2 Firms Win Contracts for Missile Work
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BAE Systems PLC  and Northrop Grumman Corp. won $45 million contracts yesterday to develop prototypes of anti-missile technology that could protect commercial aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles.
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The defense sector is busy with work on solid-state lasers that could shoot artillery shells out of the sky.
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The company successfully tests an in-flight anti-missile weapon.
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Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB) today announced that it has been  awarded a $27 million contract for two Minotaur IV launch vehicles by  the U.S. Air Force Space and Missiles Systems (SMC) Space Development  and Test Wing (SDTW).
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The countryÂs missile defense system passed a crucial test today, the Pentagon announced.
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Boeing and Northrop Grumman have inked a memorandum of agreement which will see the two aerospace giants join forces to compete for the contract to build NASA&#39;s Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) - part of the Agency&#39;s Constellation project to send robotic
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Some of the Pentagon's largest contractors, including Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp., will begin a joint effort today to encourage development of technology standards that will ensure weapons systems of the future can communicate with each other. -The Washington Post
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The U.S. military confirmed yesterday that it awarded the largest security contract in Iraq to a private British firm, Aegis Defence Services, in a deal worth up to $475 million over two years.
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Linux Network scores two military-related deals for Linux clusters.
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Northrop Grumman Corp. NOC.N and  BAE Systems PLC BA.L were tapped by the Bush administration  on Wednesday to develop competing systems to protect U.S.  commercial aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles, a potential  multibillion-dollar market.
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The defense contractor said second-quarter earnings rose on higher sales across most of its businesses, including fighter jets, missile defense and information technology.
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Teams led by BAE Systems and the Northrop Grumman Corporation were chosen Wednesday to build and test prototypes for antimissile systems to defend commercial planes against shoulder-fired rockets.
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Northrop Grumman Corp. NOC.N's   Space & Mission Systems business unit is being awarded a U.S.   Navy technical services contract worth up to $686.1 million to   support the U.S. Joint Forces Command's warfighting center, the   Defense Department said on Friday.
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THE REGION Raytheon Co., the fifth-largest US defense firm, won a Federal Aviation Administration contract valued up to $185 million to replace aging air-traffic control radar transmitters. The initial $32 million award covers the production of four transmitters and associated hardware, Waltham-based Raytheon said. The full contract calls for up to 68 solid-state transmitters to replace tube-based systems. The transmitters ...
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An international group led by Lockheed Martin Corp. received a $3 billion contract yesterday to develop a program that will eventually replace the Patriot missile system.
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Japan and the United States signed an  agreement on Friday cementing cooperation on the development of  a ballistic missile defense system.
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The Ministry of Defence has awarded a Â£160m contract to BAE to design and develop Hawk trainer jets.