Defense Daily articles from August 2004

Defense Daily archives from August 2004

Defense Watch.(Cobra Judy radar system)
August 2, 2004... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Spiral Out of Control? Air Force Maj. Gen. William Shelton, U.S. Strategic Command's policy, resources and requirements director, cautioned last month against overuse and...

Evergreen Wins $6.7 Million Navy Contract For Commercial Helo Services.(Evergreen Helicopters)
August 2, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes Evergreen Helicopters last week was awarded a $6.7 million contract by the Navy to provide ship-based helicopter detachments to perform vertical replenishment (VERTREP) for ships in the Atlantic Fleet, beating out...

LOSAT Successfully Completes Limited User Tests.(Line-of-Sight Antitank)
August 2, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Line-of-Sight Antitank (LOSAT) Weapons System successfully completed soldier Limited User Testing (LUT) recently--but it faces an uncertain future. While the tests were successful, the recently...

Appropriators Deal Series of Cuts To Military Space Efforts.
August 2, 2004... By Amy Butler A long-awaited House-Senate conference report on the FY '05 defense spending bill confirmed the fears of national security space advocates with numerous cuts to military space programs, including the Transformational...

Comptroller Confirmed; Other Nominees Still Pending.
August 2, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger The Senate last month finally confirmed the administration's nominee to become the Pentagon's chief financial officer, marking the end of a nearly yearlong standoff related to the Air Force's controversial plans to...

F-16 Block 50s From Shaw To Take Part In Combat Hammer Firsts This Month.
August 2, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes Crews from Shaw AFB, S.C., flying Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 Block 50 fighter-bombers will execute of variety of firsts with their aircraft during the Combat Hammer weapons evaluation this month at Hill AFB, Utah. ...

BAE SYSTEMS Tapped For Australian JSF Electronic Work.(Joint Stock Fighter program)
August 2, 2004... BAE SYSTEMS Australia has been chosen as a principal partner to manage electronic warfare work done in Australia on the multinational Lockheed Martin [LMT]-managed Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, the Defence and Industry ministers said last...

Anteon Reports Strong Second Quarter.
August 2, 2004... By Calvin Biesecker Anteon International [ANT] last week posted strong second quarter results, reporting solid sales and strong earnings and raising full-year guidance. Net income was up 42 percent to $14.7 million, 39 cents earnings...

Australia To Release Commercial Tanker Upgrade In September.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2004... By mid-September, a request for tender (RFT) for an extensive upgrade to a commercial tanker to replace the Royal Australian Navy's aging auxiliary oiler will be released, Defence Minister Robert Hill said last week. The ship modifications...

Israel Arrow Weapon System Moving To A National Missile Defense.
August 3, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Israel is moving its Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Arrow anti-tactical ballistic missile batteries into one national missile defense system, a senior Israeli defense official said. "Instead of separate batteries we...

Military Looking At Fixed-Wing Future Transport Aircraft.
August 3, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger The Army's on again, off again attempts to start a next-generation lift aircraft may get new life soon when the service releases its definition of the new program, according to an industry official. The Army and...

Contractors Begin Preliminary Design of Coast Guard's Fast Response Cutter.
August 3, 2004... By Calvin Biesecker Last month the Coast Guard awarded a task order contract to begin the preliminary design phase of its new patrol boat, the Fast Response Cutter, which is a step forward in the acceleration of that boat class. ...

Oshkosh Reports Solid Sales, Earnings Gains As Defense Remains Strong.(Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement)
August 3, 2004... By Calvin Biesecker Benefiting from sustained demand for its military trucks and parts, Oshkosh Truck Corp. [OSK] last week reported solid third quarter financials, beating consensus earnings expectations. The company's defense...

Elbit's CoMPASS Payload Aboard UAVs Patrolling Southern Border.(Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)(Arizona Border Control Initiative)(Compact Multi-Purpose Advanced Stabilized System)
August 3, 2004... Israel's Elbit Systems [ESLT] recently said its Hermes 450 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) used by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as part of the Arizona Border Control Initiative (ABCI) are equipped with the company's Compact...

