Defense Daily articles from January 2005

Defense Daily archives from January 2005

Navy, Air Force Programs Gutted To Pay For Army Transformation.
January 4, 2005... By Amy Butler As the cost of the occupation of Iraq continues to average more than $1 billion per week, Pentagon officials have targeted $30 billion worth of cuts closer to home by terminating the congressionally popular C-130J transport...

Coast Guard Official Reports On Lessons Learned In HAE UAV Demonstration.(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)(High Altitude Endurance)
January 4, 2005... By Calvin Biesecker A three-week demonstration last July of a High Altitude Endurance (HAE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in Alaska has given the Coast Guard a host of lessons, showing off a multi-mission capability and good multi-agency...

MTC Technologies To Acquire Services Company.(Manufacturing Technology Inc.)
January 4, 2005... By Calvin Biesecker MTC Technologies [MTCT] last week said it has agreed to acquire Manufacturing Technology, Inc. (MTI), a defense engineering, technical and management services firm, for $61 million. The deal, expected to close in...

Armor Holdings Completes Purchase of Bianchi International.(Brief Article)
January 4, 2005... Armor Holdings [AH] yesterday said it has completed its $60 million cash acquisition of Bianchi International, a supplier of gear and accessories to the law enforcement and military markets. Bianchi makes holsters, belts and accessories...

Pentagon Office Identifies Concerns Over Protective Equipment.
January 4, 2005... By Sharon Weinberger With rising concerns over the adequacy of protective equipment for U.S. forces deployed in Iraq, a new report from the Pentagon's Office of Industrial Policy highlights a number of areas where the U.S. manufacturing...

Chambliss Rails Against Proposed Cuts To Aircraft Programs.
January 4, 2005... By Sharon Weinberger A leading congressional advocate of Air Force's F/A-22 and C-130J aircraft programs promises to battle proposed cuts to the programs and is suggesting that the developmental Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) might be a better...

TransDigm Acquires Skurka Engineering.(Brief Article)
January 4, 2005... Aerospace component maker TransDigm, Inc., yesterday said it has acquired Skurka Engineering Co., a supplier of specialized electromagnetic equipment for defense and aerospace customers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed and TransDigm,...

United Defense Gets Potential $50 Million Contract For Destroyer Work.(Brief Article)
January 4, 2005... United Defense Industries [UDI] last week said its NORSHIPCO ship repair yard has received a potential $50 million contract for repair and maintenance work on 10 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers home ported in Norfolk, Va., over the next five...

Raytheon Awarded Option On Navy Contract.(Brief Article)
January 4, 2005... Raytheon [RTN] said last week it was awarded a one-year option with a ceiling of $98.9 million on an existing Navy engineering services contract. The existing indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract is with the Naval Air...

CNO Guidance Promotes Speed And Agility.(Chief of Naval Operations)
January 5, 2005... By Ann Roosevelt The Navy this week released its annual vision, calling on the service to continue closing war fighting gaps by expanding on new mission areas--such as missile defense and increasing experimentation. The Chief of Naval...

Army Picks General Atomics, Northrop Grumman, Eliminates Boeing For ERMP.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... The Army last month selected bids from teams led by General Atomics and Northrop Grumman [NOC] and eliminated an entry from Boeing [BA], for the system capability demonstration for Army's Extended Range Multi-Purpose (ERMP) unmanned aerial...

Lockheed Martin Continues Low-Rate HIMARS Production.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] Dec. 23 received a $109.1 million contract to continue low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) for the Army and Marine Corps. "HIMARS has proven...

Navy Initiates JSOW-C Full Rate Production.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... The Navy recently awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $55.7 million contract to begin full-rate production on the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)-C, the service said yesterday. Full-rate production was approved by Navy acquisition chief John Young after...

United Defense Nets Amphibious Assault Ship Repair Contract.
January 5, 2005... Following up with a nice win for work maintaining and repairing Navy destroyers, United Defense Industries [UDI] yesterday said it won a potential $228 million contract for work on the six Navy amphibious assault ships home ported in Norfolk,...

