Defense Daily articles from January 2009

Defense Daily archives from January 2009

Majority of Top-Level DoD Appointees At Pentagon To Stay Until Replacements Arrive.(Department of Defense)(Brief article)
January 6, 2009... By Marina Malenic Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked some 160 Bush administration political appointees to stay on in their positions at the Pentagon until replacements are installed. Service officials confirmed that Army...

Air Force Reopens TSAT Contest With New Criteria.
January 6, 2009... By Marina Malenic The Air Force issued a revised draft request for proposals for the Transformational Communications Satellite (TSAT) program last month. In a Dec. 23 announcement, the service said it will close the existing program...

Northrop Grumman Wins Coast Guard NAIS Contract.(Nationwide Automatic Identification System)
January 6, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker The Coast Guard has awarded Northrop Grumman's [NOC] Space & Mission Systems sector a two-year, $12 million contract to build out the shore side infrastructure of the Nationwide Automatic Identification System (NAIS),...

Tech Company Sees Need For Cyber Czar To Raise Cyber Security To White House Level.
January 6, 2009... By Geoff Fein The Obama administration should appoint a cyber czar to elevate the issue of cyber security to the White House level, according to an industry official. "The cyber czar is an area we think is a critical one," Adam Rak,...

General Dynamics Completes AxleTech International Acquisiton.
January 6, 2009... General Dynamics [GD] yesterday said it completed the acquisition of AxleTech International from The Carlyle Group, a Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm, in late December. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed; the...

Oshkosh Wins Sole Source Work For DLA.
January 6, 2009... Oshkosh Corp.'s [OSK] Oshkosh Defense won a sole source contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to provide replacement parts for medium and heavy tactical vehicles. The annual contract has a potential 10-year duration if all options...

Gates Outlines Supp With $69.7 Billion Minimum, But Says Obama To Make Final Call.
January 6, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon's request for the supplemental war-funding bill is not complete and may cost $69.7 billion or more, depending on decisions regarding force levels in Afghanistan, the defense secretary recently told...

BAE Systems To Supply Spares For Caiman MRAPs.
January 6, 2009... BAE Systems has received six contracts worth $115 million from the Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command for replacement parts, including complete engines, transmissions, axles and self-recovery winches, for Caiman Mine Resistant Ambush...

NASA Gives $3.5 Billion-To-$6.2 Billion Space Flight Contracts To Orbital, SpaceX.
January 6, 2009... NASA, in a double departure from business as usual, has taken a giant step toward privatizing the transport of cargo to and from low Earth orbit, while also shifting from the common practice of giving major contracts to the biggest...

Lawmakers Lobby Obama On Shipbuilding; Murtha Calls Proposed 12-Ship Buy High.
January 7, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford As dozens of lawmakers from both chambers and parties lobby President- elect Barack Obama to boost shipbuilding funding, a powerful congressional budget writer said their goal to budget 12 Navy ships per year is too...

Army Selects Four Companies For RFID-III Hardware And Services.
January 7, 2009... The Army last month awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT], Northrop Grumman [NOC], Unisys [UIS], and Systems & Processes Engineering Corp., 10-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts under the potential $429.4 million Radio Frequency...

DHS Cyber Chief Outlines Phased Plan For Cybersecurity Upgrades.
January 7, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker Over the next several years the Department of Homeland Security will be rolling out improvements to the federal government's primary cyber intrusion detection system, called Einstein, with upgrades being made in...

Air Force Awards $468 Million B-2 Modernization Contract.
January 7, 2009... By Marina Malenic The Air Force last week awarded a $468 million contract for low-rate initial production of the B-2 radar modernization program (RMP). The contract will provide advanced radar components for the B-2 bomber fleet at...

Air Force Lays Out Energy Conservation Goals, Metrics.
January 7, 2009... The Air Force yesterday released a new energy efficiency strategy that includes specific metrics for conservation. "America imports roughly 58 percent of its petroleum products," the document states. "It is anticipated that America will...