Army Pursues Unique Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology.(Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center )
August 3, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt High gas prices are driving some consumers to hybrid-electric vehicles instead of muscle cars, but those vehicles are not much like the hybrid-electric technology the Army's looking for, a service officer said. "First...

EDO Increases Sales, Swings To Profit.(Organic growth )(Brief Article)
August 3, 2004... EDO Corporation [EDO] last week reported a solid second quarter, increasing sales and turning a profit although earnings fell a nickel short of consensus estimates. Several negative adjustments more than offset a gain on the closeout of a...

First U.S.-Israel Co-Production Arrow Missile Deliveries Expected In 2005.(Israel Missile Defense Organization)
August 3, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Deliveries are expected to begin in 2005 of the first Arrow antiballistic missile interceptors under the industrial cooperation between Boeing [BA] and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), a senior Israeli ministry of defense...

Hefley Concerned About Impact of Current Ops On Depots.
August 3, 2004... Rep. Joel Hefley (R-Colo.), chairman of the readiness panel of the House Armed Services Committee, is concerned there could be a "bow wave" of equipment returning from Iraq and Afghanistan that would overwhelm military depots, and require more...

United Defense Takes Over Bradley Subsystem Work From Army.(Bradley Fighting Vehicle subsystems)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2004... United Defense [UDI], not the government, will now provide key Bradley Fighting Vehicle subsystems, such as the TOW missile launcher, under contract modifications valued at $85.9 million. These subsystems were previously provided as...

Federmann Blocks Tadiran, Buys Elron's Stake In Elbit For $197 Million.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2004... Israel's Elbit Systems [ESLT] last week said that Elron Electronic Industries [ELRN] completed the $197 million sale of its holdings in Elbit to Federmann Enterprises, which blocked an acquisition attempt by Tadiran Communications. Michael...

Lockheed Martin/Embraer Wins Army's ACS Over Northrop Grumman/GD Team.
August 4, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes A Lockheed Martin [LMT]-led team late Monday won the Army's Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) competition over a competing team led by Northrop Grumman [NOC]. The winning team secured an $879 million systems development and...

GA-ASI, AAI and SPARTA Team For $900 Million Army ERMP UAV Program.(General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc, AAI Corp, Sparta Inc)(Extended Range Multi-Purpose unmanned aerial vehicle)
August 4, 2004... General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) yesterday said it has entered exclusive teaming agreements with AAI and SPARTA to pursue the Army's Extended Range Multi-Purpose (ERMP) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program, valued at about...

Checkpoints In Iraq, Afghanistan, Get New Inspection Technology.(Omni-Directional Inspection System)(Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC))(Vehicle inspection )(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt A new, robotic Omni-Directional Inspection System (ODIS) is on station in Iraq and Afghanistan allowing remote vehicle inspection at checkpoints or at secure facility entrances, an Army official said. ODIS, developed...

Transformation Chief Pushes Advanced Lift Options.
August 4, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger The director of the Pentagon's Force Transformation Office yesterday said the Pentagon should look at some innovative new aircraft designs to fill the military's future transport requirements. The military should...

General Dynamics To Provide UAV Training Support For Navy Command.(unmanned aerial vehicle)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... General Dynamics' [GD] Ordnance and Tactical Systems unit said yesterday it won a contract from SENTEL to provide unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) support to the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center in Fallon, Nev. General Dynamics will supply...

Raytheon Awarded Radar Upgrade Work At RAF Fylingdales.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... Raytheon [RTN] said yesterday it won a potential 10-year contract from Britain's Serco, to provide engineering and information technology work at the U.K.'s Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) at RAF Fylingdales. Serco, which...

SRA Gets $20 Million DARPA Support Contract.(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... SRA International [SRX] recently said it has been awarded a potential $19.9 million, five-year contract to support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office (TTO) with a broad range of technical and...

