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Raytheon Aiming To Deploy New SM-3 By 2015; Wes Kremer Comments

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Raytheon is working toward a full land and sea deployment of an updated Standard Missile-3 by 2015, the company announced Thursday. The company has delivered more than 130 SM-3 Block IAs and set the goal of deploying Block IB by 2015, said Wes Kremer, vice president of air and missile defense systems. During recent a [...]

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Lockheed K-MAX UAV Deployment Extended In Afghanistan; Roger Il Grande Comments

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The Marine Corps has extended the deployment of two Lockheed Martin’s K-MAX unmanned cargo helicopters in Afghanistan through September, the company announced Wednesday. Deployment will now go to September 30, the end of the current fiscal year. Within four months, the helicopters have delivered more than one million pounds to the Marine Corps’ forward operating bases [...]

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ICF To Help W. Va. Review State Broadband Project

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ICF International will help the state of West Virginia review a federal stimulus grant for a statewide broadband project, the Charleston Gazette reports. The project was intended to provide fiber optic cable to public schools, libraries, emergency dispatch centers and health-care facilities. In July 2010, the state purchased Cisco’s 3945 series routers at a price [...]

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SAIC To Monitor Hazmat For St. Louis-Based Army Engineers; JT Grumski Comments

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SAIC Inc. will provide hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste investigation and remediation programs to the Army Corps of Engineers in the St. Louis region. According to a Thursday company announcement, the Army awarded a five-year, $37 million contract over a five-year period. For 14 years, the company has helped the district clean up residual radiological [...]

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Cubic, UC San Diego To Develop Green Travel Tech

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Cubic Corp. and the University of California in San Diego are partnering to research new travel technologies for cities, the company announced Thursday. UC San Diego will receive $500,000 from the company to explore technology applications for green transportation over five years. The partnership aligns with the company’s vision of future mobility, said Matt Cole, [...]

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Northrop To Provide Navy Fire Scout UAVs, Control Station

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Northrop Grumman’s integrated systems sector will provide three unmanned aerial vehicles to the U.S. Navy, the Defense Department announced Tuesday. Under a $25,709,758 modification, the company’s integrated systems sector will provide the fifth lot of lot low rate initial production of Fire Scout take-off and landing tactical UAVs and one ground control station. The Army and [...]

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General Dynamics To Develop Army Joint Assault Bridge

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General Dynamics’ land systems business unit will develop two Joint Assault Bridge prototypes for the U.S. Army, the company announced Wednesday. The company received a $26 million contract to deliver JAB prototypes and test support packages to the Army’s testing center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. According to the company, the JAB program aims to [...]

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