Taiwan To Buy Hellfire Missiles.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Negotiations have been completed on an agreement that will allow the United States to sell 400 anti-tank missiles to Taiwan, according to the company that produces the weapon. "The U.S. Army has executed a letter of agreement with Taiwan,...

Army Increases Purchases of Armored Cab.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Stewart & Stevenson [SVC], the maker of the Army's medium truck fleet, last week said the service has ordered additional armored cabs the company developed to improve the survivability of crews operating the medium trucks in combat. The...

Marine High Speed Vessel Supports US Disaster Relief In South Asia.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... The Marine Corps' WestPac Express was slated to leave Okinawa last night laden with supplies in support of the U.S. humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts in South Asia. The III Marine Expeditionary Force's the high-speed...

Colombian Rebel Group To Start Removing Landmines Today.
January 5, 2005... By Ann Roosevelt CARTAGENA, Colombia--One of Colombia's long-running insurgent groups, the National Liberation Army, or ELN, today will begin removing anti-personnel landmines on roads near five towns, the group said. ELN spokesman...

Amid DoD Cuts, A Drastic U-Turn For Combat Drone Development, Management.
January 5, 2005... By Amy Butler The Pentagon has reversed its course on a key transformational program to develop and demonstrate the utility of unmanned combat drones by stripping about 25 percent of its budget and shifting management of the near $4...

Lawmakers To Form New Shipbuilding Caucus.
January 5, 2005... By Sharon Weinberger In the wake of proposed cuts to the Navy's budget next year, two lawmakers have launched a bipartisan effort to form a new congressional caucus to raise awareness on shipbuilding issues. Reps. Jo Ann Davis (R-Va.)...

ICGS Gets Production Contract For Second National Security Cutter.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... The Coast Guard yesterday said it has awarded Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS), the contractor team responsible for modernizing the service's capital assets, a $144 million contract for production and deployment of the second Maritime...

L-3 Acquires Small UAV Firm.(L-3 Communications acquires BAI Aerosystems)(unmanned aerial vehicle)
January 6, 2005... L-3 Communications [LLL] yesterday said that it acquired Maryland-based BAI Aerosystems, a small developer and manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. Terms of the deal, which closed on Dec. 21, were...

DoD Willing To Trade SBIRS High Requirements To Preserve Cost, Schedule.(Department of Defense)(Space Based Infrared System High)
January 6, 2005... By Amy Butler Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz has directed the Pentagon to explore the possibility of trading system requirements to preserve the schedule and cost of the high-profile missile warning satellite constellation that...

Armor Holdings Gets $54 Million Contract For Add-On-Armor.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... Armor Holdings [AH] yesterday said that it has been awarded a $53.5 million Army contract to provide add-on-armor for various types of heavy military trucks. Deliveries of the armor will occur this year. "Our progress in recent months...

BAE SYSTEMS, Aurora Flight Sciences, Honeywell, Win DARPA UAV Work.
January 6, 2005... By Ann Roosevelt BAE SYSTEMS, Aurora Flight Sciences and Honeywell [HON] have each won contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the first phase of the Organic Air Vehicle II (OAV-II) program. BAE...

CROWS Approved For Iraq Deployment.(Common Remotely Operated Weapon System)(Common Remotely Operated Weapon System)(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... The Army has approved as an urgent requirement sending the Common Remotely Operated Weapon System (CROWS) to the Iraq war zone for military police units as an urgent requirement, the service says. The Army and its industry partner, RECON...

Romania Taps ITT Industries For Radar Contract.(Romanian air force)(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... ITT Industries [ITT] said yesterday it has signed a contract to supply two transportable air traffic control radar systems for the Romanian air force. The radars are part of a package that includes Instrument Landing Systems and other...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
January 6, 2005... A Dec. 23 story in Defense Daily mislabeled the maker of a component for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite system. Actel was developing the field programmable gate arrays for AEHF. Also, the Air Force notified Congress of a 20...