Raytheon Wins $123 Million Contract For Advanced TOW 2B Aero.
August 4, 2004... Raytheon [RTN] said recently that it has received a $123 million contract for production of more than 2,700 Tube-launched Optically tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles, including TOW 2B Aero, TOW 2B, and TOW practice rounds for the Army, Marine...

Navy Issues Sources Sought Notice For Multi-Purpose Bomb Rack.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... The Navy issued on July 12 in Federal Business Opportunities a sources sought notice to gauge interest from sources that could develop and provide a non-pyrotechnic multi-purpose bomb rack for carriage and release of 1,000-pound class weapons...

Air Force Solicits Proposals From Industry On Potential 30,000-Pound Penetrator.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2004... The Air Force is interested in receiving proposals from industry for a potential 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), according to July 2 notice in Federal Business Opportunities. "The objective of this phase was to perform a...

Unmanned Boeing X-45A Aircraft Fly Together For The First Time.
August 4, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Boeing [BA] said yesterday two X-45A joint, unmanned air vehicles (J-UCAS) successfully communicated and flew together autonomously, while controlled by a single pilot-operator on the ground at Edwards AFB, Calif. The...

Everett Warns of ABL Cost Overruns.(Airborne Laser)
August 4, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger Returning from a tour of missile defense facilities, Rep. Terry Everett (R-Ala.) last week expressed new concerns about the ambitious Airborne Laser (ABL) program, warning that the complex system could face...

ONR Officials Cite Some Concerns On Use of Composite Materials For Ships.(Office of Naval Research)
August 5, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes As the Navy plans to utilize composite materials for both the DD(X) future surface combatant and the San Antonio-class (LPD-17) amphibious warfare ships, officials from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) do have some...

Transformation Chief: Carriers Don't Need To Be Developed Around Fighter Wings.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes Large carrier-type ships do not necessarily have to be designed with accommodating fighter wings in mind, according to the Pentagon's transformation chief. "They don't have to be designed around tactical fighter...

IAI First Half Sales Top $1 Billion In 'Return To Growth Track'.(Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd.)
August 5, 2004... By B.C. Kessner TEL AVIV, Israel--Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) officials here yesterday said sales for the first half of 2004 rose 14 percent from the same period last year to $1.034 billion, while imminent new orders and expansion of...

Teal Study: UAV Market $4.5 Billion In 10 Years.(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle )
August 5, 2004... Calling unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) the most dynamic sector of the aerospace industry, Fairfax, Va.-based Teal Group predicted the market for UAVs would more than double to $4.5 billion by 2014 in a study released yesterday. "The most...

Boeing Develops Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System Simulation Capability.
August 5, 2004... Boeing [BA] said recently that it has developed and fielded the capability to simulate the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) for its Air Force F-15C aircraft. "The Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System is a revolutionary system that...

Military Exercises Test Responses To Terrorist Attacks.
August 5, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Two major exercises start today--Determined Promise 04 and Amalgam Virgo 04 (AV-DP04)--for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) to test command responses to terrorist...

First Russian KA-32 With IAI Avionics Delivered To Korea.
August 5, 2004... Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) recently said the first Russian Kamov-32 (KA-32) helicopter equipped with IAI's avionics package was delivered to the Republic of Korea air force (ROKAF) by the Korean company LGI. The helicopter is the...

Joint Requirements Won't Lead To Single Acquisition Authority, JFCOM Head Says.(Joint Forces Command)
August 5, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger Despite a number of recent changes in the Pentagon that are providing greater acquisition authority to the combatant commanders and Joint Staff, the head of Joint Forces Command said yesterday he doesn't see the need...

GD Receives $16 Million In Orders For M2HB Machine Guns.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2004... General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics [GD], was recently awarded two contracts totaling $16.3 million by the Army Tank Automotive Command, Rock Island, Ill., for the production of 1,151 M2HB 12.7...

