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RWS for Italy’s LMVs

RWS for Italy’s LMVs

HITROLE Light(click to view larger) Finmeccanica subsidiary Oto Melara and the Italian Ministry of Defense recently signed a sole-source EUR 20 million (currently $29.7 million) contract to acquire 81 HITROLE Light turrets for Italy's Light Multirole Vehicles (LMV, or...

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Triple Canopy’s Catch-22 in Iraq

Triple Canopy’s Catch-22 in Iraq

(click to visit) "Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze for Rockets" says the ProPublica headline. They're talking about a firm called Triple Canopy, a security contractor who replaced Blackwater (now Xe) as the US...

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Raytheon Buys High-Tech Defense Firm BBN for $350M

Raytheon Buys High-Tech Defense Firm BBN for $350M

Raytheon has completed its acquisition of BBN Technologies, a provider of high-tech defense products, for approximately $350 million, subject to post-closing adjustments. BBN's defense portfolio includes advanced networking, speech and language technologies,...

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