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The Defense Department requested to reprogram nearly $2 billion in fiscal year 2014 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds, chief among them purchasing additional aircraft and supporting higher operational tempos for […]

As the Defense Department’s Future Vertical Lift concept works its way towards becoming an official program of record, the Joint Staff is trying to determine if it can shorten the […]

The Department of Homeland Security is undertaking a comprehensive review of its southern border security strategy at the direction of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Francis Taylor, undersecretary of Homeland […]

Raytheon [RTN] Sept. 10 said it has received a $109 million engineering services contract for its Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. The contract, issued by the Army Aviation and […]

The Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) launched Sept. 1 to strengthen the fight against cybercrime in the European Union and beyond. Cybercrime affects the military, defense industry, and governments as […]

The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) of the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said Sept. 9 they conducted an intercept test […]

The AsiaSat 6 satellite is successfully performing post-launch maneuvers after it was successfully launched early Sept. 7, according to satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SSL). Launch took place around 1 am […]

iRobot Corp. (IRBT) Sept. 8 said it has been awarded multi-year contracts with an initial value of $9.6 million by the Canadian Department of National Defense (DND) for the delivery […]

Harris [HRS] Sept. 11 said it received an $88 million order to provide a country in the Middle East with Falcon III® wideband tactical radios and accessories as part of […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said on Wednesday it has received a contract worth about $800 million from the Australian Department of Defense for a major data center consolidation effort. The company […]