GD Awarded $8.6 Million For Chemical Agent Monitors.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2004... General Dynamics [GD] said recently that it was awarded an $8.6 million option from the Army for the production of 2,000 improved chemical agent monitors. According to a GD statement, this is part of a contract package initially awarded to...

F/A-18 Flies With Sniper XR Pod.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes A Navy F/A-18 fighter-bomber produced by Boeing [BA] executed a flight yesterday equipped with Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Sniper Extended Range (XR) pod, according to sources. This flight comes after the Navy began...

Defense Briefs.(Brief Article)
August 5, 2004... Northrop Grumman's [NOC] Mission Systems group Tuesday was awarded a $2 million increment as part of a $399.8 million contract package by the Army to produce, integrate, field, train and logistically support ground platforms. Contract work will...

Speed Drives MPF(F) Idea, CNO Says.(Chief of Naval Operations)(Maritime Prepositioned Force (Future))
August 6, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes Preparing to move forward on one of the Navy's major priorities, the service supports the Maritime Prepositioned Force (Future) (MPF(F)) ship because it provides speed for delivering Marine Corps units, according to Chief...

Raytheon, Lockheed Martin Submit Updated MUOS Proposals.(Mobile User Objective System)
August 6, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Raytheon [RTN] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] this week submitted updated Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) proposals to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in San Diego. MUOS is the Defense Department's...

BAE SYSTEMS Awarded Over $80 Million In Contracts For T-50 Trainer.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... BAE SYSTEMS said this week it was awarded over $80 million worth of contract work for the T-50 trainer designed for South Korea's air force. "We are delighted to be part of the team associated with the production of this advanced...

NORAD Amendment Makes Missile Warning Available To U.S. BMD Commands.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... The United States and Canada are amending the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) agreement to authorize the command to make its missile warning function available to the U.S. commands conducting ballistic missile defense. ...

Rockwell Collins Tapped For Army's MCAP III Program.(Manned/Unmanned Common Architecture Program Phase III )(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Rockwell Collins [COL] said yesterday that along with AAI Corp. [UIC] and Whitney, Bradley & Brown (WBB) it recently won a contract from the Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) for the Manned/Unmanned Common Architecture Program...

MT30 Engine Wraps Up Endurance Test Run.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Britain's Rolls-Royce said yesterday its 36-megawatt MT30 gas turbine engine completed endurance test running for the Navy. "This is an excellent achievement which confirms the MT30 can satisfy all Navy requirements," Patrick Marolda,...

Army Amends PGMM RFP, Proposals Due Next Week.(Precision Guided Mortar Munition)(Revised Final Proposals)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Alliant Techsystems [ATK] are working on revised proposals for the $500 million XM 395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM) due next week. The future 120mm PGMM is to provide an organic,...

Thales, Honeywell Reach TAWS Settlement.(Terrain Awareness and Warning System)( Honeywell [HON])(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... France's Thales and Honeywell [HON] said yesterday they reached a settlement to their patent infringement dispute over the Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS). According to a Thales statement, the settlement follows the submission...

Lockheed Martin Board Elects Stevens As President, CEO.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... As expected, Lockheed Martin's [LMT] board of directors has elected Robert Stevens as president and CEO, effective yesterday. Stevens succeeds Vance Coffman, who had been CEO for the past seven years. Coffman, who is retiring after 37 years...

Industrial Policy Office Recommends Joint Program Office For Vertical Lift.
August 6, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger A new report out of the Pentagon's Office for Industrial Policy suggests the military consider forming a joint program office for heavy vertical lift aircraft, one of the few bright spots of the U.S. rotorcraft...

F/A-18/Sniper XR Demo Primarily For Canadians And Australians, Lockheed Martin Says.
August 6, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes A recent test flight by a Navy F/A-18 fighter-bomber equipped with Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Sniper Extended Range (XR) targeting pod at the Navy's naval air warfare center in China Lake, Calif., was intended primarily for...

