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  GD Wins Bigger Conctract for LAV II Build

  Posted by Paul McLeary 4:33 PM on Dec 21, 2011

  Looks like the U.S. defense industry is still managing to find overseas buyers for its gear. The U.S. Army announced yesterday that it had awarded a $126 million contract modificat... Read More >>

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  NATO Nations Outfit Troops for Future Needs

  Posted by Paul McLeary 11:43 AM on Oct 07, 2011

  In DTI’s October issue, Christina Mackenzie, Nicholas Fiorenza and I put together a look at the biggest soldier modernization programs being undertaken by our NATO allies, ... Read More >>

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  Quite Simple, Really

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 7:55 PM on Apr 21, 2011

  Do we make defense procurement issues too complex sometimes? From a Canadian community newspaper...If F-35 is best, there's nothing to fear from tender processDear Editor:As a smal... Read More >>

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  Canada Patrolling Over Libyan Coast

  Posted by Paul McLeary 6:11 PM on Mar 21, 2011

  Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay told reporters early this afternoon that four Canadian CF-18 fighters began patrolling off the Libyan coast today, in a “defensive co... Read More >>

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  F-35 Push To Canada And India

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 3:37 PM on Jan 31, 2011

  The US campaign to secure fighter markets continued last week, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates making a strong Joint Strike Fighter pitch in Canada, and Pentagon acquisition ch... Read More >>

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  When Offsets Aren't Offsets

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 12:37 PM on Sep 10, 2010

  Canadian defense industry leaders are fretting about whether they will get as much out of the country's Joint Strike Fighter program as they would have done under an offset deal, r... Read More >>

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  Canadian Bacon

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 2:49 PM on Jul 26, 2010

  Debate over Canada's commitment to the Joint Strike Fighter program is intensifying. The July 16 announcement was a suprise to many, particularly since Defense Minister Peter McKay... Read More >>

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  Arming the Arctic

  Posted by Paul McLeary 12:44 PM on Jul 20, 2010

  USMC Photo: U.S. Marines taking part in war games in Norway earlier this year.The environmental changes occurring in the Arctic are as dramatic as they are significant for security... Read More >>

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  Ice Gap

  Posted by Paul McLeary 6:32 PM on May 05, 2010

  USS Annapolis in the Arctic Ocean after surfacing through three feet of ice during Ice Exercise 2009.After Secretary Gates’ explosive speech at the Navy League conference on ... Read More >>

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  Is the Army Leaning Toward a Tracked Ground Combat Vehicle?

  Posted by Paul McLeary 12:00 PM on Apr 30, 2010

  U.S. Army rendering of a possible (tracked) Ground Combat Vehicle designThis early in its development, the Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle is still much closer to being a grab b... Read More >>

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