House Panel Gets Permanent Oversight of Some Homeland Security Functions.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... Finally getting some teeth, the House Select Committee on Homeland Security on Tuesday became a permanent standing committee with policy authority over certain areas of the Department of Homeland Security. The new standing for the panel was...

Lawmakers To Propose Bill Mandating 12-Carrier Navy.
January 6, 2005... By Sharon Weinberger In an attempt to preempt the Pentagon's expected decision to slash a number of big-ticket weapons, three Florida lawmakers are proposing legislation that would require the Navy to maintain at least 12 aircraft...

L-3 Completes Purchase of Northrop Grumman's Canadian Navigation Unit.(L-3 Communications)(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... L-3 Communications [LLL] yesterday said it has completed its acquisition of Northrop Grumman's [NOC] Canadian navigation systems and space sensors business unit, which is expected to add about $80 million in sales and be slightly accretive to...

Defense Brief.(Brief Article)
January 6, 2005... House Republicans yesterday elected Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) to become chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, replacing Bill Young (R-Fla.), who is now expected to take over as the head of the panel's defense subcommittee. Lewis was...

Army Leaders Call For Faster Change In Army Aviation.
January 7, 2005... By Ann Roosevelt The Army's top acquisition official, the aviation branch chief and the aviation task force director are challenging contractors and the aviation community to move faster to modernize and transform the fixed-wing and...

Oman To Buy Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Javelin System.
January 7, 2005... Oman's armed forces have selected the Raytheon [RTN]-Lockheed Martin [LMT] Joint Venture Javelin for the sultanate's medium-range anti-tank guided weapon requirement, the company said yesterday. In October, Oman's government signed a Letter of...

After Nose Gear Collapse, B-1s Returned To Flight.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2005... By Amy Butler Air Combat Command officials yesterday said the B-1B fleet is back on flying status following a six-day grounding. The nose gear on one of the Boeing [BA]-made bombers collapsed Dec. 13 after landing, prompting a...

Army Aviation, STRI PEOs Sign MOA.(program executive officers for the office of Simulation, Training and Instrumentation)(Memorandum of Agreement)(Brief Article)
January 7, 2005... In a formal signing ceremony yesterday, the program executive officers for the office of Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) and Aviation (PEO AVN) signed a Memorandum of Agreement to collaborate further in the management,...

General Dynamics To Produce More Army Tank Ammunition.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2005... General Dynamics' [GD] Ordnance and Tactical Systems said yesterday that it received a $54 million modification to an existing multiyear ammunition contract to produce 120mm M831A1 and M865 tank training ammunition. These rounds, fired...

Lockheed Martin Delivers Army's First War Fighting Simulation.
January 7, 2005... Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it delivered to the Army its first Warfighters' Simulation (WARSIM) system, a program valued at more than $300 million through 2007. WARSIM is a computer-based simulation tool supporting the training of...

Honeywell Begins Flight Tests of New UAV.(unmanned aerial vehicles)(Micro Air Vehicle)(Brief Article)
January 7, 2005... Honeywell [HON] said yesterday it has begun flight-testing a new 13-inch autonomous unmanned aerial surveillance aircraft that a foot soldier can carry on his back. "The flight tests are demonstrating that this aircraft performs as...

Lockheed Martin Taps Swedish Firm for JSF Supply Chain Management.(Joint Strike Fighter)(Brief Article)
January 7, 2005... Sweden's IFS Defense said yesterday its IFS Applications has been chosen by Lockheed Martin [LMT] for local supply chain management on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program Autonomic Logistic Information System (ALIS). Within the JSF...

Warner: Pentagon Must Face Cuts.
January 7, 2005... By Sharon Weinberger While commending early congressional efforts to preserve aircraft carriers from budget cuts, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said that the Pentagon would have to face reductions to help keep the...

Army Inches Closer To Permanent End-Strength Boost With A $3 Billion Tab.
January 7, 2005... By Amy Butler The Army expects this year to wrangle with the question of whether to establish its temporary 30,000-soldier end strength boost as permanent in order to relieve a highly stressed force; the catch, however, would be a roughly...

