Defense Daily articles from April 2003

Defense Daily archives from April 2003

Aldridge To Leave May 23.(Pete Aldridge is resigning as Pentagon acquisition chief)
April 1, 2003... Pete Aldridge has resigned effective May 23 as the Pentagon's acquisition chief, according to sources. Aldridge yesterday notified the Bush administration that he would step down, with Michael Wynne, Aldridge's current principal deputy,...

Northrop Grumman Makes $1 Billion Tax Payment On B-2 Program.(Air Force runs the program)
April 1, 2003... Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said it had paid in mid-March $1 billion in cash in accumulated taxes on the development portion of the Air Force's B-2 bomber program, which the company had been allowed to defer since 1981 when development of...

Services Investing in S&T Areas To Avoid Friendly Fire Incidents.
April 1, 2003... By Kerry Gildea The military services are trying to make greater investments in science and technologies that would result in a reduction of the number of friendly fire incidents like those that have occurred in recent days in the war with...

Navy Aims At Enhanced Precision Weapons, Through-Weather Sensors.
April 1, 2003... By Hunter Keeter The Navy will emphasize the development of smaller, more accurate weapons and sensors that can penetrate rough weather, according to Rear Adm. Mark Fitzgerald, deputy director of air warfare requirements on the Navy staff....

LOCIR and AWS Embrace Elements of Time Critical Strike Concept, Navy Says.(Low Cost Imaging Rocket and Advanced Weapon System)
April 1, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes The Low Cost Imaging Rocket (LOCIR) munitions program and the Advanced Weapon System (AWS) program embrace elements of the Navy's Time Critical Strike (TCS) concept that shortens the kill chain and allows for accelerated...

GE Clinches Second 767 Competitive Tanker Engine Contract With Japan Order.(Japanese Defense Agency chooses General Electric's CF6-80C2 engine)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... General Electric's [GE] CF6-80C2 engine has been selected by the Japanese Defense Agency (JDA) over Pratt & Whitney's [UTX] PW4000 to power the country's four new Boeing [BA] 767 tanker/transport aircraft under an $80 million order, the second...

Australia Commissions Final Collins-Class Submarine.(Royal Australian Navy commissions Australian Submarine Corp.'s HMAS Rankin)
April 1, 2003... The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on Saturday commissioned the sixth and final Collins-class diesel attack submarine, HMAS Rankin, built by the Australian Submarine Corp. (ASC). "Commissioning of HMAS Rankin marks a significant milestone in...

L-3 Completes $188 million Purchase of Goodrich's Avionics Unit.(L-3 Communications )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... L-3 Communications [LLL] yesterday said it has completed its $188 million purchase of the former avionics division of Goodrich [GR], giving L-3 a presence in the general aviation market and allowing Goodrich to complete its asset monetization...

GD Acquires Small IT Provider To Intelligence Community.(General Dyanics acquires Creative Technology)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... General Dynamics [GD] yesterday said it had acquired privately-held Creative Technology, which primarily supports the intelligence community and DoD with systems and network engineering, integration, software development and operations and...

Pratt & Whitney Awarded $481 Million For F119 Engines.(Air Force lets a supplemental contract)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Pratt & Whitney [UTX] said yesterday it was awarded a $481 million supplemental contract by the Air Force to produce 40 F119 engines for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F/A-22 fighter program. "Pratt & Whitney is pleased that the Air Force...

Northrop Grumman To Install LN-120G Navigation System For Air Force RC-135s.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... Northrop Grumman [NOC] said last week it would install its LN-120G navigation system for the Air Force's fleet of RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft. "The upgraded systems will improve performance and reliability for the RC-135, while...

Navy Plans Data Link Installation For Boeing's JDAM Kit.(Joint Direct Attack Munition)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... The Navy intends to work with Boeing [BA] on installing a data link-based Kill Assist Adverse-weather Targeting System (KAATS) to the company's Joint Direct Attack Munition GPS/inertial-guided kits for unguided "iron bombs," according to a...

Roche Doesn't See JASSM Use In Iraqi Freedom.(Air Force Secretary James Roche, Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile )
April 2, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes Air Force Secretary James Roche doesn't think Lockheed Martin's [LMT] AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) will see operational use during Operation Iraqi Freedom, even though low-rate initial production...

