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		<title>Port of Providence an example of true layered approach to maritime security</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/08/19/port-of-providence-an-example-of-true-layered-approach-to-maritime-security/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/08/19/port-of-providence-an-example-of-true-layered-approach-to-maritime-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DHS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raytheon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[site protection]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=1094</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Raytheon Company and Smiths Detection received a contract from the city of Providence, R.I., to strengthen surveillance in its port by integrating chemical-detection sensors and and video management system into the existing security system for immediate warning capabilities to alert and protect communities from accidental and intentional chemical hazards. The system combines Smiths Detection’s chemical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DRS: Contract for new generation On-Board Vehicle Power Generation Kits</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/08/17/drs-contract-for-new-generation-on-board-vehicle-power-generation-kits/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/08/17/drs-contract-for-new-generation-on-board-vehicle-power-generation-kits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Finmeccanica Group]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=1087</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DRS Technologies, Inc. announces the award of a Phase II contract for On-Board Vehicle Power for fifteen Hybrid Electric High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs). Gary Smith, vice president and general manager of DRS Test and Energy Management: &#8220;DRS listened to the evolving requirements of the Marine Corps and military customers and responded with an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Dynamics and Bivio Networks: Innovative Defenses Against Cyber Threats</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/08/16/general-dynamics-and-bivio-networks-innovative-defenses-against-cyber-threats/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/08/16/general-dynamics-and-bivio-networks-innovative-defenses-against-cyber-threats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cybersecurity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Dynamics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=1103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a principal contractor to defense, intelligence and homeland security customers delivering end-to-end mission solutions, and Bivio Networks, a leading provider of network systems for securing, monitoring and controlling critical network infrastructure, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver an array of scalable, resilient and innovative cyber security solutions for both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finmeccanica Will Guarantee Security in Panama</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/08/11/finmeccanica-will-guarantee-security-in-panama/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/08/11/finmeccanica-will-guarantee-security-in-panama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contracts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finmeccanica Group]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[piracy / antipiracy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=1053</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finmeccanica has been awarded contracts worth approximately EUR 180 million from Ministerio delle Seguridad Publica of Panama. Under the agreement, Finmeccanica companies will develop a national security and surveillance system involving the implementation of a coastal monitoring and control system by SELEX Sistemi Integrati and the supply of six AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters in various configurations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EADS DS: 43M€ for Nationwide Security Data Fusion System to Finland</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/08/07/eads-ds-43me-for-nationwide-security-data-fusion-system-to-finland/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/08/07/eads-ds-43me-for-nationwide-security-data-fusion-system-to-finland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 11:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contracts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EADS Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=1065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EADS Defence &#38; Security (DS) will equip the Finnish Defence Forces with a nationwide data fusion system creating in real-time a comprehensive security situation picture. The Finnish Air Force Materiel Command has awarded Defence Electronics, an integrated activity of DS, a contract valued at EUR 43 million to implement under the designation Multi-Sensor Tracking System [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ARMOR™: DRS Tactical Systems Rugged Tablet Computer</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/08/05/armor%e2%84%a2-drs-tactical-systems-rugged-tablet-computer/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/08/05/armor%e2%84%a2-drs-tactical-systems-rugged-tablet-computer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finmeccanica Group]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=1017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DRS Tactical Systems, a subsidiary of DRS Technologies (Finmeccanica Group) has unveiled its newest ARMOR™ rugged tablet computer, the ARMOR™ X10gx. This all-new 10.4&#8243; rugged tablet enhances the efficiency and productivity of an increasingly mobile workforce and is planned to ship by September 15, 2010. &#8220;The ARMOR™ X10gx is our tenth generation offering. We have drawn upon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raytheon to Install Chemical Sensors in the Port of Providence</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/08/04/raytheon-to-install-chemical-sensors-in-the-port-of-providence/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/08/04/raytheon-to-install-chemical-sensors-in-the-port-of-providence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customs and Border Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raytheon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=1013</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Raytheon Company received a contract from the city of Providence, R.I., to strengthen surveillance in its port by integrating chemical-detection sensors into the existing security system. Working with emergency management and environmental agencies, and using cameras and sensors provided by Smith&#8217;s Detection, Raytheon&#8217;s Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) will install equipment and integrate immediate warning capabilities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EADS: TRS-3D to LM for US LCS Program and Coast Guard’s “Deepwater” programme</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/08/04/eads-trs-3d-to-lm-for-us-lcs-program/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/08/04/eads-trs-3d-to-lm-for-us-lcs-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EADS Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sensor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=1008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EADS Defence &#38; Security has delivered the second TRS-3D naval radar to Lockheed Martin, a prime contractor for the U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship program. The radar is due to be integrated on the third of the new Littoral Combat Ships (LCS 3), Fort Worth. The first radar has been in successful operation for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DHS: $7M to Lockheed Martin for Rapid Analysis of Infrastructure Disruption tool.</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/07/31/dhs-7m-to-lockheed-martin-for-rapid-analysis-of-infrastructure-disruption-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/07/31/dhs-7m-to-lockheed-martin-for-rapid-analysis-of-infrastructure-disruption-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crisis management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=986</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co.&#8217;s Advanced Technology Center won a five-year $7 million contract with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science &#38; Technology Directorate for the Complex Event Modeling Simulation and Analysis (CEMSA) project. Under the five-year, $7 million deal, Lockheed Martin will develop tools that can be used to quickly assess disruptions to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EADS is keen to make defense acquisitions in the U.S.