Defense Daily articles from August 2008

Defense Daily archives from August 2008

New Threat Assessment Helped Drive Navy Destroyer Change, Service Tells Hill.
August 1, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford The Navy's new plan to stop buying DDG-1000 destroyers in favor of older DDG-51 combattants results partly from a threat assessment showing a need for combating foes that have improved blue-water capabilities and...

The Need For Combat Aviation Continues, Increases, General Says.
August 1, 2008... By Ann Roosevelt Army aviation continues to be needed and requested in Afghanistan and Iraq and the top service aviator says he sees no change coming anytime soon. "I don't see any reduction in the need for combat aviation, in fact...

Boeing Gains DARPA Contract For Spacecraft Electric Power, Propulsion Capability.
August 1, 2008... Boeing [BA] will develop a new type of system providing power to spacecraft for maneuvering propulsion, communications, radar and more, under the first phase of a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. The...

Iraq Wants To Spend $2.4 Billion on Helicopters, Munitions,.
August 1, 2008... Iraq wants to spend as much as $2.4 billion to buy helicopters, related munitions and associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress July 30. Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] or Boeing...

Lockheed Martin To Lead Vuit-2 Apache Program Through 2009.
August 1, 2008... Lockheed Martin [LMT] this week said it will lead the Apache Video from Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Interoperability Teaming-Level 2 (VUIT-2) program through September 2009. The Apache VUIT-2 system receives streaming battlefield video...

Navistar Defense To Provide Heavy Equipment Transporter, Trailer To Iraq.
August 1, 2008... Navistar Defense LLC, an affiliate of Navistar International Corp. [NAV], yesterday said it has expanded its military vehicle portfolio with a new application based on its International 5000 Series platform. The U.S. Army awarded Navistar...

Defense Watch.
August 4, 2008... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Defense Bill Delay. The FY '09 defense authorization bill will likely be one of the first things senators tackle after they return to the Capitol Sept. 8 following their...

Navy Tells Congress It Wants A DDG-51 In FY '09, Though No Formal Request Made.
August 4, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford While the Navy's new destroyer-building proposal to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) calls for building eight more DDG-51s starting in fiscal year 2010, service officials told lawmakers last week they...

Schwartz, McNabb Approved For Air Force Positions, Donley Confirmation Stalled.(Michael Donley appointed as Air Force secretary)(Norton Schwartz and Duncan McNabb appointed at Transportation Command)
August 4, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford Despite the objection of Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), the Senate last Friday officially confirmed Air Force Gen. Norton Schwartz, outgoing head of U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), as air service chief of staff. ...

Air Force Concludes Evaluation Notice Period of CSAR-X Competition, Still Plans For Fall Award.
August 4, 2008... By Marina Malenic The Air Force last week wrapped up a question-and-answer period that it will use to refine its request for proposals (RFP) for a $15 billion combat, search and rescue (CSAR-X) replacement helicopter competition. ...

CVN-77 Delivery Moved To December, Newport News On Track For January Commissioning.
August 4, 2008... By Geoff Fein NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--Delivery of CVN-77, the George H.W. Bush, will be approximately one month late, but Northrop Grumman [NOC] will have the ship ready for the January commissioning, according to a company official. The...

National Defense Strategy Calls For Technologies That Counter 'Irregular Challenges'.
August 4, 2008... By Marina Malenic The Pentagon last week released a new National Defense Strategy that emphasizes preparation for small-scale conflicts rather than conventional warfare. "An underlying assumption in our understanding of the...

Teledyne Technologies Unit To Acquire Filtronic PLC Defense Electronics Unit.
August 4, 2008... Teledyne Technologies Inc. [TDY] Aug. 1 announced its subsidiary, Teledyne Limited, has entered into an agreement to acquire the Defense Electronics business of Filtronic PLC for about $25.7 million. "The acquisition of Filtronic's Defense...

Israel Requesting $1.9 Billion Sale of Nine C-130J-30 Aircraft.(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... Israel has requested a possible sale of nine C-130J-30 aircraft as well as associated equipment and services for which the total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $1.9 billion, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency...

