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USMC buys wireless communications from TeleCommunications Systems

The USMC exercised a contract with TeleCommunications Systems to buy their Wireless Point-to-Point Link (WPPL) system to support deployed forces. The initial contract is worth about $3 M, but the company hopes to grow this through options to a total of $70 M by 2011. The WPPL System provides network and communication wireless [...]

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Scottish firm expands in the US

The Scottish company, WFS, has won a development deal from GD. See an article here. WFS works on advanced radio waves propagation techniques. Like many Europeon companies they have looked to the US and the expanded defense budgets of the last 7 years to gain work. It also again demonstrates that [...]

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Indian Defence Minister stresses good aspects of offset clause

Bump - According to this article as a way to meet the 30% offset requirement, EADS offered to let India join the Eurofighter upgrade program. India would become part of the program’s member countries, the fifth one to join, and also would have the opportunity to participate in other planned EADS programs.
India’s government currently [...]

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Navy awards concept development contract to Boeing for EP-3 replacement

Concurrent with the replacement of the P-3 Orion anti-submarine warfare patrol aircraft the US Navy is also developing a replacement for the EP-3 Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft. This story says that the Navy awarded Boeing a contract to begin concept development for this airplane.

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