Defense Watch.(meshed briefs)
January 10, 2005... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense New Subcommittees? The House Homeland Security Committee, which gained permanent standing last week with jurisdiction over some, but not all, areas of the Department of...

Army Aviation Unlikely To Top Budget Cut List, Bolton Says.
January 10, 2005... By Ann Roosevelt As the services agonize over $30 billion in cuts mandated by the Defense Department, Army aviation is not likely to top the service chopping list, a senior service official said. "Army Aviation, from my point of view,...

Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter On Track For June Source Selection.
January 10, 2005... By Sharon Weinberger The Army's competition for a new Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) is on schedule for a source selection later this year, according to a service official working on the program. The Milestone B decision, which...

France Orders 72 Caesar Artillery Systems.
January 10, 2005... By Ann Roosevelt The French procurement agency awarded Giat Industries an approximately $391 million contract for the production of 72 Caesar artillery systems to equip eight army artillery batteries, the company said last month. ...

SYS Technologies Acquires Antin Engineering.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... SYS Technologies [SYS] said on Friday it has acquired privately held Antin Engineering for $2.6 million in cash and SYS stock, a deal which builds on its current capabilities in C4ISR systems engineering and provides it new inroads into the...

Essex Group Acquiring IT Services Company.
January 10, 2005... By Calvin Biesecker Essex Corp. [KEYW], a technology firm that mainly serves the defense and intelligence community, said on Friday it has agreed to acquire The Windermere Group, an information technology (IT) services company that also...

Space Transportation Policy: Fund Two Rocket Makers.
January 10, 2005... By Amy Butler The White House last week released a long-awaited space transportation policy that includes an endorsement for two well-funded expendable launch providers in the near-term, a goal to identify needs for a next-generation space...

Pentagon Outlines ACTDs for FY '05.
January 10, 2005... The Pentagon last week announced its list of approved advanced concept technology demonstration programs for FY '05. Those on the list ere chosen from more than 100 proposals. They are as follows: * Actionable Situational Awareness...

Army Abandons UH-60M Remanufacture, Opts For New Airframes.
January 11, 2005... By Amy Butler Army officials have decided to abandon an earlier plan to refurbish hundreds of aging UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and instead order new aircraft, a move that will demand a shift of nearly $3.5 billion in the service's...

MDA Successfully Tests Standard Missile-3 Maneuvering System.(Missile Defense Agency)
January 11, 2005... The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said Jan. 7 it successfully completed a ground test of the maneuvering system that will be used to position Raytheon's [RTN] Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) sea-based missiles to a hit-to-kill intercept of a short or...

DFI Sees $14 Billion Air-to-Air Missiles Market Through 2014.(Defense Forecast International )(Brief Article)
January 11, 2005... The international market for air-to-air missiles over the next decade is expected to be worth nearly $14 billion with Raytheon [RTN] and Europe's MBDA having the leading roles, according to a new report by the defense and aerospace market firm...

ATK/GIWS Smart 155 Sensor Fuzed Munition Succeeds In Desert Tests.(Gesellschaft fur Intelligente Wirksysteme)
January 11, 2005... Alliant Techsystems [ATK] and partner Germany's Gesellschaft fur Intelligente Wirksysteme (GIWS) said yesterday they recently achieved a "perfect rating in functional reliability" during the first firings of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...

Northrop Grumman Technology Offers New Submarine Capability.(Stealthy Affordable Capsule System)(simulated unmanned aerial vehicle released from submarines)
January 11, 2005... Northrop Grumman [NOC] has successfully demonstrated a new technology that allows a submarine to release weapons and vehicles even if they weren't originally designed for undersea use, the company said yesterday. During the Navy's recent...

Engineered Support Acquires Electronic Test Equipment Firm.(Engineered Support Systems Inc)(Prospective Computer Analysts Inc)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2005... Engineered Support Systems, Inc. [EASI] on Friday said it has acquired Prospective Computer Analysts, Inc. (PCA), a provider of electronic test equipment, software and engineering services, for $37.6 million with potential earn out provisions....