Lockheed Martin Team Completes Design Review For Miniature Kill Vehicle.(Brief Article)
April 2, 2003... Lockheed Martin [LMT] said it has completed its system design review for a new miniature kill vehicle (MKV) and contends it could be demonstrated within two years. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Army have been exploring options...

HAC Passes $74.7 Billion War Supplemental With Some Provisions.(House Appropriations Committee)
April 2, 2003... By Kerry Gildea The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) yesterday in a markup session signed off on President Bush's $74.7 billion war supplemental. The Senate Appropriators also are expected to take up the bill this week. House...

Boeing Official: FCS Capstone Demonstration Highlights Unmanned Systems.(Future Combat Systems)
April 2, 2003... By Neil Baumgardner Last week's Capstone Demonstration for the Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program highlighted the advantages unmanned aerial and ground vehicles would bring to prospective FCS Units of Action, according to a Boeing...

MDA Picks Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Teams For KE BPI.(Missile Defense Agency lets contracts for kinetic energy boost phase intercept program)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2003... The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Monday awarded $10 million contracts to Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] teams for the first phase of the kinetic energy boost phase intercept (KE BPI) program. The KE BPI program is...

Lockheed Martin Delivers Final Two Production Representative F/A-22s To Air Force.(Brief Article)
April 2, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday it has delivered the final two production representative F/A-22 fighters to Edwards AFB, Calif., from the company's facility in Palmdale, Calif., part of the process leading up to the...

RAF Spokesman: Enhanced Paveway 'Outstanding' In Operation Iraqi Freedom.(Royal Air Force praises Raytheon's Enhanced Paveway II and III precision-guided bombs)
April 2, 2003... By Neil Baumgardner Raytheon's [RTN] Enhanced Paveway II and III 1,000-pound and 2,000-pound precision-guided bombs have been "outstanding" during operations by the Royal Air Force in Operation Iraqi Freedom, according to a Royal Air Force...

U.S. Unit Helps Drive Growth At Israel's Tadiran.(Talla-Com is the U.S. subsidiary)
April 2, 2003... Israeli military communications provider Tadiran yesterday reported sharp increases in sales and earnings for the fourth quarter and full year due in part to strong sales at the company's U.S. subsidiary for rugged hand-held computers and...

BAE SYSTEMS North America Creates Platform Solutions Sector.(Brief Article)
April 2, 2003... The North American division of Britain's BAE SYSTEMS has taken operational control of the company's avionics systems business based in the United Kingdom and combined it with the U.S.-based flight and engine controls unit to create a new sector...

Clark Calls For Accelerating TLAM Production.(Tomahawk Land Attack Missile)
April 2, 2003... By Hunter Keeter As the Navy takes stock of their needs to reconstitute forces expended during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern said working to accelerate production of the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is...

SAIC-Lockheed Martin Team Beats Raytheon For AGS Projectile.(U.S. aircraft industry contracts)
April 2, 2003... By Neil Baumgardner United Defense [UDI] has selected a Lockheed Martin [LMT]-Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) team over Raytheon [RTN] to develop the Long-Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) for the 155mm Advanced Gun...

Oshkosh Signs $250 million Contract For British Wheeled Tanker Program.(Oshkosh Truck Co. signs contract with UK Ministry of Defense)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2003... Oshkosh Truck [OSK] yesterday said it had signed a $250 million contract with the Britain's Ministry of Defense (MoD) to supply 348 wheeled tankers for the British armed forces. Oshkosh was selected by the MoD in January over Britain's...

WCMD-Equipped Sensor Fuzed Weapons Dropped on Iraqi Vehicle Column.
April 3, 2003... Fulfilling a prediction from the Air Force, for the first time Boeing [BA] B-52H bombers yesterday dropped six Textron [TXT] CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapons (SFW) equipped with Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD) on...

Aldridge Reports Stryker Weight Potential Problem For Deployability.
April 3, 2003... By Kerry Gildea Pentagon acquisition chief Pete Aldridge told the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Tuesday the Army is having problems trimming the weight of General Dynamics' [GD] Stryker family of light armored vehicles so that it...

