Defense Daily articles from April 2007

Defense Daily archives from April 2007

Defense Watch.(Company overview)
April 2, 2007... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Supplemental Force. The nation employs 126,000 contracting personnel in Iraq, Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee,...

GAO Rules Against Remaining Aspects of CSAR-X Protests.
April 2, 2007... By Michael Sirak The Government Accountability Office last week rejected all of the remaining claims made by Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Sikorsky [UTX] in their November 2006 protests of the Air Force's selection of Boeing's [BA] HH-47 to...

Boeing, Lockheed Martin Teams Submit Proposals For AMF JTRS.
April 2, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] are each submitting bids this week to design and develop the Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS) for the Defense Department. JTRS is a...

Disagreement Continues Between Army, LSI, And GAO Over FCS Program.
April 2, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt Army and industry officials leading the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program to modernize the service for 21st century challenges continue to disagree with the Government Accountability Office GAO over acquisition strategy....

Lockheed Martin Coaxing Israel For Timely Move Toward C-130J Solution.
April 2, 2007... By B.C. Kessner TEL AVIV, Israel--When Israel Air Force (IAF) officials last week told visiting Lockheed Martin [LMT] executives that its C-130Es routinely had only a 50 percent mission readiness rate, it gave the executives the exact...

Navy Needs To Define Its Needs, Examine Contract Options, SECNAV Says.
April 3, 2007... By Geoff Fein After more than a year as Navy Secretary, Donald Winter recognizes he is going to have to give more attention to the issues associated with shipbuilding that he had imagined when first sworn into the job in January 2006....

Navy Cost-Risk Analysis Effort To Help Better Understand Programs.
April 3, 2007... By Geoff Fein Over the coming year, the Navy will look more closely at cost-risk analysis for its programs, particularly ship programs, as the service tries to better understand costs and contracting options. Additionally, the Navy...

Sub Force Busy Meeting Demand And Trying To Keep Numbers Up.(use of submarines for national security)
April 3, 2007... By Geoff Fein The nation's submarine force is keeping quite busy these days, not only taking on missions assigned by combatant commanders (COCOM), but also playing a role in the war on terrorism, said a top Navy official. ...

DHS Initiates Rapid Prototyping Program For First Responders.
April 3, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate has established TechSolutions, a program designed to enable the nationwide community of first responders to let DHS know what their...

Acquisition Role For Service Chiefs Could Stabilize Cost Growth, CNO Says.
April 4, 2007... By Geoff Fein Providing the service chiefs a more prominent role in acquisition could go a long way to stabilizing cost growth and requirements in programs, according to the Chief of Naval Operations. "If there is one aspect I have...

JSF Meeting Key Requirements, Program Official Says.
April 4, 2007... By Jen DiMascio In the fifth year of a 12-year development cycle, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) by Lockheed Martin [LMT] is meeting nearly all of its key performance parameters, according to a Navy program official. In...

Marine Corps Awards G/ATOR To Northrop Grumman.
April 4, 2007... By Geoff Fein Northrop Grumman [NOC] last month was awarded a $256,613,684 cost-plus- incentive-fee contract for the Marine Corps' Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) Increment I System Development and Demonstration. The contract...

Lockheed Martin-led BAMS Team Eyes In-Flight See-And-Avoid System.
April 4, 2007... By Michael Sirak The Lockheed Martin [LMT]-General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) team vying to build the Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance System (BAMS) unmanned aircraft fleet aims to have an in-flight collision-avoidance...

Lockheed Martin Developing Scalable Solid State S-Band Radar.
April 4, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] is looking to the next generation of radars beyond Aegis, while mindful of Navy concerns to reduce antenna weight and increase power, according to a company official. "There's going to be...

Lockheed Martin, Gibbs Technology To Develop Family of High Speed Amphibious Vehicles.
April 4, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] and U.K.-based Gibbs Technologies have agreed to develop a family of military high-speed amphibious vehicles. "We've been working over the [several] months with Lockheed Martin on high speed...

Canada Picks Lockheed Martin's Sniper Targeting Pods For CF-18 Fighters.
April 4, 2007... By Michael Sirak Canada has placed an order for 36 Sniper targeting pods from Lockheed Martin [LMT] for its CF-18 Hornet multirole fighter aircraft, becoming the seventh international customer of the pod, the company said on Monday. ...

ATK To Acquires Satellite Component Maker Swales Aerospace.
April 4, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker Alliant Techsystems [ATK] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Swales Aerospace, a developer and supplier of satellite components and subsystems, small satellites and engineering services. Terms of the deal...

