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	<title>Atlantic Organization for Security &#187; US DoD</title>
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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>
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		<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>New Integrated Defense Tool Offers Heightened Security</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/08/16/new-integrated-defense-tool-offers-heightened-security/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/08/16/new-integrated-defense-tool-offers-heightened-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=1085</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Airmen in the 23rd Security Forces Squadron recently hosted a team of specialists here who introduced base personnel to a new tool aimed at improving security at military installations around the world. The ForcePRO software, created by a civilian company, is designed to help security planners develop integrated defense plans. Integrated defense is a tailored, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOD To Improve New Rapid Acquisition Policy</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/08/08/dod-to-improve-new-rapid-acquisition-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/08/08/dod-to-improve-new-rapid-acquisition-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 08:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon is putting the final touches on a new policy designed to improve the Defense Department&#8217;s ability to respond to urgent requests from front-line forces for new combat capabilities, according to defense sources. The directive being prepared for Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn&#8217;s signature would also establish a new mechanism to collect warfighter feedback [...]]]></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>
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		<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>U.S. Defense Secretary Gates To Industry CEOs: Work With Me</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/08/02/u-s-defense-secretary-gates-to-industry-ceos-work-with-me/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/08/02/u-s-defense-secretary-gates-to-industry-ceos-work-with-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=1091</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Vago Muradian and John T. Bennett U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told industry executives last week that his efficiencies push is largely meant to stave off White House officials who want to slash the Pentagon budget, sources say. In a July 29 meeting at the Pentagon, sources said, Gates said that if the Defense [...]]]></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>
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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>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>
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		<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>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>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>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 $140 M for Thermal Sights About the Technology Terry Murphy quote   1. US PEO Soldier Initiative PEO Soldier&#8217;s vision is to be the center of excellence for delivering Soldier warfighting capability to dominate the battlefield across the full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DRS and Boeing to Sign Teaming Agreement for NewGen Tanker</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/06/07/drs-and-boeing-to-sign-teaming-agreement-for-newgen-tanker/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/06/07/drs-and-boeing-to-sign-teaming-agreement-for-newgen-tanker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=837</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DRS announced the teaming agreement for the NewGen Tanker program with The Boeing Company. DRS will collaborate with Boeing on the console design and then manufacture the Aerial Refueling Operator Station, also known as AROS contingent upon Boeing receiving the contract from the United States Air Force. In addition, DRS will provide the interconnect design [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAE TSS: 95 M$ 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>US Cyber Command Is Operational</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/05/21/us-cyber-command-is-operational/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/05/21/us-cyber-command-is-operational/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 19:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Cyber Command, a subordinate unit of U.S. Strategic Command, is in its initial operating capability. The command is expected to be fully operational by October, according to Air Force Lt. Col. Rene White. Army Gen. Keith Alexander, recently confirmed to lead the command, now officially steps into those shoes after receiving his fourth star Friday in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Little Progress Made On Afghan Surveillance Effort</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/05/10/little-progress-made-on-afghan-surveillance-effort/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/05/10/little-progress-made-on-afghan-surveillance-effort/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 12:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=688</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nine months after the Army&#8217;s U.S. Central Command formally declared that there was an &#8220;urgent need&#8221; for sophisticated electronic surveillance systems to be installed throughout Afghanistan to protect U.S. forward operating bases, little has happened, according to senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee. At issue are tower-based systems designed to be placed around [...]]]></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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		<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>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>DoD Proposes Conflicts-of-Interest Rule for Procurements</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/04/23/dod-proposes-conflicts-of-interest-rule-for-procurements/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/04/23/dod-proposes-conflicts-of-interest-rule-for-procurements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Defense Department on April 22 released a long-anticipated proposed rule outlining how it will police conflicts of interest in procurement. The proposed rule on organizational conflicts of interest is part of the Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act, made law in May 2009. The act directed DoD to create consistent guidance on conflicts resulting [...]]]></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>Aptima&#8217;s Software to Support U.S. Navy&#8217;s Distributed, Multi-simulator Training</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/04/12/aptimas-software-to-support-u-s-navys-distributed-multi-simulator-training/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/04/12/aptimas-software-to-support-u-s-navys-distributed-multi-simulator-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=525</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As net centric warfare changes the nature of air and combat operations, the U.S. Navy is modernizing its aviation training, combining its various simulators into a unified platform to better replicate these complex missions. To improve the training value of these networked exercises, Aptima, the R&#38;D firm specializing in human-centered engineering, is providing the Navy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAIC: 84M$ to Support Naval Air Systems Command</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/04/11/saic-84m-to-support-naval-air-systems-command/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/04/11/saic-84m-to-support-naval-air-systems-command/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=530</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has been awarded a contract by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to support the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Corporate Operations and Comptroller Offices with a full range of organizational and business services. The multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USS Ashland Captures Pirates</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/04/10/uss-ashland-captures-pirates/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/04/10/uss-ashland-captures-pirates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Three events over the past ten days have allowed the U.S. Navy to capture a total of 21 suspected pirates At approximately 5:00 a.m. local time, the USS Ashland (LSD 48), was fired upon by a skiff manned by suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden, approximately 330 nautical miles off the coast of Djibouti. [...]]]></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>Problems with LCS ships ?