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UncategorizedNavy Awards Long-Lead Dollars To Begin Construction of Second Virginia-class Sub
By Carlo Munoz Development and construction work can finally begin on a new Virginia-class submarine, with the Navy awarding General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat $1.2 billion in long-lead funding last […]
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UncategorizedArmy CH-47 Chinook Program Aims At Second Multi-Year Contract
By Ann Roosevelt NASHVILLE, Tenn.— The Army’s CH-47 Chinook helicopter program is in the fourth year of its first multi-year contract, and the service and aircraft producer Boeing [BA] are […]
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UncategorizedBoeing Pitching International F/A-18 Variant To JSF Partner Nations
By Carlo Munoz ST. LOUIS–Officials from Boeing‘s [BA] military aircraft division have begun providing information on the company’s new international variant of its F/A-18 fighter to Joint Strike Fighter partner […]
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UncategorizedLockheed Martin Successfully Tests AMF JTRS On AH-64D Apache Helicopter
By Ann Roosevelt For the first time, Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS) was on the Boeing [BA] AH-64D Apache helicopter using the […]
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UncategorizedBoeing CH-47F Chinook Production Continues To Climb
By Ann Roosevelt Boeing‘s [BA] CH-47F Chinook multi-mission, heavy-lift transport helicopter program continues to ramp up production to meet the need, officials said. “We’ll be transitioning from [producing] four [helicopters] […]
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UncategorizedArmy UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter Requirement Grows
By Ann Roosevelt The Army has increased the numbers of required UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, produced by Sikorsky [UTX], in light of an increased number of helicopters needed in medical […]
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UncategorizedGates Shelves F-35B, Wants More F/A-18s
By Marina Malenic The Pentagon is putting a jump-jet version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter being developed for the Marine Corps on a two-year “probation” to give prime contractor […]
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UncategorizedNavSea EOD Unit Doing Market Research on Automated Explosive Detection
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NavSea) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology Division is surveying for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and near-COTS systems capable of automated explosive detection at entry access points […]
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UncategorizedWhile Boeing Awaits Approval For F/A-18 Multi Year, Eyes Foreign Sales
By Geoff Fein Boeing [BA] is confident that Congress will pass a bill this month making two technical changes so that the Department of Defense (DoD) and the aerospace firm […]
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UncategorizedL-3 Link To Provide First UH-60M Crew Training Simulators
L-3 [LLL] Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) has been awarded a contract modification from Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC] to provide three UH-60M Operational Flight Trainers (OFTs) to support of […]