Defense Brief.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... President Bush yesterday signed H.R. 4613, the Defense Appropriations Act for FY '05. The bill provides the Pentagon with $416.2 billion, including $25 billion to fund ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan during the first quarter...

Defense Watch.
August 9, 2004... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense 9/11 Hearings. In hearings this week, Congress, in its ongoing review of the 9/11 commission, will take up the issue of intelligence reform, which could have implications...

Networks, New Tools, Produce Actionable Intelligence.
August 9, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt New tools and a network-centric environment are providing real time intelligence soldiers can use immediately, saving lives and defeating the enemy, Army officials said. Actionable intelligence is a major focus area...

Navy Embarks on SHIPTRAIN Experiment This Month.
August 9, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes The Navy this month will begin a limited objective experiment (LOE) with a group of surface combatants to test the new SHIPTRAIN training process. "What we're trying to accomplish is being ultimately able to measure...

Lockheed Martin And KAI Say T-50 Supersonic Trainer Developing Rapidly.
August 9, 2004... Officials from Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) recently said the T-50 Golden Eagle is moving forward rapidly in both development and production, with full-scale development on track for completion by the end of 2005....

Britain Tabs Northrop Grumman Over Boeing For $1.19 Billion AWACS Contract.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2004... Northrop Grumman [NOC] said was selected by Britain over Boeing [BA] as the preferred bidder to provide aircraft maintenance and engineering support services for the Royal Air Force's (RAF) fleet of Boeing E-3D Airborne Warning and Control...

BAE SYSTEMS To Develop Landing Guidance Technology For Air Force Research Lab.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2004... BAE SYSTEMS said last week it received a contract from the Air Force worth over $13 million to develop an autonomous approach landing capability (AALC). "This AALC system provides pilots with situational awareness of the runway environment...

Space Missile-Warning Payload Delivered To Air Force.
August 9, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] said late last week it delivered the long overdue first space payload for detecting ballistic missile launches and other infrared events for the Space-Based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) program....

Defense Brief.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2004... The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) last week awarded a $12.7 million contract to Raytheon [RTN] for long-lead procurement of Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1A missiles. Contract work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., and Camden, Ark., and is...

Lockheed Martin Awarded FALCON Phase IIA, Task 2 Award By DARPA.
August 9, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) last week awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $7.6 million increment of a larger $8.4 million contract over three competing bids for prototypes in the Phase IIA, Task 2...

Lockheed Martin Conducts Live Tracking Exercise With Aegis OA Solution.(open architecture )(Brief Article)
August 9, 2004... Lockheed Martin [LMT] said it recently conducted a tracking exercise with the latest version of the Aegis combat system's SPY-1 radar control computer program, which includes the Aegis open architecture (OA) solution. According to a...

Army Increases Boeing Role In Army Future Combat Systems.
August 10, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt The Army and Boeing [BA] yesterday announced signing an agreement that could boost its overall funding for the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program to over $21...

Pentagon Transformation Chief Talks Small Carriers.(Arthur Cebrowski)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes While the Navy focuses on larger aircraft carriers and big-deck amphibious warfare ships, there could be some promising developments in the future with smaller carriers based on high-speed vessels (HSV), according to the...

US101 Team Adds Texas-Based Companies To Its Roster.(Brief Article)
August 10, 2004... Locked in a heated competition with Sikorsky [UTX] to provide the future presidential transport helicopter (VXX), the US101 team that includes Lockheed Martin [LMT], AgustaWestland and Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] said yesterday it added seven...

GE's CT7-8A To Equip H-92s For Canada.(Brief Article)
August 10, 2004... General Electric [GE] said yesterday that its CT7-8A turboshaft engine would equip 28 H-92s that Sikorsky [UTX] is providing under Canada's Maritime Helicopter Program (MHP). "We are very proud to be serving with the Canadian maritime...