OSD Puts Pressure On Air Force For GPS III Acceleration.(Office of Secretary )
April 3, 2003... By Kerry Gildea The Office of the Secretary (OSD) is putting pressure on the Air Force to find a way to accelerate launch of the first GPS III (GPS) satellite for a first launch earlier than 2012, DoD and industry officials reported. ...

SSGN Submarine Modification To Accommodate Diverse Payloads.
April 3, 2003... By Hunter Keeter The Navy's effort to modify four USS Ohio-class (SSBN-726) fleet ballistic missile submarines to SSGN strike and Special Operations Force (SOF) support variants will accommodate multiple weapon and unmanned vehicle...

Air Force Conducts Separation Tests For Lightweight JDAM at Edwards.(Joint Direct Attack Munition )(Brief Article)
April 3, 2003... Boeing [BA] said Monday the Air Force recently conducted separation tests of the Mk 82 500-pound "lightweight" version of the GPS/inertial-guided Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) onboard the Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-2 bomber at Edwards AFB,...

Small Optics Firm Targets Defense And Aerospace For Growth.(Brief Article)
April 3, 2003... In an attempt to tap into the expanding defense market, Zygo [ZIGO] on Tuesday said it has created a new business development group focused on generating new business for the company in the defense and aerospace electrooptic systems industries....

Northrop Grumman Awarded Deepwater National Security Cutter Contracts.
April 3, 2003... Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said it has been awarded $129 million in contracts to begin the detailed design and procure long-lead materials for the first National Security Cutter (NSC) to be built under the Coast Guard's Deepwater...

Greece Accepts First F-16 Block 52+ Fighter.
April 3, 2003... Greece yesterday took formal acceptance of the first of 60 F-16C/D Block 52+ fighters during a ceremony at Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Fort Worth, Texas, facility. "We are extremely pleased to have had such a close, mutually beneficial...

United Industrial Sees $1 Billion In Potential Shadow UAV Sales To Army.(Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)
April 3, 2003... By Calvin Biesecker Production and follow-on support contracts for the Army's Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) currently being produced by United Industrial Corp. [UIC] could reach $1 billion or more in the coming years, the company...

Service Officials Defend Pace and Plans For Tactical Aircraft Programs.(Joint Strike Fighter, F/A-22)
April 3, 2003... By Kerry Gildea Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps officials yesterday defended plans for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) and F/A-22 to the House Armed Services Committee's tactical air and land forces panel, saying unmanned combat vehicles...

Defense Briefs.(includes multiple articles)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2003... L-3 Communications [LLL] said yesterday its BT Fuze Products division was awarded a $23.5 million contract from the Army to produce M762A1 and M767A1 electronic timed artillery fuzes. The fuzes are the first inductively settable,...

Raptor 12 Returns To Flight At Nellis.(F/A-22)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes The Air Force said yesterday that Raptor 12, the first production F/A-22 built by Lockheed Martin [LMT] operating out of Nellis AFB, Nev., returned to flight on Tuesday. Service spokesman Lt. Matthew Fuller told...

General Electric Awarded $50 Million Engine Order For Japan's Apaches.(T700-GE-701C turboshaft engines)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2003... General Electric [GE] yesterday said it has received a $50 million order from the Japanese Defense Agency (JDA) to supply its T700-GE-701C turboshaft engine for up to 80 Boeing [BA] AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters being acquired by the...

Lockheed Martin-Tenix Joint Venture Delivers Radar Network To RAAF.(RLM Systems, Jindalee Operational Radar Network, Royal Australian Air Force)(Brief Article)
April 3, 2003... The RLM Systems joint venture between Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Australia's Tenix yesterday delivered the over-the-horizon Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). "The JORN means we can now...

Raytheon In Talks For Possible Tomahawk Production Increase.(Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles)
April 3, 2003... Raytheon [RTN] is in talks to possibly increase its production of Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM), company spokesman Jennifer Allen said yesterday. "The Navy and Raytheon are in discussions with the Navy with respect to follow-on...