</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/31/problems-with-lcs-ships/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/31/problems-with-lcs-ships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Navy sees the launch and recovery of smaller boats as a &#8220;major risk&#8221; to both competing designs for its new Littoral Combat Ship program, a congressional watchdog agency said on Tuesday. The Government Accountability Office (GAO), the research arm of Congress, said the Navy&#8217;s risk assessment was troubling, given that watercraft launch and [...]]]></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>Loser To Fight In LCS Deal?</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/29/loser-to-fight-in-lcs-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/29/loser-to-fight-in-lcs-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=471</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Analysts say high-stakes competition pitting Austal against Lockheed Martin could end with protest similar to tanker contest By the Navy&#8217;s calendar, a winner-take-all order for up to 10 new littoral combat ships is supposed to be awarded this summer, with Mobile-based Austal USA&#8217;s future prospects heavily staked to the outcome. But that award may not [...]]]></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>CACI: 219 M$ in C4ISR and IT Services</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/18/caci-219-m-in-c4isr-and-it-services/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/18/caci-219-m-in-c4isr-and-it-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Award by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic Continues Company&#8217;s Role as Provider of Critically Important Services CACI International Inc announced today that it has been awarded a $219 million prime contract to provide command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (C4ISR) and business IT software and maintenance services to the Space and Naval Warfare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No MEADS Decision From U.S. Army-MDA Meeting</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/16/no-meads-decision-from-u-s-army-mda-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/16/no-meads-decision-from-u-s-army-mda-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=441</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior U.S. Army officials who met with representatives from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) March 10 reached no decision on whether to transfer management of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program to the agency, according to a defense official. Instead, senior officials from both organizations agreed that follow-up questions needed to be answered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training, Investment Create Sustainable Afghan Army</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/08/training-investment-create-sustainable-afghan-army/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/08/training-investment-create-sustainable-afghan-army/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=339</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Training and financial investment are critical to helping Afghanistan&#8217;s security forces become self-sufficient, a senior participant in the effort said. Army Brig. Gen. Gary Patton, the deputy commanding general for programs with Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan, shared his insights during a March 6 &#8220;DoDLive&#8221; bloggers roundtable on how U.S. and NATO forces are supporting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USDoD New Cyber-Security Rules For Unclassified Data</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/08/usdod-new-cyber-security-rules-for-unclassified-data/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/08/usdod-new-cyber-security-rules-for-unclassified-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Defense Department, the target of 300 million attempts daily to probe its computer networks, wants to require its contractors to report hacking that compromises sensitive information. Under a proposed regulation, companies would have to report the breach within 72 hours, preserve evidence and assist with the investigation. The proposal also would require companies [...]]]></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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		<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>EADS North America Delivers 100th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/03/04/eads-north-america-delivers-100th-uh-72a-lakota-light-utility-helicopter-to-the-u-s-army/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/03/04/eads-north-america-delivers-100th-uh-72a-lakota-light-utility-helicopter-to-the-u-s-army/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EADS North America delivered its 100th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the U.S. Army today, marking another on-time and on-budget achievement for a highly successful program that supports America&#8217;s warfighters and contributes to the nation&#8217;s homeland security. &#8220;The UH-72A Lakota program has progressed on schedule and within budget constraints,&#8221; said Col. L. Neil Thurgood, [...]]]></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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		<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>Navy Shifts Focus To Lower-end Threats</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/19/navy-shifts-focus-to-lower-end-threats/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/19/navy-shifts-focus-to-lower-end-threats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead has signed off on the Navy’s “Vision for Confronting Irregular Challenges.” The Navy will buy ships and aircraft that provide “broadened” and “balanced” capabilities to deal with a range of irregular opponents, including pirates, terrorists, criminal organizations, insurgents and other state and non-state actors, the document says. By [...]]]></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>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>US Navy Awards 92.5 M$ in Net-Centric Ops Support</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/16/us-navy-awards-92-5-m-in-net-centric-ops-support/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/16/us-navy-awards-92-5-m-in-net-centric-ops-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=33</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The US Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) awarded $92.5 million in contracts to support net-centric operations, information management, and decision support operations of the US military services. The contracts focus on the command and control (C2) interfaces between the services and civil agencies and nongovernmental organizations. The contractors will provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAE SYSTEMS: 242 M$ 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>Cybersecurity Seizes More Attention, Budget Dollars</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/04/cybersecurity-seizes-more-attention-budget-dollars/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/04/cybersecurity-seizes-more-attention-budget-dollars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=74</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity is seizing more attention and budget dollars from the Defense Department at a time when China’s alleged cyber attack on Google has underscored the urgency of the threat and the vulnerability of U.S. networks. The Pentagon’s second-ranking official described cyber threats as his top worry, and a chorus of other defense and government officials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Navy: LCS Budget</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2010/02/04/us-navy-lcs-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2010/02/04/us-navy-lcs-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Navy plans to spend about $28 billion to buy 55 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) and at least 64 interchangeable mission packages to perform one of three missions &#8211; mine countermeasures, antisubmarine warfare, and surface warfare &#8211; in waters close to shore. GAO’s analysis of the Navy’s 2009 estimates showed that the operating and support [...]]]></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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		<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>Raytheon Awarded $16 M for Aegis Radar</title>
		<link>http://aofs.org/2009/07/29/raytheon-awarded-16-m-for-aegis-radar/</link>
		<comments>http://aofs.org/2009/07/29/raytheon-awarded-16-m-for-aegis-radar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aofs.org/?p=17</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon Company two contracts that extend the company&#8217;s legacy of performance and support for the Aegis weapons system. Under the contracts, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) will provide an AN/SPY-1 radar transmitter ordnance alteration kit to enhance the radar&#8217;s processing performance and multi-mission capability. The company will also continue its [...]]]></description>
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