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Misc Asia-Pacific 

U.S. Soldier Killed in Afghanistan in Vehicle Rollover Accident

July 5, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, U.S. Army, USA

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), on July 4, announced the death of a soldier in Afghanistan as the result

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Misc Americas 

U.S. Air Force Awards $143.9 Million Contract for Offutt AFB Runway Repair

July 5, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC), Gilbane Building Company, Gilbane Federal, Offutt AFB, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, USAF 55th Wing

The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) has awarded a $143.9 million contract to replace the runway at Offutt

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Deployments Asia-Pacific 

USS McCampbell Departs Yokosuka Following 13-Year Forward-Deployment

July 5, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) USA, Japan, U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS McCampbell (DDG-85)

The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) departed Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, July 2, 2020, following

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Naval Asia-Pacific 

Two U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Operating in South China Sea

July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Aircraft Carrier, Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (NIMSG), Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, South China Sea, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Nimitz (CVN-68), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)

Two U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carriers are operating in the South China Sea conducting dual carrier operations and exercises, the

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Air Americas 

GKN Aerospace’s Thermoplastic Components Flight Tested on Bell V-280 Valor

July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Bell Helicopters, Bell V-280 Valor, GKN Aerospace, Tiltrotor aircraft, USA

GKN Aerospace delivered a pair of thermoplastic composite, induction-welded Ruddervators and two compression-moulded Access Panels manufactured from reused thermoplastic waste

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Industry Americas 

Maxar Technologies Completes Acquisition of Vricon, Inc.

July 4, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Maxar Technologies (MDA), Mergers and Acquisitions, USA, Vricon

Maxar Technologies announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of 3D data and analytics firm Vricon, Inc., for

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Misc Americas 

Leonardo DRS Receives Contract Award for Production of Installation Kits for Mounted Family of Computer Systems

July 3, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Leonardo DRS, MFoCS II, Mounted Family of Computer Systems (MFoCS), U.S. Army, USA

Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it has received a competitively awarded contract worth up to $206 million to deliver

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Americas Space 

Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV Rocket to Launch Classified NRO Payload from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility

July 3, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Military satellite, Minotaur IV rocket, NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Northrop Grumman, NRO Launch (NROL), NROL-129, USA

A Northrop Grumman Minotaur IV rocket carrying a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is scheduled for

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Industry Americas 

U.S. Secretary of the Army visits Dynetics Hypersonic integration facility

July 3, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB), Dynetics, Leidos, U.S. Army, USA

Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, hosted the U.S. Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy, at the MidCity

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Americas Training & Simulation 

Cubic Teams with Carley Corporation, Northrop Grumman to Support U.S. Navy’s Sailor 2025 Program

July 3, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Carley Corporation, Cubic Corporation, Cubic Global Defense, Northrop Grumman, Sailor 2025 (US Navy), U.S. Navy (USN), USA

Cubic Corporation announced its Cubic Global Defense (CGD) business division has partnered with Carley Corporation and Northrop Grumman to pursue

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