Defense Daily
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Navy/USMCNavy Secretary Proposes Improving Acquisition Process
By Geoff Fein Navy Secretary Donald Winter is looking to reinvigorate the service’s acquisition process and at the same time restore some discipline in the way the Navy determines what […]
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[November 2, 2007]
// PDF View- Navy Kills LCS-4, Cost Cap For Follow-On Ships Could Rise
- ATK Reports Strong Second Quarter
- Security Upgrades Completed For 25 Russian Nuclear Warhead Sites
- Tactics In War On Terror Cause Rethink of Air Force Weapons Designs
- Air Force Moves To Modernize Infrastructure At Weapons Test Ranges
- Lawmakers Pull Defense Bill, War Funding From Spending Package
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Navy/USMC
Navy Kills LCS-4, Cost Cap For Follow-On Ships Could Rise
By Geoff Fein The Navy yesterday terminated General Dynamics‘ [GD] second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-4), after failing to agree to contract modifications sought by the service because of cost growth […]
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Lawmakers Pull Defense Bill, War Funding From Spending Package
By Jen DiMascio House floor debate about combining in conference three spending bills including one to fund the Defense Department caused Democratic lawmakers to rethink their strategy yesterday and to […]
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ATK Reports Strong Second Quarter
By Calvin Biesecker Alliant Techsystems [ATK] yesterday posted strong second financial results as sales and earnings across its operating segments made double-digit gains and the company increased its outlook for […]
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Air ForceAir Force Moves To Modernize Infrastructure At Weapons Test Ranges
By Michael Sirak The Air Force is pursuing a series of initiatives to modernize the aging infrastructure at its test ranges so that it can accurately evaluate new types of […]
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Air Force
Tactics In War On Terror Cause Rethink of Air Force Weapons Designs
By Michael Sirak The Air Force is realizing from recent combat that there is a need to re-examine how it designs some of its air-to-ground weapons, according to senior service […]
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InternationalSecurity Upgrades Completed For 25 Russian Nuclear Warhead Sites
U.S.-funded security upgrades at a Russian Strategic Rocket Forces base in Siberia were completed Oct. 31, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said. Completion of that work […]
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Air Force
Raytheon: Air Force Used Lased Maverick In Combat For First Time In June
The Air Force employed an AGM-65E laser-guided Maverick surface-attack missile in combat operations for the first time in June, Raytheon [RTN], the missile’s maker, said yesterday. Although the Laser Maverick […]