Lockheed Martin To Acquire Training, Simulation And IT Firm UNITECH.
January 7, 2009... Lockheed Martin [LMT] last month said it agreed to acquire Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. (UNITECH), which provides training and simulation systems as well as information technology (IT) services. Terms of the deal were not...

New Administration More 'Sympatico' Than Expected, Counterterrorism Official Says.
January 7, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt The incoming Obama administration appears to be in sync with what the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the State Department is doing, according to the official who leads that office. "They are more...

NASA Issues RFP For Gigantic Ares V Rocket; Proposals Due Feb. 9.
January 7, 2009... NASA issued a request for proposal for the huge Ares V rocket that will hoist payloads to space needed for astronauts to return to the moon and establish a permanent outpost there, the space agency said yesterday. The request is for...

Boeing Creates New U.K. Rotorcraft Support Business.
January 7, 2009... Boeing [BA] yesterday announced the establishment of a new operation to focus on the company's rotorcraft support business in the United Kingdom. The new organization, Boeing UK Rotorcraft Support, is part of the Boeing Integrated...

Boeing Offers Two Potential Options For New Army Scout Helicopter.
January 8, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt Boeing [BA] has responded with information on the AH-6 Phoenix and a Scout-optimized AH-64 Apache helicopters to the Army's sources sought to see if industry had the capability to meet requirements for a new Armed...

Boeing To Provide Indian Navy With New Long-Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
January 8, 2009... By Geoff Fein Boeing [BA] signed a contract earlier this month to build eight P-8I maritime patrol aircraft for the Indian Navy, according to the company. The P-8I is a variant of Boeing's P-8A Poseidon that is being developed for...

Coast Guard Readying NSC-4 RFP, Preparing Bertholf For IA Tests.
January 8, 2009... By Geoff Fein The Coast Guard is working on the request for proposal (RFP) for the fourth National Security Cutter (NSC), the first ship contract that will not be handled by the Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS). The Coast...

Jacobs Buys Into Consortium Operating U.K. Nuke Weapons Site.
January 8, 2009... In a deal that raised some eyebrows in the British media, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced last month it was buying a one-third share in AWE Management Limited--the operator of Britain's nuclear weapons facility--from state-owned...

Northrop Grumman Reorganizes Several Business Sectors.
January 8, 2009... Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said it was combining several of its business sectors to improve alignment with its customers and strengthen performance and cost competitiveness. "These actions are critical steps in shaping our future,"...

Boeing Reconfigures Navy's 11th On-Orbit Ultra-High Frequency Follow-On Satellite.
January 8, 2009... Boeing [BA] has successfully reconfigured an on-orbit Navy satellite, adding 30 percent more communications capability, the company reported yesterday. The satellite, the 11th in the Ultra-High Frequency Follow-On (UFO) series built by...

Bartlett Out As HASC Seapower Ranking Member As Committees Reorganize.
January 8, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford An influential naval panel on Capitol Hill will have a new Republican leader for the next two years, because Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) had to relinquish the post under term-limit rules. Bartlett, a physicist,...

President-Elect Obama Announces Top Pentagon Appointments.
January 9, 2009... By Marina Malenic President-elect Barack Obama's transition team announced yesterday that he plans to nominate William Lynn to be the new Deputy Secretary of Defense. Lynn served as the Pentagon comptroller from 1997 to 2001. From...

Battle Lines Being Drawn On Hill Over Tanker Split Buy.
January 9, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford A battle is brewing on Capitol Hill over whether to compel the Pentagon to buy aerial refueling tankers from each of the two firms battling for the Air Force contract, with influential lawmakers falling on both sides...

Panel Raps DoD Nuclear Oversight, Commends Navy.(Department of Defense)
January 9, 2009... By Marina Malenic Nuclear oversight has eroded at all levels of the Defense Department, but the Navy mission has not suffered from the same difficulties found in the Air Force, according to a commission examining U.S. nuclear weapons...