</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/07/20/eads-is-keen-to-make-defense-acquisitions-in-the-u-s/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/07/20/eads-is-keen-to-make-defense-acquisitions-in-the-u-s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boeing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EADS is keen to make &#8220;reasonable&#8221; acquisitions in the field of defense security and services in the U.S. over the next few years, Chief Executive Louis Gallois said over the weekend. The U.S. has the largest defense budget in the world and EADS has been trying for years to win a bigger share of that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkish minister reveals purchase of 27 attack helicopters</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/07/02/turkish-minister-reveals-purchase-of-27-attack-helicopters/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/07/02/turkish-minister-reveals-purchase-of-27-attack-helicopters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contracts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finmeccanica Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=960</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today’s Zaman (Turkey) Defense Minister Vecdi Gönül has said that, in addition to an earlier decision to buy nine Italian AgustaWestland-made A129 attack helicopters, Turkey has also decided to lease nine A129s to meet the urgent needs of the Turkish military. A Turkish request for the purchase of nine US-made Bell AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pentagon: high-tech intelligence tools more than big guns and heavy armor</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/29/pentagon-high-tech-intelligence-tools-more-than-big-guns-and-heavy-armor/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/29/pentagon-high-tech-intelligence-tools-more-than-big-guns-and-heavy-armor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=954</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Boeing has agreed to acquire Argon ST for USD775 million in a deal value that exceeds previous estimates for the C4ISR specialist, reflecting strong rival bidding from Boeing&#8217;s peers. This acquisition reflect a shift by defense contractors seeking to accommodate a Pentagon that now wants high-tech intelligence tools as much or more than big guns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finmeccanica update: Board of directors designates senior managers of group companies</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/24/946/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/24/946/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finmeccanica Group]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=946</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finmeccanica SpA’s board of directors has approved the designation of the following senior managers at its subsidiaries: • Giuseppe Giordo, currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alenia North America and Deputy General Manager of Alenia Aeronautica, has been designated Chief Executive Officer of Alenia Aeronautica. • Giovanni Bertolone, currently Chief Executive Officer of Alenia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SWIM SUIT prototype delivered</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/24/swim-suit-prototype-delivered/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/24/swim-suit-prototype-delivered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=943</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SWIM-SUIT, which has a value of 12 million Euros, relied on a contribution of about 50% from the European Commission. The project, born within the 6 Framework programme of the European Union, represents one of the SESAR programme technological pillars for the realisation of a Single European Sky. After a three year study, SELEX Sistemi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Marine One (Boeing 101) will be too late for Obama</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/24/new-marine-one-boeing-101-will-be-too-late-for-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/24/new-marine-one-boeing-101-will-be-too-late-for-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=936</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since President Dwight Eisenhower started using them in the mid-1950s, helicopters have become a routine part of presidential life and the sight of the large green-and-white craft lifting off from the South Lawn of the White House a regular occurrence. Piloted by Marines, the chopper bearing the president goes by the call sign Marine One. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Danish pullout hits NATO AGS</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/23/danish-pullout-hits-nato-ags/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/23/danish-pullout-hits-nato-ags/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[C4ISR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=889</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Concern about  &#8221;RIPPLE EFFECT&#8221; &#8220;There could be a ripple effect in the current financial climate with budgets being cut,&#8221; one alliance source said. The NATO sources said the system had broad possible uses, including in countering attacks by improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan and in counter piracy operations off Somalia. &#8220;The value of the project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gregory S. Martin appointed to Alenia North America’s Board of Directors</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/22/gregory-s-martin-appointed-to-alenia-north-america%e2%80%99s-board-of-directors/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/22/gregory-s-martin-appointed-to-alenia-north-america%e2%80%99s-board-of-directors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finmeccanica Group]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=929</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ “We look forward to General Martin joining Alenia North America’s Board of Directors”, said ADM Gregory Johnson, USN (Ret.), Chairman, Board of Directors, Alenia North America, Inc. “General Martin’s experience as commander of AFMC, as the Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, and his numerous other leadership positions have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NGC Successfully Demos Naval S-Band Radar Testbed</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/21/ngc-successfully-demos-naval-s-band-radar-testbed/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/21/ngc-successfully-demos-naval-s-band-radar-testbed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=924</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman Corporation has marked a significant milestone in the development of advanced surface warfare radars with the successful live outdoor testing of the company&#8217;s S-band radar testbed. Northrop Grumman successfully conducted live outdoor testing at the company&#8217;s Linthicum test range, tracking aircraft and other targets of opportunity with its S-band radar testbed, while demonstrating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposal to Supply NATO’s Ground Surveillance System Delivered</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/18/proposal-to-supply-nato%e2%80%99s-ground-surveillance-system-delivered/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/18/proposal-to-supply-nato%e2%80%99s-ground-surveillance-system-delivered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Towards supplying NATO’s premier and long-standing contract for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system, Northrop Grumman has submitted a formal proposal. The award is expected sometime in October 2010. Northrop already supplies NATO AGS at its facility in Melbourne, Florida. EADS, General Dynamics Canada, Kongsberg and Selex Galileo are part of an industrial team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU SeaBILLA (Sea Border Surveillance) program unveiled</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/18/eu-seabilla-sea-border-surveillance-program-unveiled/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/18/eu-seabilla-sea-border-surveillance-program-unveiled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=915</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, has launched the European research and development project SeaBILLA (Sea Border Surveillance). SeaBILLA, proposed to the European Union as a research and development project on maritime and boarders surveillance, has recently obtained a funding of about 15,5 million Euros within the 7° Framework Programme “Security Research Call2”. The Finmeccanica [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing, General Dynamics and ITT: $4.4 Bn for NextGen Engineering Contracts</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/18/boeing-general-dynamics-and-itt-4-4-bn-for-nextgen-engineering-contracts/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/18/boeing-general-dynamics-and-itt-4-4-bn-for-nextgen-engineering-contracts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=913</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded three separate Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) contracts totaling up to $4.4 billion over 10 years. Under the contracts, the companies will perform work that will demonstrate NextGen procedures in real time on a large scale within the current air traffic system. &#8220;NextGen is an economic opportunity that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presidential Helo Competition Complicated</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/17/presidential-helo-competition-complicated/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/17/presidential-helo-competition-complicated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[see also: June, 15 Boeing &#38; AgustaWestland Agreement  June, 7 Presidential Helicopter Neverending Story  May, 5 AgustaWestland Will Bid on New Marine One  April 19, Sikorsky, Lockheed team to bid for US presidential helicopter The myriad industrial relationships broken and reforged for the newly relaunched U.S. presidential helicopter competition seem to represent a larger trend in defense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EDA Study on Integration of UAS Into General Air Traffic</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/16/eda-study-on-integration-of-uas-into-general-air-traffic/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/16/eda-study-on-integration-of-uas-into-general-air-traffic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thales announced that it has reached the end of a decisive year-long European technical design study, called SIGAT &#8211; (Study on military frequency spectrum allocations for the Insertion into General Air Traffic of UAS). Kicking off in early 2009, SIGAT was aimed at defining and promoting a common European position on the appropriate command and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interoperability is the Key to Success in Missile