Defense Daily articles from June 2004

Defense Daily archives from June 2004

Defense Watch.
June 1, 2004... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense When In Doubt, Study It More. SASC, in its version of the FY '05 Defense Authorization Bill, is requiring the Defense Science Board to conduct a study on the Lockheed...

Army To Revisit PGMM RFP Evaluation Criteria.(Precision Guided Mortar Munition, request for proposal)
June 1, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt The Army will reexamine its evaluation process for a potential $500 million award to Alliant Techsystems [ATK] for Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM), after the General Accounting Office last week sustained a bid...

Contenders Vie As U.K. MoD Advances FRES Program.(UK Ministry of Defence, Future Rapid Effect System)
June 1, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Seven companies have expressed interest in leading the assessment phase of the U.K.'s Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) program, a Ministry of Defense official said. "We've already had something like seven expressions...

NGA Extends Nextview Bidding To Mid-June.(National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Nextview contract)
June 1, 2004... By Amy Butler The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) has extended by two weeks to June 15 the due date for contractors to provide proposals for a lucrative high-resolution commercial imagery deal with the Pentagon, according to...

DSB Task Force Challenges Tanker Corrosion.(Defense Science Board, report on the Air Force aerial refueling requirement )
June 1, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger The full Defense Science Board (DSB) report on the Air Force aerial refueling requirement concludes that the corrosion problem in the aging KC-135 fleet is not as big a problem as some military officials have claimed...

Northrop Grumman Gets DHS Award To Provide Geospatial IT Solutions.(Department of Homeland Security, geospatial information technology)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Northrop Grumman [NOC] last week said it was awarded a $10 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for three pilot projects aimed at providing wireless geospatial information technology (IT) solutions to enhance...

First Upgraded Raytheon RAM Tests Successful.(Rolling Airframe Missile )
June 1, 2004... Two direct hits against surface targets were the results of the first tests of Raytheon's [RTN] Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) at the Navy's Pacific Missile Test Range in Calif., May 5, the company said. "The Block 1 rounds with this...

Raytheon Australia To Supply Australian F/A-18 Flight Simulators.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... Raytheon Australia recently won a $53 million award to supply three new F/A-18 Hornet flight simulators for the Royal Australian Air Force. The simulators will significantly improve pilot training in the new weapons and systems being...

Australian Wedgetail Makes First Flight.
June 1, 2004... Boeing [BA] and the Australian government said recently that the first 737 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft made its first flight at Boeing's facility in Seattle. "To have it progressing ahead of time and on...

DHS Taps Accenture For Potential $10 Billion US VISIT Contract.(Department of Homeland Security, Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology)
June 2, 2004... By Calvin Biesecker In an upset, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) yesterday said it selected consulting and technology services company Accenture [ACN] over Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC] as prime...

DoD Study Is First Glimpse of Backing Organic Taiwanese Offenses, Analyst Says.(Department of Defense)
June 2, 2004... By Amy Butler A recent DoD report on China's military capabilities provides the first glimpse from the Pentagon that it is pushing for Taiwan to develop an organic offensive capability as a strategic deterrent to potential aggression from...

United Defense, German Firm Team To Pursue U.S. Decontamination Market.(OWR)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2004... United Defense Industries [UDI] yesterday said it has teamed with Germany's OWR to provide decontamination compounds and applicators to meet U.S. DoD and Department of Homeland Security requirements for chemical and biological security. ...

DSB Tanker Study Recommends Greater Use of Commercial Outsourcing.(Defense Science Board)
June 2, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger A recent Defense Science Board (DSB) study on tankers recommended that the Pentagon consider using commercial assets to help meet the military's aerial refueling requirements. The DSB report was part of a larger...

Despite Army Announcement, No SDD Funds To ATK For PGMM.(systems development and demonstration, Alliant Techsystems, Precision Guided Mortar Munition)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes Due to a successful protest to the General Accounting Office by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the Army did not award Alliant Techsystems [ATK] a $26.6 million systems development and demonstration (SDD) contract for the XM395...

