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Boeing Extends Best and Final Offer to SPEEA-WEU Represented Employees
January 16, 2009 @ 12:00 AMWICHITA, Kan. --- The Boeing Company today delivered its best and final offer (BAFO) to 700 Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace-Wichita Engineering Unit (SPEEA-WEU) engineers at the company's Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) facility in Wichita
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Boeing Extends Best and Final Offer to SPEEA-WEU Represented Employees
January 15, 2009 @ 12:00 AMWICHITA, Kan. --- The Boeing Company today delivered its best and final offer (BAFO) to 700 Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace-Wichita Engineering Unit (SPEEA-WEU) engineers at the company's Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) facility in Wichita
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Senate Committee Slates Confirmation Hearings for Defense Nominees
January 14, 2009 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- Four people nominated to serve in the Defense Department in President-elect Barack Obamas administration will appear before the Senate Armed Forces Committee on Jan. 15 for confirmation hearings, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said today
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Minister of Industry Announces Support for Aerospace and Defence Project
January 14, 2009 @ 12:00 AMSAINT-LAURENT, Quebec --- The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, and the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, announced today an investment in research and development (R&D) for innovative cockpit technologies by Esterline CMC Electronics Inc. (CMC)
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A 'hole' New Type of Protective Armour
January 14, 2009 @ 12:00 AMDeveloping protective vehicle armour with holes in it may not seem the most obvious way to increase protection for British troops on operations but that's just what MOD scientists are doing.>> Since 2000, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down in Wiltshire has worked in collaboration with Cambridge University and QinetiQ to develop Super Bainite, a unique ultra-hard armour material
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Gryphon Technologies Wins $337 Million Contract to Support the Naval Sea Systems...
December 23, 2008 @ 12:00 AMGREENBELT, Md. --- Gryphon Technologies, LC, has been awarded a competitively bid $337 million contract by the U
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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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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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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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Charles de Gaulle Refit and Upgrade Completed On Time
December 5, 2008 @ 12:00 AMTOULON, France --- The CVN Charles de Gaulle refit and upgrade was completed on 1 December 2008. Prime contractor DCNS conducted this exceptional shipyard project at a sustained pace to complete it on time in just 15 months
U.S. DoD Ends 8 Years Overdue Software Project Among $580M Project Cuts
Trump to Announce Sixth-Gen Fighter Winner—Boeing or Lockheed Martin?
Armored Vehicle Maker Patria Unveils ARVE Self Propelled Howitzer
Russian Troops Disguise Themselves as Ukrainian Forces as War Losses Hit Highest...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...