Defense</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/16/interoperability-is-the-key-to-success-in-missile-defense/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/16/interoperability-is-the-key-to-success-in-missile-defense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Terma and Lockheed Martin have jointly developed a Ballistic Missile Defense C4I system called BMD-Flex. The system is based on Terma&#8217;s T-Core C4I framework, fielded in several European Army, Navy, and Air Force systems. Lockheed Martin provides modular Command and Control (C2) products for decision support and battle management as well as system-of-systems expertise to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ThalesRaytheonSystems to Modernize US Army AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel Radars</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/14/thalesraytheonsystems-to-modernize-us-army-anmpq-64-sentinel-radars/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/14/thalesraytheonsystems-to-modernize-us-army-anmpq-64-sentinel-radars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ThalesRaytheonSystems has been awarded a $21.8 million contract by the U.S. Army to upgrade multiple AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel air defense radar systems. This award is an option to the existing upgrade contract originally awarded in June 2007. The contract will upgrade the U.S. Army Sentinel radar transmitters, receivers and exciters and increase functional capabilities such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IT MOD launch Army Digitalization</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/13/100609selex-si-wins-forza-nec-contract-worth-eur-238-m/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/13/100609selex-si-wins-forza-nec-contract-worth-eur-238-m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=866</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Funding for Forza NEC (Network Enabled Capability), the Italian Army’s digitization programme, has recently been confirmed by Undersecretary for Defence, Guido Crosetto: Forza NEC is a spiral project, envisaging the realisation of three digitalised medium-sized brigades by 2015, which will be consistent with the plan to deliver and integrate Land Forces by 2025. The aim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATO AGS &#8211; Northrop Grumman Submits Proposal</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/13/nato-ags-northrop-grumman-submits-proposal/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/13/nato-ags-northrop-grumman-submits-proposal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=860</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Transatlantic cooperation is NATO&#8217;s top acquisition program of record   Northrop Grumman Corporation formally submitted to NAGSMA its proposal or the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system &#8211; NATO&#8217;s top and long-running acquisition program. A contract award is anticipated in October 2010. &#8220;This program has been a model of the value of transatlantic cooperation to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier: $140 M to DRS for Thermal Sights</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/12/program-executive-office-peo-soldier-140-m-to-drs-for-thermal-sights/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/12/program-executive-office-peo-soldier-140-m-to-drs-for-thermal-sights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=856</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[content US PEO Soldier Initiative Program Executive Officer (PEO) Soldier Rapid Fielding Initiative (RFI) DRS Receives $140 M for Thermal Sights About the Technology Terry Murphy quote   1. US PEO Soldier Initiative PEO Soldier&#8217;s vision is to be the center of excellence for delivering Soldier warfighting capability to dominate the battlefield across the full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing &amp; AgustaWestland Agreement</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/10/boeing-agustawestland-agreement/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/10/boeing-agustawestland-agreement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=849</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Boeing Secures All Rights to AgustaWestland AW101 for US Navy VXX Presidential Helicopter Program   Boeing announced that it will secure a license from AgustaWestland for U.S. production of the AW101 medium-lift helicopter as an entry into the U.S. Navy VXX Presidential Helicopter Program. This license will give Boeing full intellectual property, data and production [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NextGen Systems Engineering Program: the largest in the FAA&#8217;s history</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/10/nextgen-systems-engineering-program-the-largest-in-the-faas-history/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/10/nextgen-systems-engineering-program-the-largest-in-the-faas-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=834</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SE-2020 Program Will Help FAA Transform the US Air Transportation System Harris Corporation, as a member of The Boeing Company team, has been selected to provide the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with mission analysis and systems engineering services under an Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery (IDIQ) contract. Three teams were selected to participate in the IDIQ contract, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing Delivers New Gen Phased Array Antennas</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/08/boeing-delivers-new-gen-phased-array-antennas/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/08/boeing-delivers-new-gen-phased-array-antennas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=830</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The phased array antennas will provide net-enabled operations through high-speed line-of-sight communications and data transported over a common data link (CDL) radio system between the Zumwalt-class ship and various airborne platforms. The Boeing Company has delivered the first production set of phased array antennas for the U.S. Navy&#8217;s Next Generation Zumwalt-class destroyers. The set was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DRS and Boeing to Sign Teaming Agreement for NewGen Tanker</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/07/drs-and-boeing-to-sign-teaming-agreement-for-newgen-tanker/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/07/drs-and-boeing-to-sign-teaming-agreement-for-newgen-tanker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=837</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DRS announced the teaming agreement for the NewGen Tanker program with The Boeing Company. DRS will collaborate with Boeing on the console design and then manufacture the Aerial Refueling Operator Station, also known as AROS contingent upon Boeing receiving the contract from the United States Air Force. In addition, DRS will provide the interconnect design [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presidential Helicopter Neverending Story</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/07/presidential-helicopter-neverending-story/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/07/presidential-helicopter-neverending-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=843</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Presidential helicopters stand as a talisman, embodying the nuclear mission of the armed forces, America’s technological prowess and our government’s nearly religious concern for presidential safety. Buying a foreign helicopter would seem downright unpatriotic to many Americans. But the government decided to buy just such a helicopter last time, the ill-fated VH-71. True, Lockheed Martin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing Delivers Security Capabilities to US CBP for the Northern Border Project</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/06/boeing-delivers-security-capabilities-to-us-cbp-for-the-northern-border-project/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/06/boeing-delivers-security-capabilities-to-us-cbp-for-the-northern-border-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=799</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Boeing has finished installing 10 remote video surveillance systems in the U.S. Border Patrol&#8217;s Detroit Sector, completing the company&#8217;s work on all available sites in the Northern Border Project. The systems, delivered to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), will enhance border surveillance capabilities along 37 miles of the St. Clair River &#8212; the border [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northrop Grumman: 5.5 M$ from FEMA</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/02/northrop-grumman-5-5-m-from-fema/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/02/northrop-grumman-5-5-m-from-fema/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract to design, develop, conduct, evaluate and provide operational support for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regional preparedness exercises. The 20-month, $5.5 million task order stems from the larger National Exercise Program indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. Under the terms of the task order, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing, General Dynamics and ITT: Up To $4.4 Bn for NextGen Engineering Contracts</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/05/28/boeing-general-dynamics-and-itt-up-to-4-4-bn-for-nextgen-engineering-contracts/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/05/28/boeing-general-dynamics-and-itt-up-to-4-4-bn-for-nextgen-engineering-contracts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 08:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today awarded three separate Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) contracts totaling up to $4.4 billion over 10 years. Under the contracts, the companies will perform work that will