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Boeing has successfully demonstrated that a laser system mounted on an Avenger combat vehicle can shoot down a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) like those that increasingly threaten U.S. troops deployed in war zones. During tests last month at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Laser Avenger achieved its principal test objectives by using its advanced targeting system to acquire and track ... read more 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jan 28, 2009Boeing has received a $75 million contract extension from the U.S. Air Force to continue risk reduction and system definition for the Transformational Satellite Communications System. The six-month contract extension began on Jan. 7, 2009. This additional award brings Boeing's total TSAT contract funding to $793 million. "Boeing and our TSAT partners are committed to supportin ... more
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Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jan 28, 2009Communications and Power Industries has been selected by Raytheon and awarded an initial contract of more than $1 million to support the pre-production phase of the U.S. Navy's Multiband Terminal (NMT) program. Through a competitive-bidding process, Raytheon Network Centric Systems selected CPI's high-power X-band SuperLinear traveling wave tube amplifier for the NMT military satellite com ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 28, 2009Stating that neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) not only promote poverty but also destabilize communities, former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and Sabin Vaccine Institute President Peter Hotez call upon the public-health and foreign-policy communities to embrace medical diplomacy and NTD control as a means to combat terrorism in an article published in the open-access journ ... more  
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jan 28, 2009International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) is a set of U.S. Government regulations controlling the export of defense-related products and services that are listed on the U.S. Munitions List (USML). The Department of State interprets and enforces ITAR, with the goal of advancing U.S. strategic objectives and foreign policy through trade controls. In other words, ITAR limits cert ... more  
Pomezia, Italy (SPX) Jan 28, 2009Northrop Grumman has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft to provide its NAVEX air navigation system for use on UH-60L Black Hawk utility helicopters for export. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies. Under the contract, which strengthens the sales of the system for international markets, Northrop Grumman's Italy-based subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Italia will supply Sikors ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jan 27, 2009 Boeing announced Monday that one of its laser systems installed on an Avenger combat vehicle had successfully shown in tests held during December that it could hit and destroy small unmanned aerial vehicles. The test has immediate tactical implications, since such UAVs may be used against U.S. forces in combat zones in larger numbers in the near future. The firing exercises ... more  
Tbilisi (AFP) Jan 27, 2009Russia on Tuesday accused Georgia of capturing one of its soldiers in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, in the latest upsurge of tensions between the foes who fought a brief war in August. Georgian officials countered that the soldier had asked for asylum due to "unbearable conditions" in the Russian army and even took him to the central Tbilisi branch of fast food chain McDonalds. ... more 
Washington (UPI) Jan 26, 2009 Russia's former defense minister and First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, who still spearheads high-tech development programs, said Wednesday the country's ambitious fifth-generation air superiority combat aircraft would take its first test flight before the end of 2009, RIA Novosti reported. "We expect the plane to take to the skies no later than the end of this year ... more 
Islamabad (AFP) Jan 27, 2009Pakistan should stop protesting against US missile strikes in its territory and instead focus on extracting concessions for what it sees as a violation of sovereignty, analysts said. The first suspected US missile strikes since US President Barack Obama took office destroyed two alleged militant dens on Friday in the northwest tribal belt. Officials put the death toll at 21, including three ... more |
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