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BAE Systems Ship Repair gets $49.4 million Navy contract
TidewaterBizBAE Systems Ship Repair in Norfolk was awarded a $49.4 million contract to repair and upgrade the USS Porter, a guided-missile destroyer that was damaged in a collision last year. “One of the things we do really well is repair, maintain and...Tags: Missile Systems, Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, BAE Systems Plc.
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Boeing demonstrator breaks hypersonic flight record
ReutersBy Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) - Boeing Co's X-51A Waverider made history this week when it achieved the longest hypersonic flight by a jet-fuel powered aircraft, flying for 3-1/2 minutes at five times the speed of sound, the U.S. Air...Tags: Vehicles, United Technologies Corporation, NASA, Services and Shopping, Rocketry
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Guantanamo camp burns through $900,000 a year per inmate
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - It's been dubbed the most expensive prison on Earth and President Barack Obama cited the cost this week as one of many reasons to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, which burns through some $900,000 per...Tags: Elections, Republican Party, Government, Parties and Movements, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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U.S. Suspects Israeli Airstrike Inside Syria
The U.S. government believes Israel has conducted an airstrike inside Syria, two unnamed officials were reported as saying late Friday. U.S. and other Western intelligence agencies suspect that Israeli aircraft probably struck targets Thursday or...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Israel, Government, Human Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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US calls for shutting down Iran, North Korea arms networks
Reuters* U.S. arms control official takes aim at Iran, North Korea * Accuses both of trying to obtain high-tech materials * Says Iran supplying bullets that kill most Syrian civilians By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, May 3 (Reuters) - The United States said on...Tags: Missile Systems, Politics, Tehran (Iran), Weaponry, Iran
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'The Way of the Knife' exposes America's shadow wars
In October 2002, Barack Obama, then an obscure state senator in Illinois, stood in Federal Plaza in Chicago and gave a speech about Iraq that launched his career toward the White House. "I don't oppose all wars," Obama told the crowd. "What I am opposed...Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, U.S. Military, Book, National Security, David Petraeus
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Kaman Drone Lessens Need For Dangerous Manned Deliveries In Afghanistan
The Hartford CourantMarines at a far-flung base in southwest Afghanistan sent off an urgent request for mortar rounds, needing an air delivery made to a landing zone under enemy fire for days. The choice came down to two Connecticut-made helicopters. One option to...Tags: U.S. Military, Manufacturing and Engineering, Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan, Kaman Corporation
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Schiff presses for transfer of military aircraft to Forest Service for firefighting help
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and nearly a dozen other members of Congress this week asked for an update from the Department of Defense on sending surplus military aircraft to the U.S. Forest Service, aircraft that could assist in fighting wildfires....
Tags: Chuck Hagel, Tom Vilsack, Defense, Manufacturing and Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense
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U.S. Navy moves ahead on new presidential helicopter program
ReutersBy Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy posted the final rules for a long-delayed, multibillion dollar competition for a new fleet of presidential helicopters, saying it planned to award a contract about a year from now despite...Tags: U.S. Military, Manufacturing and Engineering, United Technologies Corporation, U.S. Navy, Government Debt
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Submarine prowls waters off Fort Lauderdale beach
Viewed from 500 feet up in a small Cessna, the vessel plowing across the ocean below looked like a tug towing a barge. But upon closer inspection, pilot Ken Kaltman recognized the distinctive low profile of a sleek black submarine. "We were a little bit...
Tags: Delray Beach, Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Cruise Line Ports
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Taliban announces spring offensive
KABUL, Afghanistan — At a pivotal moment when U.S. forces are winding down combat operations in Afghanistan and handing over the lead security role to the Afghan government, Taliban insurgents announced Saturday the launch of their annual spring...
Tags: Hamid Karzai, Armed Conflicts, Defense, Suicide, International Military Interventions
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CIA buys trouble in Afghanistan
In a time when the whetted and arbitrary deficit-reduction knife is cutting bone out of critical U.S. government programs, the image of shopping bags stuffed with CIA cash handed off on a monthly basis to Afghan President Hamid Karzai — who reigns...
Tags: Hamid Karzai, Condoleezza Rice, Government, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chuck Hagel
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