Boeing Begins Final Assembly of First F-15K For Korea.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2004... Boeing [BA] said yesterday it began the final assembly of the first of 40 F-15K fighter-bombers for South Korea. The South Koreans in 2002 chose the F-15K over the Rafale offered by France's Dassault Aviation for its $4.2 billion F-X...

Pratt & Whitney Receives Lot 4 Production Contract From Air Force For F119 Engines.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2004... Pratt & Whitney [UTX] said yesterday it was awarded a $431 million contract from the Air Force for the Lot 4 production run of F119 engines and accompanying engine support services for Lockheed Martin's [LMT] F/A-22 fighter. According to a...

Defense Brief.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2004... Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday was awarded a $492 million advance procurement contract by the Air Force for the Lot 5 production run of 24 F/A-22 fighters. The Air Force and Lockheed Martin earlier this year completed negotiations on the...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
June 2, 2004... A story in the May 28 issue of Defense Daily on refueling tanker incorrectly stated the configuration of the Boeing [BA] KC-767A selected by the Air Force. The aircraft would be equipped with a center line boom and a center line hose and drogue...

DoD To Offer Omnibus Reprogramming of Up To $2.5 Billion In FY '04.(Department of Defense)
June 3, 2004... By Amy Butler Acting Pentagon Comptroller Larry Lanzillotta said yesterday he expects to send in about two weeks an omnibus reprogramming worth roughly $2 billion to $2.5 billion to cover some shortfalls for war costs and offer other...

Stevens Wants To Solidify Plans For $25 Billion Iraq Fund, Pentagon OKs Proposal.
June 3, 2004... By Amy Butler Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) yesterday said he plans to offer language to lock the Pentagon into spending estimates it has stipulated as possible uses for the $25 billion war supplemental...

Navy To Hold LCS Debriefs, Kickoff Meetings This Week.(Littoral Combat Ship)
June 3, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes This week the Navy will debrief the participants who submitted final bids for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Flight 0 competition and also have kickoff meetings with Flight 0 winning teams led by Lockheed Martin [LMT] and...

Deployed PackBots Point To Future Network-Centric Contributions.
June 3, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt iRobot Corp. yesterday disclosed for the first time that more than 50 of its PackBot reconnaissance and tactical robots are deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, searching buildings, caves and disabling improvised explosive...

Pentagon Notifies Congress of Potential $319 Million JDAM, Bomb Deal With Israel.(Joint Direct Attack Munition, Foreign Military Sales deal)(Brief Article)
June 3, 2004... The Pentagon Tuesday notified Congress of a potential $319 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) package to Israel that includes unguided bombs and Boeing [BA] GPS/INS-aided Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits. The sale would include...

Army Identifies Capability Gaps, Seeks Solutions.
June 3, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt FORT MONROE, Va.--Improving the network and protecting the troops top the lists of capability gap areas the Army has identified for both the current and future force, a service official said. Analysis showed the...

GAO: JSF Program Does Not Have Complete Picture of Supply Base.(Joint Strike Fighter Acquisition: Observations on the Supplier Base (GAO-04-554))
June 3, 2004... The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program does not have a complete picture of its supplier base, according to a new General Accounting Office (GAO) report. "While the JSF program office maintains more information on subcontractors than is...

Summer Pulse Deployment Of CSGs Will Be 'Fundamentally Cost Neutral,' CNO Says.(Carrier Strike Groups)(Chief of Naval Operations)(Fleet Response Plan)
June 3, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes This summer's planned pulse deployment of seven aircraft carrier strike groups (CSG) to various points of the world will have a "fundamentally cost neutral" effect on the Navy, according to Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)...

Curtiss-Wright Completes Deal For Primagraphics.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2004... Curtiss-Wright Corp. [CW] this week said it has completed its $21 million acquisition of U.K.-based Primagraphics, a firm specializing in graphics and imaging technologies and radar and sonar processing. The deal builds on Curtiss-Wright's...