Iraq Seeking $5 Billion Sale of 140 Abrams Tanks, 392 LAVs.
August 4, 2008... Iraq has requested a possible sale of 140 M1A1 Abrams tanks modified and upgraded to the M1A1M Abrams configuration, as well as associated equipment and services that, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $2.16 billion, the...

QinetiQ To Acquire U.S. Firm Serving Intel Customers.
August 5, 2008... Britain's QinetiQ yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Northern Virginia-based Dominion Technology Resources, Inc. (DTRI), a provider of various professional services to the United States intelligence community, for upward of $165 million...

Improving Processes Helping Northrop Grumman Cut Costs, Schedule For Sub Construction.
August 5, 2008... By Geoff Fein As the Navy and its industry partners prepare to begin building two Virginia-class submarines a year, Northrop Grumman's [NOC] Newport News (NGNN) facility is instituting a number of efforts to lower the cost and trim the...

Italy Wants To Spend $300 Million On UAVs, Equipment.
August 5, 2008... Italy wants to spend as much as $330 million to buy four MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Aircraft, associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress Aug. 1. Italy has requested the possible...

Germany Requests $205 Million In Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
August 5, 2008... Germany would spend up to $205 million on five MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) aircraft, associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress Aug. 1 The German government also requests four...

Army Begins Fielding New Non-Lethal Product Sets.
August 5, 2008... The first of the Brigade Non-Lethal Capability Sets (NLCS) is now fielded to the Army's 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team (HBCT), 3rd Infantry Div., Ft. Stewart, Ga. The sets, a mix of counter-personnel and counter-materiel systems,...

Northrop Grumman Investigates Improved Electronic Thermal Management.
August 5, 2008... Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said it will develop and demonstrate an ultra-high capacity hybrid thermal ground plane to overcome heat issues in the semiconductors used in electronic systems under a potential total $5.2 million,...

Boeing Submits Bid For Indian Air Force's Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft.
August 5, 2008... Boeing [BA] submitted a comprehensive proposal to India in support of the company's Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) offer of 126 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, the company reported yesterday. India's MMRCA Request for Proposals asked...

Fincantieri To Acquire U.S. Shipbuilder Manitowac Marine.
August 6, 2008... By Calvin Biesecker Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri said on Monday that it has agreed to acquire United States shipbuilder Manitowac Marine Group (MMG) for $120 million, expanding the company's naval business overseas. ...

Newport News Making Investments For Block III Virginia-Class, Exploring SSBN(X).
August 6, 2008... By Geoff Fein NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--Although contract award for construction of Block III of the Virginia class submarines is not expected until the end of the year, both General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat and Northrop Grumman [NOC]...

Northrop Grumman, Navy Working Out Best Path Forward Following Report On Sub Welds.
August 6, 2008... By Geoff Fein NEWPORT NEWS, Va.--The Navy and Northrop Grumman [NOC] Newport News (NGNN) are still working out how the service and the company will proceed forward following a report on interior welding issues first discovered last year...

Australian FMS Request For F/A-18E/F Follow-On Support Could Reach $1.5 Billion.
August 6, 2008... Australia wants as much as $1.5 billion for F/A-18E/F follow-on support as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said last week. Australia has requested a possible sale of follow-on support of...

Early Warning Satellite Decommissioned After Insertion To Wrong Orbit, Limited Use.
August 6, 2008... An early-warning missile detection satellite that was launched into the wrong orbit nine years ago was decommissioned, Northrop Grumman [NOC] said recently. The Air Force Flight 19 satellite was launched April 9, 1999, on a Titan IV...

Pentagon Opens Office of Defense Cooperation In Finland.(Office of Defense Cooperation)(Brief article)
August 6, 2008... The Defense Department on Monday opened an Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC), which is a separate DoD office in Helsinki, Finland. The ODC operates under the authority of U.S. Ambassador Barbara Barrett and is located at the Finnish...

