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Boeing Abandons Negotiations with SPEEA Engineers in Wichita, No Date to Resume
December 8, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWICHITA, Kan. --- Refusing to respond to union proposals, without notice The Boeing Company today (Dec
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Pentagon Contract Announcements
December 8, 2008 @ 12:00 AM-- Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $157,342,752 cost plus incentive fee, cost plus fixed fee contract for services supporting the TRIDENT II (D-5) weapons system
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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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Boeing-led Missile Defense Team Intercepts Target in Most Complex Test to Date
December 8, 2008 @ 12:00 AMVANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --- The Boeing Company, working with industry teammates and the U
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ATK Awarded $87 Million Contract to Supply Non-Standard Ammunition for Afghanistan
December 8, 2008 @ 12:00 AMMINNEAPOLIS --- Alliant Techsystems has been awarded an $87 million contract by the U.S
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Arianespace to Launch ViaSat-1
December 5, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- ViaSat-1, a high-capacity Ka-band spot beam satellite, is scheduled for launch by an Ariane 5 during the first half of 2011 from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.>> ViaSat-1 will be dedicated to providing broadband internet media services to consumers and businesses over North America
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E-8C's New Engine Program Takes Off
December 5, 2008 @ 12:00 AMHANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. --- America's eye in the sky, the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, or Joint STARS, will soon be faster, quieter, more efficient and more operationally effective with a major engine upgrade effort now under way here
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Lockheed Martin Awarded $17 Million for Apache Target Acquisition Designation Sight System
December 4, 2008 @ 12:00 AMORLANDO, Fla. --- Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $16
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Boeing Teams with Creative Technologies Inc. on Training Solutions
December 4, 2008 @ 12:00 AMST. LOUIS --- The Boeing Company today announced a teaming arrangement with Creative Technologies Inc
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NASA Selects NOAA GOES-R Series Spacecraft Contractor
December 3, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- NASA, in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, has selected the contractor for the next series of weather satellites. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Denver was selected to build the satellites for NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, or GOES-R, Program
Back to War? U.S. Strikes Iranian Missile Positions After Tehran Attacks Cargo...
Iran Warns Against Israeli Aircraft Approaching it from Neighbouring Countries
Russia Attacks Ukrainian Gas Facilities in Response to Drone Attacks on its...
Russian Weapons Secrets Offered for Free by Ukraine to Allies
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles