Defense Daily articles from February 2007

Defense Daily archives from February 2007

Boeing More Than Doubles Earnings In Fourth Quarter.(Financial report)
February 1, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker Driven by soaring demand for its commercial aircraft and strong performance from its defense division, Boeing [BA] yesterday reported fourth quarter income that more than doubled from a year ago, easily topping...

Boeing, Lockheed Martin, To Respond To AMF/JTRS RFP.(Request for Proposals, Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System)
February 1, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt Teams led by Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] are preparing to respond to a Request for Proposals (RFP), released on Jan. 26, for the system design and development (SDD) and optional low-rate initial production...

L-3 Ends 2006 In Strong Fashion.(L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.)(Financial report)
February 1, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker L-3 Communications [LLL] yesterday reported strong fourth quarter financial results, led by healthy organic growth and higher earnings. Net income increased 15 percent to $173.6 million, $1.37 earnings per share...

Pentagon May Face In-House Rivalry For Dollars, Budget Experts Say.
February 1, 2007... By Jen DiMascio A longstanding agreement about how Pentagon funding is divided may be eroding, which could lead to fight for funding between the services, budget experts said yesterday. The budget has traditionally broken down like...

Norway Becomes Sixth Partner Nation To Sign F-35 Follow-On Agreement.
February 1, 2007... By Michael Sirak Norway yesterday signed the agreement that will govern the next phases of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter program, becoming the sixth of the eight nations building the jet with the United States to codify the...

Hunter: U.S. Needs BMD To Protect Military, Financial Space Assets.(Ballistic missile defense systems, Duncan Hunter )
February 1, 2007... By Dave Ahearn The United States must assemble a system to obliterate any enemy missiles launched toward U.S. space assets, not only military satellites carrying critical communications, intelligence and data, but also U.S. commercial...

BAE SYSTEMS Moves Forward On Swedish Artillery Program.(Brief article)
February 1, 2007... BAE SYSTEMS has received an approximately $14.3 million contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for the next phase of the Archer artillery gun system program. The contract includes the next step in the development of the...

DARPA Wants Innovative Proposals For Battlefield Helicopter Emulator.
February 1, 2007... The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA 705) for the Battlefield Helicopter Emulator (BHE) Program. DARPA's Tactical Technology Office (TTO) wants innovative acoustic and...

Germany Selects GD Antennas and Radio Equipment For Military SATCOM Program.(General Dynamics Corp.)(ND SatCom Defence GmbH)(satellite communications )
February 1, 2007... General Dynamics' [GD] C4 Systems unit has been selected by ND SatCom Defence GmbH of Friedrichshafen, Germany, to supply strategic and tactical antennas and radio support equipment to the German Armed Forces SATCOMBw Step 2 Program. ...

NRC Security Rules Cover Cyber-Attacks, But Not Plane Threats.(United States. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
February 1, 2007... By Jeff Beattie The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted Monday to upgrade security requirements for nuclear plants--codifying changes it ordered following 2001 terrorist attacks and adding others, including safeguards against...

Raytheon Reports Strong Fourth Quarter Earnings, Sales.(Financial report)
February 2, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker Raytheon [RTN] yesterday reported strong fourth quarter earnings and sales driven by a fairly well balanced portfolio of defense business. Net income jumped 32 percent to $365 million, 81 cents earnings per share...

ATK Reports Strong Third Quarter, Ups Earnings Guidance.(Financial report)
February 2, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker Bolstered by strong sales and performance in each of its segments combined with extension of the federal research and development (R&D) tax credit, Alliant Techsystems [ATK] yesterday reported strong third quarter...

Skunk Works Head Calls On Industry To Take Lead In Defining Future Long-Range Strike.
February 2, 2007... By Michael Sirak The U.S. government's lack of clearly defining what it wants to do in the realm of future long-range strike is causing confusion and frustration in the defense industry, a top aerospace executive said yesterday. As...