Coast Guard Commandant Outlines $200 Million Deepwater Funding Shortfall.
April 4, 2003... By Hunter Keeter ANNAPOLIS, Md.--While fully supporting the president's FY '04 budget request, including $500 million for the Coast Guard's Deepwater modernization program, service Commandant Adm. Thomas Collins told Defense Daily the...

First Stryker Brigade Begins Operational Evaluation At NTC.
April 4, 2003... The Army's first Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division (Medium), on Tuesday began its operational evaluation with the first phase of the Arrowhead Lighting exercise at the National Training Center...

Department of Justice Investigating Claims Against O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt.
April 4, 2003... The Department of Justice is investigating quality control claims made against O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt Armoring Company (OHEAC), the prime contractor for of the Army and Air Force's up-armored High-Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles...

Navy Evaluating Option For Building Added LPD-17 Earlier Than Planned.
April 4, 2003... By Kerry Gildea Northrop Grumman [NOC] has told the Navy it could build an additional LPD-17 in FY '04, John Young, the service acquisition chief, told the House Armed Services Committee projection force subcommittee yesterday. The...

DAB Approves Lot 3 F/A-22 Buy, Avionics and Software Review Set For June.(Defense Acquisition Board)
April 4, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes The Pentagon's Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) has authorized the Lot 3 production award for 20 Lockheed Martin's [LMT] F/A-22 fighters, but concerns about the avionics and software stability resulted in a decision to...

Defense Brief.(BVR Systems of Israel elects new chairman of the board of directors)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2003... BVR Systems [BVRSF] of Haifa, Israel, yesterday said its board of directors has elected a new chairman, Yuval Yanai, a current board member and chief financial officer of Koor Industries [KOR], following the resignation of Avner Raz as...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
April 4, 2003... The April 3 edition of Defense Daily incorrectly described Raytheon's [RTN] talks with the Navy regarding the production of Tomahawk cruise missiles. Raytheon is in talks for a possible acceleration of the Block IV Tactical Tomahawk once...

Boeing Selects St. Louis For FCS Program Headquarters.(Future Combat Systems)
April 4, 2003... Boeing [BA] yesterday said it has selected St. Louis to be the new headquarters for the Boeing-Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) lead systems integrator team for the Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program. "Selection of...

Lockheed Martin Tests Newest Aegis, Joins Northrop Grumman In Navy Support.
April 4, 2003... Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it successfully completed the first live shipboard testing of its new SPY-1D(V) radar system, meeting a significant program milestone and accenting an "outstanding" joint cooperation effort with Northrop...

Pratt & Whitney Awarded $45 Million To Manage Italian F-16 Engine Fleet.
April 4, 2003... Pratt & Whitney [UTX] said yesterday it was awarded a $45 million contract by the Air Force to provide fleet management services for F100-PW-220E engines that power Italy's F-16 fighters. "This contract represents the culmination of a...

Dissident Board Member Slams United Industrial's Efforts To Maximize Shareholder Value.
April 4, 2003... By Calvin Biesecker The head of a dissident stockholding group owning 12 percent of the shares of United Industrial Corp. [UIC], the maker of a slew of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the U.S. military, criticized a majority of its...

Air Force Begins Ground-Mapping Capability Tests For APG-68(V)9 Radar.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2003... Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday the Air Force's F-16 Combined Test Force began flight testing the high-resolution ground-mapping capacity of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] APG-68(V)9 radar that equips F-16 Block 50/52 fighterbombers. ...

Raytheon Awarded $45.5 Million For Phalanx 1B Conversion.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2003... Raytheon [RTN] said yesterday it was awarded a $45.5 million contract by the Navy to convert 12 Phalanx close-in weapon systems (CIWS) to Block 1B configuration. "This contract supports the U.S. Navy's transformation process to littoral...

Lockheed Martin Picks Up Awards For HIMARS, MLRS And PAC-3.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2003... Lockheed Martin [LMT] said on Wednesday it was awarded a $96.4 million contract from the Army to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) on the wheeled High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), adding to a series of contracts the company...

Elbit-Rockwell Collins Joint Venture Awarded JHMCS Contract.
April 4, 2003... The Vision Systems International joint venture between Israel's Elbit [ESLT] and Rockwell Collins [COL] on Tuesday said it has been awarded a $60.1 million contract from Boeing [BA] to deliver more than 300 Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System...