DHS Establishes More Rigorous Acquisition Process.(Department of Homeland Security)
January 9, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker Following a year of analyses and reviews of how it goes about buying capital assets and services, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last November issued new guidance aimed at instituting a more rigorous...

Coast Guard Continues To Explore Options For Land And Ship-Based UAVs.
January 9, 2009... By Geoff Fein The Coast Guard is continuing to evaluate a number of different unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), including varieties used by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Navy, according to a Coast Guard official. ...

U.K. MoD Receives First Souped Up Light Tanks.
January 9, 2009... The first batch of more than 100 enhanced light tanks from BAE Systems, used for scouting out the enemy, have been delivered to training units in the British army, complete with a state-of-the-art engine cooling system taken from the...

BAE Systems Q-Sight Helmet Displays Offers Revolutionary Technology, Company Says.
January 9, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt BAE Systems just received a contract from the government for a small quantity of its new Q-Sight helmet displays for evaluation, according to a company official. "They're excited by the technology," George Lim,...

Navy Names SSN-785 For Former Virginia Senator John Warner.
January 9, 2009... Navy Secretary Donald Winter yesterday named the next Virginia-class attack submarine the USS John Warner, in honor of recently retired Virginia Senator John Warner, according to the Navy. The USS John Warner, designated SSN-785, honors...

Defense Watch.(Company overview)
January 12, 2009... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense The Waiting Game. Navy Secretary Donald Winter is expected to decide today whether he will stay on as the top civilian in the Navy until the incoming Obama administration...

Air Force Seen Ready To Accept Army Tiltrotor Vision For New Joint Cargo Plane.
January 12, 2009... By Marina Malenic The Air Force is on the verge of signing on to the Army's concept for a new inter-service cargo aircraft capable of vertical take-offs from aircraft carriers and difficult terrain, an Army official said last week. ...

Navy's Decision To Sole-Source Aegis Work Was 'Unobjectionable,' GAO Says.
January 12, 2009... By Geoff Fein The Navy's decision to award several sole-source contracts to Lockheed Martin [LMT] for Aegis combat system work were unobjectionable given that the service determined that an award to Raytheon [RTN] would result in...

Speakes: Congress' Approval Key For New Armed Reconnaissance Helo Plans.
January 12, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford The future of the Army's troubled Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) effort relies on Congress' willingness to fund a revised program along with upgrades to the legacy OH-58 Kiowa Warrior fleet, a senior service...

Shipbuilding, Mil Con Spending Eyed For Stimulus Package.
January 13, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford The massive economic-stimulus legislation under consideration on Capitol Hill could include funding for a Coast Guard icebreaker, commercial-shipbuilding loans, and military-base-improvement efforts. Though the...

Navy Secretary Winter To Stay On To March 13.(Donald Winter )(Brief article)
January 13, 2009... By Geoff Fein Navy Secretary Donald Winter will be staying at the helm of the Navy until March 13, according to a Navy official. Winter held off on his decision until Monday and then said he would remain until mid March, or until he...

AIA Urges Holistic View of Space Programs, New National Coordinating Body.
January 13, 2009... By Marina Malenic A trade association representing the U.S. aerospace industry is advocating that the incoming Obama administration maintain U.S. supremacy in space technologies by developing an integrated approach to civil, commercial and...

ISR Tops USEUCOM, NATO Priorities As Nations Feel Economic Squeeze, Cmdr Says.
January 13, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt The top priority capability for U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and NATO is intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), while economic pressures squeeze budgets, according to the dual-hatted commander. EUCOM...

SPAWAR Expects To Release CANES RFP Jan. 30.(The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprises Services )(Brief article)
January 13, 2009... By Geoff Fein The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) is looking to issue its request for proposal (RFP) on or about Jan. 30 for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprises Services (CANES), a directed approach to...