CBO: Bill For Troop Surge Could Reach $27 Billion.
February 2, 2007... By Jen DiMascio The president's plan to send more troops to Iraq could cost the government between $9 billion and $27 billion, according to a study released yesterday by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The report bases those...

Teams Deliver Best And Final Offers For Joint Cargo Aircraft.
February 2, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt The government now has the final proposals for the Army/Air Force Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) from competing teams--the Raytheon [RTN]/European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) and the C-27J Spartan team led by L-3...

EADS' Aerial Refueling Boom Enters Next Phase of Flight Trials.
February 2, 2007... By Michael Sirak The advanced aerial refueling boom under development by the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. (EADS) for Australia's new tanker aircraft and for the refueling platform under consideration for the U.S. Air Force...

Navy's SHARE Repository Seeing Steady Growth In First Six Months.(Software, Hardware Asset Reuse Enterprise)
February 2, 2007... By Geoff Fein In the six months since the Software, Hardware Asset Reuse Enterprise (SHARE) repository has been established, more defense contractors have been turning over their software to the Navy in an effort to enable companies to...

Bodman Knocks NNSA Structure; Cites Los Alamos 'Arrogance'.(Samuel Bodman, United States. National Nuclear Security Administration, Los Alamos National Laboratory)
February 2, 2007... By George Lobsenz In extraordinarily blunt testimony to Congress, Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Wednesday said the creation of the semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration had added to DoE's management problems, but...

Defense Watch.
February 5, 2007... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace and Defense Passing The Test. Boeing and SAIC say the Future Combat Systems (FCS) has successfully completed an eight-month experiment and taken another step toward moving key...

Special Operations Forces Will Seek Additional CV-22s, New Airframe.
February 5, 2007... By Jen DiMascio Special operations forces are likely to seek increases in future budgets for equipment--including additional CV-22 Osprey aircraft, lawmakers said. Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) told Defense Daily that special...

Growing Interest For More Stryker BCTs For Dual Mission National Guard Needs.
February 5, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt With increasing duties for the National Guard's dual state and federal mission, analysts and others are showing interest in having more of the fast, flexible and transportable Stryker Brigade Combat Teams (SBCT) that...

U.K. Releases BAE SYSTEMS From Undertakings For Marconi Electronic Merger.
February 5, 2007... BAE SYSTEMS has been released from most of the 17 statutory undertakings it gave March 28, 2000 to remedy competition and public interest concerns from its merger with General Electric's [GE] Marconi Electronic Systems business, the Minister...

Canada Signs Contract For Four C-17s.
February 5, 2007... The Canadian government signed an agreement with Boeing [BA] last week for the purchase of four C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft, the company announced on Friday. "Boeing is pleased that Canada joins its international...

President Seeks More Than $700 Billion To Fund DoD, War.(Department of Defense)
February 6, 2007... By Jen DiMascio Boosting procurement from last year, the Bush administration is asking Congress for $716.5 billion to fund the Defense Department during this fiscal year and next, Pentagon officials said yesterday. That amount...

Navy Cuts F-35 STOVL Numbers, Shipbuilding Gets Boost In Funding.
February 6, 2007... By Geoff Fein The Navy is seeking significant cuts to the Marine Corps' Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as well as restructuring the Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing...

Fiscal 2008 NASA Budget Funds Orion-Ares, But Fiscal '07 Cuts Threaten Delays.
February 6, 2007... By Dave Ahearn NASA unveiled a $17.309 billion budget for FY '08, a 3.1 percent increase from the $16.792 billion that was requested for the current year. In later years, the total NASA budget is projected to rise 1.8 percent to...

Army Budget Grows To $130 Billion For FY '08.
February 6, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt The Army's $130 billion portion of the FY '08 Pentagon budget request is 20.4 percent higher than the $109.7 billion FY '07 request and funds new soldiers, brigade combat teams and the Future Combat Systems (FCS). ...

DHS Budget Would Boost Border Security Initiative.
February 6, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) yesterday sent a proposed $46.4 billion budget for FY '08 to Congress that represents an 8 percent increase from current levels and would provide $1 billion for the Secure...

Fiscal 2008 MDA Budget Continues Major Missile Defense Programs.
February 6, 2007... The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) budget request for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008, would continue to support major ballistic missile (BMD) programs according to an MDA budget briefing. That funding would affect all the major...

Air Force Seeks $128 Billion in FY'08, $11.7 Billion More in FY'07.
February 6, 2007... By Michael Sirak The Air Force seeks $110.7 billion in FY'08, up $6.2 billion from this fiscal year, to continue the war on terror, modernize its aircraft and space systems and support its personnel, according to service officials and...

Senators Raise Concerns About Items Included In Supplemental Budget Requests.(defense budget)
February 7, 2007... By Jen DiMascio While key senators were pleased to receive a request for war costs for all of FY '08, they expressed concerns this week about items the president included in supplemental budget requests for FY '07 and FY'08. Sen....

Army Terminates Land Warrior Program, Unit Will Deploy With It As Planned.
February 7, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt The Army has terminated the Land Warrior (LW) program in the fiscal year 2008/2009 budget request, though a Stryker Brigade Combat Team battalion prepares to deploy to Iraq this spring with the equipment and with full...

R&D Funding Falls But More Funding For Buried Target Defeat System.(research and development)(Brief article)
February 7, 2007... By Geoff Fein While the Navy's funding request for research and development (R&D) continues to fall as systems transition toward procurement, some R&D efforts, such as non-lethal weapons, will see significant increases in funding. ...

Gates: Lack of Cooperation In Iraq Shows Need For Interagency Collaboration.(Robert Gates)
February 7, 2007... By Jen DiMascio Defense Secretary Robert Gates indicated yesterday that the lack of interagency collaboration during the war in Iraq highlights the need to compel cooperation the way the Goldwater-Nichols Act helped services work together...

Lockheed Martin's Open Architecture Efforts Transitioning Into P-3, BAMS.(Interview)
February 7, 2007... By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] is using open architecture (OA) systems developed for the P-3 Orion aircraft and migrating them into its Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) effort to evolve the mission capability of both systems....

Northrop Grumman Ready For KEI Tests This Year.
February 7, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt Northrop Grumman's [NOC] Kinetic Energy Interceptor program will conduct motor firings and stage separation tests this year and is on schedule to meet the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) objective of a 2008 booster...

F-22 Pilots, Maintainers Continue To Mature Understanding of New Stealth Jet.
February 7, 2007... By Michael Sirak LANGLEY AFB, VA.--Airmen who fly and maintain the Air Force's newest fighter jet, the stealthy F-22A Raptor, say they are impressed with its capabilities and comparative ease of upkeep, and continue to learn more about...

Australia Seeking 24 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, Engines.
February 7, 2007... Australia is looking to spend upward of $3.1 billion for 24 Boeing [BA] F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, along with engines and additional equipment, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). Along with the Super Hornets,...

DHS Introduces Organizational Changes In Budget Request.(Department of Homeland Security)
February 7, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security's proposed $46.4 billion budget for next year includes a reorganization of its preparedness offices and a new Office of Health Affairs that will take over operational responsibility...

Bush Defense Budget Adequate Next Year, But Then Falls $400 Billion Short.
February 7, 2007... President Bush's $647.1 billion defense budget proposal for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008, is adequate to support the military, but in later years it envisions a precipitous plunge in military outlays that would imperil long-overdue...

Lawmaker Asks Gates To Revise Shipbuilding Budget.
February 8, 2007... By Jen DiMascio The chairman of the House Armed Services seapower subcommittee yesterday asked the defense secretary to revise what he called a "pathetic" budget proposal for shipbuilding. The president's budget proposal, along with...

