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		<title><![CDATA[EADS, Northrop And Boeing Gird For Third Tanker Try]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday the 25th the U.S. Air Force posted the draft Request for Proposals RFP for the new KC-X aerial tanker.  This will be the third attempt since 2001 to begin buying aircraft to replace the KC-135 fleet that has served since the 1950's.  The full RFP may...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:58:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pressure Building On KC-X Award]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent semi-private World Trade Organization WTO ruling in the Airbus subsidiaries matter is now inserting itself into the U.S. Air Force's new tanker contract.  As we recently wrote about there are many Boeing supporters willing to use this ruling to support making the new contract sole source. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:57:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[House Moves On 2010 Defense Spending Bill]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House Armed Services Committee marked up the 2010 Appropriations Bill for the Defense Department and moved it forward for a full vote by the House.  The Committee agreed with the Senate and removed the funding for continued F-22 funding moving an obstacle for signature by President Obama. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:54:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Boeing Talks Up Tanker Re-bid]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Paris Air Show is ongoing which requires all defense contractors to exhibit and talk up their current and future programs.  Boeing was able to disrupt the U.S. Air Force's, Northorp's and EADS' attempt to build a new tanker aircraft as their protest was upheld.  Now with a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:00:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Air Force Moves To Spread Wealth With A-10 Contract]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Normally with a system like an aircraft or missile the original manufacturer will get the contracts to support, upgrade and modernize it.  With older systems it is sometimes possible to move to a different contractor.  This is of course aided by the fact that the Government buys the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:56:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Air Force Willing To Sacrifice Today's Force For JSF Future]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Air Force's Chief of Staff, General Schwartz, testified to the House Armed Services Committee that the Air Force is willing to sacrifice their current fleet of A-10, F-15 and F-16 aircraft to free up funds to expedite delivery of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 02:56:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[All Politics Like Defense Spending is Local]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Connecticut Post worries that the economic crisis and Obama administration may cut back on defense spending negatively affecting Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.  The helicopter maker is now one of Connecticut's major manufacturing industries and has seen robust production over the last several years.  The U.S. Army has begun...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:00:39 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Air Force Awards Boeing Major C-17 Support Contract]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing the C-17 manufacturer a contract to provide logistics support and management of its C-17 fleet.  Reuters says that the contract is worth over $1 billion.  With the possibility that the production of the aircraft is winding down this contact maintains Boeing's involvement...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:00:29 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Raytheon and Northrop Grumman Products Succeed in Missile Defense Test]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Huntsville Times reports that the U.S. Missile Defense Agency MDA successfully conducted a test of the Ground Based Interceptor missile defense system.  A target manufactured by Orbital was launched from a U.S. Air Force facility on Kodiak Island, AK and intercepted by a missile launched from Vandenberg AFB...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:00:43 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[KC-X Delays Force Boeing to Reduce Workforce]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Week is reporting that due to the delays in awarding the KC-X replacement tanker contract Boeing will have to reduce its work force in Wichita by 800.  The job cuts will be across the board affecting white and blue collar alike.  Wichita, KS is where Boeing does...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:00:43 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SPACEHAB Sees Opportunity in Space Florida's Launch Complex]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Astrotech Subsidiary is Prepared to Support New Era in Commercial Space Exploration  HOUSTON -- SPACEHAB, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SPAB), and its Astrotech subsidiary, leading providers of commercial space services, join with Space Florida in recognizing the immense opportunities for America's commercial space program in the joint Air Force Space Command and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Depot Efforts Keep Talons Flying]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UBT/is_41_22/ai_n30942126]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of the 573rd Commodities Maintenance Squadron at Robins AFB, GA,  continue to put in long hours to make sure U.S. Air Force pilot training doesn't  screech to a halt.  Members of the squadron have been working to make a new aileron actuator  lever for the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aurora Flight Sciences Wins US Air Force Contract on Vision-Based Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) Guidance]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the company has been selected for a U.S. Air Force SBIR Phase II award in support of vision-based micro air vehicle MAV guidance.  Aurora will be developing an integrated system for guidance of MAVs through cluttered environments using vision and sonar. The system...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Telephonics Corporation Receives Contract Award from the United States Air Force for Wireless Intercommunication Systems]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Oct_20/ai_n30913028]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TruLink to be Utilized in Critical Aeromedical Evacuation Missions  FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Griffon Corporation (NYSE:GFF); announced today that it has been awarded a contract from the United States Air Force USAF in excess of $6.0 million dollars for TruLink[R] Wireless Intercommunication...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CPI Aero Announces New C-5 Order Valued at $556,000]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Oct_14/ai_n30891416]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[EDGEWOOD, N.Y. -- CPI Aerostructures, Inc. ("CPI Aero([R])") (NYSE: Alternext: CVU) today announced that the U.S. Air Force has awarded the Company a new order for five separate structural panels for the C-5 aircraft valued at $556,000.  CPI Aero is engaged in the contract production of structural aircraft parts...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EADS North America Defense Security and Systems Solutions Wins Information Assurance and Assessment Program (IAAP) Contract With the Air Force Communications Agency (AFCA)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[EADS North America Defense Security and Systems Solutions, Inc. has won the multi-year Information Assurance and Assessment contract from the United States Air Force Communications Agency AFCA.  EADS-NA Defense Security and Systems Solutions, in conjunction with EDS, will provide support in three Information Assurance IA functional areas: IT Security...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[USAF to Inspect & Repair Oldest Warthogs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Air Force will immediately inspect and repair 127 Fairchild A-10  attack aircraft due to fatigue-related cracks in their wings.  The early A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, the first of which entered service in the  mid-1970s, were built with "thin-skinned" wings and comprise just under a third ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CPI Aero Announces Release of C-5 TOP Order Valued at $1.6 Million]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Oct_2/ai_n29472135]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Year-to-Date Awards Total $49.8 Million, Up 163% From Same Period Last Year  EDGEWOOD, N.Y. -- CPI Aerostructures, Inc. ("CPI Aero([R])") (AMEX: CVU) today announced that the U.S. Air Force has released a new order under CPI Aero's C-5 TOP contract for a variety of wing panels and fairings valued...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CPI Aerostructures Announces C-5 Crown Skins Award]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Potential Value of $12.3 Million; Initial Release of $2.4 Million  EDGEWOOD, N.Y. -- CPI Aerostructures, Inc. ("CPI Aero[R]") (AMEX: CVU) announced today that the U.S. Air Force has awarded CPI Aero an IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity) contract to provide crown skins for the C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft, with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAII) announced today that its subsidiary, AAII - Birmingham has won its case filed on June 26, 2008 in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims against the United States Air Force and The Boeing Company which challenged the Air Force's selection of...]]></description>
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