate committee’s attempt to kill the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV). Commandant Gen. James Amos stood by the deal his service recently […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Awards Technology Development Contract To General Dynamics
The Navy has awarded General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat an $89.9-million contract to develop submarine technologies for current and future platforms, the company said yesterday. The modification contract includes advanced […]