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Emirates ready for $7B THAAD dealAbi Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Jun 7, 2010 The United Arab Emirates expects to finalize a $7 billion contract to buy Lockheed Martin's high-altitude missile defense system in the next few months, officials of the U.S. defense giant say. The deal would mark the first time that the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system has been sold to a foreign state and underlines Washington's efforts to establish a Persian Gulf-wide shield against Iranian ballistic missiles among U.S. allies in the region. These states, including oil-rich S ... read more |
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Picatinny Arsenal NJ (SPX) Jun 07, 2010The Army's Program Executive Office Soldier is fielding several Green Laser Escalation of Force, or GLEF, kits to units in Afghanistan for operational assessment. The GLEF systems are mounted as an accessory to Common Remotely Operated Weapon Stations or CROWS, the turret system that provides Soldiers the ability to employ cameras, sensors and weapons from inside the protection of an armor ... more  
Arlington VA (SPX) Jun 07, 2010The U.S. Army's Autonomous Platform Demonstrator, or APD, is a 9.6-ton, six-wheeled, hybrid-electric robotic vehicle currently undergoing developmental and mobility testing at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.; the demonstrator vehicle represents the state of the art in unmanned ground vehicle mobility technology. With its advanced hybrid-electric drive train, the 15-foot-long vehicle, being de ... more  
Oshkosh WI (SPX) Jun 07, 2010Oshkosh Defense has announced that the company received an undefinitized award valued at more than $67 million to incorporate configuration changes to more than 420 MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) variants for the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM). The SOCOM-specific vehicle configuration changes will be cut in on Oshkosh manufacturing lines in August 2010. M-ATV SOCOM variants with ... more |
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'Diary' of former China premier sheds new light on TiananmenBeijing (AFP) June 7, 2010 Former Chinese premier Li Peng acted on orders from late leader Deng Xiaoping to "shed some blood" when he sent in troops to end the Tiananmen protests, the publisher of Li's purported diary said Monday. Excerpts from the diary have been an Internet sensation, shedding rare light on the decisions leading up to the violence on the square on the night of June 3-4, 1989. They claim to show Li, known as the "Butcher of Beijing", followed Deng's orders in clearing Tiananmen Square after six weeks of ... read more |
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