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BAE systems reports strong 2005 results

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Defense contractor BAE and Northrop Grumman Corporation of California are implementing leading roles under prime contractor Lockheed Martin Corporation in the largest defense contract ever awarded. That is the US Department of Defense plan to purchase $256 billion worth of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft for the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, a program the United Kingdom has joined s co-developer and likely as customer.

United Kingdom, BAE SYSTEMS PLC, Defense contracts, Government contract, Defence contracts

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Senate panel to probe FCS, C-130J programs

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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) is planning another program led by the Boeing Co., the Army Future Combat Systems (FCS) due to unearthed problems in the Air Force aerial refueling tanker aircraft program. McCain is poised to take testimony critical of FCS from the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), which asserts that the Pentagon improperly used a type of contracting procedure on FCS.

Strategy & planning, International politics, Planning, Military policy, McCain, John, Defense programs, Company business planning, Future Combat System (Tank), Defence programs, C-130J (Aircraft)

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Boeing, IBM eye $200 billion Pentagon market for IT

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The Boeing Co. and the largest information technology firm, IBM, are joining hands to pursue an estimated $200 billion military market for ground and space-based systems. The agreement of the Boeing Co./IBM aims to develop advanced digital communications and information technologies for current and future Department of Defense (DOD) and intelligence systems.

Electronic computers, Computer industry, Microcomputer industry, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Digital communications, Digital communication

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