Laptop Theft Leads TSA To Suspend Verified Identity From Enrolling New RT Members.
August 6, 2008... By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Monday evening said that it has suspended Registered Traveler (RT) service provider Verified Identity Pass from enrolling new applicants in the fast pass program...

Pentagon Will Give 'Extra Credit' for Fuel Offloading Capacity in Revived Tanker Competition.
August 7, 2008... By Marina Malenic The Defense Department yesterday issued a new draft request for proposals (RFP) to build the Air Force's refueling tanker aircraft fleet and said it plans to give "positive consideration" for the ability to offload fuel...

Boeing Hails Stability, Expansion of Chinook Production Line As Advantages In CSAR-X Competition.
August 7, 2008... By Marina Malenic RIDLEY PARK, Pa.--The production lines and suppliers Boeing [BA] already has in place for manufacturing the Army's Chinook helicopters will make its Combat, Search and Rescue (CSAR-X) helicopter offering a better value...

iRobot Introduces New Robot For Public Safety Market.
August 7, 2008... By Calvin Biesecker iRobot [IRBT] yesterday introduced a new robot to its product line aimed at providing public safety and civil security agencies with a low cost, tactical platform that can accommodate several surveillance and chemical...

FCS Spin Out 1 Equipment Should Move To Next Stage, Army Officials Say.
August 7, 2008... By Ann Roosevelt Just completed tests on Army Future Combat Systems (FCS) Spin Out 1 equipment such as the Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System (NLOS LS) and Tactical and Urban unattended ground sensors (T- and U-UGS) show an operational...

CAE To Acquire Canadian Aerospace And Defense Software And Systems Business.
August 7, 2008... Canada's CAE this week said it has agreed to acquire the aerospace and defense business unit of Toronto-based regional communications provider Bell Aliant for up to $24.9 million. The initial purchase price is $14.4 million with earn out...

General Dynamics To Produce, Maintain Strykers Under Potential $1 Billion Contract.
August 7, 2008... General Dynamics' [GD] Land Systems yesterday announced a $599 million contract for production and maintenance of 615 Stryker vehicles as part of a deal with a potential value of $1.2 billion. This award issued by the Army TACOM Lifecycle...

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ATK Opens FY '09 With Strong Results Despite Space Glitch.
August 8, 2008... By Calvin Biesecker Alliant Techsystems [ATK] yesterday posted strong earnings and sales to open its new fiscal year, powered by record results in its ammunition business that more than offset poor earnings in its space business, which...

Pentagon Preparing To Migrate Large Portion of JIEDDO Funds To Base Budget.
August 8, 2008... By Marina Malenic Funding for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) will likely decrease next year, and the Defense Department will ask for proportionally less of that money in mid-year supplemental requests...

EMALS Catapult For CVN-78 Proceeding Through Testing, Appears Back On Track.
August 8, 2008... By Geoff Fein Testing on the giant motor generator that will be used to power the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) on the Navy's next-generation carrier, the Gerald R. Ford, should wrap-up testing next month at General...

Rear Adm. Landay To Take Over As PEO Ships.
August 8, 2008... Rear Adm. William Landay on Tuesday was assigned program executive officer for ships (PEO Ships), the Pentagon said. Landay is currently serving as chief of naval research and director, Test and Evaluation and Technology Requirements,...

General Dynamics To Upgrade 235 M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks.
August 8, 2008... General Dynamics' [GD] Land Systems was awarded a $614 million contract to upgrade 235 M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks to the M1A2 Systems Enhancement Package (SEP) Version Two (V2) configuration, the company said this week. The order from...

First-of-Class Builds, Rising Material Costs Contribute To Volatility In Navy Shipbuilding.
August 8, 2008... By Geoff Fein While it seems much of the focus on the Navy these days is on the volatility in shipbuilding, the Navy is delivering between six and seven ships a year, has one of two new ships in tests and has a number of new design ships...

