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Daily News | March 30, 2001

The Defense Department announced today that Lockheed Martin has won a $110 million contract for improvements to 12 NAVSTAR global positioning system satellites, changes that will incorporate a new military signal on the satellites.

Daily News | March 29, 2001

The chorus of voices calling for a fiscal year 2001 defense supplemental bill is growing louder.

Daily News | March 29, 2001

Boeing's Joint Strike Fighter team announced today that it has successfully flown its X-32B short takeoff and vertical landing demonstrator for the first time.

Daily News | March 28, 2001

The House today approved a Republican budget resolution for fiscal year 2002 that increases defense spending by $14.6 billion above FY-01 levels.

Daily News | March 28, 2001

In putting together the fiscal year 2001 defense budget request last year, Pentagon budget planners were counting on a supplemental appropriations bill to supply funding to carry some commands through the final two quarters of the fiscal year, Pacific Command Commander-in-Chief Adm. Dennis Blair told a Senate committee this morning.

Daily News | March 27, 2001

Six months after the Navy destroyer Cole was attacked and severely damaged by a terrorist attack in the port of Aden, Yemen, the service is creating a permanent antiterrorism-force protection council that will shape the Navy's policies for protecting its sailors and their families.

Daily News | March 27, 2001

China's purchase and possible use of Russian-built Sunburn anti-ship missiles is not affecting the operations of the Navy's 7th Fleet in the Taiwan Straits, the commander of U.S. military forces in the Pacific told a Senate committee today.

Daily News | March 26, 2001

The Defense Department announced today it has given Raytheon a $119 million contract modification for the production of Standard Missile-2 missiles and associated equipment.

Daily News | March 26, 2001

The Defense Department overpaid contractors by $901 million in fiscal year 2000 and $670 million the year before, according to a General Accounting Office report released today.

Daily News | March 23, 2001

Textron Systems has been given a $122 million contract modification to provide 1,200 submunitions for the Air Force's Joint Stand-Off Weapon program, the Defense Department announced today.

Daily News | March 22, 2001

Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL), the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said this morning he sees the State Department's decision to expel 50 Russian diplomats on charges of spying as a clear indication the Bush administration will deal with Russia far differently than the Clinton administration did.

Daily News | March 21, 2001

A bill introduced in the Senate yesterday would relax an up-front payment rule for Army arsenals to make the facilities more competitive with private industry, according to its sponsors.

Daily News | March 19, 2001

The Air Force announced today it has awarded Northrop Grumman a $168 million contract modification for procurement of long-lead items to support one Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft.

Daily News | March 19, 2001

Northrop Grumman announced today it has added Lockheed Martin and Boeing to its Space Based Infrared System Low contracting team.

Daily News | March 16, 2001

The Air Force today awarded Lockheed Martin, TRW and Boeing an $86 million contract for additional preliminary design work on the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite program, according to a Defense Department announcement.

Daily News | March 16, 2001

The House Armed Services military readiness subcommittee will meet March 23 in Corpus Christi, TX to examine the future of depot-level maintenance and repair.

Daily News | March 15, 2001

Nine days after acting Pentagon acquisition chief David Oliver signed a memo moving the Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle program into engineering and manufacturing development, the Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $45 million contract to support EMD.

Daily News | March 14, 2001

The National Nuclear Security Administration today announced a proposed headquarters reorganization plan designed to consolidate the oversight and assessment of security, safety and environmental issues at the agency. NNSA is a semi-autonomous Energy Department agency that manages the nation's nuclear complex.

Daily News | March 14, 2001

The Marine Corps today issued guidance that further restricts civilians from operating military equipment or taking part in military exercises involving such things as life-fire training or throwing live hand grenades.

Daily News | March 13, 2001

U.S. Central Command chief Gen. Tommy Franks has appointed his deputy, a three-star Marine Corps officer, to lead the investigation into yesterday's training accident in Kuwait that killed six people.

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