Sikorsky Asks Air Force To Confirm Lifecycle Cost Metrics For CSAR-X Reevaluation.
April 5, 2007... By Michael Sirak Sikorsky [UTX] on Tuesday asked the Air Force to confirm that it will implement all aspects of measuring lifecycle-costs as defined by the Department of Defense when it evaluates the revised bids for the service's...

Program Officials Say Osprey Coming of Age.
April 5, 2007... By Jen DiMascio The V-22 Osprey has finally come of age as a production program and is expected to deploy later this year, program officials said yesterday. Earlier this week, the Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT]-Boeing [BA] joint...

Mullen Says Military Faces Financial Crisis, But Nation Can Afford Arms.
April 5, 2007... By Dave Ahearn A fiscal crisis is facing procurement, personnel and other programs throughout the armed services, but this financial crunch doesn't have to happen because the United States is well able to afford adequate funds for the...

U.S. Seeks BMD Cooperation With Russia As It Eyes Anti-Missile Site In Europe.
April 5, 2007... By Michael Sirak The United States seeks to cooperate with Russia, perhaps in the sharing of ballistic missile early warning data, as it prepares to move forward with building a missile defense site in central Europe, the Department of...

Northrop Grumman Mine-Hunting Sensor Can Aid In Shallow-Water Topography.
April 5, 2007... By Michael Sirak Northrop Grumman's [NOC] Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) has shown the ability to aid in charting the topography of shallow-water areas in company-run tests to date, a senior company official said on Monday....

Navy To Take Delivery of First Remote Mine Hunting Vehicle.
April 5, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin is expected to deliver to the Navy on Friday the first remote mine hunting vehicle (RMV) at the company's Riviera Beach, Fla., site, according to a service official. "RMV is really the keystone...

TSA Testing Millimeter Wave Cameras At Staten Island Ferry.
April 5, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Tuesday began screening passengers for explosives using passive millimeter wave cameras at the St. George Terminal of the Staten Island Ferry in New York City,...

Defense Watch.
April 9, 2007... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Crunch Time. KC-X tanker proposals are due to the Air Force on Thursday. Boeing is offering its KC-767 Advanced Tanker against the Northrop Grumman- European Aeronautic...

Pentagon Officials Move Closer To New Competition for Joint Common Missile.
April 9, 2007... By Jen DiMascio After a recent meeting, top Pentagon leaders are moving closer to a new competition for the Joint Common Missile (JCM) program, which would be renamed the Joint Air to Ground Missile, according to sources in industry and...

McCain Asks Air Force To Justify Why It Chose 'Heavy-Lift' Platform For CSAR-X.
April 9, 2007... By Michael Sirak Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, last week asked the Air Force to provide the documentation that supports its choice of a "heavy-lift" helicopter last year to be its...

Coast Guard Maintains Interest In Common Platform For Cutters.
April 9, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker The Coast Guard continues to evaluate its options for its new cutters, including having common platforms with U.S. Navy ships, the head of the Coast Guard's Deepwater program said last week. The two cutter...

Air Force Eyes Pratt & Whitney Engine-Wash System To Reduce Its Fuel Costs.
April 9, 2007... By Michael Sirak The Air Force plans later this month to begin evaluating an environmentally friendly system developed by Pratt & Whitney [UTX] to wash the cores of large aircraft engines, thereby improving their fuel-burn efficiency,...

DHS Issues Regulations For Chemical Plant Security.
April 9, 2007... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) yesterday issued an interim final rule that for the first time imposes comprehensive security regulations for high risk chemical facilities. Under the new rule, chemical plants housing certain...

Challenging Times Ahead For Navy's Shipbuilding Plan, Analyst Says.
April 10, 2007... By Geoff Fein As the Navy continues forward with its 30-year shipbuilding plan, it will have to work with a Congress that is more skeptical, seeks greater accountability in acquisition programs, and is placing more emphasis on...

Swift Engineering Going It Alone In Maturing KillerBee UAS.
April 10, 2007... By Michael Sirak California-based Swift Engineering continues to develop its KillerBee unmanned aircraft with an eye on forthcoming Marine Corps and Navy competitions now that a partnership on the project between it and aerospace giant...

TSA Begins Exploring Checkpoint Of The Future.
April 10, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last week issued a Request for Information (RFI) for a planned future architecture for passenger screening at the nation's airports involving processes and technologies....

Obering Says U.S. Hastens European BMD On Iranian Threat, Not Politics.
April 10, 2007... By Dave Ahearn Iran is accelerating its missile development program, creating pressure for the United States to install and stand up a European ground-based missile defense (GMD) system swiftly, Air Force Lt. Gen. Trey Obering, the...