demonstrate NextGen procedures in real time on a large scale within the current air traffic system. &#8220;NextGen is an economic opportunity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAE TSS: 95 M$ for security systems to control access to Army bases</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/05/27/765/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/05/27/765/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 12:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BAE Systems has received a U.S. Army contract worth up to $95 million to install and maintain automated security systems to control access to Army bases and other installations. This award expands the company&#8217;s work in supporting physical security at government sites. The automated installation entry systems use software and hardware to verify information on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DRS: 10 M$ for 71 MSTAR Man Portable Radars</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/05/22/drs-10-m-for-71-mfstar-man-portable-radars/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/05/22/drs-10-m-for-71-mfstar-man-portable-radars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 07:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=753</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DRS Sustainment Systems will deliver the Marine Corps 71 man portable surveillance target and acquisition radars (MSTAR), under a $9.7 million awarded by the U.S. Navy. The MSTAR is a component of the Ground-Based Operational Surveillance System (GBOSS). The MSTAR locates moving targets and uniquely classifies them as personnel on foot, tracked vehicles, or wheeled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finmeccanica reorganises some activities in the Defence Electronics &amp; Security and Space sectors</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/05/21/finmeccanica-reorganises-some-activities-in-the-defence-electronics-security-and-space-sectors/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/05/21/finmeccanica-reorganises-some-activities-in-the-defence-electronics-security-and-space-sectors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 16:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=738</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[LATEST NEWS People and activities In line with its programme to optimise its industrial structures in the Defence Electronics &#38; Security and Space sectors, previously announced at the shareholders&#8217; meeting, Finmeccanica will launch a rationalisation process intended to improve the business organisation and industrial performance of the companies involved. In particular, the organisational rationalisation will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AgustaWestland Will Bid on New Marine One</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/05/13/agustawestland-will-bid-on-new-marine-one/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/05/13/agustawestland-will-bid-on-new-marine-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 12:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=673</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[AgustaWestland (AW) told that the company is still in the hunt for the U.S. VXX Presidential helicopter replacement program, commonly known as Marine One. Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, the chairman and CEO of AW parent company Finmeccanica, suggested that AW could partner with Boeing and L-3 for the contract. The original program was canceled last year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DRS Defense Technical Services: 100 M$ for U.S. Customs and Border Protection License Plate Readers.</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/05/07/drs-defense-technical-services-100-m-for-u-s-customs-and-border-protection-license-plate-readers/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/05/07/drs-defense-technical-services-100-m-for-u-s-customs-and-border-protection-license-plate-readers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=654</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DRS Technical Services Inc., a DRS Defense Solutions company, announced today that its Maritime &#38; Security Solutions business unit was awarded a fixed price, indefinite- delivery indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $100 million to enhance and expand the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency’s license plate reader (LPR) program. DRS will work closely with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deployable Airfield: 3,5 M$ to LM for Power Systems</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/05/07/deployable-airfield-35-m-to-lm-for-power-systems/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/05/07/deployable-airfield-35-m-to-lm-for-power-systems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 12:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=664</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $3.5 million contract to develop the Integrated Smart-BEAR Power System (ISBPS) for the U.S. Air Force. The Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources (BEAR) program equips U.S. forces with lightweight, air-transportable assets used to establish mobile air bases. ISBPS is an intelligent system that will integrate a variety of energy sources, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Navy&#8217;s Dual Band Radar Achieves X- and S-Band Milestone</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/05/05/us-navys-dual-band-radar-achieves-x-and-s-band-milestone/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/05/05/us-navys-dual-band-radar-achieves-x-and-s-band-milestone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=623</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the first time, the U.S. Navy has successfully tracked targets with a multiband radar featuring a common radar suite controller. This milestone, which took place at the Navy&#8217;s Engineering Test Center, Wallops Island, Va., was accomplished through the use of an engineering development model of the Dual Band Radar (DBR) developed by the Navy&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Navy Awards NGC 41.4 M$ as part of a five-year 281.5 M$ contract for Shipboard Multimission Radar Systems</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/05/04/us-navy-awards-ngc-41-4-m-as-part-of-a-five-year-281-5-m-contract-for-shipboard-multimission-radar-systems/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/05/04/us-navy-awards-ngc-41-4-m-as-part-of-a-five-year-281-5-m-contract-for-shipboard-multimission-radar-systems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 16:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=629</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a follow-on order from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command for additional AN/SPQ-9B shipboard radar systems. Under the fixed-price $41.4 million contract option, Northrop Grumman&#8217;s Maritime Systems facility in Melville, N.Y., will supply six radar shipsets, including the third radar of a three-system procurement for the Royal Australian Navy&#8217;s Air Warfare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DCNS to Self-Fund Construction of Highly Innovative OPV</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/05/04/dcns-to-self-fund-construction-of-highly-innovative-opv/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/05/04/dcns-to-self-fund-construction-of-highly-innovative-opv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 12:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DCNS, a leading player on the world market for capital warships, also aims to win new business in the corvette/OPV sector. In line with this policy, the Group has decided to self-fund the construction of a Gowind offshore patrol vessel. The new ship is designed for a wide range of government missions at sea. Shipbuilding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fincantieri and Boeing Strengthen Their Team in Bid for US Navy Hovercraft</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/05/03/fincantieri-and-boeing-strengthen-their-team-in-bid-for-us-navy-hovercraft/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/05/03/fincantieri-and-boeing-strengthen-their-team-in-bid-for-us-navy-hovercraft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 07:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=615</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC), Fincantieri&#8217;s US subsidiary, and Boeing have announced that Oceaneering International are to enter the team set up a year ago with a view to competing for the imminent tender for the &#8220;Ship-to-Shore Connector&#8221; (SSC) program which provides for the construction of 80 new generation hovercraft for the US Navy. The announcement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finmeccanica warms to UK alliances</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/05/01/finmeccanica-warms-to-uk-alliances/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/05/01/finmeccanica-warms-to-uk-alliances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 07:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The head of Italy&#8217;s largest defence group says his country should co-operate with the UK on a new generation of unmanned aircraft, helicopters and warships. Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, chief executive and chairman of Finmeccanica, argues the two countries are the best fit in Europe given their similar foreign policies and common defence equipment programmes. &#8220;All [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SSI: KRONOS Radars will equip Peruvian &#8220;Aguirre&#8221; class frigates</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/04/23/ssi-kronos-radars-will-equip-peruvian-aguirre-class-frigates/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/04/23/ssi-kronos-radars-will-equip-peruvian-aguirre-class-frigates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=582</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, has been awarded a contract with the Military Navy of Peru to supply two multifunctional surveillance radars KRONOS NV to be installed on board of the &#8220;Aguirre&#8221; class frigates (former-Lupo), once belonging to the Italian Navy. The system refers to a multifunctional radar, KRONOS NV, which can interface a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DRS system for Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/04/20/drs-system-for-gerald-r-ford-aircraft-carrier/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/04/20/drs-system-for-gerald-r-ford-aircraft-carrier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=570</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DRS Consolidated Controls Inc., a DRS Defense Solutions LLC business unitn a Finmeccanica Company, announced that it has been awarded a contract by Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding to design, qualify and manufacture the Gate Valve Actuator Controllers (GVAC) for the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78). These controllers will operate gate valves used in the United States Navy&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sikorsky, Lockheed team to bid for US presidential helicopter</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/04/19/sikorsky-lockheed-team-to-bid-for-us-presidential-helicopter/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/04/19/sikorsky-lockheed-team-to-bid-for-us-presidential-helicopter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=573</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lockheed sees possible US Navy award in 2011 or 2012 Lockheed still negotiating termination of VH-71 (AgustaWestland/Finmeccanica) with Navy Former rivals Sikorsky Aircraft and Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) said they would join forces in a follow-on U.S. Navy presidential helicopter competition even as Lockheed continued to negotiate a settlement over termination of the previous program. Under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LCS: proposal from Lockheed Martin</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/04/14/lcs-proposal-from-lockheed-martin/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/04/14/lcs-proposal-from-lockheed-martin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=532</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Lockheed Martin-led industry team submitted its proposal for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) fiscal year 2010-2014 contract to the U.S. Navy today. Lockheed Martin is one of two industry teams competing for the contract. The Navy will award the winning team a fixed-price incentive fee contract to provide up to 10 ships as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secretary Michael Chertoff, BAE Systems and the Whole-Body Scanners affair: $3 billion over the next eight years</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/04/12/secretary-michael-chertoff-bae-systems-and-the-whole-body-scanners-affair-3-billion-over-the-next-eight-years/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/04/12/secretary-michael-chertoff-bae-systems-and-the-whole-body-scanners-affair-3-billion-over-the-next-eight-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=555</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Secretary Michael Chertoff Joins BAE Systems, Inc. Board of Directors The Honorable Michael Chertoff has joined the BAE Systems, Inc. Board of Directors. As a member of the Board, Secretary Chertoff will provide oversight and strategic counsel, further ensuring that BAE Systems, Inc. is well positioned to meet current and future customer requirements in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EADS NA and Infoterra: 85M$ contract to supply radar satellite data for intelligence, military and homeland security</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/04/06/509/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/04/06/509/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/2010/04/06/509/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EADS North America has received a five-year contract to provide commercial radar satellite data to the U.S. government’s National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for use in intelligence, military and homeland security applications. The data will be provided by the geo-information service provider, Infoterra GmbH, an EADS Astrium subsidiary that holds the commercial exploitation rights for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Italy was right decision&#8221; interview to Mark S. Newman, DRS CEO</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/04/02/italy-was-right-decision-interview-to-mark-s-newman-drs-ceo/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/04/02/italy-was-right-decision-interview-to-mark-s-newman-drs-ceo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The marriage between Finmeccanica and DRS Technologies, the U.S. military electronics company bought in 2008 for 3.7 billion euros&#8217; is successful, although there is still much to do. Moreover Rome was not built in a day, &#8220;says the CEO of DRS, Mark S. Newman, who, after having sold his block of shares to Finmeccanica, making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finmeccanica: 130M$ contracts for security</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/30/finmeccanica-130m-contracts-for-security/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/30/finmeccanica-130m-contracts-for-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=475</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finmeccanica has won contracts with a total value of approximately 13 M$ million through its companies DRS, SELEX Sistemi Integrati and Elsag Datamat. Specifically, DRS Technical Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Finmeccanica Group company DRS Technologies, was awarded a $77 million contract to provide technical assistance to the United States Army and allies as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DRS Technical Services: 77 M$ for C2 Technical Assistance to United States Forces-Iraq</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/30/drs-technical-services-77-m-for-c2-technical-assistance-to-united-states-forces-iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/30/drs-technical-services-77-m-for-c2-technical-assistance-to-united-states-forces-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DRS Technical Services, Inc., Finmeccanica Group, announced that its Tactical Services &#38; Network Solutions business unit was awarded a contract for approximately $77 million to provide technical assistance to the United States Army and allies as they withdraw from the country of Iraq. Under terms of the award, DRS will continue to support the transition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alenia Aeronautica delivers second ATR-42MP airplane to the NAF</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/29/alenia-aeronautica-delivers-second-atr-42mp-airplane-to-the-naf/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/29/alenia-aeronautica-delivers-second-atr-42mp-airplane-to-the-naf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The delivery ceremony was held at Alenia Aeronautica’s Training Centre at Turin-Caselle and was attended by Air Vice Marshal DS Dillimono (Chief Operation Officer) and Wing Commander AT Marquis (Programme Manager ATR-42MP NAF) who signed the acceptance of the aircraft in the presence of Alenia Aeronautica’s Managers. Having completed the final acceptance phases with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Information Sharing: The new intelligence capability</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/23/information-sharing-the-new-intelligence-capability/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/23/information-sharing-the-new-intelligence-capability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=430</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Coles, Head of Security Strategy at SELEX SI/VEGA, revisits the importance of information sharing for the UK in light of the failed Christmas Day airline bomb plot. According to President Obama, it was an information sharing and analysis breakdown that nearly allowed a terrorist to kill 290 people on 25 December 2009, in what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aircrafts and Helicopters: Finmeccanica Seeks To Make U.S. Home Market</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/19/aircrafts-and-helicopters-finmeccanica-seeks-to-make-u-s-home-market/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/19/aircrafts-and-helicopters-finmeccanica-seeks-to-make-u-s-home-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=400</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finmeccanica is looking to further increase its business activity in the U.S., capitalizing on its acquisition of DRS Technologies.The company has long eyed the U.S. and, through a growing industrial footprint, has tried to make it a “home market” in addition to Italy and the U.K. A round of upcoming helicopter competitions will prove a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US NAVY LCS: life-cycle cost is a major problem</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/18/us-navy-lcs-life-cycle-costs-is-a-major-problem-to-solve/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/18/us-navy-lcs-life-cycle-costs-is-a-major-problem-to-solve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said yesterday the service is keeping a mid-April deadline for industry bids on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), amid concerns about the losing shipbuilder protesting the contract award and a call from one side to delay the schedule. Some observers predict the loser of the two-way contest between Lockheed Martin and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SBINET in troubles: funds frozen</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/18/sbinet-in-troubles-funds-frozen/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/18/sbinet-in-troubles-funds-frozen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=391</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Homeland Security is pulling in the reins on a high-priced border &#8220;virtual fence&#8221; system plagued by cost overruns and missed deadlines since its launch four years ago. Additional funding for the SBInet project will be frozen beyond two systems already going up along the U.S.