NATO Preps To Go After Afghanistan Narcotics Labs, Traffickers, SACEUR Says.
January 13, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt NATO forces in Afghanistan are preparing for counternarcotics operations to try and break the flow of funds to insurgents that fuel their ability to buy weapons and bombs, according to the Supreme Allied Commander...

Gates Defends Deferring F-22 Decision, Says Delay Won't Add Costs.
January 13, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford Defense Secretary Robert Gates in a new letter defends the Pentagon's decision to spend only a portion of the monies available for parts for future F- 22 Raptor jets before next week's change in presidential...

Lockheed Martin Proposing Versions of Its COBRA Small Tactical Craft For SOCOM, LCS.
January 13, 2009... By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday showcased a small tactical craft (STC) that it is proposing as both a manned boat for Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and as an unmanned surface vessel for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)....

Lockheed Martin Closes Acquisition of UNITECH.
January 13, 2009... Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Friday said it has completed its acquisition of Universal Systems & Technology (UNITECH), which bolsters its capabilities in training and simulation. Terms of the deal, which was announced last month, were not...

BVR Signs European Licensing Agreement.
January 13, 2009... Israel's BVR Systems last week said it has entered into license agreement worth about $ 2.9 million giving a major European defense company a worldwide, non-exclusive license to BVR's Embedded Virtual Avionics (EVA) patents. "We are very...

Israeli Firms Awarded $141 Million For Turkish IMINT Systems.
January 13, 2009... Subsidiaries of Israel's Elbit Systems [ESLT] and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) were recently awarded $141 million by the Turkish air force for combined airborne IMINT (Imagery Intelligence) systems. "We are very proud that the...

GAO Upholds Coast Guard Patrol Boat Award To Bollinger Shipyards.
January 14, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker and Geoff Fein The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Monday denied a protest by Marinette Marine of potential $1.5 billion award made by the Coast Guard to Bollinger Shipyards last October to design and...

Army Receives First Six of Planned 4,000 Electric Vehicles.
January 14, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt FORT MYER, Va.--Army Secretary Pete Geren Monday handed over the keys to the first six Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEV) being leased from Chrysler's Global Electric Mororcars (GEM) as part of its energy security...

Griffin Says Ares I Would Be Twice As Safe As EELV, And EELV Would Need Same.
January 14, 2009... By Dave Ahearn The planned Ares I rocket to launch the future Orion space capsule into orbit would be twice as safe and more affordable than a military rocket that some are touting as a cheaper option, NASA Administrator Mike Griffin...

Weak Economy Could Give Reprieve For Programs On Chopping Block, Obama Adviser Says.
January 14, 2009... By Marina Malenic President-elect Barack Obama's plan to stimulate the economy with additional government spending could include several big-ticket defense programs that might otherwise have been headed toward cutbacks or termination, a...

Senators To Query DoD Picks On Acquisition, Not Fretting About Lynn's Lobbying.
January 14, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) members said they plan to question nominees for four top Defense Department posts tomorrow about aircraft and shipbuilding efforts, but don't see any major impediments to the...

Biometrics Task Force Selects 12 Firms To Compete For Up To $497 Million In Services.
January 14, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker The Army's Biometrics Task Force (BTF) last month selected 12 firms to compete for up to $497 million in service work and even hardware over the next five years under a single contract vehicle in an attempt to bring a...

Martinez: Despite Tough Economy Navy Must Build More Ships.(Mel Martinez )
January 15, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) pledged yesterday to do all he can to increase the Navy's fleet to at least 313 ships, warning of Russian naval activity in the Caribbean and frenetic Chinese shipbuilding. Martinez,...

Obama Adviser Advocates Shorter Development Cycle For Defense Acquisitions.
January 15, 2009... By Marina Malenic Development times for major weapon systems have been drawn out too far, with negative implications for both the quality of the end product and the qualifications of the Defense Department's acquisition work force,...

