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NAVAIR Delivers Dual-Mode Bomb
October 22, 2008 @ 12:00 AMNaval Air Systems Command delivered the first Dual-Mode Laser-Guided Bomb (DMLGB) to the Fleet this month. DMLGB provides the Navy F/A-18 Hornet and the Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier aircrews the capability to employ a precision weapon in Global Positioning System aided inertial navigation system, or laser guidance mode
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Security Forces Employ Tough, Agile Vehicle
October 21, 2008 @ 12:00 AM>The US Air Force has deployed Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles in Iraq, where it has taken sole responsibility for defending Balad air base. (USAF photo)JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq --- When the Airmen of the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Group took sole responsibility for base defense here in October, they did so with one of the Defense Department's newest armored vehicles
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FLIR Systems Announces $28.9 Million Order From Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
October 21, 2008 @ 12:00 AMPORTLAND, OR --- FLIR Systems, Inc. announced today that it has received a $28
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Raytheon Receives $12 Million for Development of Excalibur 1b
October 21, 2008 @ 12:00 AMTUCSON, Ariz. --- The U
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Army Terminates Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter Program
October 20, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- The Army announced Thursday night that the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter program, which had been awarded to Bell Helicopter, has been scrapped because development costs had almost tripled from $359 million to $942 million.>> Originally, the ARH contract was awarded for an expected development cost of $8
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U.S., Korean Leaders Reaffirm Mutual Defense Treaty
October 20, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- U.S
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FCS Gets Full Funding in Authorization Act
October 16, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- The testing of Future Combat Systems equipment and testimonials from Soldiers using it may have helped the program receive full funding for the first time.>> President Bush signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 Oct
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Bush to View Budget Law in Light of Presidential Authority
October 16, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- President Bush said yesterday he will construe restrictions imposed in the fiscal 2009 defense budget in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority and obligations of the president.>> Bush signed the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 into law yesterday
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Textron's AAI and U.S. Army Successfully Conduct Live-Fire Testing of Shadow Tactical...
October 16, 2008 @ 12:00 AMHUNT VALLEY, Md. --- AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc
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Bush Signs Fiscal 2009 Defense Budget Into Law
October 15, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- President Bush signed the fiscal 2009 defense budget into law today, authorizing a $512 billion base to support military readiness, as well as $66 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.>> The law also authorizes a 3
Handcuffed and Shackled, Illegal Migrants Head Home on U.S. Military Planes
U.S. Secretary Of Defense Suspends New Contracts Amid Procurement Review
France Provided €6B in Military Aid to Ukraine since Russian Invasion
Aerovel Integrates New Heavy Fuel Engine in Flexrotor Drone
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