-Mexico border near Sasabe and Ajo, the agency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italian navy to deploy AW101s to Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/17/italian-navy-to-deploy-aw101s-to-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/17/italian-navy-to-deploy-aw101s-to-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=393</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Italy will deploy three of its AgustaWestland AW101 amphibious support helicopters to Afghanistan in October for a 12-month tour of duty. The &#8220;Task Group Shark&#8221; detachment will involve aircraft from the navy&#8217;s 1st Helicopter Squadron at Luni, plus 55 personnel and an aeromedical evacuation team, assigned to the International Security Assistance Force&#8217;s Regional Command West [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DRS Awarded $15 M to Provide Satellite Connectivity and Services</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/16/drs-awarded-15-m-to-provide-satellite-connectivity-and-services/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/16/drs-awarded-15-m-to-provide-satellite-connectivity-and-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=406</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DRS Defense Solutions, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DRS Technologies, Inc.,Finmeccanica Group,  announced its Global Enterprise Solutions business unit was awarded a $15 million task order to provide X-band satellite connectivity and terrestrial transport services to the U.S. Military serving in the Middle East. Award is by the Defense information Systems Agency (DISA) under Defense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marinette Marine / FINCANTIERI : an oceanografhic vessel for Alaska</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/12/marinette-marine-fincantieri-an-oceanografhic-vessel-for-alaska/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/12/marinette-marine-fincantieri-an-oceanografhic-vessel-for-alaska/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Marinette Marine Corporation, the FINCANTIERI&#8217;s American subsidiary, will built an oceanografic research vessel capable of working in icy artic waters (Alaska Region Vessel &#8211; ARRV) for the University of Fairbanks, Alaska. The vessel will be built at Mariette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin. Work will commence on the ship in the last quarter of 2010 for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EADS Falls Into The Red &#8211; A380 Will Make Losses For At Least 2-3 Years</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/10/eads-falls-into-the-red-a380-will-make-losses-for-at-least-2-3-years/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/10/eads-falls-into-the-red-a380-will-make-losses-for-at-least-2-3-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=323</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[European Aeronautic Defence &#38; Space Co. NV said Tuesday it swung into the red in 2009 as problem contracts weighed on earnings, as expected, and it predicted that 2010 will be another difficult year even though visibility is improving. The company was weighed down by a EUR1.8 billion charge against cost overruns on its long-delayed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MEADS : Army would like to kill the program, but Pentagon resists</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/09/meads-army-would-like-to-kill-the-program-but-pentagon-resists/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/09/meads-army-would-like-to-kill-the-program-but-pentagon-resists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Raytheon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another battle is brewing at the Pentagon over a costly weapons program that many military leaders do not want but that so far has proven difficult to kill. After several failed attempts, the Army is trying again to cancel a $19 billion missile defense system that the United States is developing in partnership with Italy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Grounds BAE Export Applications</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/09/us-grounds-bae-export-applications/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/09/us-grounds-bae-export-applications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The US State Department has put a hold on all new applications for export licences by BAE Systems in the wake of the company’s recent criminal plea agreement to settle long-running bribery allegations. It says it wants to establish what impact the UK armsmaker’s agreement last month with the Department of Justice will have on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northrop Considers Bid for U.S. Navy&#8217;s LCS</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/05/northrop-considers-bid-for-u-s-navys-lcs/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/05/northrop-considers-bid-for-u-s-navys-lcs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[General Dynamics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman is examining both competing Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) designs with an eye to possibly bidding as a second-source shipyard to build the small, fast warships for the U.S. Navy, the company&#8217;s top shipbuilder said Wednesday. &#8220;We&#8217;re interested, we&#8217;re looking at both programs,&#8221; Mike Petters, head of Northrop Grumman shipbuilding, told Congress towards the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finmeccanica Looks for Partner in White House Helicopter Bid</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/05/finmeccanica-looks-for-partner-in-white-house-helicopter-bid/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/05/finmeccanica-looks-for-partner-in-white-house-helicopter-bid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=268</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finmeccanica SpA, Italy’s biggest defense contractor, said it is looking for a partner as the U.S. Defense Department restarts the process of replacing the ageing fleet of presidential helicopters. The group will respond with the subsidiary AgustaWestland. Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, Finmeccanica’s chief executive officer, said at a press conference in London today. Lockheed Martin Corp. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NGC Team Awarded CANES Development Contract</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/05/ngc-team-awarded-canes-development-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/05/ngc-team-awarded-canes-development-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=294</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Navy has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation for the development phase of the U.S. Navy&#8217;s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program. CANES will streamline and update shipboard network systems to improve interoperability and affordability across the fleet. A team led by Northrop Grumman received a $17.4 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GD and Austal Split Up To Bid on LCS</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/04/gd-and-austal-split-up-to-bid-on-lcs/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/04/gd-and-austal-split-up-to-bid-on-lcs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[General Dynamics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shipbuilding partners Austal USA and General Dynamics have agreed to revoke their teaming arrangement on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program &#8211; a move that positions Austal to bid as a prime contractor on this year&#8217;s bid for 10 LCS ships for the U.S. Navy, and allows GD to go after another five ships to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fimeccanica / Guarguaglini: 2009 results exceed expectations</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/04/fimeccanica-guarguaglini-2009-results-exceed-expectations/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/04/fimeccanica-guarguaglini-2009-results-exceed-expectations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Finmeccanica Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[company balance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Data even more positive when compared to world stage * orders over 22 billion euros in both 2010 and 2011 * recovery in civil helicopter market by 2012 * Ansaldo Energia fate within next two months * Shares up 1.2 percent In 2009, Finmeccanica&#8217;s performance was &#8220;above expectations and show growth in all parameters.&#8221; The company&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police partner with license plate readers</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/04/police-partner-with-license-plate-readers/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/04/police-partner-with-license-plate-readers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[DHS]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A growing number of police departments are turning to mobile camera systems to fight motor vehicle theft and identify unregistered cars. The cameras read license plates of parked and moving cars — hundreds per minute — and check them against vehicle databases, said Lance Clem, a spokesman for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, which purchased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Puts Hold on Export Licenses for BAE: State Dept.