EADS Awarded French UAV Contract.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2005... The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) has been awarded a contract to produce 160 unmanned aerial vehicle systems for the French Army, the company announced yesterday. The contract for close-range reconnaissance, called the...

European Fire Control System Controls GMLRS.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2005... The European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS) company and partners France's Thales and Germany's Krauss-Maffei Wegmann said they have proven that the European Fire Control System (EFCS) can correctly initialize and fire the new Lockheed...

General Dynamics Awarded LRIP For 120mm M1028 Canister Cartridge.(Brief Article)
January 11, 2005... General Dynamics' [GD] Ordnance and Tactical Systems unit announced Jan. 7 it was awarded a $5.8 million fixed-price contract for low-rate initial production of 3,600 M1028 120mm anti-personnel canister cartridges. The award, issued by the...

EADS SPACE Transportation To Produce French M51 Missile.(European Aeronautics Defence & Space)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2005... The French armament procurement agency and European Aeronautics Defence & Space (EADS) SPACE Transportation unit have signed a contract valued at more than $3.9 billion to produce the M51 missile, the company said last month. For the first...

EDO Receives Sonar Order For Guided Missile Destroyers.(EDO Corp)(Brief Article)
January 11, 2005... EDO Corp. [EDO] said Jan. 7 it was awarded a $5.8 million contract for production of more SQS-53C sonar arrays for the Burke-class of guided missile destroyer. The contract, issued by the Naval Sea Systems Command, covers production of...

Teets To Step In After Roche, Sambur Leave Air Force.
January 12, 2005... By Amy Butler Amid a spate of sexual harassment and acquisition scandals, the Air Force will next week lose two of its top political appointees--Air Force Secretary James Roche and acquisition chief Marvin Sambur--leaving the service's...

Build A Force For the New Strategic Landscape, Not The Past, Clark says.
January 12, 2005... By Ann Roosevelt As the Navy prepares to work on the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark said operations beyond major combat require attention. National defense strategies of the past have...

U.S. R&D Funding Expected To Increase 3.6 Percent in 2005.
January 12, 2005... By Calvin Biesecker Total funding in the U.S. on research and development (R&D) is expected to climb 3.6 percent to $312 billion over the $301 billion estimated for 2005, driven by increased Pentagon spending, according to Battelle's...

Bush Nominates Federal Judge To Run Homeland Security.
January 12, 2005... By Calvin Biesecker President Bush yesterday nominated as the next Secretary of Homeland Security federal circuit court judge Michael Chertoff, who has spent his entire career in the legal profession, and who has been confirmed three times...

Army Hammers Out Future UAV Plans.(Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)
January 12, 2005... By Ann Roosevelt The Army is asking for patience, as it works out its future plans for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) that could be revealed this spring, top service officials said. "We quite honestly don't know where we're going with...

Navy Officials Outline Changing QDR Focus.(Quadrennial Defense Review)
January 12, 2005... By Sharon Weinberger Two Navy officials broadly laid out the strategic and programmatic changes the service is considering as it prepares for the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), highlighting a military strategy that shifts the focus...

DoD Awards General Dynamics $586.3 Million In Options For T-Ake Ships.(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... General Dynamics' [GD] National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., yesterday was awarded fixed-price-incentive options totaling $586.3 million for the seventh and eighth ships in the Auxiliary Dry Cargo/Ammunition Ship (T-AKE) class. The Lewis...

Thales, Raytheon Joint Venture Announces New Senior Managers.(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... ThalesRaytheonSystems, Ltd., a joint venture of Raytheon [RTN] and France's Thales Group, yesterday named Michel Mathieu as its new CEO, succeeding Terry Heil, who has been appointed chairman of the joint venture. Mathieu has been chairman...

Lockheed Martin Hawkeye Sensor Chosen For Air Force Gunship.(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday announced its win of a $10.7 million contact from Boeing [BA] to develop a multispectral sensor for the Air Force's AC-130U gunship. With production options, the deal could reap up to $35 million for the...

