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DID Recon posts will be used on occasion in order to cover a slew of news via a rapid-fire set of bullet points. Since folks have asked, we use the picture of Sikorsky-Schweizer’s RU-38 dedicated reconnaissance aircraft (with its unique silencing features) solely as a thematic element.
* British Comedian 2, International Arms Dealers 0
* US re-election races could affect Navy shipbuilding.
* Future naval vessels to use more commercial standards.
* Crazy Uncle Sam’s discount Navy ship sale! (Come visit our show room)
* US Department of Homeland Security cites IT security progress, hopes to pass Inspector General review this time.
* Northrop-Grumman wins $357-750 million for US Homeland Security biometrics. They’ve held this contract since 1999.
* US Army hands CACI 3 contracts for about $50 million under $19.25 billion S3 (Strategic Services Sourcing) program.
* Northrop Grumman proposes B-2A bomber as testbed for new US bomber technologies.
* Boeing: Small diameter bomb can be placed in a B-52’s internal rotary launchers.
* Eurofighter pitched to Denmark as F-16 replacement.
* MetalStorm raises $30.5 million, has its recoilless guns test-fired from a UAV. Good thing they didn’t take China’s $100 million offer.
* M1 Abrams, Stryker vehicle supplementals lift General Dynamics shares.