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General Dynamics Corp. (GD)

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SCRA's Forging Defense Manufacturing Consortium Announces Board Changes

Business Wire - Fri May 17, 1:44PM CDT

During the semi-annual board meeting for the Forging Industry Association - Department of Defense Manufacturing Consortium (FDMC) held on May 4th, the Executive Advisory Board announced changes in board membership and leadership. Mr. Len Liuzzi of L&L Associates and Mr. Robert Keeler of the Timken Company retired from the board. Replacing them are Mr. Al Underys of A. Finkl & Sons and Dr. Dean Bartles of General Dynamics - Ordnance and Tactical Systems. The board meeting coincided with the Forging Industry Annual Meeting and 100th Anniversary Celebration of FIA in San Diego. (full story)

Northrop Grumman shares rise on buyback plans

AP - Fri May 17, 10:13AM CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares in companies that do defense contracting work rose across the board Friday on the heels of a huge stock buyback program announced by Northrop Grumman, sending it and others to all-time highs. (full story)

Today's Research on LMT, GD, TASR, TXT, and AER

ACCESSWIRE-TNW - Fri May 17, 7:28AM CDT

StockCall.com Provides Stock Research on Lockheed Martin Corp., General Dynamics Corp., TASER Intl. Inc., Textron Inc., and AerCap Holdings N.V. (full story)

Motorola Solutions Remains Neutral - Analyst Blog

Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu May 16, 5:25PM CDT

We have maintained our Neutral recommendation on Motorola Solutions Inc. (full story)

Northrop Raises Dividend - Analyst Blog

Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu May 16, 4:40PM CDT

Northrop Grumman Corporation has increased its quarterly dividend by 11% bringing the annualized payout to $2.44 per share from $2.20 per share earlier. (full story)

General Dynamics Hits 52-Week High - Analyst Blog

Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed May 15, 9:50AM CDT

On May 14, 2013, shares of General Dynamics Corporation hit a 52-week high of $77.00. (full story)

General Dynamics to Deliver Open Architecture Core Mission System for Littoral Combat Ships 14 and 16

PR Newswire - Wed May 15, 9:00AM CDT

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has been awarded a contract by Austal USA to be the Platform Systems Engineering Agent (PSEA) of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) 14 and 16. These are the fifth and sixth ships of the Independence-variant LCS to be ordered by the U.S. Navy under a 10-ship block buy contract awarded in December 2010 to Austal USA. General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). (full story)

Northrop Inks $555.6M Pentagon Deal - Analyst Blog

Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue May 14, 4:00PM CDT

Northrop Grumman Corp. won a contract from the Department of Defense for the modernization of the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system. This contract has a total value of up to $555.6 million. (full story)

General Dynamics Successfully Completes PSCR Interoperability Tests for Public Safety Communications Equipment

PR Newswire - Mon May 13, 11:00AM CDT

General Dynamics Broadband (GD Broadband), a business area of General Dynamics C4 Systems, announced today that the company's eNodeB and Evolved Packet Core (EPC) products have successfully completed phase one and phase three of the long-term evolution (LTE) network tests at the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program at the Commerce Department's Boulder Laboratories in Colorado. The successful testing is a significant milestone in demonstrating that GD Broadband equipment is capable of supporting the nation's FirstNet initiative. FirstNet will provide secure broadband communications and interoperability among more than 60,000 federal, state, local and tribal agencies and across jurisdictional lines. (full story)

General Dynamics Canada Introduces Smaller, More-capable Airborne Acoustic Processing System

CNW Group - Mon May 13, 9:01AM CDT

VENOM processor provides advanced signal acquisition and tracking for airborne maritime patrol. (full story)

General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions Enhances Real-Time Threat Detection for Customers

PR Newswire - Mon May 06, 9:00AM CDT

General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions has integrated its flagship network security solution, Fidelis XPS(TM), with IBM's security information and event management (SIEM) product, the IBM QRadar. This product collaboration will help protect customers' valuable enterprise assets from complex advanced persistent threats by delivering real-time malicious activity reports so customers know what is happening on their networks. (full story)

Alliant Beats on Earnings and Sales - Analyst Blog

Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri May 03, 2:07PM CDT

Alliant Techsystems recorded favorable earnings and revenue numbers in the fourth quarter fiscal 2013. (full story)

General Dynamics Team to Develop Second Radar System for the U.S. Army Range Radar Replacement Program

PR Newswire - Thu May 02, 9:00AM CDT

General Dynamics C4 Systems received a contract modification to the Range Radar Replacement Program (RRRP) to develop a new High/Medium Power Close-in Radar system. The Close-in radar system is mobile and will provide unprecedented fidelity when tracking munitions and other targets at a range of 37 miles or more. The contract modification is valued at $16 million and funds the engineering, development and initial manufacture of the new radar system. General Dynamics C4 Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). (full story)

Harris Meets Earnings Est. - Analyst Blog

Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Apr 30, 11:20AM CDT

Harris Corp. reported mixed financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2013, where EPS meets the Zacks Consensus Estimate but the top line misses the same. (full story)

Earnings Beat at Wesco Aircraft, View Up - Analyst Blog

Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Apr 30, 9:30AM CDT

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. reported second quarter fiscal 2013 results with earnings and revenue above the Zacks Consensus Estimate. (full story)

General Dynamics Awarded $20 Million for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services IT Support

PR Newswire - Tue Apr 30, 9:00AM CDT

General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to support the Beneficiary Eligibility Suite of Systems Transactions (BESST) program. The BESST systems maintain Medicare beneficiary eligibility information and support critical components of CMS's core healthcare mission. This contract has a potential value of $19.9 million over five years. (full story)

Manuel Lovgren Named Senior Vice President at Life Cycle Engineering

Business Wire - Mon Apr 29, 9:15AM CDT

Life Cycle Engineering, Inc., today announced that Manuel (Manny) Lovgren has joined Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) as Senior Vice President of the Engineering Services Group, which offers a comprehensive line of engineering and technical services for U.S. and foreign Navies, commercial marine operators and industrial companies throughout the world. (full story)

Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists

By RICHARD LARDNER - AP - Mon Apr 29, 8:12AM CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. (full story)

Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists

By RICHARD LARDNER - AP - Sun Apr 28, 7:59AM CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. (full story)

Public Safety Broadband Market: Who's on FirstNet?

M2 - Thu Apr 25, 3:31AM CDT

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Public Safety Broadband Market: Who's on FirstNet?" report to their offering. This report is an overview of telecom veteran Frank Ohrtman's impressions gained while attending FirstNet's first public board of directors meeting accompanied by a tour of the Public Safety Communications Research labs where evaluated platforms were on full display. If the success of FirstNet is to be judged by its stated goals, then FirstNet is not technically, financially or politically feasible. In addition, FirstNet is not a solution for rural broadband. On the other hand, the work of the Public Safety Communications Research lab in evaluating LTE platforms for interoperability is perhaps the most valuable work of FirstNet-related efforts. Those efforts may point to industry winners and losers not only in the US but in Asia, Latin America and the European Union as well. Key Findings: The goals espoused by FirstNet for the nation-wide network are not feasible. FirstN (full story)

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