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Navy DDG-1000 and DDG-51 Destroyer Programs: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for...

September 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

SUMMARY> At a July 31, 2008, hearing, Navy officials announced a major change in the services position on what kind of destroyers it wants to procure over the next several years: The Navy testified that it no longer wants to procure additional Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class destroyers, and instead now wants to restart procurement of Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) destroyers. The Navy has proposed this new path as part of internal Department of Defense (DOD) planning for the FY2010 defense budget to be submitted to Congress in early 2009
Setting the Record Straight on F-35

September 22, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

FORT WORTH, Texas --- U.S
GALILEO: 11 Candidates Short-Listed for the Next Step of the Procurement Procedure

September 22, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

BRUSSELS --- The European Commission and the European Space Agency have selected 11 applicants out of the 21 applications received for the procurement procedure of the first complete constellation of the European satellite navigation system (GALILEO).>> During the first phase of the procedure, interested parties submitted a "Request to participate" and candidates were short-listed on the basis of pre-defined selection and exclusion criteria
Missile Defense Test Conducted

September 19, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

The Missile Defense Agency was unable to complete a planned flight test tonight exercising elements of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system due to an apparent malfunction with the target missile shortly after launch (4:05 pm Hawaii time; 10:05 p.m
M-16 magazines of US troops made by Pinoys

September 2, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

In this age of advanced technology and nonstop modernization, it may come as a surprise that a local company is a supplier of the world’s most powerful armed forces. Maxistar Enterprises Inc
Taiwan to Scale Back Missile Development, Media Reports

September 2, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Taiwan has relinquished plans to develop a missile capable of hitting Shanghai because of improving cross-strait relations, the local Chinese-language China Times claimed on Tuesday. The article, quoting unnamed sources in the military, said the National Security Council and the Ministry of National Defense had agreed not to develop a missile that could reach targets more than 1,000 kilometers away
Indonesia cancels purchase of 11 Polish Planes

July 30, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

The Indonesian government has decided to cancel the purchase of 11 Polish-made Skytruck light transport planes as its state aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia has been able to produce similar planes, a Defense Ministry official said. "If we are able to produce similar planes, we will not need to import them," the ministry`s director general of defense facilities, Air Commodore Eris Herryanto, said here Friday
Indonesia to install four more new radars, defense minister says

July 30, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono has said that the government would have four more radars in the 2010-2014 Strategic Plan program to cover the Indonesian territories. "Previously, we have procured four new radars in the 2005-2009 Strategic Plan program," Minister Juwono said in a hearing with the Parliament (DPR)'s Commission I and Indonesia's Defense Force Chief General Djoko Santoso here on Monday
India reports shooting on Kashmir frontier

July 30, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Pakistani soldiers violated the cease-fire in Kashmir on Wednesday, shooting across the heavily fortified frontier in the Himalayan region for the second time in three days, the Indian army said. The Pakistanis opened fire just before noon but Indian forces did not shoot back, said Lt
Northrop Grumman-Built Waesche Will “Directly Contribute to the Coast Guard's Ability to...

July 28, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

More than 1,000 guests attended the christening of the Northrop Grumman Corporation-built U.S

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