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September 8, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford While Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has made clear his disdain for "Buy America" provisions limiting foreign content of defense systems, Democratic hopeful Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) stance is less...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3880.html September 8, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford House appropriators want the Pentagon to consider how its acquisition programs impact the domestic industrial base, and are calling on defense officials to explain how such workforce considerations factor into the Air Force's aerial...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3883.html September 5, 2008
By Ann Roosevelt New UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopters (LUH) fielding to the Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida National Guard units are mission ready, according to officials. Mississippi and Lousiana each now have four LUHs and will receive another...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/army/3874.html September 5, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon ordered $752 million worth of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs) from International Military and Government (IMG) yesterday, and tapped two other MRAP builders to create test versions of lighter MRAP-like...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/army/3875.html September 5, 2008
By Calvin Biesecker SAIC [SAI] on Wednesday posted solid second quarter results led by strong organic growth and record sales and a modest increase in income from continuing operations, which was hindered by non-recurring charges related to a civil judgment...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/army/3879.html September 5, 2008
The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission last week granted early termination of an anti-trust review period of Italian aerospace and defense company Finmeccanica's pending $4 billion acquisition of DRS Technologies [DRS]...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/international/3868.html September 5, 2008
General Dynamics [GD] Santa Barbara Sistemas Sept. 3 said it was awarded an approximately $102 million contract by the Spanish government to supply RG-31 Mk5E mine protected vehicles for the army. General Dynamics Santa Barbara Sistemas is one of four...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/international/3869.html September 5, 2008
Turkey's first national main battle tank, The ALTAY Project, is under way under prime contractor Koc Group's Otokar. The estimated budget for design, prototype production, tests and qualification of the ALTAY Tank, which will provide new technologies and...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/international/3870.html September 5, 2008
Vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) brings to the Democratic ticket a reputation on Capitol Hill for questioning foreign-military sales, advocating for arms control, and calling for caution in developing missile-defense systems. While Democratic...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/international/3871.html September 5, 2008
Technical problems have led to the Minister for Defence, the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP, Sept. 4 announced that the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) and Boeing [BA] Australia have agreed to terminate the contract for the delivery of a Tactical Unmanned Aerial...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/international/3872.html September 5, 2008
The next administration must invest in defense for a full spectrum military or "risk falling behind other global powers," according to a new report from the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). AIA has looked at the macro issues, advocating adequate...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/international/3873.html September 5, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford Afghanistan has topped all nations this year in purchases of U.S. weapon systems through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, a growing Pentagon operation brokering more sales than expected, a defense official said. All such...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/international/3877.html September 5, 2008
By Geoff Fein The Navy's third report to the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on efforts to incorporate open architecture (OA) into contracts and programs shows the Navy has made strides in processes and practices, institutionalizing OA principles and...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3878.html September 4, 2008
General Dynamics [GD] Santa Barbara Sistemas Sept. 3 said it was awarded an approximately $102 million contract by the Spanish government to supply RG-31 Mk5E mine protected vehicles for the army. General Dynamics Santa Barbara Sistemas is one of four...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/army/3865.html September 4, 2008
By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] and L-3 [LLL] have been awarded contracts to provide replacement outer wing kits for the Navy's P-3 Orion aircraft, 39 of which were grounded last year due critical structural fatigue. On Aug. 26, the Navy announced...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/business/3864.html September 4, 2008
By Calvin Biesecker With fewer than nine months to go before new travel document requirements go into effect at the nation's land and sea borders, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) during tonight's season opener of the National Football League will...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3862.html September 4, 2008
A recent Navy and Coast Guard experiment to demonstrate certain aspects of future sea-going sensor packages in the port security role was successful, an industry official whose firm supported the experiment told sister publication TR2. The week long...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/homeland_defense/3863.html September 4, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford The Navy's nascent Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) effort reached a key milestone last week and is now able to track hundreds of thousands of vessels as part of the push to thwart nefarious activity on the world's waterways, a senior...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3867.html September 3, 2008
Aerojet [GY] said its boost motor passed the final qualification static test firing for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program. The THAAD program is managed by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and by prime contractor and systems integrator...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/army/3843.html September 3, 2008
By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it received a $61 million follow-on low rate production contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Unitary rockets. To date, more than 850 GMLRS rockets have been fired in the Global War on...http://www.ddn.com/sectors/army/3844.html
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