Air Force Eyes Sensors On Satellites For Increased Situational Awareness In Space.
February 8, 2007... By Michael Sirak The Air Force is considering the installation of simple sensors on its future satellites as a means of discerning more precisely the activities of objects around these spacecraft and helping to gauge if they have hostile...

Lawmakers Question Exclusion of C-17s From President's Budget Request.
February 8, 2007... By Jen DiMascio Resurrecting a issue from last year's budget season, lawmakers took issue with the president's budget request for fiscal year 2008 yesterday because it does not include funding to purchase C-17 Globemasters. Last...

BAE SYSTEMS Completes Initial Precision Guidance Kit Testing.
February 8, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt BAE SYSTEMS said on Monday it successfully fired 21 Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) test-module-equipped 155mm projectiles at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., as part of the Army's PGK Technical Development program. Data...

Northrop Grumman Delivers Payload Module For First Advanced EHF Satellite.
February 8, 2007... Northrop Grumman [NOC] has delivered the payload module for the Air Force's first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite ahead of schedule to prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT], officials from both...

Senate Bill Would Mandate Air Cargo Screening On Passenger Aircraft.
February 8, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker Sens. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) late Tuesday introduced legislation that would improve aviation security by, among other things, requiring 100 percent screening of all cargo carried by...

NNSA Moving To Counter 'Improvised Nuclear Devices'.
February 8, 2007... By George Lobsenz The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), tacitly acknowledging concerns about so-called "improvised nuclear devices," is asking Congress for new funding in fiscal year 2008 to develop "tools" for state and...

Boeing, Finmeccania Sign MoU For Next-Generation Chinook.
February 8, 2007... Boeing [BA] and Finmeccanica's AgustaWestland on Tuesday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for joint work on the next- generation Chinook helicopter for the Italian Army and other future rotorcraft opportunities....

EADS NA Delivers First UH-72A Lakota Helicopters To Army Ahead of Schedule.
February 8, 2007... EADS North America on Jan. 30 delivered the third UH-72A Lakota helicopter nearly three months ahead of schedule, the company said. The company provided the initial two Lakotas, on Nov. 29 and Dec. 20, also three months ahead of schedule,...

Game On: Northrop Grumman Will Compete For Air Force Tanker Contract.
February 9, 2007... By Jen DiMascio and Michael Sirak Boeing [BA] and a team made up of Northrop Grumman [NOC] and the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. (EADS) will compete for an Air Force contract to replace its next-generation refueling tankers...

L-1 Protests TSA's TWIC Award To Lockheed Martin.
February 9, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] yesterday said it has filed a protest over the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) $70 million contract award last month to Lockheed Martin [LMT] for a biometric enabled smart...

Higher Priorities Rein In Army's Top Modernization Program.
February 9, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt The Army is reducing funds and stretching out its $162 billion major modernization program, the Future Combat Systems (FCS), even as current force soldiers successfully completed a field experiment last week with...

Belgium Becomes Fifth Foreign Buyer of Lockheed Martin's Sniper Targeting Pod.
February 9, 2007... By Michael Sirak Belgium has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin [LMT] to purchase eight Sniper advanced targeting pods (ATP), becoming the fifth international customer of the system, the company announced on Wednesday. Terms of...

GE Homeland Security Chief Touts Benefits of Proposed Joint Venture.
February 9, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker The combination of Smiths Detection and General Electric's [GE] Homeland Protection business into a joint venture will offer customers more integrated solutions, help smooth out the revenue stream, and be able to take...

Democrats May Press To Fund 12 Ships In FY '08 Budget.
February 9, 2007... By Jen DiMascio Key Democrats have agreed to pursue funding to purchase 12 ships in fiscal year 2008, the chairman of the House Armed Services seapower subcommittee said yesterday. House Defense Appropriations Committee Chairman John...

DoD Plans To Assess The Unmanned Vehicle Industrial Base.
February 9, 2007... The Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy plans to procure an assessment of the unmanned vehicle (UV) industrial base. The Army posted a sources sought notice for small businesses in the Jan. 30 issue of...