AMSEC Names New CEO.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2004... Navy service supplier AMSEC LLC yesterday said Gary Lisota, the company's president and chief operating officer has been named CEO, making him the second chief executive in the company's 23-year history. Lisota succeeds Carl Albero, who...

Retired General Admonishes Industry To Work Together.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2004... By David Bross LONG BEACH, Calif.--The three sectors of the aerospace industry--commercial, civil space and military space--need to work together to lower expenses and exploit technological synergies. "I challenge you to continue to...

Defense Brief.(Brief Article)
June 3, 2004... Raytheon [RTN] was awarded a $29.3 million contract by the Air Force yesterday for High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) integration aircraft launcher interface work. [Copyright 2004 PBI Media, LLC. All rights reserved.]

BAE SYSTEMS Tops GD's Bid For Alvis.
June 4, 2004... By Calvin Biesecker BAE SYSTEMS yesterday said it has offered about $653 million in cash for Alvis Plc, nearly $100 million more than offered by General Dynamics [GD] in March, a counter that wasn't a complete surprise but comes after...

House Panel Approves $30.8 Billion For Homeland Security.
June 4, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger A House panel markup of homeland security programs in the FY '05 Appropriations Bill would provide a total of $30.8 billion for a variety of programs designed to protect the United States from terrorist attacks and...

Army Taps Lockheed Martin Over Miltec-Northrop Grumman For CKEM.
June 4, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday it won over a Miltec-Northrop Grumman [NOC] team for the Compact Kinetic Energy Missile (CKEM) system Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD). Lockheed Martin will continue...

Air Force Prepares For Fall Space Surveillance Competition.
June 4, 2004... By Amy Butler The Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center plans to this fall begin a competition for a totally new satellite system designed to stare at other orbiting objects--including foreign spacecraft--collecting intelligence on...

Tanks In OIF Require Minor Tweaks, No Significant Changes.
June 4, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt A major lesson learned about Abrams tanks in Iraq is that there were no surprises, though some minor tweaks to such things as the suspension will be made, an Army program officer said. "No huge surprises, nothing we...

HAC-D Recommends $25 Billion Supplemental; $100 Million For Tankers.(House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee)
June 4, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger A House panel yesterday recommended providing $25 billion to sustain military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until the end of the calendar year, while separately providing $100 million to pay for Air Force tankers...

Navy Likely To Pick MMA Winner Next Week.(Maritime Multimission Aircraft )
June 4, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes The Navy is likely to make its decision for the future Maritime Multimission Aircraft (MMA) next week, according to a service spokesperson. Selection of a winner had originally been planned by the Navy in late May;...

Army Modularity Benefits In Iraq Supplemental.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt The House Appropriations Committee defense panel recommends funding new weapons and vehicles to equip the Army's new modular brigade restructuring from the $25 billion supplemental for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan....

Army Looks For Air-Droppable Armored Gun.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... General Dynamics [GD] last month received a $500,000 contract modification to find out if the Stryker Mobile Gun System (MGS), now in development, could be air dropped, an Army official said. Under the contract modification issued by the...

Army Awards Textron $14 Million For Additional Armored Security Vehicles.(M1117 Armored Security Vehicles)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... By Calvin Biesecker The Army on Wednesday said it awarded the Marine and Land Systems business of Textron [TXT] a $14.1 million contract to produce 25 additional M1117 Armored Security Vehicles (ASV), part of an expected order of 28 new...

Raytheon Awarded $8 Million By DARPA For FCS Demonstrations.(Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, Future Combat Systems)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Raytheon [RTN] said Tuesday it was awarded $8 million in funding from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) to develop and demonstrate networking and communications technologies for future insertion in the Army's Future Combat...

Defense Watch.(various news briefs)
June 7, 2004... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace and Defense Reset. Acting Pentagon Comptroller Larry Lanzillotta last week told lawmakers the Pentagon's office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, led by Ken Kreig, is conducting a...

CRS: Navy May Need To Procure Nearly Three Subs A Year To Support 55-Boat Force.(Congressional Research Service, Attack Submarine)
June 7, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes A new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report claims that the Navy could need to maintain an average procurement rate of between 2.7 and 2.9 Virgnia-class (SSN-774) submarines per year between FY '09 and FY '23 to...