L-3 Communications Selected For $21 million U.K. Project HELIX Work.
April 10, 2007... L-3 Communications [LLL] announced April 3 its Integrated Systems (L-3 IS) subsidiary has been selected by the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) for a $21.7 million contract for Project HELIX to upgrade electronic reconnaissance aircraft. ...

Boeing To Produce 18 New AH-64D Apache Longbow Helicopters.
April 10, 2007... Boeing [BA] and the Army have signed a $276.4 million contact for 18 new AH-64D Apache Longbow multi-role combat helicopters. "The combat-proven Apache Longbow continues to support our warfighters and the battlefield commander's...

Lockheed Martin Awarded $135 Million For Trident II D5 Work.
April 10, 2007... The Navy yesterday awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $135-million contract modification for continued work on the Trident II D5 Life Extension program, the company reported. The award is in addition to the $654.9-million contract awarded to...

Successful NetFires LLC PAM Launch Prepares For Complete System Tests.
April 10, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt NetFires LLC, comprised of Raytheon's [RTN] Missile Systems business and Lockheed Martin [LMT] Missiles and Fire Control, April 4 successfully launched a Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System (NLOS-LS) Precision Attack Missile...

THAAD Scores In First Ballistic Missile Defense System Test.
April 10, 2007... Adding to a string of missile-defense wins, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system successfully intercepted a target missile, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. That test was...

Lockheed Martin, Navy Hoping To Reach Accord On LCS By Thursday Deadline.
April 11, 2007... By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] late Monday delivered its new Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) contract proposal to the Navy and both sides have begun negotiations, hoping to reach an agreement before Thursday's deadline, a company...

Senior Air Force Official: Protest Expected By Losing Bidder In High-Stakes Tanker Contest.
April 11, 2007... By Michael Sirak The stakes are so high for the Boeing [BA] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] teams vying to build the Air Force's next-generation KC-X aerial refueling platform that it is practically a given that the losing offeror will lodge...

In The Future, Engagement Will Be The Norm, Say New And Retiring Army Chiefs.
April 11, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt Army Gens. George Casey and Peter Schoomaker see a long road ahead for the nation and its Army in combatting terror. At formal Army Change of Responsibility ceremonies yesterday, incoming Chief of Staff Casey and...

ManTech To Acquire Defense, Intel Services Firm SRS Technologies.
April 11, 2007... ManTech International [MANT] on Monday said it has agreed to acquire SRS Technologies, Inc., a provider of systems engineering and C4ISR services and solutions to the Departments of Homeland Security and Defense. Terms of the deal were...

Army Seeks $2 Billion For SINCGARS Radios In FY'07 And FY'08.(Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radios )
April 11, 2007... By Jen DiMascio The Army is asking Congress to approve more than $2 billion for the purchase of tactical radios in fiscal years 2007 and 2008. With that much money at stake and ITT [ITT] Technologies as the lone supplier of Single...

Air Force Taps SAIC For GPS Engineering And Integration Support.
April 11, 2007... By Michael Sirak The Air Force announced on Monday that it has chosen a team led by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [SAI] to carry out systems engineering and integration (SE&I) activities over the next five years...

Raytheon Developing Technology For Submarine Communications.
April 11, 2007... By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] has developed a technology, using a commercially available sonobuoy, to help submarines communicate with surface and shore platforms without impacting operations, a company official said. The Deep Siren...

FLIR Multi-Sensor System For ARH Ready For Limited User Test.
April 11, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt FLIR Systems' [FLIR] BRITE Star II stabilized multi-sensor system for the Army's Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) Target Acquisition Sensor Suite is ready for the Limited User Test, a company official said. The...

Guard Chief Asks Appropriators To Help Ensure Guard Receives Equipment Funding.
April 12, 2007... By Jen DiMascio Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, yesterday pressed senators for help in ensuring that money allocated for Guard equipment arrives where it is needed. The Guard needs $36 billion between...

All Air Force KC-X Tanker Proposals Now In As Boeing Submits Bid.
April 12, 2007... By Michael Sirak Boeing [BA] announced yesterday that it has handed in its proposal to build the Air Force's new KC-X aerial refueling aircraft, joining competitor Northrop Grumman [NOC] in meeting today's deadline for consideration in...

Navy Planning Second JHSV Industry Day, Nearing RFP Release.(Joint High Speed Vessel)
April 12, 2007... By Geoff Fein The Navy is going to hold its second industry day for the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) at the end of April, to provide updates on the technical aspects of the ship prior to the anticipated release of the request for...