MDA Conducts Ballistic Missile Defense Target-Tracking Test.
February 9, 2007... Elements of the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system tracked an Air Force missile launched from Vandenberg AFB in California, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said yesterday. The test Wednesday demonstrated the capability to acquire...

Thales Communications Receives CMMI Maturity Level 3.(capability maturity model integration)(Brief article)
February 9, 2007... Thales Communications recently announced achieving Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Maturity Level 3 for systems engineering and software engineering. "This milestone validates our commitment to continually improving our...

Defense Watch.
February 12, 2007... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Nunn-McCurdy Breach. The Air Force and OSD officially informed Congress earlier this month that the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) has experienced a...

Army Submits List of $10 Billion For Items Not Included In Budget Request.
February 12, 2007... By Jen DiMascio The Army needs $8.3 billion above what it requested in its $130 billion budget for fiscal year 2008 to buy equipment, a service document said. The service also is seeking an additional $2 billion over its request in...

Flight Control Computer Chip Issue Grounds All V-22s.
February 12, 2007... By Geoff Fein The Marine Corps has grounded all of its MV-22 Ospreys after finding a problem with a computer chip in the Flight Control Computer (FCC) of one aircraft, the service reported. The faulty chip was originally discovered...

Navy Gaining Understanding of USS Freedom Cost Issues.
February 12, 2007... By Geoff Fein The Navy and Lockheed Martin [LMT] faced a number of challenges building the USS Freedom (LCS-1) that led to 50-percent increase in the price of the ship, but the service now feels it is gaining a better understanding of...

Air Force Leadership: Chinese ASAT Test Marked Turning Point; Space No Longer Sanctuary.
February 12, 2007... By Michael Sirak ORLANDO, Fla.--Last month's test by China of an anti-satellite weapon marked "a turning point" in how the United States should view space, the Air Force's two top officials said last week. "The Chinese have sent the...

Soldiers To Deploy With Computerized Systems To Improve Effectiveness.
February 12, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt The Army will deploy troops this spring with computerized equipment--Land Warrior--that will allow them some certainty in the chaos of the battle space. The service plans to fully support the systems in Iraq, but...

NNSA Pursuing Second RRW Design 'Concept'.
February 12, 2007... By George Lobsenz The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Navy are proposing to spend $725 million over the next five years on development of a "reliable replacement warhead" for deployment on submarines, and the...

It's Official: Boeing's KC-767 Will Face Northrop Grumman's KC-30 In Air Force Tanker Contest.
February 13, 2007... By Michael Sirak The field is now set in the Air Force's multi-billion contest for a new aerial refueling aircraft with Boeing's [BA] announcement yesterday that it will pit its KC-767 Advanced Tanker against Northrop Grumman's [NOC]...

Murtha Seeks Additional Funding For Air Force Planes, Navy Ships.
February 13, 2007... By Jen DiMascio The chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee is considering an increase in the Pentagon's budget--the request for which tops $700 billion in fiscal year 2007 and 2008. "It looks like to me the Air...

Air Force Re-examines C-5 Modernization Plans; May Not Re-engine C-5As.
February 13, 2007... By Michael Sirak ORLANDO, Fla.--In a move that could potentially shake up the Air Force's future strategic airlift mix, the service's leadership said last week it is mulling a change in its plans to modernize its fleet of Lockheed Martin...

Arrow Aces Test, Israel Says.
February 13, 2007... The Arrow Weapon System Sunday passed another test, according to the Israeli Ministry of Defense. That test, the 15th for the interceptor, the 10th for the complete weapon system, is part of the Arrow System Improvement Program, ASIP,...

Army Adds Capability For FCS Soldiers.
February 13, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt The Army has revamped its Future Combat System (FCS) modernization program to account for budget restraints, but the changes add more capability and reduce the overall cost of the FCS Brigade Combat Team (BCT), officials...

