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A 3.4 percent military pay raise, a 2.9 percent civilian raise, money to continue to grow the Army and Marines, and a funding increase to maintain readiness, all are major aspects of the fiscal 2009 defense budget request President Bush sent to Congress today. The defense budget request is for $515.4 billion—a $35.9 billion increase over the 2008 level. The total federal budget request for fiscal 2009 is $3.1 trillion.
Read MoreMilitary space programs, satellites, missiles, systems... all cost big bucks!
Read MoreThe Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been selected to participate in the development of the nexgen Global Positioning System (GPS) ground system for the U.S. Air Force. Boeing has also successfully completed a series of Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) systems tests.
Read MoreThe U.S.A.F. has exercised contract options totaling $29.8m for the Rapid Attack Identification Detection Report Systems (RAIDRS) Block 10 (RB-10) program to the recipient, Integral Systems, Inc. [NASDAQ:ISYS].
Read MoreA successful demo by Harris Corporation [NYSE:HRS] of their new Falcon III multiband manpack radio has been completed. The demo was held during a 10-day U.S. Army exercise that focused on integrating new networking technologies into the Patriot missile communications system.
Read MoreThe Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has reported that industry and government efforts to bridge huge differences in the estimated costs of military space programs resulted in the formation of a permanent council tasked with improving future efforts.
Read MoreThe Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] / Northrop Grumman [NYSE:NOC] team has successfully completed the last in a series of verification tests of its Next Generation Processor Router (NGPR). These tests were performed during the Risk Reduction and System Definition (RR&SD) phase of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Space Segment.
Read MoreDataPath, Inc. has been awarded $56 million to reset, repair and upgrade DataPath Satellite Transportable Terminals (STTs) and Unit Hub SATCOM Trucks used in the U.S. Army's Joint Network Node (JNN) program. This is also known as Increment One of the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program. DataPath's contract with the Army includes a base year and three additional years of work that could total up to $270 million in awards for the company.
Read MoreMacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. [TSX: MDA] has won an approximately $65 Million contract from Canada's Department of National Defence (DND) to deliver an information solution called SAPPHIRE for the surveillance of space objects. SAPPHIRE is DND's first dedicated space mission and will support Canada's NORAD commitments with the delivery of critical information.
Read MoreDataPath, Inc. has received US$8.7M in delivery orders for continued support and enhancements to the U.S. Marine Corps' Support Wide Area Network (SWAN) programs. Under the delivery orders, DataPath will upgrade VSAT flyaway systems and Satellite Transportable Terminals (STTs).
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