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  JAGM: Joint Air-Ground Missile Again

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/joint-common-missile-program-fired-but-not-forgotten-0229/

  A recent decision by the Pentagon to cut the Joint Common Missile (JCM) program in order to fund operations in Iraq has triggered a counter-campaign by Alabama Senators and Representatives, and created a controversy over the future of the program. In May…

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  Raytheon’s AGM-176 Griffin Mini-Missiles

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Raytheons-Griffin-Mini-Missiles-07182/

  As UAVs proliferate, and the demands of counter-insurgency fights force militaries to look at arming new kinds of aircraft, a number of manufacturers and governments are looking to develop precision-guided "mini-missiles" and glide weapons. Raytheon's

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  The Air Force picks a winner for its Huey replacement helicopter contract

  https://www.defensenews.com/breaking-news/2018/09/24/the-air-force-picks-a-winner-for-its-huey-replacement-helicopter-contract/

  One of the competitors pulled off an upset victory.

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  $27M for LITENING Targeting & Recon Pods

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/27m-for-litening-targeting-recon-pods-0929/

  Northrop Grumman Corp. in Rolling Meadows, IL received a $27 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract modification to provide for LITENING advanced airborne targeting and navigation pods for U.S. Navy, Army, and Marine Corps use. Designed…

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  Iridium’s NEXT Satellites: Global Reach, New Partnerships

  http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Iridium-NEXT-Boosting-Data-Speeds-Improving-DoD-Space-Awareness-06161/

  Most of us remember Iridium as the Motorola-backed, multi-billion dollar commercial satellite phone flop. The expensive, bulky phones, the $2 per minute airtime charge, and the inability to use the phone inside buildings doomed the project, which came

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