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Boeing pulls in $100M Air Force laser targeting contract

Boeing has won a contract to furnish the Air Force with a compact laser targeting system designed to help airmen improve their performance on close air support missions.

SpotterRF demos harbor security radar for Navy

SpotterRF recently completed a demonstration for the Navy in which it showed that its Spotter M600C radar is capable of detecting all vessels coming in and out of a harbor.

Lockheed drives robotic vehicle for Army via satellite link

Lockheed Martin has completed a successful demonstration for the Army designed to show that its robotic squad support vehicle can be controlled via satellite from hundreds of miles away.

General Dynamics to port next-gen waveforms onto Navy digital radios

General Dynamics C4 Systems has received a $40 million contract modification from the Navy to port the MOUS Waveform and the Integrated Waveform into the AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radio.

Raytheon, Thales team on Army helmet mounted display

Raytheon Technical Services Company has won a contract award worth $3.5 million for the engineering and manufacturing development of Common Helmet Mounted Display (CHMD) systems for the Army's Air Soldier Program.

FAA faces continuing challenges integrating UAS into national airspace, says GAO

The FAA faces continuing challenges as it seeks to develop strategies for integrating unmanned aircraft systems into the nation's airspace and has missed a number of key deadlines that the agency set for itself on the program, according to the GAO.

Shift to Africa requires additional surveillance assets, says DOD

The Defense Department's plan to shift its forces from Central Asia to the Pacific has been superseded by new terrorist threats that have sprung up over the past 24 months in Africa.

Boeing to continue helping Air Force with GPS satellite modernization

Boeing has won a new contract from the Air Force to continue modernizing the Global Positioning System satellite constellation for up to five more years.

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