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		<title>Contracts for March 19, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.]]></description>
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		<title>Boeing Can’t Be Seen As Taking Advantage Of Being Sole Bidder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now, that Boeing is the only bidder on the KC-X, the Seattle Times notes that Boeing now has to make sure that it is not seen as taking advantage of being the sole bidder:
Northrop Grumman walked away from the $40 billion Air Force refueling-tanker competition Monday, drawing a widely criticized and nearly decadelong procurement process [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/18/boeing-can%e2%80%99t-be-seen-as-taking-advantage-of-being-sole-bidder/</link>
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		<title>House Armed Services Committee: Hearing on the FY 2011 Budget Requests from the U.S. Southern Command and the U.S. Northern Command</title>
		<description><![CDATA[House Armed Services Committee: Hearing on the FY 2011 Budget Requests from the U.S. Southern Command and the U.S. Northern CommandIke Skelton, ChairmanMarch 18, 2010 Opening Statement of Chairman Ike SkeltonHearing on the FY 2011 Budget Requests from ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/18/house-armed-services-committee-hearing-on-the-fy-2011-budget-requests-from-the-u-s-southern-command-and-the-u-s-northern-command/</link>
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		<title>Boeing Completes Preliminary Design of Free Electron Laser Weapon System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Boeing Completes Preliminary Design of Free Electron Laser Weapon SystemMarch 18, 2010ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has successfully completed the preliminary design of the U.S. Navy's Free Electron Laser (FEL) weapon system, a ke...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/18/boeing-completes-preliminary-design-of-free-electron-laser-weapon-system/</link>
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		<title>House Armed Services Committee: Skelton Statement on Anniversary of Iraq Invasion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[House Armed Services Committee: Skelton Statement on Anniversary of Iraq InvasionIke Skelton, ChairmanMarch 18, 2010 Skelton Statement on Anniversary of Iraq Invasion Washington, D.C.—House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) releas...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/18/house-armed-services-committee-skelton-statement-on-anniversary-of-iraq-invasion/</link>
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		<title>JHPSSL Program Receives Acclaimed Laureate Award From Editors of Aviation Week and Space Technology Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JHPSSL Program Receives Acclaimed Laureate Award From Editors of Aviation Week and Space Technology MagazineMarch 18, 2010REDONDO BEACH, Calif. –– The Defense Department's Joint High Power Solid State Laser (JHPSSL) Phase 3, built by Northrop Grumm...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/18/jhpssl-program-receives-acclaimed-laureate-award-from-editors-of-aviation-week-and-space-technology-magazine/</link>
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		<title>Boeing Receives Additional Contract for Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Boeing Receives Additional Contract for Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing SystemsMarch 18, 2010ST. LOUIS, -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced it received a $39.6 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense in December to provide 85 Joint Helmet Mou...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/18/boeing-receives-additional-contract-for-joint-helmet-mounted-cueing-systems/</link>
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		<title>Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Succeeds in First Vertical Landing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Succeeds in First Vertical LandingMarch 18, 2010 3:02:00 PMNAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., -- A supersonic Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter rode more than 41,000 pounds of t...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/18/lockheed-martin-f-35-joint-strike-fighter-succeeds-in-first-vertical-landing/</link>
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		<title>House Armed Services Committee: Skelton to Introduce Legislation to Protect TRICARE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[House Armed Services Committee: Skelton to Introduce Legislation to Protect TRICAREIke Skelton, ChairmanMarch 18, 2010 Skelton to Introduce Legislation to Protect TRICARE Washington, D.C.—Today, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/18/house-armed-services-committee-skelton-to-introduce-legislation-to-protect-tricare/</link>
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		<title>DOD CONTRACTS for March 18, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DOD CONTRACTS for March 18, 2010March 18, 2010 NAVY Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Irvine, Calif. (N62473-10-D-5405); Harper Construction Co., Inc., San Diego, Calif. (N62473-10-D-5406); Barnhart, Inc., San Diego, Calif. (N62473-10-D-5407); Sundt Cons...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/18/dod-contracts-for-march-18-2010/</link>
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		<title>Today in the Department of Defense, Friday, March 19, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today in the Department of Defense, Friday, March 19, 2010March 18, 2010Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn have no public or media events on their schedules.Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller Robert...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/18/today-in-the-department-of-defense-friday-march-19-2010/</link>
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		<title>Contracts for March 18, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/18/contracts-for-march-18-2010/</link>
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		<title>Oshkosh Defense Awarded $11.9 Million Delivery Order to Supply United Arab Emirates With HEMTT A4s &#8212; Press Release</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OSHKOSH, Wis. — March 18, 2010 — Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), has received a delivery order from the U.S. Army  TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC) to supply more than 40  next-generation Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTT) to the United Arab Emirates.
