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Untitled Document Boeing combines Stryker, Avenger to meet new threats - Boeing has made its Avenger anti-aircraft missile vehicle more powerful, after the Army, concerned about foreign threats, asked defense firms to exhibit their short-range air defense systems. Last month, Boeing worked with the Army to top a Stryker armored vehicle with an Avenger turret ... Private sector likely to play a key role in NASA's deep space ambitions - NASA says participation by the private-sector partners is crucial to deep space exploration. In his response to an inspector general's report, William Gerstenmaier of NASA's human-exploration office, suggested that NASA is in discussions regarding private cargo transport into deep space ... Buildup of Navy might mean US jobs, security for global trade - President Donald Trump's commitment to build a 350-ship Navy with 12 aircraft carriers, if it succeeds, will go far to ensure the US is able to project its power and protect maritime trade worldwide. Building up the US Navy could mean jobs for Americans and could be a deterrent for US adversaries, writes retired Navy Capt. Jerry Hendrix and Robert C. O'Brien, a former representative to the UN ... Beechcraft Defense Co., Wichita, Kansas, has been awarded a $60,523,373 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (T-6) program management and sustainment engineering. Contractor will provide program management, engineering services, sustaining engineering, field service representatives, deficiency reporting and maintenance requests for support. It also includes diminishing manufacturing sources and material sources, technical manual updates, configuration and data management, and aircraft, engine, and mechanical structural integrity efforts. Fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $9,232,172 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity ... Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Indiana, is being awarded a $372,529,648 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for depot level engine repair for the AE21000D3 engine on the KC-130J aircraft in support of the Marine Corps and the government of Korea. Work will be performed in Oakland, California, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Alverca, Portugal, Farnborough, Hampshire, United Kingdom, and Indianapolis, Indiana. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

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