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Editorial Announcement: Ads on DID

Over the last couple of weeks, some of you may have seen the word “Advertisement” in small letters above some of DID’s stories. We wish to emphasize to our readers that none of our stories are the result of advertisements – it’s just a...
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Reports: Cuts on the way to F-35 JSF R&D, Engine Programs

From Top: F-35A, C, B(click to view full) InsideDefense.com reports that US House & Senate conferees agreed to a final version of an FY 2006 defense spending bill that reduces the multinational F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program’s funding request by $200...
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2 FRES Vehicle Survivability Contracts to Thales, Boeing, Lockheed

He had it first The USA isn’t the only country thinking about lighter armors and advanced defense systems for its vehicles. Yesterday, DID covered a pair of chassis-related technology deminstration programs for Britain’s proposed FRES family of armored...