TRADOC Is Nexus For Changing Army In New Strategic Environment.(Training and Doctrine Command)
June 7, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt FORT MONROE, Va.--In a new strategic environment where peace may be the exception and war the norm, the Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) is remaking the service, officers said. "Our fundamental paradigm, our...

Demo To Test Possible Fixes To Sept. 11 Data Sharing, Info Security Challenges.
June 7, 2004... By Amy Butler Pentagon officials are planning next week to start a series of technology demonstrations geared to solve some of the information sharing, data security and logistics problems that cropped up during the United States' response...

UIC, GD Developing Lightweight Machine Gun, Ammo For Army.(United Industrial Corp., General Dynamics)(lightweight machine guns and ammunition)
June 7, 2004... By Calvin Biesecker United Industrial Corp. [UIC] and General Dynamics [GD] have each been awarded separate design study contracts by the Army that could lead to potential development of lightweight machine guns and ammunition (LMGA). ...

Army Issues Market Survey For Active Protection System For Ground Vehicles.(Brief Article)
June 7, 2004... The Army is conducting a market survey to determine the availability of active protective systems (APS) for integration on ground combat vehicles, according to a June 2 notice in Federal Business Opportunities. "For the purpose of this...

Defense Brief.(Brief Article)
June 7, 2004... Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] said last week that Dennis Jarvi, the vice president and general manager for V-22 programs, has resigned, effective July 18, so he can serve as president of North American defense programs at engine house...

GAO: DoD Should Consider Contractor-Based Refueling Solutions.(Department of Defense,)(DoD Needs To Determine Its Refueling Aircraft Requirements)
June 7, 2004... A new General Accounting Office study recommends the Pentagon should conduct a study to determine current and projected aerial refueling requirements and direct that the analysis of alternatives (AoA) be a "comprehensive study of all reasonably...

Hunter Calls Restrictions On MANPADS 'Insufficient'.(man-portable air defense systems, Stinger missiles)
June 7, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger Citing a recently released report on the proliferation of man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said last week that export controls over these...

GD's Chabraja Gets 28-Month Contract Extension.(General Dynamics)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2004... General Dynamics [GD] last week extended the contract of Nick Chabraja, its chairman and CEO, through April 2008, at the request of the company's Board of Directors. Chabraja's current contract would have expired at the end of December...

Lockheed Martin Says PACAF Chief Praises Sniper XR.(Pacific Air Forces, Extended Range)(Brief Article)
June 7, 2004... Lockheed Martin [LMT] said last week that Air Force Gen. William Begert, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) chief, recently praised the performance of Lockheed Martin's Sniper Extended Range (XR) advanced targeting pod (ATP) after a 90-minute flight in...

Wynne To Review JSF Weight Mitigation Plan This Month.(Joint Strike Fighter)
June 8, 2004... By Amy Butler Officials managing the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the largest procurement program in Defense Department history, are planning to present a "replan" this month to the Pentagon's acquisition chief to get the effort back on...

Titan Shareholders Approve Merger With Lockheed Martin.
June 8, 2004... Titan [TTN] stockholders yesterday overwhelmingly approved the company's acquisition by Lockheed Martin, clearing one hurdle to the deal although significant obstacles remain. The vote to approve was 98.4 percent versus 1.6 percent against,...

AEHF Modification Allows More Time For NSA Technology, Officials Say.(Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite launch , National Security Agency)
June 8, 2004... By Amy Butler A $149 million modification to one of the Air Force's military satellite communications contracts with a Lockheed Martin [LMT]-led team is described by program officials as a "pre-emptive management decision to increase...

Successful Excalibur Electronics Test Fired From Lightweight Howitzer.(Excalibur XM982)
June 8, 2004... Raytheon [RTN] and United Defense's [UDI] subsidiary Bofors Defence yesterday announced a successful May 14 electronics test of the Excalibur 155 mm guided artillery shell fired from BAE SYSTEMS' M777 howitzer. The Excalibur XM982, in...