Oshkosh Truck Unveils Marine MTVR With Exportable Power.
April 12, 2007... Oshkosh Truck Corp. [OSK] recently unveiled its first modified version of the Marine Corps' Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) truck with the integrated capability to produce 120 kilowatts of exportable power. As military...

Lockheed Martin P44 Missile Successful In Second Functional Test.
April 12, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] April 10 announced a successful second flight test of its P44 long-range strike missiles April 6 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The Control Test Vehicle (CTV) flight builds on a successful...

Air Force's Global Hawk Block 20 Air Vehicle Makes Maiden Flight.
April 12, 2007... By Michael Sirak The RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 20 high-altitude unmanned aircraft that Northrop Grumman [NOC] is building for the Air Force successfully completed its maiden flight last month, the company announced earlier this week. ...

Navy Cancels Lockheed Martin's Second Littoral Combat Ship, LCS-3.
April 13, 2007... By Geoff Fein The Navy yesterday cancelled the contract for LCS-3, after failing to reach terms on a modified contract with Lockheed Martin [LMT] that were acceptable to both parties, said a top Navy official. "Lockheed Martin's best...

Air Force Studying Impact Of Ground Force Increases On Its Own Requirements.
April 13, 2007... By Michael Sirak The Air Force is studying how the planned increase in the size of the Army and Marine Corps will impact its own personnel and aircraft requirements, Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley said earlier this week. ...

Shelby Disputes UAV Memo Sent by Retired Air Force Chiefs.
April 13, 2007... By Jen DiMascio Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) yesterday wrote a letter to the new Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey spelling out concerns with a continuing disagreement about whether the Air Force should be named the executive agent...

SAIC's Fourth Quarter Earnings Fall Despite Sales Increase.(Science Applications International Corp.)(Financial report)
April 13, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker SAIC [SAI] on Wednesday posted higher sales in its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2007 but net income fell on a higher tax bite and fewer earnings from discontinued operations. Still, earnings from continuing...

JLENS Poised for Preliminary Design Review.
April 13, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt Raytheon's [RTN] Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) is poised to move into the preliminary design phase, after a successful system function review. "Raytheon has...

BAE Continues To Move Forward On Reconfigurable Talisman UUV.
April 13, 2007... By Geoff Fein BAE SYSTEMS is developing an autonomous underwater system for mine warfare (MIW) and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) that could be reconfigured at sea and could carry multiple payloads, making it a potential solution for future...

Second Air Force C-130 With Upgraded Avionics Starts Flight Evaluations.
April 13, 2007... By Michael Sirak The second Air Force C-130 Hercules transport aircraft that Boeing [BA] has upgraded with new avionics flew for the first time in late March, beginning its flight trials, the company announced earlier this week. The...

Australia Sends First Active RFID Tag System To Middle East.
April 13, 2007... Representatives from Australia's Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) and Lockheed Martin [LMT] Australia April 10 sent the first active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tag system to the Middle East Area of Operations. The 'Track...

General Dynamics Enters Reseller Agreement With Telos Corp.
April 13, 2007... General Dynamics [GD] Itronix unit recently announced a reseller agreement with Ashburn, Va.-based Telos Corp. to provide rugged computing equipment for Army customers in office environments. "Our business partner agreement with Telos is a...

F-35 Program Costs Grow By 8.5 Percent, Almost Eclipsing $300 Billion Mark.
April 13, 2007... Changes in the planned production schedule of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter aircraft have increased the costs of the multinational program by $23.4 billion, or 8.5 percent, since late last year, nearly pushing the program over the...

Defense Watch.
April 16, 2007... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Request for Information. Three senators last week sent a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asking why the United States allowed Ethiopia to purchase weapons...

Some Work Needed On LPD-17, But Ship Is On Schedule.
April 16, 2007... By Geoff Fein Final contract trials for the USS San Antonio (LPD-17) revealed the ship still needs some final fixes and some maintenance work. However, no big issues emerged that would prevent the amphibious chip from diverting from...

First V-22 Squadron To Deploy To Iraq In September.
April 16, 2007... By Geoff Fein The first Marine Corps tactical V-22 Osprey squadron will deploy to Al Asad, Iraq in September, to provide medium assault support to II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), said a service official. Additionally, 171...

Air Force Hosts Meeting For Exchange On UAV Executive Agent Proposal.
April 16, 2007... By Michael Sirak Air Force officials hosted a meeting in the Pentagon last Friday to brief officials from the combatant commands on the air service's proposal to be the executive agent for medium- and high-altitude unmanned aircraft...

DR&E Expects OSD To Approve JAGM Program Soon.
April 16, 2007... By Jen DiMascio The Joint Common Missile program has been canceled and will soon resurface as the Joint Air to Ground Missile program, a spokesman for the Director of Defense Research and Engineering said last week. The JAGM...

