Defense Daily
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Air ForceAir Force Acquisition Deputy Dies In Apparent Suicide
By Michael Sirak Charles Riechers, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition since January, was found dead in his Virginia home this past weekend, the victim of […]
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[October 16, 2007]
// PDF View- Pentagon Spokesman Dorrance Smith To Resign
- Air Force Acquisition Deputy Dies In Apparent Suicide
- Navy Making Significant Investment To Keep Prowlers Flying
- Oshkosh Truck Receives Second Vehicle Contract From Egypt This Year
- Boeing Tests Avenger Vehicle-Mounted Laser To Kill IEDs
- Raytheon Command And Control Systems Ready For Next Wave
- Critical Test For Bell ARH Next Month
- Rep. Lamborn Joins House Armed Service Committee
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CongressRep. Lamborn Joins House Armed Service Committee
By Jen DiMascio Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) joined the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) last week to replace Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R-Va.), who died recently after a battle with […]
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Critical Test For Bell ARH Next Month
By Ann Roosevelt The Limited User Test (LUT) for the Army’s Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) early next month is key to getting the program back on […]
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Raytheon Command And Control Systems Ready For Next Wave
By Ann Roosevelt Raytheon‘s [RTN] Command and Control Systems is ready for the next wave of battle command–doing more with video services, according to a company executive. “That’s the next […]
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Boeing Tests Avenger Vehicle-Mounted Laser To Kill IEDs
Boeing [BA] demonstrated that its Avenger-mounted laser system can take out improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) threatening troops deployed in war zones, the company said yesterday. Avenger […]
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Oshkosh Truck Receives Second Vehicle Contract From Egypt This Year
Oshkosh Truck Corp. [OSK] announced on Oct. 15 a contract award valued at more than $16 million to provide 35 specially-designed Heavy Equipment Transport (HET) military vehicles to meet logistics […]
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Pentagon Spokesman Dorrance Smith To Resign
At the end of the month, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Dorrance Smith will be leaving his job to return to the private sector. Smith officially told his […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Making Significant Investment To Keep Prowlers Flying
By Geoff Fein The Navy is undertaking a number of measures to make sure it can keep its fleet of Northrop Grumman [NOC] EA-6B Prowler’s flying until at least 2012 […]
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Defense Watch
The Latest Word On Trends And Developements In Aerospace And Defense Sticker Price. The Cost Analysis Improvement Group (CAIG) last week reported out an initial estimate of $7.2 billion for […]