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UncategorizedBriefing
Customs and Border Protection, thanks to the government shutdown last month, has delayed award of the contract for fixed surveillance towers along certain parts of the Southwest Border until the […]
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UncategorizedRapiscan Exploring Turnkey Screening Services Opportunities Through CENTCOM
Based on work it has done with the U.S. Central Command in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, Rapiscan Systems is working with the military command to potentially bring the […]
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UncategorizedProliferation Of Precision Strike Weapons Outside U.S. Remains Nascent, CSBA Says
The proliferation of long-range precision strike weapons to nations other than the United States remains nascent and contrary to conventional wisdom because even as China and Iran try to develop […]
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UncategorizedSouth Korea Wants $400 Million In Patriot Missiles, Associated Equipment
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Oct. 25 notified Congress of a possible $404 million Foreign Military Sale to South Korea for Patriot Anti-Tactical Missiles and associated equipment, parts, training […]
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UncategorizedF-35 Conducts First Live-Fire Weapons Test
An F-35A executed the program’s first live-fire launch of a guided air-to-air missile one day after it successfully delivered an unarmed weapon against a ground target, the Defense Department said […]
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UncategorizedMEADS Preparing For Early November Intercept Test
The major event for the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Proof of Concept–an intercept flight test–is on track for early November, executives said. “This is one of the key […]
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UncategorizedEarly Development MBDA Brimstone 2 Missile Makes ‘Significant’ Progress, Company Says
MBDA said a series of successful firings of the Brimstone 2 development program in early October demonstrated “significant progress” in proving the performance of the latest guidance system upgrades being added […]
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UncategorizedViaSat Creates RF Waveform To Transmit Info Through Helicopter Rotors
Satellite communications (SATCOM) provider ViaSat [VSAT] created a new radio frequency (RF) waveform for its VR-12 Ka-band airborne antenna system to transmit information through the rotors of a helicopter, according to a […]
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UncategorizedArmy, Northrop Grumman Plan Major Air And Missile Defense Demonstration
The Army and Northrop Grumman [NOC] have made substantial progress toward a major integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) demonstration planned to begin Oct. 24 at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. For the […]
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UncategorizedSouth Korea Wants $400 Million In Patriot Missiles, Associated Equipment
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Oct. 25 notified Congress of a possible $404 million Foreign Military Sale to South Korea for Patriot Anti-Tactical Missiles and associated equipment, parts, training […]