DARPA Awards Seven Contracts For National Cyber Range Program.
January 15, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) last week awarded seven contracts for engineering plans for a National Cyber Range (NCR) that would be used to test and validate advanced cyber research...

USJFCOM Prepares Next Horn of Africa Command Group For Deployment.
January 15, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt On Friday, U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) wraps up its Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Mission Rehearsal Exercise 09-1. "It does prepare us extremely well for the mission ahead," Rear Adm....

RAAF Exercises Option For FLIR Systems.
January 15, 2009... FLIR Systems [FLIR] recently said it has received notification from the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) of its intent to exercise a contract modification option under a prior $13.5 million contract for the company to supply Star SAFIRE HD...

Lockheed Martin Extending Range of Navy's Ship Launched Anti-Sub Missile.
January 15, 2009... By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] is developing a new extended range capability for the Navy's Mk 46 and future Mk 54 anti-submarine torpedo that will give the rocket Link 16 capability and enable the missile to be redirected in...

Fully Funding NASA Programs Would Require $2 Bln-$3 Bln More Yearly, Griffin Says.
January 15, 2009... By Dave Ahearn The NASA basic budget would have to increase by $2 billion to $3 billion more per year, beyond the current roughly $18 billion level, to fund all NASA programs adequately, according to a congressional estimate, NASA...

Rapiscan Offers Airports, Airlines Cargo Screening Services To Generate Revenue.
January 15, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker Rapiscan Systems is offering airports and airlines a way to find new and additional revenue sources as they and other nodes along the air cargo supply chain figure out how to comply with federal mandates that require...

HASC Dem Subcommittee Breakdowns Announced.(House Armed Services Committee)(appointments)
January 15, 2009... The House Armed Services Committee's (HASC) subcommittees will have the same chairmen as it did last session, panel Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) confirmed yesterday. The following Democratic subcommittee assignments were announced...

Technology Important For Border Security, Napolitano Says.
January 16, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker The nation's borders will have to rely to an important degree on technology such as the troubled electronic fencing project in the southwestern United States, as part of a system to prevent illegal entries into the...

To Control Shipbuilding Costs, Navy Must Ramp Up LCS, Track Capabilities, CNO Says.
January 16, 2009... By Geoff Fein The Navy is going to have to ramp up production of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), explore using common hull forms, and get a better grasp of capability needs if it hopes to keep down shipbuilding costs and reach the goals...

Outgoing F-35 Program Manager Sees No Trade-Off For F-22 Money.
January 16, 2009... By Marina Malenic There is solid support for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program both within the Defense Department and on Capitol Hill, and funding for the next-generation fighter will not be siphoned to the F-22 Raptor program,...

BAE, Lockheed Martin Explore Other Opportunities For AGS, LRLAP.
January 16, 2009... By Geoff Fein While the Navy and Marine Corps continue to study ways to deliver surface fire support, Lockheed Martin [LMT] and BAE Systems are working on an effort to take the Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) designed for...

Pentagon Deputy Pick: Acquisition Reform, Program Reviews Needed.
January 16, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford The nominee for deputy defense secretary told lawmakers yesterday that if confirmed Pentagon acquisition reform would be a near-term priority of his and programs including the Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) would...

HASC Republican Subcommittee Breakdowns Announced.(House Armed Services Committee)(Brief article)
January 16, 2009... The House Armed Services Committee's (HASC) Republicans have received their subcommittee assignments, Ranking Member John McHugh (R-N.Y.) said yesterday, the day after a HASC organizational meeting for the new session of Congress. The...

Aegis Program Director Sees Immediate Need For 7 Or 8 More Ships; More After That.(ballistic-missile-defense )
January 16, 2009... By Dave Ahearn The Navy needs some seven or eight more ballistic-missile-defense (BMD) Aegis weapon system surface ships immediately to meet demands of combatant commanders, and the sea service definitely will need more of the BMD ships...

