CEC program proceeds into LRIP 3 phase

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The Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) program has been authorized to move forward with the third of four low-rate initial-production (LRIP) lots of shipboard and airborne fire-control systems. The equipment procured will supply USG 2 units, five Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided- missle destroyers and the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower. The LRIP 3 decision was based on the successes of the CEC program in engineering, operational assessment and developmental testing.

Defense Procurement

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Second global hawk LRIP for Northrop Grumman; Maritime demonstration for navy to proceed

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Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems (NGIS) is awarded a $302.9 million Air force contract to proceed with low-rate initial production (LRIP) of a second batch of RQ-4 Global Hawk long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). It has also received a contract to support a demonstration fro the Navy of the UAV in the maritime surveillance environment. .

Contracts & orders received, Aircraft, Contracts & orders let, Contracts, Contract agreement, Aircraft industry, Northrop Grumman Corp. Integrated Systems, Defense contracts, Government contract, Defence contracts

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Washington report

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Republicans in the House and Senate are joining together to abandon emergency wartime supplemental spending bills and instead fund operations in Iraq and Afghanistan out of the annual defense budget. Senate Armed Services Chairman John Warner stated that he would like to begin paying for the war out of the budget in the next fiscal year 2007.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government expenditures, Government regulation, International Affairs, Legislative Bodies, Legal/Government Regulation, Military Exercises & Maneuvers, Military Action, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Laws, regulations and rules, Military policy, War, United States. Congress. Senate, Military operations, United States. Congress. House, Military maneuvers, Government finance, War finance

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