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Pentagon Contract Announcement
November 3, 2008 @ 12:00 AMBAE Systems Technology Solutions and Services, Rockville, Md., is being awarded a $55,000,000 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-06-D-0038) to exercise an option for engineering, analytical and manufacturing to support aging aircraft
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Military Equipment Noise Costs $900 Million and Veterans' Hearing
November 3, 2008 @ 12:00 AMNEW YORK --- The November issue of Defense Technology International (DTI) details the growing issue of hearing loss in the military in an article by Senior Editor Paul McLeary, "Equipment Noise is Accelerating Hearing Loss." New equipment, such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV), is so loud that "the technology to protect users from damage does not yet exist," says the article, and "it's not a matter of whether but when and how badly operators will suffer permanent hearing damage
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Armoured Wheeled Vehicles
October 31, 2008 @ 12:00 AMFMV would like to inform about its intention to initiate a procurement regarding Armoured Wheeled Vehicles for the Swedish Armed Forces.>> The procurement process is intended to start during the month of October 2008 and will continue intensely throughout the autumn and into the beginning of 2009
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CSC Receives $192 Million Army Contract to Provide C4ISR Regional Support Center...
October 31, 2008 @ 12:00 AMFALLS CHURCH, Va. --- CSC announced today that the U
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Successfully Wraps Up Testing at Edwards AFB, Validates Readiness...
October 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AMEDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --- The first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter has finished all planned testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif
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First Tranche 2 Capability Enhancements in Flight Test
October 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AMFlight tests for the advanced capabilities covered by the Phase 1 Enhancement (P1E) programme for Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 2 weapon systems have commenced with todays first flight of a Paveway IV on Instrumented Production Aircraft IPA2 at Alenia Aeronauticas facility in Turin, Italy.>> First phase aeromechanical integration tests (Flutter, Vibration) of this new 500lb precision guided store are to be conducted at Alenia Aeronautica
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VSE Receives Contract to Modernize Route Clearance Vehicles
October 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AMALEXANDRIA, Va. --- VSE Corporation will support Letterkenny Army Depot as its prime contractor on an award of approximately $194 million on the modernization program for Route Clearance Vehicles (RCVs) to improve the U
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CSC Receives $172 Million U.S. Navy Task Order to Provide Operations, Maintenance...
October 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AMFALLS CHURCH, Va. --- CSC announced today that the U
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The FY 2009 Defense Appropriations Act
October 23, 2008 @ 12:00 AMOn September 24, 2008, the House passed a conference agreement on the fiscal year (FY) 2009 continuing resolution (HR 2638). This incorporated what was essentially a conference agreement on the FY 2009 defense appropriations act
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CACI Awarded $406 Million in Previously Unannounced Contracts to Support National Security...
October 23, 2008 @ 12:00 AMARLINGTON, Va. --- CACI International Inc announced today that it has been awarded approximately $406 million in previously unannounced contracts with federal government clients in the national security and intelligence communities
Keel Laid For Sweden’s Torpedo Recovery, Anti-mine Ships
U.K. Royal Navy’s New Mini Helicopter Drone Debuts on Operations in Gulf...
Netherlands Extends Deployment of MQ-9 Reapers in Romania Until 2026
First Batch of 'Ready To Fly' Russian Engines Shipped For Installation on...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U