U.K. Backs Aerospace Technology Development.
February 13, 2007... The U.K. is investing in an approximately $34 million project to provide computer technology to bring the next generation of aircraft into production. The project, also expected to boost the U.K.'s car and boat industries, comes on top...

Navy Tallies $5.7 Billion In Unfunded Needs; Lack of Money Harming Programs.
February 14, 2007... By Dave Ahearn The Navy faces $5.7 billion in unmet funding needs for FY '08 beyond the appropriations sought in its budget proposal sent to Congress earlier this month, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Mullen wrote in a recent...

CNO Working With Lawmakers On Plan For Additional Ships.
February 14, 2007... By Jen DiMascio The Chief of Naval Operations yesterday said he is working on recommendations for lawmakers who are seeking to buy more ships in fiscal year 2008. The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee, its seapower...

MRAP Vehicles Top Marine Corps List of Unfunded Needs.(mine resistant ambush protected vehicles)
February 14, 2007... By Geoff Fein The Marine Corps has $3.1 billion in unmet needs for FY '08, which includes $2.8 billion for mine resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles and $52 million for the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS), according...

F-35 Program's Flying Avionics Testbed Clears Initial Flight Envelope.
February 14, 2007... By Michael Sirak The highly modified Boeing [BA]-built 737 aircraft that will serve as the flying platform to validate the avionics of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter has received its initial flight clearance,...

Raytheon Developing Biometric ID Card To Aid Border Security.
February 14, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker Eyeing new government requirements and programs designed to improve border security by monitoring the comings and goings of travelers into and out of the United States, Raytheon [RTN] is developing a credit card-size...

ComnetiX Shareholders Approve Purchase By L-1.
February 14, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker Shareholders for Canada's ComnetiX Inc., last week approved the sale of the company to L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] for $17.8 million in cash, about $5 million higher than when first announced last November. L-1...

CAE To Acquire Software Simulation Firm.
February 14, 2007... CAE [CGT] on Monday said it has agreed to acquire Engenuity Technologies Inc., a developer of commercial-off-the-shelf simulation and visualization software for the aerospace and defense markets, for about $19.6 million, in a deal aimed at...

DHS Awards 11 Small Firms Potential $3 Billion For IT Commodities.
February 14, 2007... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last week awarded 11 small businesses indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts under the potential $3 billion FirstSource program aimed at providing the department and its various agencies...

Allen Announces Organization Changes For More Responsive Coast Guard.(Thad W. Allen)
February 14, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen yesterday outlined a series of sweeping organizational changes, some of which he has already announced, designed to makes the service's force structure more responsive to mission execution,...

General Dynamics To Continue Support To Automated Army Manifest System.
February 14, 2007... General Dynamics [GD] Information Technology unit has won a five-year contract with a potential value of $4 million from the Army Product Manager-- Joint-Automatic Identification Technology office to continue support for the Automated...

Army 'Scurries' To Equip Troops For Iraq War Surge.
February 15, 2007... By Jen DiMascio The Army will ensure that additional troops sent to Iraq under the president's recent order will be fully trained, led and equipped--but it won't be easy, the Army's chief of staff indicated yesterday. "I testified...

Northrop Grumman Tanker Team Is A Formidable Contender, Says KC-30 Program Head.
February 15, 2007... By Michael Sirak ORLANDO, Fla.--The Northrop Grumman [NOC]-led team vying to build the Air Force's next-generation aerial refueling platform brings an outstanding aircraft to the table with the KC-30 tanker, along with expertise in...

Ohio-Class Conversions Nearing IOC, Lead Ship To Deploy Late '07.(initial operational capability)
February 15, 2007... By Geoff Fein Both the USS Ohio (SSGN-726) and the USS Florida (SSGN-728), two of four ballistic missile submarines converted into guided missile subs capable of deploying special operations forces (SOF) in the littorals, are fully...