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BP has moved ahead with the first phase of the project to develop the Greater Tortue Ahmeyin gas field lin ultradeep waters shared by Senegal and Mauritania....Read More

Boeing Sikorsky Aircraft Support has been awarded a $1.1 billion contract for support of the Little Bird, Chinook and Seahawk helicopters of the U.S. Special Operations Command....Read More

The Defense Department awarded $166.8 million contract to SLSCO Ltd., the latest for its design-build construction work along the U.S.-Mexico border....Read More

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $997 million contract to Lockheed Martin to update 84 F-16 aircraft to V-configuration....Read More

Boston Ship Repair has been awarded a $10.96 million contract for the regular overhaul dry docking of the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman....Read More

Raytheon has received a $114 million contract for support of a new air and missile defense radar, which will be included on the new DDG-51 Flight III destroyers....Read More

The U.S. Navy has awarded a $90.4 million contract modification to Boeing for the company to conduct studies and analyses on the MQ-25 unmanned aerial vehicle....Read More

Crude oil prices fell Thursday as investors worried that interest rate increases could cause declines in demand amid oversupply conditions....Read More

The USNS Comfort on Wednesday docked at Naval Station Norfolk, following an 11-week mission to Central and South America to provide medical services and relieve shortages there....Read More

The State Department has approved a $3.5 billion Foreign Military Sale to Turkey of Patriot surface-to-air and ballistic missile defense missiles....Read More