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Rapid Fire 2010-02-17: Super Tucanos for Lebanon?

Rapid Fire 2010-02-17: Super Tucanos for Lebanon?

* US SPAWAR awards up to $3.2 billion in contracts for DoD C2 software support. * Back from driving LeMans, Lord Drayson picks up his British military reform agenda. * EADS gets new offer from 7 member governments to save the A400M military transport plane program. *...

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Alion Gets $71.8M Order to Support US Navy’s PEO Ships

Alion Gets $71.8M Order to Support US Navy’s PEO Ships

The US Navy's Program Executive Office, Ships (PEO Ships) manages the design and construction of 11 major ship classes and a range of small boats and craft. Since its creation in November 2002, PEO Ships has delivered 35 major warships and hundreds of small boats and...

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Rapid Fire 2010-02-16: Naval Data Usage

Rapid Fire 2010-02-16: Naval Data Usage

* Information Dissemination on 2008 at-sea usage data and implications for various US Navy ship types. * India to issue a new defense procurement policy, hopes to reduce delays in purchasing weapons, and to increase domestic production. * India's Mahindra Group is...

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Pakistan Receives 115 M109A5 Self-Propelled Howitzers

Pakistan Receives 115 M109A5 Self-Propelled Howitzers

M109 Howitzer(click to view full) India's artillery replacement programs may be stuck, but Pakistan has had more success. On Dec 16/05, The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced [PDF] Pakistan's official request to buy 115 used M109A5 155mm self-propelled...

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