AARGM Scores Successful Test, Readies For Milestone C.
August 8, 2008... Alliant Techsystems [ATK], the U.S. Navy, and the Italian Air Force this month successfully completed another missile firing of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, the...

Defense Watch.
August 11, 2008... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Trial Run. The advanced Aerial Refueling Boom System (ARBS) for Northrop Grumman's KC-45 tanker has completed testing and validation, the company announced last week. The...

Pentagon Seeking To Spend To $2.2 Billion More On ISR Over Two Years.
August 11, 2008... By Marina Malenic Defense Secretary Robert Gates last week approved another package of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) initiatives, which includes 30 more C-12 Huron aircraft and more personnel to process battlefield...

Canada Moves To Increase Airlift, Add UAVs.
August 11, 2008... The Canadian government plans to add helicopters for airlift capacity and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets. The measures were announced Aug. 5 by Minister of National Defence and...

GAO Denies Lockheed Martin Protest of BAMS Award To Northrop Grumman.
August 12, 2008... By Geoff Fein The Government Accountability Office (GAO) Friday denied Lockheed Martin's [LMT] protest of a $1.6 billion Navy contract award to Northrop Grumman [NOC] for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aerial system...

FCS Manned Ground Vehicle Active Protection System Moves Forward.
August 12, 2008... By Ann Roosevelt After a year of testing, the short-range countermeasure portion of the Army Future Combat Systems' (FCS) layered survivability approach successfully completed an end-to-end system test and moves another step toward...

First Orion Space Capsule Manned Flight Delayed One Year To 2014 By Money Woes.
August 12, 2008... The unofficial target for the first manned flight of the Orion next- generation U.S. space capsule will be delayed one year from September 2013 to September 2014, NASA officials told journalists in a conference call late yesterday afternoon....

Next-Generation Suspension Developed, Tested for Northrop Grumman, Oshkosh JLTV.
August 12, 2008... Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Oshkosh Corp.'s [OSK] Defense division announced the completion of testing of a next-generation suspension for their Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) family of vehicles. Northrop Grumman and Oshkosh engineers...

Lockheed Martin's LCS-1 Awaiting Acceptance Trials, Company Waiting For FY '08 Ship.
August 13, 2008... By Geoff Fein After completing two-weeks of builder's trials, Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Freedom (LCS-1) is waiting to begin acceptance trials and the company is awaiting word on whether it will be awarded a contract to build a Littoral...

ONR Wants Help In Shaping Plans For Newly Funded Research Projects.
August 13, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford Navy researchers want industry to help them refine solicitations for 14 forthcoming enabling-capability projects (ECs) with more than $380 million in recently secured funding. Joseph Lawrence, the Office of Naval...

U.S. Public Supports Ballistic Missile Defense By A Wide Margin; 87 Percent Favor It.
August 13, 2008... By Dave Ahearn A lopsided 87 percent of the American public supports creation of the multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense shield being developed by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), according to a national poll taken by a...

QinetiQ Wins DARPA Phase 2 Work To Continue Sensor Development.
August 13, 2008... QinetiQ yesterday said it received a 33-month, $22 million follow-on contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue the Large Area Coverage Optical Search While Track and Engage (LACOSTE) program. The...

Northrop Grumman KEI Team Conducts Successful Rocket Motor Case Tests.
August 13, 2008... The Kinetic Energy Interceptors (KEI) team led by Northrop Grumman [NOC] successfully completed structural integrity and hydro-proof tests of composite cases planned for use on the high-pressure Stage 1 and 2 solid rocket motors., the...

Lockheed Martin Achieves 12 Successful Target Launches For MDA.
August 13, 2008... Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said that as of June 25 the team successfully launched a total of 12 target missiles since 2005 under the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Targets and Countermeasures prime contract. The Lockheed Martin team...

New Air Force Secretary Sees Acquisition, Nuclear Enterprise Reform As Top Priorities.
August 13, 2008... By Marina Malenic Efforts to correct difficulties in the Air Force acquisition process and the service's oversight of the U.S. nuclear arsenal are its top priorities, Gen. Norton Schwarz, the new Air Force chief of staff, said yesterday....

