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Northrop Grumman said today that it has successfully integrated Newport News Shipbuilding into the corporation.
Northrop Grumman announced today that it has extended its offer to buy TRW by two weeks.
The Army's Tank-Automotive Command has awarded United Defense Industries a $208.5 million contract that provides funding for the second year of a multiyear effort to supply the service with Bradley Fighting Vehicles and appliqué kits, the company announced today.
BAE Systems' newly appointed chief executive officer is "very attuned" to the corporation's operations in North America, a BAE spokesman said today.
Defense Department officials today shied away from setting initial financial goals for the Pentagon's latest round of initiatives designed to improve business operations across DOD and enhance support to the warfighter.
Amid a growing war of words between Northrop Grumman and TRW, the Pentagon is still in the process of determining the scale and scope of its review of Northrop's proposal to acquire TRW, a Defense Department spokesman told InsideDefense.com today.
When Air Force and Navy bombers began to run low on precision-guided munitions used in the war over Afghanistan late last year, the Pentagon's industrial policy office dropped everything and began making attempts to increase production, the head of the office told InsideDefense.com this week.
U.S. special operations forces operating in western Iraq have found no evidence yet of any Scud ballistic missiles or launchers, senior Pentagon officials said today.
House Armed Services Committee members from shipbuilding states yesterday took the Bush administration to task for only budgeting for five new ships in its fiscal year 2003 defense budget request.
Government agencies need to be clearer in defining their information security requirements when issuing requests for proposals, Raytheon's chairman and chief executive officer said today.
Rockwell Collins has bought Baltimore, MD-based Communication Solutions for $23 million.
The Defense Department today notified Congress of a possible foreign military sale of up to $1.2 billion worth of Aegis shipboard combat systems and related equipment to the Republic of Korea.
Raytheon announced today that it would have to adjust its fourth-quarter 2001 results to reflect an $88 million charge related to a productivity decline with a pair of power projects in Massachusetts.
Boeing today announced it is selling its Mesa, AZ-based ordnance business to Alliant Techsystems, according to a company statement.
The development and deployment of promising military technologies needs to be sped up, a senior House lawmaker said this week.
The $10 billion included in President Bush's fiscal year 2003 defense budget request should be allocated for current unfunded requirements rather than setting it aside for future needs in the war on terrorism, a group of House lawmakers said today.
RESTON, VA -- Foreign defense companies looking to acquire a U.S. defense contractor may be required to submit a written notice of such an acquisition if the Bush administration decides to change current policy, a senior Defense Department official said yesterday.
Northrop Grumman said today that it remains "fully committed" to its proposal to acquire TRW and spin off that company's automotive business, despite a lack of interest on TRW's part.
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-SD) today expressed doubts about the cost of developing a multi-layered missile defense system.
Northrop Grumman's chairman and chief executive officer is confident his company's multibillion-dollar offer to acquire TRW will not affect Northrop's investment ratings.