L-3 Delivers Components For Britain's ASTOR Network.(L-3 Communications)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2003... L-3 Communications [LLL] said Tuesday it delivered the first two superhigh frequency (SHF) airborne satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals, an Airborne Wide Band Data Link (AWDL), the first ground WDL and associated spares developed to...

Defense Watch.
April 7, 2003... The Latest Word on Trends and Developments In Aerospace and Defense Abrams Investigation. The two M1A1 Abrams tanks lost to enemy fire near Najaf two weeks ago were not taken out by Russian Kornet-E anti-tank missiles, despite several...

DoD Modernizing Legacy C4I Systems To Shore Up Shortfalls.
April 7, 2003... By Kerry Gildea While the Pentagon has made progress solving interoperability glitches in its legacy command, control, communications and computers (C4I) systems, service officials told members of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC)...

ONR Looking For Information on 'Enhanced Heavy Airlift Capability'.(Office of Naval Research )(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is looking for information from companies regarding technologies that could be used for the development of an "Enhanced heavy Airlift Capability" in support of the expeditionary logistics component of the...

Boeing Signs Contract For 767 Tanker Sale To Japan.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Boeing [BA] last week signed a contract with the Japan Defense Agency (JDA) to supply the first aircraft under Japan's order for four 767 tanker/transport aircraft. "The 767 tanker transport has established itself as the preeminent...

Fire At Eaton Machining Facility Won't Hurt Operations, Company Says.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... A fire last Thursday night at a machining center in North Charleston, S.C., that services the business units in Eaton [ETN] defense and aerospace operations was unlikely to affect any work the company does supplying parts for various military...

MDA Picks Sparta To Develop Threat Discrimination Technologies For BMD.(Missile Defense Agency)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said it will award a sole source contract, estimated to be worth up to $50 million, to Sparta to develop an advanced enemy threat discrimination and tracking algorithms and a state-of-the art decision theory...

Lockheed Martin Awarded $164 Million For Aegis Work On Fifth Kongo-Class Ship.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Lockheed Martin [LMT] said last week it was awarded a four-year, $164 million contract from the Navy to provide Aegis weapon system engineering work and services for the fifth Japanese Kongo-class destroyer. "The continuing selection of...

Navy Considers Fate of USS Constellation.
April 7, 2003... By Hunter Keeter The Navy is considering whether one of its oldest non-nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, USS Constellation (CV-64), should be decommissioned after it returns from duty in the Persian Gulf, according to senior officials....

Sensytech Pulls Out of Plan To Buy Codem Systems.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Sensytech [STST], a small Virginia-based defense electronics company, on Friday said it called off its plans to acquire an even smaller defense electronics company, Codem Systems, based in New Hampshire. Sensystech provided no reason for...

Clark, Hagee Sound Off About MPF(Future) Program.(maritime prepositioned force)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... By Hunter Keeter Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Michael Hagee are agreed that the next generation of maritime prepositioned force (MPF) ships should do much more than provide valuable equipment...

Navy and Marine Corps Tacair Plans Include Continued Use of Older Hornets.
April 7, 2003... Future calculations of Navy and Marine Corps tactical aviation acquisition plans include the modernization of Boeing [BA] F/A-18A and C/D strike fighters, even as the Navy acquires newer F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and prepares for the arrival of...

MDA Awards $350 Million To Raytheon For BMDS Radar.(Missile Defense Agency)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Raytheon [RTN] an $350 million contract Friday to provide the initial ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) radar as the first radar in the BMDS family of radars. The contract has options for a...

Defense Brief.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Raytheon [RTN] said last week it completed tests as the lead contractor for the Forward Payloads and Sensors for Submarines (Forward PASS) consortium testing the stability and robustness of the Broaching Universal Buoyant Launcher (BUBL)...

Carlyle Group, Finmeccanica In Deal To Acquire FiatAvio.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2003... The Carlyle Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Italy's Fiat Group for the acquisition of aircraft engine-maker FiatAvio, with Italy's Finmeccanica also poised to take a stake once the deal is concluded. "We are very...