Builder's Trials Show Freedom Is A Capable Warship, SECNAV Says.
August 14, 2008... By Geoff Fein After several years of cost increases, delays, efforts to renegotiate contracts, and cancellation of two ships, the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program appears to be heading in the right direction as the first ship of...

Beam Control Used In Advanced Tactical Laser Test; First Time Entire ATL System Is Tested.
August 14, 2008... The entire Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) was tested for the first time, Boeing [BA] said yesterday. The ATL, mounted on its C-130H aircraft, completed the test on the ground at Kirtland AFB, N.M. The high-energy chemical laser was...

General Dynamics Awarded $37 Million Reactive Armor Contract.
August 14, 2008... General Dynamics [GD]' Armament and Technical Products received a $37 million Army contract for the qualification and production of reactive armor side skirt tiles for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle System. The reactive armor system is...

PANAMAX '08 Focuses On Multinational Defense of The Panama Canal.
August 14, 2008... Exercise Fuerzas Aliades PANAMAX 2008 involves military and civilian forces from 20 nations to increase multinational interoperability and support training requirements to ensure rapid crisis response and provide threat protection to the...

Fresh From Iraq, New MCCDC Head Calls For Lighter Vehicles, Amphibious Shipping.
August 14, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford The new head of the command that develops Marine Corps warfighting capabilities ticked off a technology wish-list yesterday, calling for everything from lighter armored vehicles and more-advanced drone aircraft to...

Sikorsky Aims To Bring Civil Aircraft Cost Standards To Air Force's CSAR-X Helo Program.
August 14, 2008... By Marina Malenic Sikorsky's [UTX] HH-92 helicopter offering for the Air Force's combat search-and-rescue (CSAR-X) helicopter replacement program will bring savings to the service in fuel, maintenance and related costs, company officials...

Air Force Reevaluating Cyber Command Plans Under New Chief.
August 15, 2008... By Marina Malenic The Pentagon has halted all manning and budget transfers for Air Force Cyberspace Command--a move that is expected to delay the command's planned Oct. 1 unveiling and could even lead to its cancellation, according to an...

Navy Readies Free-Electron Laser Contracts, Looks At Two-Stage Development.
August 15, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford As the Navy prepares to launch a project aimed at ultimately developing a three-megawatt free-electron laser (FEL) for ship defense, an official said the service will assess the progress mid-way through to determine...

U.S. Air Force Launches Minuteman III ICBM.
August 15, 2008... The Air Force launched a Minuteman III ICBM with three unarmed multiple independent reentry vehicles on a trajectory of 4,220 nautical miles to hit targets in the Pacific Ocean. The ICBM launched from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., lifting off...

Navy Realizing Big Returns On Alternative Energy Investments.
August 15, 2008... By Geoff Fein While Congress debates extending tax credits for companies investing in alternative energies and presidential hopefuls talk of a future free of dependence on foreign oil, the Navy has been quietly investing in a number of...

DoD Orders 43 More BAE Systems' M777 Howitzers.
August 15, 2008... BAE Systems said it has received additional orders from the Defense Department of Defense for 43 M777 lightweight towed howitzers, worth a total of $85.6 million, not including DoD-supplied components. The M777 is the world's first...

USAF Begins Incorporating 'Lessons Learned' From KC-X Protest Into Other Programs.
August 15, 2008... By Marina Malenic The Air Force has already begun incorporating lessons from its troubled KC-X aerial refueling aircraft contract selection into other large-scale acquisition programs, Maj. Gen. Scott Gray, the director of global reach...

Defense Watch.
August 18, 2008... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense EFV, Take Two. The seven reconfigured Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) prototypes General Dynamics is slated to build--under the new contract it snagged last July...

USJFCOM Drops Effects Based Operations Terms and Concepts.(United States. Joint Forces Command)
August 18, 2008... By Ann Roosevelt Interpretations of effects-based operations (EBO) have been "misapplied and overextended" and caused confusion in the joint force and international allies, thus the commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command is changing...

