Central, East Europe leaders seek bigger NATO presence
Bucharest (AFP) Oct 28, 2015 -
Romania's president said on Wednesday that nine central and eastern European countries would press at a November 4 summit for a greater NATO presence in the region in response to increasing security threats from the "east and south".
The Romanian presidency said in a statement that NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow would represent the military alliance at the summit in Buchare ...
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U.S. Navy plans to launch drone submarine squadron by 2020
Washington (UPI) Oct 28, 2015 -
U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced plans to deploy a squadron of underwater drones by 2020.
The squadron will include the Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, or LDUUV, a 10-foot-long unmanned submarine. The vehicle is still under development, but it is expected to be fitted for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
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Russian observers visit NATO's Trident Juncture exercise
Washington (UPI) Oct 28, 2015 -
NATO leaders have invited Russian observers to view Trident Juncture, the alliance's largest military exercise in over a decade.
The exercise, part of NATO's initiative to ramp up defenses in the face of a changing security environment, has been widely seen as a response to Russian military aggression.
Moscow authorities are currently in their most complex standing with NATO and ...
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US Air Force renews ISR support contract with Raytheon
Robins Air Base, Ga. (UPI) Oct 28, 2015 -
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon with a new $393 million contract to continue its support for its Distributed Common Ground System.
The DCGS is the Air Force's primary intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance collection system. Under the new contract, Raytheon is tasked to sustain and maintain a number of systems the force uses for intelligence gathering.
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Air Force Awards Contract for Long Range Strike Bomber
Washington DC (AFNS) Oct 28, 2015 -
The US Air Force announced Tuesday a contract award for the engineering and manufacturing development and early production of the Long Range Strike Bomber, or LRS-B, to Northrop Grumman Corp.
"Over the past century, no nation has used air power to accomplish its global reach - to compress time and space - like the United States," Defense Secretary Ash Carter said during a Pentagon briefing ...
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Lockheed Martin, Boeing want answers on bomber contract award
Washington (UPI) Oct 28, 2015 -
The Air Force's selection of Northrop Grumman to build a next-generation bomber may run into flak from contract-losers Lockheed Martin and Boeing.
The two companies, who teamed for the multi-billion dollar contract, indicated they are seeking information as to how and why they failed to be chosen for the Long Range Strike Bomber program that will be worth as much as $80 billion.
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America's next superbomber to be shrouded in secret for years
Washington (AFP) Oct 28, 2015 -
Almost every aspect of America's newest bomber is top secret, but experts predict the warplane will be very "stealthy," packed with sensors - and able to deliver nuclear payloads anywhere.
The Pentagon this week announced Northrop Grumman as the winner of the much-anticipated contest to build the Long Range Strike Bomber, or LRSB, in a decades-long program that will likely end up costing in ...
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