</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/04/u-s-puts-hold-on-export-licenses-for-bae-state-dept/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/04/u-s-puts-hold-on-export-licenses-for-bae-state-dept/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. State Department has placed a &#8220;temporary administrative hold&#8221; on weapons export licenses sought by BAE Systems or companies using BAE Systems&#8217; products, a State Department official said. BAE officials, however, said there was no hold. The state of affairs remains unclear. This comes in the wake of BAE&#8217;s guilty plea to accusations that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coast Guard takes control from Deepwater&#8217;s integrators</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/03/coast-guard-takes-control-from-deepwaters-integrators/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/03/coast-guard-takes-control-from-deepwaters-integrators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Coast Guard has taken full control of developing a new flagship vessel from an embattled industry team and is determined to stay on schedule and keep costs from skyrocketing, a senior Homeland Security official told House lawmakers Tuesday. The transition marks the end of the Homeland Security Department&#8217;s reliance on a team headed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>German Weather Service Selects Selex Systems Integration and Lockheed Martin for Wind Shear Detection at Frankfurt and Munich Airports</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/03/german-weather-service-selects-selex-systems-integration-and-lockheed-martin-for-wind-shear-detection-at-frankfurt-and-munich-airports/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/03/german-weather-service-selects-selex-systems-integration-and-lockheed-martin-for-wind-shear-detection-at-frankfurt-and-munich-airports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The German Weather Service (DWD) has signed a contract with Selex Systems Integration GmbH to deliver a Low Level Wind Shear Alert System (LLWAS) for the Frankfurt and Munich, Germany airports. The systems consist of a METEOR 50DX Dual Polarisation Weather Radar, a WindTracer® Doppler Lidar, and comprehensive sensor data integration based on Rainbow5 Software. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>License plate recognition to be regulated in Maine</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/02/license-plate-recognition-to-be-regulated-in-maine/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/02/license-plate-recognition-to-be-regulated-in-maine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Action that would limit use to law enforcement, DOT could be precedent setting The Maine Legislature’s Joint Transportation Committee has moved forward a bill this week that would set statewide policy for the use of license plate recognition technology. As part of LD 1561, “An Act to Regulate the Use of Traffic Surveillance Cameras,” LPR [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SBINET in danger? No finish in sight for &#8216;virtual&#8217; border fence</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/01/sbinet-in-danger-no-finish-in-sight-for-virtual-border-fence/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/01/sbinet-in-danger-no-finish-in-sight-for-virtual-border-fence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A multibillion-dollar &#8220;virtual fence&#8221; along the southwestern border promised for completion in 2009 to protect the U.S. from terrorists, violent drug smugglers and a flood of illegal immigrants is a long way from becoming a reality, with government officials unable to say when, how or whether it will ever be completed. More than three years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATO Contract to SELEX Sistemi Integrati</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/25/nato-contract-award-to-selex-sistemi-integrati/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/25/nato-contract-award-to-selex-sistemi-integrati/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SELEX Sistemi Integrati has received a Contract of 15 M€ for the integration of about 230 Sensors on new implemented Air Command and Control (ACCS) Sites, hosted by eleven NATO Nations: Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, Hungary, Norway, Portugal, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece and France. The Contract has been awarded to SELEX Sistemi Integrati, through the ACCS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thales caught in all too familiar French political trap</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/25/thales-caught-in-all-too-familiar-french-political-trap/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/25/thales-caught-in-all-too-familiar-french-political-trap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The EADS story is all too familiar. For years, the European aerospace and defence group has been hamstrung by its French and German political masters. But these days it seems that the French government has decided to delegate responsibility to its French and German core industrial shareholders &#8211; Lagardère and Daimler &#8211; put in place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EUROSAM bids for Turkish Air Defence System</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/24/eurosam-bids-for-turkish-air-defence-system/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/24/eurosam-bids-for-turkish-air-defence-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Turkey&#8217;s defence procurement office removed MBDA from a blacklist last month after an international legal dispute between the Ankara government and the French missile maker ended amicably. One immediate effect: Eurosam, whose shareholders include MBDA, Thales, Finmeccanica and BAE Systems, will be allowed to bid next month against Chinese, U.S. and Russian rivals for Turkey&#8217;s multibillion-dollar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thales Stock Tumbles After Surprise 2009 Loss</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/23/thales-stock-tumbles-after-surprise-2009-loss/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/23/thales-stock-tumbles-after-surprise-2009-loss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=89</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shares in Thales fell sharply Feb. 19 after the French systems company posted an unexpected 2009 net loss of 128 million euros ($173 million), halved its dividend and issued a gloomy outlook for orders. The net loss followed a 2008 net profit of 650 million euros. Sales rose 2 percent to 12.88 billion euros from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAE loses US battle and takes £592m hit</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/23/bae-loses-us-battle-and-takes-592m-hit/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/23/bae-loses-us-battle-and-takes-592m-hit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BAe Systems suffered another major blow today, saying that it will incur a £592 million writedown after it failed to overturn the Pentagon&#8217;s decision to award a trucks and vehicles contract to a US supplier. BAE had challenged the award of the £2 billion contract to Oshkosh but its appeal was rejected. The UK company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S DHS Customs and Border Protection: Light Enforcement Helicopter Contract</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/22/u-s-dhs-customs-and-border-protection-light-enforcement-helicopter-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/22/u-s-dhs-customs-and-border-protection-light-enforcement-helicopter-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=86</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Eurocopter booth at Heli-Expo, American Eurocopter announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection has entered into the first option year on the Light Enforcement Helicopter (LEH) contract and placed an order for six AS350B3s. This is the second order on the LEH contract that was awarded to American Eurocopter by the Department of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATO will operate from Poggio Renatico the control of NATO air forces in Europe.</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/22/nato-will-operate-from-poggio-renatico-the-control-of-nato-air-forces-in-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/22/nato-will-operate-from-poggio-renatico-the-control-of-nato-air-forces-in-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=66</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By March 2010, NATO will rely on the radar base at Poggio Renatico (Ferrara) control of the airspace between the Atlantic Ocean and the Danube delta. The decision to strengthen and expand geographically functioning of the Italian military was announced at the conclusion of the annual conference of the commanders of NATO&#8217;s Southern Region, held [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contracts loss forces BAE to restructure armaments</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/19/contracts-loss-forces-bae-to-restructure-armaments/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/19/contracts-loss-forces-bae-to-restructure-armaments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BAE Systems, Europe’s largest defence company, has begun to restructure its once-lauded land and armaments division after losing key armoured vehicle contracts. The company said that it would cut thousands of jobs in the division but refused to give exact numbers. It also closed ten sites in the UK and United States last year as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harris: 25 M$ for Communications Backbone of Army Battle Command System</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/18/harris-25-m-for-communications-backbone-of-army-battle-command-system/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/18/harris-25-m-for-communications-backbone-of-army-battle-command-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Highband networking radios from Harris Corporation will form the communications backbone of the U.S. Army&#8217;s new Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS).  