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Rapid Fire: 2011-09-27 | Design for Reliability; Green Energy; US Senate Stopgap Deal

* Job cuts: 540 layoffs coming at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, as part of corporate plans to reduce their workforce ahead of budget squeezes. Meanwhile the BBC has new details about BAE’s cuts in the UK. * Michael Gilmore, Director of Operational Test &...
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UAE Buying the Newest Hellfire Missile for its Choppers

Part-converted UH-60M(click to view full) Sept 22/11: The US DSCA announces [PDF] the United Arab Emirates’ request to buy 500 AGM-114R3 Hellfire II missiles, plus containers, spare and repair parts, support and test equipment, repair and return support,...
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Saudis Look to USA for Towed Light Artillery

M119 105mm Sept 21/11: The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announces Saudi Arabia’s formal request for up to $886 million of equipment to augment the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s existing light artillery capabilities. The Royal Saudi Land Forces...