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10 hrs ago | The Age

Keyboard wars: US turns to rookies as cyber threats worsen

On guard: The threat of cyber attacks has become a greater concern than terrorism, says top US intelligence official James Clapper.

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Related Topix: James R. Clapper, Computers, Family, Teenagers, Kids, Education Etc., Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

Sat May 18, 2013

San Diego Source

Companies can greatly benefit from share repurchases

Cash rich companies are faced with a number of challenges in deciding what to do with the money in the bank.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

Fri May 17, 2013

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

US stocks advance as gauges rise

U.S. stocks advanced Friday, putting the Standard & Poor's 500 Index on track for its fourth straight week of gains, as gauges for leading indicators and consumer sentiment advanced more than estimated.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Banking, JP Morgan Chase , JC Penney, Retail, Michigan

Freshnews

Northrop Grumman Announces Additional $4 Billion Share Repurchase...

Northrop Grumman Corporation announced today that its board of directors has authorized an additional $4 billion for the repurchase of the company's common stock.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

The Mississippi Press

Australian government looking into purchase of Northrop Grumman-built MQ-4C drones

Northrop Grumman employees mate the fuselage with the wings of a Triton unmanned aircraft at the company's production facility in Palmdale, Calif.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, US Military, US Navy, US News, US Air Force

Thu May 16, 2013

Reuters

U.S. lawmakers blast Air Force moves on cancelled Northrop drone

Two U.S. lawmakers urged Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to ensure that the Air Force complied with a law requiring the service to buy three high-altitude Global Hawk unmanned planes built by Northrop Grumman Corp that it had tried to cancel.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, US Politics, Howard McKeon, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Reuters

UPDATE 1-Northrop aims to buy back 25 pct of shares by end of 2015

U.S. arms maker Northrop Grumman Corp said on Thursday it plans to buy back 25 percent of its outstanding shares by the end of 2015, after its board of directors approved $4 billion in further share repurchases.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

Business Journal

Northrop Grumman brings new radar capabilities to F-16 aircraft

Northrop Grumman's scalable agile beam radar designed for the F-16 fighter aircraft now demonstrates fifth generation fighter radar capabilities, the Falls Church-based company announced Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

Defense Tech

Navy Preps Drone for First Carrier Landing

The U.S. Navy plans to fly the drone that was the first unmanned jet to take off from an aircraft carrier on a series of tests that will culminate in its first-ever landing aboard a ship this summer, an official said.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Virginia Beach, VA, Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

Wed May 15, 2013

Decanter Magazine

Rupert Murdoch buys Bel Air wine estate

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has purchased Moraga Estate vineyard in Bel Air, Los Angeles, for a reported US$29.5m. 'Beautiful small vineyard'... Moraga The chairman of News Corp has bought the 6ha estate from industrialist Thomas Jones, ex-CEO of Northrop Grumman , a defense company which makes unmanned surveillance planes - or drones - for the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Drink, Wine, Rupert Murdoch, Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

Fox News

Northrop Grumman Raises Dividend By 11%

Northrop Grumman raised its dividend by 11% on Wednesday to 61 cents a share on the heels of last month's better-than-expected earnings.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Falls Church, VA, Business News

Tue May 14, 2013

Defense Tech

Navy to Launch Drone From Carrier

The U.S. Navy for the first time will launch a drone from an aircraft carrier in what officials said would be a historic milestone in naval aviation.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Virginia Beach, VA, Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

Benzinga

Top 4 NYSE Stocks In The Aerospace/Defense-Major Diversified Industry ...

Below are the top aerospace/defense-major diversified stocks on the NYSE in terms of earnings estimate for the next quarter.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Raytheon, Textron

Mon May 13, 2013

Composites Technology

Northrop Grumman gives Quickstep's F-35 parts the thumbs up

Northrop Grumman, which makes the composite center fuselage for the F-35, says Australian supplier Quickstep Technologies has demonstrated that it is qualified to manufacture composite parts for the structure.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Falls Church, VA, Australia, World News,

Freshnews

Northrop Grumman Joins Department of Homeland Security Program to...

Northrop Grumman Corporation has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Homeland Security that will enable the expansion of cybersecurity protections for the nation's critical infrastructure.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

LA Observed

Rupert Murdoch buys Bel-Air vineyard and estate

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch announced via Twitter on Friday that he has bought the Moraga estate on the Bel-Air ridge that faces across the 405 freeway at the Getty Center.

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Related Topix: Rupert Murdoch, Twitter, Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Drink, Wine

Sun May 12, 2013

Gizmag

Northrop Grumman completes commercial lunar lander study

There are so many private space ventures under development these days that it seems like you need a scorecard to keep track of them all.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Science / Technology, Space, Gadgets

The Orlando Sentinel

Incentives arms race isn't good business

They're particularly gracious handing out incentives and tax breaks to companies and organizations dangling the prospect of jobs.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Brevard County, FL, St Lucie County, FL, Rick Scott, US Governors

Seeking Alpha

Biodefense: Live By Government Contracts, Die By Government Contracts

The term "industrial complex" has come to mean taxpayer money funneled to favored companies.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Biotech, Emergent Game Technologies, Emergent BioSolutions, PharmAthene

Fri May 10, 2013

MSN Money

These airships aren't your father's blimp

Lighter-than-air flight systems were developed more than a century ago and, for the most part, were considered obsolete after World War II.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, New-Wave, NASA, Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

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