The delivery order, valued at $11.9 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/18/oshkosh-defense-awarded-11-9-million-delivery-order-to-supply-united-arab-emirates-with-hemtt-a4s-press-release/</link>
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		<title>bioTRAiTS finds Biometrics is a Rising Star at U.S. Defense Industry Trade Show Amidst Heightened Concern for Productivity, Security &#8212; Press Release</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ORLANDO &#8211;  Growing concern for security at U.S. military and defense industry facilities and productivity elevated  biometrics technology to superstar status at the AUSA Institute of Land Warfare  Winter Symposium &#38; Exposition recently at the Greater Fort  Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center in Fort   Lauderdale, Fla., USA.
One of the world’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/18/biotraits-finds-biometrics-is-a-rising-star-at-u-s-defense-industry-trade-show-amidst-heightened-concern-for-productivity-security-press-release/</link>
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		<title>Northrop Grumman Begins Installing First EHF Satcom Hardware on B-2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman Begins Installing First EHF Satcom Hardware on B-2March 17, 2010EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) technicians here have begun installing the first set of hardware for a B-2 stealth bomber upgrad...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/17/northrop-grumman-begins-installing-first-ehf-satcom-hardware-on-b-2/</link>
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		<title>Raytheon Missile Systems Establishes Air and Missile Defense Systems Product Line</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Raytheon Missile Systems Establishes Air and Missile Defense Systems Product LineMarch 17, 2010WASHINGTON, -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Missile Systems business has established a missile defense product line. Already a world leader in missile defe...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/17/raytheon-missile-systems-establishes-air-and-missile-defense-systems-product-line/</link>
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		<title>Raytheon Awarded $12 Million for Patriot Missile Field Surveillance Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Raytheon Awarded $12 Million for Patriot Missile Field Surveillance ProgramMarch 17, 2010TEWKSBURY, Mass., -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was awarded $11.9 million to provide material and technical services in support of the Patriot Missile Field Surv...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/17/raytheon-awarded-12-million-for-patriot-missile-field-surveillance-program/</link>
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		<title>U.S. Department of Energy Selects Lockheed Martin to Advance Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Utility Power Plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Energy Selects Lockheed Martin to Advance Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Utility Power PlansMarch 17, 2010 9:17:00 AMMANASSAS, Va., -- The U.S. Department of Energy recently selected Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to receive two grants...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/17/u-s-department-of-energy-selects-lockheed-martin-to-advance-ocean-thermal-energy-conversion-utility-power-plans/</link>
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		<title>Northrop Grumman Names Janis Pamiljans Vice President of the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman Names Janis Pamiljans Vice President of the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System ProgramMarch 17, 2010SAN DIEGO - March 17, 2010 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has named Janis Pamiljans vice president of the Navy Unmanned Comba...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/17/northrop-grumman-names-janis-pamiljans-vice-president-of-the-navy-unmanned-combat-air-system-program/</link>
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		<title>Northrop Grumman Names Steven L. Enewold Vice President of Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman Names Steven L. Enewold Vice President of Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System ProgramMarch 17, 2010BETHPAGE, N.Y. - March 17, 2010 - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has named Steven L. Enewold vice preside...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/17/northrop-grumman-names-steven-l-enewold-vice-president-of-broad-area-maritime-surveillance-unmanned-aircraft-system-program/</link>
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		<title>House Armed Services Committee: Hearing on the FY 2011 Budget Requests from the U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, and U.S. Transportation Command</title>
		<description><![CDATA[House Armed Services Committee: Hearing on the FY 2011 Budget Requests from the U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, and U.S. Transportation CommandIke Skelton, ChairmanMarch 17, 2010 Opening Statement of Chairman Ike SkeltonHearing o...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/17/house-armed-services-committee-hearing-on-the-fy-2011-budget-requests-from-the-u-s-central-command-u-s-special-operations-command-and-u-s-transportation-command/</link>
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		<title>DOD CONTRACTS for March 17, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DOD CONTRACTS for March 17, 2010March 17, 2010DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Cardinal Health, Inc., Dublin, Ohio, is being awarded a maximum $206,434,187 requirements-type, prime vendor contract for distribution of pharmaceutical items. Other locations of pe...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/17/dod-contracts-for-march-17-2010/</link>
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		<title>Northrop Grumman Awarded Planning Contract for the Refueling and Complex Overhaul of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman Awarded Planning Contract for the Refueling and Complex Overhaul of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)March 17, 2010NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – March 17, 2010 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Na...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/17/northrop-grumman-awarded-planning-contract-for-the-refueling-and-complex-overhaul-of-uss-abraham-lincoln-cvn-72/</link>
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		<title>Today in the Department of Defense, Thursday, March 18, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today in the Department of Defense, Thursday, March 18, 2010March 17, 2010Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates delivers remarks at the Women's History Observance Program at 10:40 a.m. EDT in the Pentagon Auditorium.Deputy Secretary of Defense William J...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/17/today-in-the-department-of-defense-thursday-march-18-2010/</link>
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		<title>National Guard (In Federal Status) And Reserve Activated as of March 16, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Guard (In Federal Status) And Reserve Activated as of March 16, 2010March 17, 2010This week the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force announced a decrease in activated reservists, while the Coast Guard announced an increase.  The Army had no change...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/03/17/national-guard-in-federal-status-and-reserve-activated-as-of-march-16-2010/</link>
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