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Defense Sector Outperforms S&P500 for Ninth Consecutive Year
January 5, 2009 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON, DC: Although the worst year the stock market has seen since the 1930s, aerospace and defense companies continued to outperform the broader markets, with the benchmark SPADE Defense Index (NYSE Alternext US: DXS) outperforming the S&P500 for the ninth consecutive year, a Marketwire press release said. An 8
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System Connects Afghanistan with Neighboring Countries
January 5, 2009 @ 12:00 AMJALALABAD AIRFIELD, Afghanistan --- Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Divisions 3rd Brigade Combat Team are working with Afghan citizens to install an international ring of communication that someday will span Afghanistan and connect to its neighboring countries.>> With our satellites stretched to their limits by fighting on two war fronts, the fiber ring will completely overhaul the current communication system by allowing the new system to flow very fast and efficiently, Army Maj
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Northrop Grumman Wins Contract to Upgrade Radar Systems for Iraqi Air Force
December 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AMCHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia --- Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract to upgrade weather and navigation radar systems on Iraqi Air Force C-130 cargo aircraft.>> The Foreign Military Sales contract, valued at $5
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ACC Leaders Discuss Current, Future Challenges
December 23, 2008 @ 12:00 AMJOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq --- The commander of Air Combat Command and members of his A-staff spoke to 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen about current and upcoming events surrounding Air Force combat operations during an Airman's Call here earlier this month.>> Gen
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BAE Systems Secures $112 Million for Armored Vehicle Upgrades and Support
December 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AMYORK, Pa. --- BAE Systems will provide engineering upgrades, spare parts, maintenance documentation and logistical support to RG33 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles under a dozen separate contracts from the U
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Hutton: Snatch Essential to Operations
December 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AM>The Snatch Land Rovers lack of protection has been blamed for the death of 37 British soldiers, but despite a public campaign MoD will not hold a public inquiry into why it was kept in operation for so long. (MoD photo)Defence Secretary John Hutton has announced today that he will not be instituting a public inquiry into the use of Snatch Land Rovers by the British military on operations in Afghanistan and Iraq
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New CSBA Study Tracks War Costs, Funding Mechanisms
December 16, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments today released a new report Cost of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Other Military Operations Through 2008 and Beyond.>> In this report, Steven Kosiak, Vice President for Budget Studies at CSBA offers a comprehensive picture of the direct budgetary costs of US military operations conducted since 2001
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Gates: Procurement System Must Be More Responsive to Current Requirements
December 16, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- The military procurement system needs to broaden its focus beyond high-end, high-tech systems so its better prepared to meet warfighters current requirements, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates wrote in the January/February issue of Foreign Affairs magazine
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Defence Committee Highlights Significant Increase In Cost of Operations In Afghanistan
December 16, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe Government's forecast for the costs of military operations in Afghanistan in this financial year reveals a significant increase compared to the last financial year, says a Report from the House of Commons Defence Committee published today (Winter Supplementary Estimates 2008-09, HC 52).>> Meanwhile, the forecast operational costs for Iraq have remained broadly the same, and have even increased in one or two areas, despite the expected drawdown early in 2009
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More Helicopter Capacity for Afghanistan In Rebalanced Equipment Programme
December 15, 2008 @ 12:00 AM>AgustaWestland emerges as the clear winner from the British defense measures announced Dec. 11, which confirm Future Lynx and fund engine upgrades to Lynx Mk
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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
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Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
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