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Modernizing the USMC’s TPS-59 Radars

Modernizing the USMC’s TPS-59 Radars

At the twilight'slast gleaming(click to view larger) A $70 million contract for TPS-59 radar maintenance and sustainment. (April 28/10) Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensor in Electronics Park, Syracuse, NY is responsible for developing, maintaining, and...

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Rapid Fire: 2010-04-28

Rapid Fire: 2010-04-28

* Russian Novator's promotion of its containerized SS-N-27 Klub-K CMS cruise missiles extend and highlight new dimensions of the terrorist threat as "the ultimate concealed weapon," offers second-strike for smaller states outside the rules of war, and raises the...

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Modular Space: DARPA’s F6 Program

Modular Space: DARPA’s F6 Program

System F6 concept(click to view full) Satellites are currently big, expensive to build and launch, vulnerable, impossible in practice to upgrade on-orbit, difficult to replace - and critical to military effectiveness. That's a really bad combination. Now add program...

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Northrop Grumman’s Move to Washington

Northrop Grumman’s Move to Washington

A capital idea? On Jan 4/10, Northrop Grumman Corp. announced that it would be moving its corporate headquarters from Los Angeles, CA to the Washington, DC area. The new corporate office will include approximately 300 people, and the firm plans to complete its...

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Rapid Fire 2010-04-27: AWACS for Pakistan

Rapid Fire 2010-04-27: AWACS for Pakistan

* Argentina signs deal to buy 2 Mi-171E transport helicopters from Russia for $30 million. * Iran ramps up Persian Gulf exercises with test of 5 new shore-to-sea and sea-to-sea missiles - as China opens an Iranian factory for C-704 anti-ship missiles. * Pakistan...

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