Australia Taps Armaris And Izar For Amphibious Ship Risk Reduction Study.(Brief Article)
August 10, 2004... Australia's Ministry of Defence (MoD) said yesterday it had invited French naval contractor Armaris and Spanish shipbuilder Izar to participate in a risk reduction study for the Royal Australian Navy's amphibious warfare ship program. ...

ATK's Earnings Fall On Charges; Sales Up Mainly From Acquisitions.(Alliant Techsystems)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2004... Alliant Techsystems [ATK] last week said first quarter earnings fell 16 percent, stemming from an unexpected charge in a composite structures program as well as extra pension and expected restructuring costs against a tough comparison a year...

United Defense To Reset OIF Bradley Fighting Vehicles.(Brief Article)
August 10, 2004... United Defense [UDI] said yesterday it has been awarded a $42.9 million contract modification to return more than 100 Bradley Fighting Vehicles to combat ready condition. Under the modification from Army Tank-automotive and Armaments...

Lockheed Martin Forms Focused Logistics Operation.(Brief Article)
August 10, 2004... Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday it was establishing a Focused Logistics Enterprise to better support network-centric principles and objectives. According to a company statement, the operation will be part of Lockheed Martin's...

SAIC Acquires Engineering Services Firm.(Science Applications International Corp)(Trios Associates)(Brief Article)
August 10, 2004... Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) yesterday said it has acquired Trios Associates, Inc., a women-owned, 225-employee engineering support company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Trios' sales were not disclosed although...

Dynamics Research To Acquire Impact Innovation's Government Unit.(Brief Article)
August 10, 2004... Dynamics Research Corp. [DRCO] last week said it has agreed to acquire the government business unit of Impact Innovations Group for $53.4 million in cash, expanding its presence and customer base in the C4ISR and logistics areas while giving it...

Australia Outlines Reasons For Abrams Choice.
August 10, 2004... Better armor and superior survivability were the main reasons behind choosing the M1A1 Abrams integrated management (AIM) tank to modernize the Australian army, a senior military official told reporters last week in Canberra. Australia...

Elbit Says Technology, Cooperation Keys To Rising Financial Results.
August 10, 2004... Israel's Elbit Systems [ESLT] yesterday attributed improvement in the company's quarterly net profit, revenues and backlog to technological investments and cooperation with international defense firms. "These results are evidence of the...

Army Postpones RFP For ERMP To Consider Potential Requirements Changes.(Request For Proposals)(Extended Range Multipurpose)
August 11, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes The Army this week notified likely competitors for the Extended Range Multipurpose (ERMP) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that it was postponing the request for proposals (RFP) phase of the program so it could consider...

Stryker Mobile Gun System Preps For September DAB.(Defense Acquisition Board)
August 11, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt The General Dynamics [GD] Stryker Mobile Gun System (MGS) has checked nearly all the boxes ahead of a Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) review scheduled for Sept. 9, a company official said. Before the DAB, the MGS faces...

Herley To Acquire Communications Systems Company.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... By Calvin Biesecker Herley Industries [HRLY] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Reliable System Services Corp. (RSS), a provider of satellite-based command and control systems, a deal that would give it new capabilities for targets...

Pentagon Confirms Approval of Next MEADS Phase.(Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS))
August 11, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt The Pentagon yesterday released more details of the results of a July 1 Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) on the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) under development by the United States, Germany and...

United Industrial Nabs $160 Million Bio-Detection Support Contract.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2004... United Industrial Corp. [UIC] on Monday said its AAI group won a potential $160 million contract to provide logistics support of biological detection systems for U.S. military forces worldwide. The win over Camber Corp. broadens and expands...

New JASSM Program Chief At Eglin Takes Reins.(Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile)(Industry Overview)
August 11, 2004... The Air Force yesterday said that a new commander of long range missile programs and the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) program had just come onboard at the Air Armament Center at Eglin AFB, Fla. Outgoing manager Dale...