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Brocklesby Sets Sail to Use New Minehunting System
January 9, 2009 @ 12:00 AMRoyal Navy minehunter HMS Brocklesby left Portsmouth yesterday for a six-month mission which will see her use her state-of-the-art mine warfare system for the first time.>> HMS Brocklesby will become part of a NATO group including mine countermeasures vessels from Germany, Belgium, Latvia and the Netherlands, and a Danish frigate, which will embark on the clearance of live Second World War ordnance from the English Channel, North Sea and Baltic
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Africa Command to Airlift Peacekeeper Equipment to Darfur
January 7, 2009 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- U.S
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BAE Systems Awarded $115 Million for Caiman Spare Parts
January 6, 2009 @ 12:00 AMHOUSTON, TX. --- BAE Systems has received six contracts worth $115 million from the U
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Lockheed Martin Agrees to Acquire Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. (UNITECH)
January 5, 2009 @ 12:00 AMBETHESDA, Md. --- Lockheed Martin Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Universal Systems & Technology, Inc
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QinetiQ North America Unveils Route Clearance Robot to Detect Mines and IEDs
December 12, 2008 @ 12:00 AMMCLEAN, Va. --- QinetiQ North America, a global developer of innovative technology solutions for national defense, today announced that its Technology Solutions Group subsidiary Foster-Miller is releasing its new TALON IV Engineer mine detecting, counter-IED robot for immediate use
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New Communication Balloon Capabilites Tested Aboard USS Boxer
December 12, 2008 @ 12:00 AMUSS BOXER, At Sea --- Members of the Arizona Air National Guard embarked aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4) demonstrated an advanced communication platform, the Combat SkySat balloon Dec. 5
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Defense market research: Cyberwarfare 2008-2018
December 11, 2008 @ 12:00 AMCyberwarfare, 2008-2018 is an analysis of the cyberwarfare market in detail, covering its range from defensive to offensive capabilities. There is now a realisation among many governments and militaries that "cyberspace" has become a new battleground, possibly on par with other recognised battle spaces in conventional warfare and defensive operations
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Incomplete and Faulty: A Comment [on] the Norwegian Aircraft Procurement
December 11, 2008 @ 12:00 AM>By Norways reckoning, the Joint Strike Fighter would be cheaper even if Sweden developed and gave away 48 Gripen NGs free of charge, Saab claims. (Saab photo)During the past two years, Saab has participated in the procurement process to replace the Norwegian F16 air force fleet
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New Accessions Pilot Program Authorized
December 8, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe Defense Department announced today that it has authorized the military services to implement a pilot program; temporarily permitting enlistment into military service certain legal aliens (who have lived in the United States for at least two years) who hold skills that are critically needed in the military.>> The pilot will address health care professionals holding needed medical specialties (physicians and nurses) and people with skills in certain strategic foreign languages and cultures, qualifications important to present and future military operations
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Malaysia Airlines and ATR Ink Global Maintenance Agreement
November 28, 2008 @ 12:00 AMMalaysia Airlines and ATR today announced the signature of a Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA), valued at US $ 27 million, for spare parts and maintenance services for the new ATR 72-500 fleet of the two Malaysia Airlines subsidiaries, MASwings and Firefly.>> Under this 7-year GMA, ATR will handle the repair of equipment and line replaceable units, as well as the inventory of spare parts
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