Lockheed Martin Ships Last DSCS Satellite To Cape For June Launch.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2003... The last in a series of 14 Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) satellites built by Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the Air Force has been shipped to Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., where it will be readied for a scheduled launch in July...

Navy Launches Tactical Tomahawk At Sea.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2003... The Navy last week launched the first Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) Block IV Tactical Tomahawk, from USS Stethem (DDG-63) in the first such launch in the program, according to a service statement. Off southern California last week,...

Army Conducts LOSAT Test At White Sands.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2003... The Army on March 27 conducted a flight test of an engineering design flight (EDF) version of Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Line-of-Sight Anti-Tank (LOSAT) missile at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., according to a service statement. "It was a...

L-3 Communications Delivers Integrated Gear For Deepwater.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2003... L-3 Communications [LLL] said last week it delivered the first MarCom Integrated Voice Communication System (IVCS) for the Coast Guard's Deepwater modernization program, a project L-3 hopes will generate up to $1.5 billion in work for the...

SOCOM MH-60 SLEP Planned.(U.S. Special Operations Command )(Brief Article)
April 8, 2003... The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is planning a service life extension program (SLEP) for its fleet of Sikorsky [UTX] MH-60 special operations helicopters, introducing a new MH-60M standard, according to a solicitation notice in the...

Celeritek's Board Agrees To May Date For Special Shareholders Meeting.
April 8, 2003... Faced with disgruntled shareholders hoping to replace its board of directors with their own candidates, Celeritek [CLTK] yesterday agreed to May 19 as the date for a special shareholders meeting to vote on a new board. The dissident group,...

Lockheed Martin Awarded $20.3 Million For C-5 Modernization.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2003... Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday it was awarded a $20.3 million contract from the Air Force for the first production phase of its C-5 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP). "This upgrade program provides equipment that improves safety...

FORCEnet Concept Sparks Discussion.
April 8, 2003... By Hunter Keeter ANNAPOLIS, Md.--As the Navy develops its new organizational philosophy called "Sea Power 21," argument remains over the key enabling element, a command networking concept called FORCEnet. Vice Adm. Richard Mayo,...

Boeing, Ball Aerospace To Develop Laser Com Satellite Technologies.
April 8, 2003... Boeing [BA] and Ball Aerospace [BLL] have teamed to develop laser communications technologies to improve the efficiency of satellite communications. Boeing, announcing the agreement, said the efficiency of satellite communications could...

Raytheon Says New Missile Defense Radar Will Be Ready For Testing In '05.
April 8, 2003... By Kerry Gildea Raytheon [RTN], under a new contract to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded last week, will develop its newest ground-based radar in time for testing in March 2005 and fielding about a year later, according to Raytheon...

DRS Technologies Receives $44 Million For Army Helicopter Sighting Systems.(Brief Article)
April 8, 2003... DRS Technologies [DRS] yesterday said it received new contracts worth about $44 million from the Army to provide electro-optical components and work for Mast Mounted Sights (MMS) on Bell HelicopterTextron's [TXT] OH-58D Kiowa Warrior...

Defense Contracts.
April 8, 2003... EDO [EDO], Corporation-Electronic Systems Group, Deer Park, N.Y., is being awarded an $80 million cost plus fixed fee, firm fixed prices contract to provide sustaining engineering services support of ALQ-161A electronic countermeasures/radio...

B-1 Drops 2,000-pound JDAMs In 'Iraqi Leadership' Strike.( Joint Direct Attack Munitions)
April 9, 2003... By Hunter Keeter An Air Force B-1B bomber on Monday dropped four 2,000-pound GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) in a strike against an Iraqi leadership target. "The B-1 can carry 24 GBU-31s," aircraft weapon systems operator...

Army Deploys JLENS To Support Forces In Afghanistan.(Brief Article)
April 9, 2003... By Kerry Gildea The Army's Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) Project Office has deployed for the first time an aerostat capability to Southwest Asia in support of Central Command activities in...

Northrop Grumman, Orbital Sciences Awarded Contracts For Space Plane Development.
April 9, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] were recently awarded $45 million in contracts from NASA to refine requirements and concepts for the Orbital Space Plane (OSP) program, specifically in the fields of...