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E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Program Completes DAB ReviewBethpage NY (SPX) Apr 18, 2011 Following a successful Defense Acquisition Board review, funding for an additional 10 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft has been authorized. The authorization comes just a short time after the Northrop Grumman-built E-2D made its first carrier landing, aboard the USS Harry S. Truman. An Acquisition Decision Memorandum, signed by Dr. Ashton Carter, undersecretary of defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, validates that the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye program is continuing to successfully execute ... read more |
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  Aegis BMD System Engages Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile For First Time Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system successfully tracked and engaged an intermediate range ballistic missile using data from a remote AN/TPY-2 radar during a test off the ... more | .. |
  Next Gen Helicopter Operations Surveillance System (HOSS) Camera Comes To US Navy Following extensive product development and factory and sea trials, Kongsberg Maritime have successfully delivered the first of its new generation of innovative ultra low light cameras to the US Nav ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Receives Best Value Thermal Weapon Sight Delivery Order Raytheon has been recognized as a best value provider in the award of a $68.6 million order to deliver thermal weapon sights (TWS) for enhanced night vision capabilities to acquire and accurately pr ... more | .. |
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  Innovative Counter-Terror Search Technology Cambridge Consultants has unveiled 'Sprint', a prototype handheld device which provides a 3D image of objects embedded within walls or floors. Based on Cambridge Consultants' proven short range rada ... more | .. |
  Top US Republican impressed by progress in Iraq US House Speaker John Boehner, on a visit to Baghdad, hailed Iraq's march toward self-governance by year's end, praising it as "a different country" from the violence-ridden recent past. ... more | .. |
 31 hurt in Iraq clashes with protesters Thirty-one people were injured, seven of them by live bullets, as demonstrators clashed with security forces in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah on Sunday, a medical official said. ... more | .. |
  Israel to move army commands to Negev Israel's government on Sunday approved a plan to move key military installations to the Negev desert, in a bid to boost development in its arid south and free up valuable land in the centre. ... more |
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  Weakened America a 'laughingstock,' Trump laments Billionaire businessman Donald Trump, who is flirting with a White House run, lamented Sunday that the United States had become a "laughingstock" too timid to wield its power assertively on the world stage. ... more | .. |
 Clinton vows full support for disaster-hit Japan US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged full support for quake-hit Japan on Sunday as the operator of its stricken nuclear plant said it expects to achieve "cold shutdown" in six to nine months. ... more | .. |
  National Strategy For Trusted Identities In Cyberspace Announcement A newly developed Cross-Sector Digital Identity Initiative - led by Northrop Grumman, Microsoft, CA Technologies, and CertiPath - has been demonstrated as a "Proof of Concept" for the administration ... more | .. |
  LockMart To Respond To Joint Air-To-Ground Missile Request Lockheed Martin says it will respond to the government's Request for Proposal (RFP) for the next phases for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM). The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command issued ... more |
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 Bomb kills three NATO troops in Afghanistan A bomb killed three NATO soldiers in southern Afghanistan, the joint force said Sunday, bringing to eight the number of foreign troops killed in the country in the deadliest day since June last year. ... more | .. |
 Australian military abuse could lead to payouts A spiralling scandal involving alleged sexual and other abuse within the Australian military could force the government into making payouts to victims, the country's defence minister said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Four dead in Taliban suicide bomb at Afghan army base A suicide bombing at the Afghan army headquarters in the country's east killed four people and wounded eight on Saturday, officials told AFP, in an attack claimed by the Taliban. ... more | .. |
 High-tech weapons sow fears of chip sabotage As NATO countries weigh whether to arm Libya's rebels, military planners may give a thought to adding a remote "kill switch" to some weapons to keep them out of the wrong hands, experts say. ... more |
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SFL Missions Inc. Secures CSA Contract for HAWC Satellite Concept Study
Multinational research project shows how life on Earth can be measured from space
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 Uganda lashes out at foreign strikes in Libya Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday lashed out at the West's military intervention in Libya and said Africa needed to coordinate its response. ... more | .. |
 Maliki tells US's Boehner Iraqi troops are ready Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki insisted Iraqi forces were capable of maintaining security in the country during talks with US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner in Baghdad on Saturday. ... more | .. |
  UN calls for immediate probe into Iran camp raid The UN called on Iraq to immediately start an independent inquiry into a raid on an Iranian opposition camp that left 34 dead, after expressing "deep concern" over the incident on Saturday. ... more | .. |
 US, S. Korea tell North to get serious The United States and South Korea told North Korea on Saturday to show it is serious about scrapping its nuclear weapons programme, amid moves to restart long-stalled six-party disarmament talks. ... more |
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 Abbas eyes French, German help on Palestinian state Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas has told AFP he will visit France next week and Germany in May to seek advice on the creation of a Palestinian state. ... more | .. |
 US, Israel behind Stuxnet virus: Iran officer The United States and Israel are behind the computer worm Stuxnet designed to hurt Iran's controversial nuclear programme, state news agency IRNA reported Saturday quoting a military officer. ... more | .. |
 Israel raids Gaza after rocket attacks Israeli warplanes launched raids against targets in Gaza overnight after two rockets were fired at Israel from the coastal enclave, Palestinian security officials said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Australian military threatened with mass abuse lawsuit Australia's scandal-hit defence force faced the threat of a class action lawsuit on Saturday after advocates for an ex-recruit who claims he was beaten and raped warned "hundreds" more cases could emerge. ... more |
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S.Korea, US to conduct military drill: media South Korean and US troops will carry out an anti-invasion drill on a frontline island next month in response to North Korea's construction of a hovercraft base, news reports said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Israel seeks 6th German sub to boost navy Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is pressing Germany to sell Israel a sixth Dolphin-class diesel-electric submarine at a hefty discount to boost the strategic reach - think Iran - of the Jewish state's expanding navy. ... more | .. |
 Philippines army to upgrade Scorpion tanks The Philippine army's 12 aging Scorpion tanks will be upgraded as part of an ongoing equipment improvement plan, the Department of National Defense said. ... more | .. |
India and China to resume defense contacts India and China will resume defense exchanges halted in August after China refused a visa to an Indian general in Kashmir. ... more |
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S. Korean actor assigned to frontline Marine duty A popular South Korean television actor who joined the Marines for his mandatory military service was Monday ordered to serve on a frontline island near the contested sea border. ... more | .. |
 Suicide car bombs kill 5 at Baghdad Green Zone Two suicide car bombings killed five people and wounded 15 Monday at the entrance to Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone, where an Arab League summit is to be held next month. ... more | .. |
 Gunman kills two inside Afghan defence ministry An Afghan army infiltrator opened fire inside the defence ministry in Kabul Monday, killing two soldiers and wounding seven in an audacious strike on the heart of government claimed by the Taliban. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan to build new 'stealth' warship Taiwan plans to build a new 'stealth' warship armed with guided-missiles next year in response to China's naval build-up, a top military officer and a lawmaker said Monday. ... more |
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