Wind And Waves Providing Power And Savings To Navy Facilities.(Interview)
August 18, 2008... By Geoff Fein While the nation looks for ways to cope with oil prices far above last year's prices, the Navy has been quietly developing a number of alternative energy sources as the service deals with fuel costs of $170 a barrel. ...

ATK Successfully Demonstrates Precision Guidance On 105mm Artillery Round.
August 18, 2008... ATK [ATK] Aug. 11 announced it successfully demonstrated the ability to divert a 105mm artillery round using its existing 155mm Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) with minimal modification to the current design. ATK recently conducted tests of...

Goodrich and Rolls-Royce Propose Engine Controls Joint Venture.
August 18, 2008... Goodrich Corp. [GR] and Rolls-Royce plc Aug. 14 announced they have signed a Letter of Intent proposing the formation of a joint venture company, which would develop and supply engine controls for Rolls-Royce aero engines. Colin Smith,...

U.K. MoD Grand Challenge Teams Head Toward Finish.
August 18, 2008... By Ann Roosevelt The three day final competition began Saturday on Salisbury Plain for the teams of highly autonomous vehicles competing in the Ministry of Defence's Grand Challenge, a way to find new defense suppliers and investors. ...

Pentagon Reports Schedule Slips For Navy's AH-1Z And MH-60S AMCM.
August 19, 2008... By Geoff Fein Two Navy helicopter programs are each facing schedule slips of up to two years in the most current round of the Pentagon's Selected Acquisition Reports (SAR) released Monday. Bell Helicopter Textron's [TXT] efforts to...

Boeing Backers On Hill Call For Pentagon To Slow Down On New Tanker Competition.
August 19, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford At least eleven lawmakers--including many outspoken Boeing [BA] backers-- want the Pentagon to slow the speed of the revised aerial-refueling tanker competition, saying too many questions remain about a modified...

Thales Validates Watchkeeper UAV Automatic Take-Off And Landing.
August 19, 2008... Thales UK confirmed meeting another milestone for the Watchkeeper program with the validation of the unmanned aerial vehicle's automatic take-off and landing system, MAGIC ATOLS. Watchkeeper will provide the U.K. armed forces with an...

Boeing Looks To Brazil's F-X2 Competition For Possible Future Super Hornet Sales.
August 19, 2008... Boeing [BA] delivered a detailed proposal July 30 offering its advanced F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to the Brazilian Air Force as part of Brazil's F-X2 fighter competition, the company reported. Boeing received a Request for Information from...

ATK Conducts Second Successful AARGM Operational Assessment Firing This Month.
August 19, 2008... ATK [ATK], the U.S. Navy, and the Italian Air Force are now two for two in operational assessment missile firings of the company's AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM). The program should move into Milestone C and entry...

DHS To Extend Accenture's US-VISIT Contract.
August 19, 2008... Accenture [ACN] yesterday said that the Department of Homeland Security has notified the company that it will exercise the first option year of a three- year old contract aimed at tracking the arrivals of foreign visitors to the United...

BAE Systems Thermal Imaging Systems To Enhance Special Forces Vehicles.
August 19, 2008... BAE Systems yesterday announced it received a $50 million contract to equip special operations forces vehicles with thermal imaging systems that enhance forward and rearward visibility. The technology systems will fuse visible-light and...

Navy Now Wants A Third DDG-1000 Next Year.
August 20, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford The Navy has shifted course and now wants to buy a DDG-1000 in fiscal year 2009, thought the service hopes to stop purchasing the destroyer after that third ship and continue with the controversial plan it unveiled...

Air Force Pegs Cost of CSAR-X Contract Re-bid At Just Over $1 Billion.
August 20, 2008... By Marina Malenic The Air Force expects to spend over $1 billion in its effort to rebid the combat-search-and-rescue (CSAR-X) replacement helicopter contract, according to a top acquisition official for the service. "There is a...