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Puts and Takes
Good news for Lockheed Martin and the F-35 program from Japan: The Pentagon office that runs the Lockheed Martin Corp on Monday hailed news that Japan had selected the F-35 as its next generation...
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Just the One
Poway-based General Atomics has made a killing – I say that with admiration – by anticipating DoD’s needs, and providing a solution prior to requirements definition. Which kind of turns the entire...
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Stop Work
USAF let a contract for a light CAS aircraft destined to provide the backbone of the Afghan air force to an Embraer consortium two weeks ago, angering supporters of Wichita-based Hawker-Beechcraft, who...
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Second Order Effects
Even those who have not traditionally been counted among DoD’s allies are waking up to the idea that budget cuts, and the consequent drying up of defense-driven research and development innovation...
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Double Secret Probation
The F-35B STOVL variant of the Joint Strike Fighter comes off of it: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Friday cleared a path for the Marine Corps’s version of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 stealth...
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Not So Fast
When the USAF acquisition directorate chose Brazil’s Super Tucano to outfit the Afghan air force over rival Hawker-Beechcraft’s AT-6 offering, howls could be heard from Wichita all the way to Sandy...
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