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The U.S. Navy has awarded Harris Corp. a $14.9 million contract for 144 fiber channel network switch systems for the F/A-18E/F, EA-18G and E-2D aircraft....Read More

The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. a $209.7 million contract for Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measure equipment and support....Read More

Easing geopolitical tensions over Syria helped drag crude oil prices lower early Thursday, even as data show total OPEC crude oil production moved lower....Read More

British energy company BP said it wanted to expand its level of cooperation with an oil company in Brazil, one of the largest producers outside of OPEC....Read More

Boeing has been awarded a $24 billion contract by the Air Force to advance design services for the next Air Force One, which is to be a modified 747-8 aircraft....Read More

Orbital ATK announced Wednesday it was awarded a $115 million contract from the U.S. Army to produce small-caliber ammunition....Read More

Boeing has been awarded a $64 million contract by the Navy to restart the production line for standoff land attack missiles for the government of Saudi Arabia....Read More

Geopolitical risk factors over a looming multilateral engagement in Syria and warnings of the risk of protectionism sent oil prices higher early Wednesday....Read More

The U.S. approved a $300 million sale of APKWS guidance sections and rockets to Qatar as the state’s emir meets with Defense Secretary James Mattis and President Donald Trump....Read More

Boeing has been awarded a $35.9 million contract for training systems for the P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the U.S. Navy and the government of Australia....Read More