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iRobot Co-Founder Resigns As Chairman of The Board As Company Reports Strong 3rd Quarter

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Friday, October 24th, 2008

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iRobot [IRBT] co-founder and chairman of the board Helen Greiner resigns effective today, though she will continue to serve on the company board of directors as a non-employee director, while pursuing other interests and opportunities within the robot industry, the company said. The board elected Colin Angle to serve as chairman of the board in addition to his current role as chief executive officer of iRobot. The announcement came Oct. 22 as the company reported strong third quarter 2008 results…

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

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Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

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Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

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Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]