Defense Daily
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[April 25, 2008]
// PDF View- Northrop Grumman’s Earnings Tumble On Ship Charge But Still Beat Estimates
- Raytheon Opens 2008 Financial Season With Strong Start
- FCS Successfully Completes Role In Air Force JEFX 2008
- Murtha: Deal Reached With Mullen On Adding Aircraft to War Supplemental
- Canada Requests Purchase of CH-47D Chinook Helicopters
- Australia Wants To Buy Excalibur Projectiles
- Aerojet Completes Development Test Firing of Innovative Engine
- NASA Gives SpaceX Rocket Launch Contract Worth Up To $1 Billion
- Boeing Files Seventh Supplemental Tanker Protest With GAO
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Air ForceFCS Successfully Completes Role In Air Force JEFX 2008
By Ann Roosevelt The Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS) deems successful it’s ability to shorten the sensor-to-shooter link in its portion of the Air Force’s Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment (JEFX) […]
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Business/FinancialRaytheon Opens 2008 Financial Season With Strong Start
By Calvin Biesecker Raytheon [RTN] yesterday posted strong first quarter financial results driven by growth across each of its operating segments and lower expenses although the company left its guidance […]
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Business/Financial
Northrop Grumman’s Earnings Tumble On Ship Charge But Still Beat Estimates
By Calvin Biesecker As expected, Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] first quarter profits plunged due to a hefty charge at its shipbuilding operations yet the company still managed to beat analysts’ expectations […]
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Boeing Files Seventh Supplemental Tanker Protest With GAO
By Emelie Rutherford Boeing [BA] last week filed a seventh revision of the protest it lodged with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in March against the Air Force’s award of […]
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NASA Gives SpaceX Rocket Launch Contract Worth Up To $1 Billion
NASA gave Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, a contract that potentially could be in the billion-dollar class to use SpaceX Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 rockets to transport cargo into […]
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Air Force
Aerojet Completes Development Test Firing of Innovative Engine
Aerojet [GY] yesterday announced it recently completed a successful full-duration development test firing of its innovative Axial HAN Thruster for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Raytheon‘s [RTN] Net-Centric Airborne […]
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InternationalAustralia Wants To Buy Excalibur Projectiles
Australia wants to spend as much as $58 million on Modular Artillery Charge Systems (MACS) and CM982 Block Ia-1 Excalibur Projectiles, associated equipment and services. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency […]
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[April 24, 2008]
// PDF View- Combat Systems, Business Jets Propel GD To Strong First Quarter
- Boeing Posts Strong Earnings On Operating Performance, Lower Expenses
- New UAV-Focused Task Force Given Short Deadlines for Delivering to Gates
- Two Senate Appropriators Shy From Adding to GWOT Supp Because Of Veto Threat
- ATK To Develop Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze
- BAMS Gives Navy Foothold In UAS World, Official Says
- Top Iraq General Tapped To Lead US Central Command
- DoD Acquisition Chief Wants Accelerated Merger of Army, Air Force UAV Program
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Air Force
DoD Acquisition Chief Wants Accelerated Merger of Army, Air Force UAV Program
By Ann Roosevelt The Pentagon’s top acquisition official wants to find out when the Army and Air Force can merge their unmanned aerial vehicle programs and then accelerate the process. […]