Editor's Note.
January 16, 2009... Defense Daily will not publish Jan. 19 or Jan. 20 due to the Federal Holiday and Inauguration. The next issue will be Jan. 21. [Copyright 2006 Access Intelligence, LLC. All rights reserved.]

Defense Watch.
January 21, 2009... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Stimulating. The proposed $825 billion economic-recovery bill the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) released last week includes no funds for Pentagon weapon systems,...

Air Force To Reopen TSAT Competition With No Plans To Scale Back Effort.
January 21, 2009... By Marina Malenic The Air Force is poised to open a new round of bidding for a $10 billion Transformational Communications Satellite (TSAT) contract, which the service plans to award in a year's time or sooner, one top official said last...

Hundreds In House, Senate Press Obama To Continue F-22 Line.
January 21, 2009... By Emelie Rutherford More than 200 lawmakers, including nearly half of Congress' sitting senators, are pleading with President-elect Barack Obama to continue production of the Air Force's F-22 stealth fighter. In addition, questioned...

Force Dynamics, LLC Submits Cheetah For MRAP-All Terrain Vehicle Program.
January 21, 2009... Force Protection Inc. [FRPT] and General Dynamics [GD], through their joint venture Force Dynamics, LLC Jan. 15 announced that they have submitted the Cheetah, a lightweight armored tactical vehicle developed by Force Protection that meets...

Sagem Wins French UAV Datalink Contract.
January 21, 2009... SAFRAN Group recently said the French defense procurement agency DGA has chosen Sagem over a field of competing companies to design the datalink system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). According to the terms of the contract--dubbed...

Just Announced.
January 21, 2009... Defense Daily's Cyber Security Summit on June 2 in Washington, D.C. Visit http://www.defensedaily.com/events/cybersecurity for more details. Early bird and government registrations are available. [Copyright 2006 Access Intelligence, LLC....

FCS Program Mid Course Review Completes Next Month.
January 22, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt The Army's ongoing review of the Future Combat Systems (FCS) should be complete by the end of February, according to Gen. Peter Chiarelli, Army vice chief of staff. "We've been looking at FCS from...A to Z," he told...

Navy Secretary Winter To Focus Remainder of Time On Tackling 'Culture of Quality'.
January 22, 2009... By Geoff Fein The Navy needs to make significant improvements in not only the way it designs its products and systems but also in the way it inspects and approves them, according to the Secretary of the Navy. "We are trying to...

UTC Posts Fourth Quarter Earnings Gain On Slight Slip In Sales.(Financial report)
January 22, 2009... By Calvin Biesecker United Technologies [UTX] yesterday reported mixed fourth quarter results to end an otherwise solid year despite a tough global economy. Net income in the quarter was up 8 percent to over $1.1 billion, $1.23...

NRO Satellite Is Launched On Delta IV Rocket From Cape Canaveral.
January 22, 2009... A classified National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite launched Saturday night from Cape Canaveral AFB, Fla., on a Delta IV heavy rocket provided by United Launch Alliance. ULA is a joint venture of Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin...

Army Enablers Stretched, Vice Chief Says.
January 22, 2009... By Ann Roosevelt The Army is stretched in areas such as aviation, logistics and military police, and the service is looking at its options to ensure it can provide those enablers and the combat forces as needed by combatant commanders,...

Napolitano Sworn In As DHS Secretary.(Department of Homeland Security)(Janet Napolitano)(Brief article)
January 22, 2009... Janet Napolitano was sworn in yesterday as the nation's third Secretary of Homeland Security a day after she was confirmed by the Senate and resigned as governor of Arizona. Napolitano met yesterday afternoon with the heads and acting...

Curtiss-Wright Acquires Small Defense Firm.
January 22, 2009... Curtiss-Wright [CW] this week said it has acquired Nu-Torque, a designer and manufacturer of valves for Navy ships, adding to its customer base in the Navy. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Nu-Torque, which had been a business unit...