U.K. Trade Minister Declines To Refer GE, Smiths Deal To Competition Commission.
April 16, 2007... Britain's Trade Minister Ian McCartney last Friday said he would accept a proposal by General Electric [GE] and Smiths Group to protect classified information and technology, as well as the strategic capabilities Smiths has in weapons...

U.K. Poised To Deploy GMLRS To Afghanistan This Year.
April 16, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt The U.K.'s ground forces in Afghanistan are getting a state-of-the-art precision land attack rocket with twice the range of existing artillery systems, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) says. Following a series of...

Canada Cancels Plans For Mobile Gun System, Turns To Tanks.
April 17, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt About three years after first expressing interest in buying General Dynamics' [GD] Mobile Gun Systems (MGS), Canada instead opted to invest nearly $600 million to revitalize its tank capability. "As a result the...

Green: U.S. Does Not Need Formal NATO Approval To Build Interceptor Sites In Europe.
April 17, 2007... By Jen DiMascio The U.S. is working with NATO but does not need the organization's formal approval to build a third missile defense site in Europe, a Defense Department official said last week during a Senate Armed Services strategic...

Air Force Prepares To Draw Down Minuteman III Fleet By 50 Missiles.
April 17, 2007... By Michael Sirak The Air Force expects to start decommissioning 50 Minuteman III nuclear- tipped ICBMs later this year, reducing the size of the nation's land-based strategic deterrent by 10 percent, the two-star general in charge of the...

Lockheed Martin's TCC Providing Benefits To Small Companies.
April 17, 2007... By Geoff Fein In the 14 months since opening its Technology Collaboration Center (TCC), Lockheed Martin [LMT] has opened the doors to numerous small businesses and the government to enable them to integrate technologies into a tactical...

Pace: Without Extra Funds, Army Brigades Eyed For Iraq May Lack Training.
April 18, 2007... By Michael Sirak The combat readiness of Army brigades being prepared for deployment to Iraq later this year could be severely impacted if the current impasse over FY '07 supplemental spending legislation is not resolved by mid May, the...

Murtha Blasts Pentagon For Trying To Pressure Congress Regarding Supplemental.
April 18, 2007... By Jen DiMascio A day before the President and leading lawmakers were scheduled to discuss the fiscal year 2007 emergency supplemental spending bill, the chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee (HAC-D) said the Pentagon...

GD Wins Integrated Wireless Network Contract Over Lockheed Martin.
April 18, 2007... The Department of Justice yesterday selected General Dynamics [GD] over Lockheed Martin [LMT] under a potential multi-billion dollar contract to supply the Integrated Wireless Network (IWN), which will support federal law enforcement,...

Coast Guard Nixes 123-Foot Patrol Boat, Assumes Lead of Deepwater Effort.
April 18, 2007... By Geoff Fein The Coast Guard will permanently decommission its eight 123-foot patrol boats that have been plagued with structural problems and the service will take over as lead system integrator for the Deepwater program, according to...

QinetiQ Closes Acquisition of ITS.
April 18, 2007... QinetiQ North America, the U.S. division of Britain's QinetiQ, on Monday completed its $80 million cash acquisition of ITS Corp., a provider of information technology services to the federal government. Terms of the deal include an...

BAE SYSTEMS Fires First Round From FCS Mortar Firing Platform.
April 18, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt The first round has been successfully fired from the Future Combat Systems (FCS) Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) Mortar Firing Platform, being developed by BAE SYSTEMS. The NLOS Mortar is to provide short- to mid-range...

Clarification.(Correction notice)
April 18, 2007... Defense Daily reported on April 16 that the Air Force has acknowledged taking delivery of proposals from Boeing and Northrop Grumman to build the KC-X tanker aircraft. However, while the service announced on April 13 that it received...

Members of Congress Inquire About Results of JIEDDO.
April 19, 2007... By Jen DiMascio Lawmakers are increasingly asking questions about the efficacy of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization. With Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) continuing to contribute to the deaths of scores of...

UTC Posts Higher First Quarter Earnings And Sales.(Financial report)
April 19, 2007... United Technologies [UTX] yesterday reported increased net income and sales in the first quarter driven by balanced gains across the company. Net income increased 7 percent to $819 million, 82 cents earnings per share (EPS), from $768...

Argon ST, Boeing, Developing New Location Positioning Concepts.
April 19, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker Argon ST [STST] and Boeing [BA] have won separate Pentagon contracts to develop concepts to enhance ground surface location positioning when GPS signals aren't available using various other electronic signals such as...