Harris will supply its radios to carry critical battle-command information, and will provide system and network engineering services over the five-year life of the program. IBCS will integrate the fire-control [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAE Systems dives into the red</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/18/bae-systems-dives-into-the-red/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/18/bae-systems-dives-into-the-red/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=95</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BAE Systems has said it will writedown $929 million (592 million pounds, 681 million euros) on 2009 earnings after failing to win a US military contract. BAE Systems on Thursday announced it had fallen into a loss last year after a major write-down linked to its purchase of US military group Armor Holdings. BAE Systems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cost is critical factor in LCS competition-US Navy</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/18/cost-is-critical-factor-in-lcs-competition-us-navy/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/18/cost-is-critical-factor-in-lcs-competition-us-navy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[* Navy aims to move away from system integrators * Could stage competition for combat systems later Cost will be the critical factor the U.S. Navy uses to judge competing designs from General Dynamics Corp and Lockheed Martin Corp for a new class of fast, flexible, shallow-water warships, a top admiral said. Rear Admiral William Landay, program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Vigilare Command and Control System Passes Factory Acceptance Testing</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/18/project-vigilare-command-and-control-system-passes-factory-acceptance-testing/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/18/project-vigilare-command-and-control-system-passes-factory-acceptance-testing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=286</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, this week announced that Project Vigilare, a Network Centric Command and Control System (NC3S) solution for the Royal Australian Air Force, has passed factory acceptance testing. The system, already installed at the Northern Regional Operational Centre (NROC), will undergo on-site acceptance testing in March [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SBInet program on delays</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/17/sbinet-program-on-delays/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/17/sbinet-program-on-delays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SBInet director shares frustrations and progress on delays, tests and Boeing But Mark Borkowski remains hopeful that SBInet will be a success As executive director of the Homeland Security Department’s Secure Border Initiative, Mark Borkowski is in the unenviable position of overseeing SBInet, the border protection system that is as noteworthy for technical glitches and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GD Awarded 387 M$ Training Support Contract by US Army</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/12/gd-awarded-387-m-training-support-contract-by-us-army/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/12/gd-awarded-387-m-training-support-contract-by-us-army/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=30</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a contract for Constructive Training Systems support by the U.S. Army&#39;s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI). The total potential value of this single-award, five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract is $387 million if all options are exercised. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAE SYSTEMS: 242 M$ U.S. NAVY EPIC</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/11/bae-systems-242-m-u-s-navy-epic/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/11/bae-systems-242-m-u-s-navy-epic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=416</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BAE Systems has been awarded a $242 million Enterprise Platform Integration Contract (EPIC) from the U.S. Navy to provide integration, engineering, procurement, fabrication, assembly, test, inspection, delivery, and limited installation of integrated Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) capabilities aboard new construction ships. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity performance-based contract – issued by the Space and Naval [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finmeccanica reaches the amount of $100 million in U.S. military orders for DVE</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/10/finmeccanica-reaches-the-amount-of-100-million-in-u-s-military-orders-for-dve/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/10/finmeccanica-reaches-the-amount-of-100-million-in-u-s-military-orders-for-dve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=227</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finmeccanica, through its company DRS Technologies, Inc., have reached $100 million in U.S. military orders for infrared Driver’s Vision Enhancers (DVEs). The delivery orders have been placed against a September 2009 contract awarded by the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) at Fort Monmouth, NJ – a DVE Family of Systems (FOS) contract covering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU: 20 M€ for research Selex SI</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/01/28/eu-20-me-for-research-selex-si/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/01/28/eu-20-me-for-research-selex-si/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Union has approved funding of almost € 20 million for two projects coordinated by Selex Sistemi Integrati in the second edition of the ban &#8220;Call Security&#8221; of the Seventh Framework Program. This was announced by the company of the Finmeccanica group, noting that he won the highest share of the approximately 118 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATO ACCS approved for rollout in Czech Republic, Denmark and Greece</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/01/27/nato-accs-approved-for-rollout-in-czech-republic-denmark-and-greece/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/01/27/nato-accs-approved-for-rollout-in-czech-republic-denmark-and-greece/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ ThalesRaytheonSystems, operating through Air Command Systems International, has received an award for three additional NATO Air Command and Control (ACCS) replication sites in the Czech Republic, Denmark and Greece. This contract includes the delivery of an ACCS Level of Operation Capability One (LOC1) Air Control Center, Recognised Air Picture Production Center and Sensor Fusion Post (ARS) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NGC Awarded $335 M Base Operations Contract</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/01/27/ngc-awarded-335-m-base-operations-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/01/27/ngc-awarded-335-m-base-operations-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[US DoD]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Air Forces in Europe has awarded the Northrop Grumman Corporation and Kellogg Brown &#38; Root, Inc 50/50 joint venture Vinnell, Brown &#38; Root LLC a contract to provide base operations support services for locations in Turkey and Spain. The Turkey-Spain Base Maintenance Contract is a fixed-price-incentive contract with cost reimbursable line items with a potential value of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU: 20 mln for research to Selex SI</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/01/27/eu-20-mln-for-research-to-selex-si/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/01/27/eu-20-mln-for-research-to-selex-si/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=119</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Union has approved funding of almost € 20 million for two projects coordinated by Selex Sistemi Integrati in the second edition of the ban &#8220;Call Security&#8221; of the Seventh Framework Program. This was announced by the company of the Finmeccanica group, noting that he won the highest share of the approximately 118 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raytheon Wins $4.3 M for On-Dock Rail Nuclear Detectors</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/01/26/raytheon-wins-4-3-m-for-on-dock-rail-nuclear-detectors-2/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/01/26/raytheon-wins-4-3-m-for-on-dock-rail-nuclear-detectors-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under a $4.3 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Raytheon Company is developing next-generation panels that can scan rail cars to detect nuclear weapons and other materials. The new panels are an additional configuration in Raytheon&#8217;s Advanced Spectroscopic portfolio, a series of panels that can be used in various ways to screen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raytheon Wins $4.3 M for On-Dock Rail Nuclear Detectors</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/01/26/raytheon-wins-4-3-m-for-on-dock-rail-nuclear-detectors/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/01/26/raytheon-wins-4-3-m-for-on-dock-rail-nuclear-detectors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[TSA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Under a $4.3 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Raytheon Company is developing next-generation panels that can scan rail cars to detect nuclear weapons and other materials. The new panels are an additional configuration in Raytheon&#8217;s Advanced Spectroscopic portfolio, a series of panels that can be used in various ways to screen cars, [...]]]></description>
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