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Nuclear Modernization
Delayed Explosives Order Means Delay for LRSO Warhead, GAO Says
Late delivery of high explosives to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will delay by “at 2 two months” the National Nuclear Security Administration’s W80-4 program to refurbish an old warhead […]
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Business/Financial
AECOM to Spin Off Government Contracting Branch
AECOM [ACM] said Monday it plans next year to spin off its multibillion-dollar government contracting branch into a separate publicly traded company. The Board of Directors to the Los Angeles-based […]
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International
Dassault Unveils Future Combat Air System Mock Up
PARIS AIR SHOW—Dassault Aviation unveiled a mock up of the Future Combat Air System on June 17 here, as government and company officials signed an FCAS Industry Agreement on Demonstrator […]
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Uncategorized
U.S. Officials Consider Retaliation If EU Does Not Relax Draft EDF and PESCO Language
PARIS AIR SHOW–U.S. officials have raised the possibility of blocking European defense companies from U.S. competitions, if the European Union does not relax the proposed rules of the $14 billion […]
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International
Lockheed Martin Seeking Foreign Customers for Maritime C-130Js
PARIS AIR SHOW—Lockheed Martin [LMT] has performed engineering studies on a maritime patrol version of its C-130J aircraft and believes that NATO and Asia/Pacific nations may have an interest in […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Collins Aerospace Sees Big Demand For New, Retrofit ‘Fly-By-Wire’ System
PARIS AIR SHOW—Collins Aerospace [UTX] and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky [LMT] are highlighting an advanced fly-by-wire retrofit kit to allow autonomous flight in medium and heavy helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. […]
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Army
Army Prioritizing Position, Navigation and Timing Technologies Across Service Portfolio
LOS ANGELES — The Army is working to update its standards for developing new position, navigation and timing (PNT) capabilities that will incorporate more science-and-technology efforts and help the service […]
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Uncategorized
Sikorsky To Build First Six Production VH-92A Presidential Helos Under $542 Million Contract
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky [LMT] has received a $542 million Navy contract to build six low-rate initial production VH-92A presidential helicopters as part of the Marine Corps’ plan for 23 aircraft […]
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Budget
House Committee’s Draft NDAA Would Slow GBSD
A draft National Defense Authorization Act due for a committee vote on Wednesday makes good on House Democrats’ promise to slow procurement of next-generation, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles. The draft […]
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Business/Financial
Trump Signals Concerns With Raytheon, UTC Mergers But Companies Don’t See Regulatory Hurdles
President Trump on Monday morning in an interview on CNBC raised anti-competitive concerns with the proposed merger between United Technologies Corp. [UTX] and Raytheon [RTN], but company executives said on […]
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