Raytheon Bests Competition To Continue Navy ROTHR Work.(Raytheon Aircraft Co)(Relocatable-Over-The-Horizon-Radar)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Raytheon [RTN] beat competition from Lockheed Martin [LMT], BAE SYSTEMS, ITT [ITT] and Rome Research to win a Navy contract to provide mission support for the Relocatable-Over-The-Horizon-Radar (ROTHR) systems. The contract to Raytheon...

Ceradyne Expands Vehicle Armor Design And Engineering Capabilities.(Ceradyne Inc)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Ceradyne [CRDN], a manufacturer of ceramics for commercial, industrial and military uses, yesterday said it has opened a new vehicle armor design and prototype facility near Detroit to serve military and commercial markets. The facility will be...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
January 12, 2005... A story in the Jan. 11 edition of Defense Daily misidentified the source of a new marketing report on the worldwide air-to-air missile market. Forecast International prepared the report. [Copyright 2005 Access Intelligence, LLC. All rights...

Sambur: F/A-22 Economics Are Misunderstood.(Air Force acquisition chief Marvin Sambur comments on defense budget)
January 13, 2005... By Amy Butler Air Force acquisition chief Marvin Sambur yesterday said a decision by senior government officials to slice nearly one-third of the planned F/A-22 fighter buys was the result of a last-minute budget drill that neglected to...

MDA To Repeat Failed Flight Test Next Month.(Missile Defense Agency)
January 13, 2005... By Sharon Weinberger After identifying the software problem that foiled its last test, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is now planning for a repeat flight in mid-February. "We're disappointed," Air Force Lt. Gen. Trey Obering, MDA's...

Software, Flight Controls Blamed For Raptor Crash.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... By Amy Butler Preliminary data shows that a Dec. 21 crash of the Air Force's new F/A-22 fighter was "flight control related" and caused, at least in part, by faulty software. The crash, which took place shortly after takeoff, prompted...

Army Touts $12 Million Drop In Chinook Per Unit Cost.
January 13, 2005... By Amy Butler Army officials yesterday hailed the restructured $11.4 billion CH-47 Chinook helicopter program by Boeing [BA] as a successful turnaround with a $12 million drop in per unit cost between 2002 and now. The Pentagon in...

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Boeing Invited To Bid On FRES.(Future Rapid Effect System)
January 13, 2005... By Ann Roosevelt The U.K. Ministry of Defence and Atkins, the systems house for the assessment phase of the U.K.'s potential $11 billion Future Rapid Effect System (FRES), have chosen U.S. contractors Lockheed Martin [LMT], Raytheon [RTN],...

Senators Call C-130J Cuts 'Ill-advised'.
January 13, 2005... A bipartisan group of senators is calling the Pentagon's proposed cancellation of the C-130J multiyear program "ill-advised" and "untimely" given current operational shortfalls and questionable savings such a move would create. In a Jan....

Administration To Release National Maritime Security Strategy Today.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... President Bush last month signed a new directive for a national maritime security strategy that coordinates efforts across the federal government and is expected to incorporate a wide range of elements, from intelligence to threat response and...

Irish Department of Defence Signs Contract For AB139.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... The Irish Department of Defence yesterday signed the contract for four Bell/Agusta Aerospace AB139 helicopters, the joint venture said. Bell/Agusta Aerospace is a partnership between Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] and AugustaWestland, a...

Ridge Calls For Common International Biometric Standards.
January 13, 2005... By Calvin Biesecker Outgoing Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge yesterday called for the development of common international biometric standards to improve the transparency of information sharing between nations to help defend against...

EADS North America Kicks Off Search For U.S. Tanker Site.(European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co)
January 13, 2005... By Sharon Weinberger The American subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. announced yesterday plans to select a U.S. site for work on an aerial refueling tanker. EADS North American issued request for information to...

SI International To Acquire Firm With Large Stake In DHS.(SI International Inc)(SEI Electronics Inc)(Department of Homeland Security)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2005... In a deal that would give it a foothold in work with the Department of Homeland Security, SI International [SINT] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Shenandoah Electronics Intelligence, Inc. (SEI) for $75 million in cash. Based in...