Honeywell Expanding Spectra Fiber Production To Meet Military Demand.(Brief Article)
June 8, 2004... Honeywell [HON] yesterday said it is making a $20 million investment to increase production at its manufacturing facilities near Richmond, Va., to meet the growing demand for Spectra fiber, the primary ingredient of the ceramic plates, or small...

In-Q-Tel, Software Firm In Strategic Agreement.(development, licensing and a small equity investment)
June 8, 2004... By Calvin Biesecker Spotfire Inc., a software development firm specializing in analytical visualization tools, has signed an agreement with In-Q-Tel, the independent nonprofit venture capital group funded by the Central Intelligence...

Senate Version of Authorization Bill Faces Delay.
June 8, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger The Senate was expected this week to return to debate on its version of the FY '05 Defense Authorization Bill, although a host of amendments and the death of former President Ronald Reagan have pushed the debate over...

Argon Engineering To Acquire Sensytech.
June 8, 2004... Argon Engineering Associates and Sensytech, Inc. [STST], two companies involved in the communications and intelligence part of the defense market, yesterday said they signed a definitive merger agreement that gives Argon's existing shareholders...

Pair of X-45s Taxi Together In Ground Test.(Brief Article)
June 8, 2004... Ahead of a planned multi-vehicle flight, Boeing [BA] said yesterday that it conducted an exercise recently in which two X-45A unmanned demonstrators taxied together at NASA's Dryden Flight Resource Center at Edwards AFB, Calif. "This taxi...

ViaSat Working On A Variety of Emerging MIDS And Link 16 Solutions.(Multifunctional Information Distribution System)
June 8, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes ViaSat [VSAT] is working on a variety of solutions with the Link 16 data link network that would improve the responsiveness of forces in the field, according to a top company official. ViaSat is partnered with Harris...

Marines Would Look At Bolt-On Armor Solutions Over Permanent Fixtures, Official Says.
June 9, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes The demands of operating in a variety of different warfighting environments could mean that the Marine Corps may rely more on bolt-on armor kits for tactical vehicles instead of permanent armor solutions, according to a...

Navy To Announce MMA Winner Today.(Multimission Maritime Aircraft )
June 9, 2004... By Amy Butler The Navy is today expected the announce whether a Boeing [BA] or Lockheed Martin [LMT] team is the winner of a multibillion contract to design the flagship platform for the Navy's next generation reconnaissance fleet,...

Army Receives Lockheed Martin Aerostat Surveillance System For Iraq.
June 9, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday it delivered a 56,000-cubic foot tethered aerostat surveillance system to the Army for use in Iraq. Aerostats can provide inexpensive, long-endurance surveillance. Heliumfilled...

Army Builds Joint And Interdependent Force.
June 9, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt FORT MONROE, Va.--The Army is working to leverage Air Force and Navy capabilities to generate overwhelming effects on an adversary that goes beyond interoperability to interdependence, a service officer said. ...

Panel Urges Changes In Mix of Services Offered By MEP.(Manufacturing Extension Partnership)
June 9, 2004... The nation's Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) remains an effective tool in aiding small manufacturers but changes are needed in the mix of services it provides due to changes in the global economy combined with major technological...

NDU Foundation Creates Homeland Security Center.(National Defense University)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... The National Defense University Foundation, a private, non-profit group that helps obtain non-government funding for the university of the same name, has established a homeland security center that will analyze critical incidents. The...

High Tempo Stretches Marine Forces, Including 'Tapped Out' Aviation, Marine Says.
June 9, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes The high tempo of operations in Iraq is stretching Marine aviation and ground forces according to a top service official. "We're about tapped out for Marine aviation," Lt. Gen. Robert Magnus, deputy commandant of...

United Defense Tops Multiple Bidders For $395 Million Navy Machine Gun Contract.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... The Navy said yesterday it awarded a team led by United Defense [UDI] a competitive contract worth $395 million for the procurement and support of Mk 38 MOD2 machine gun system ordnance alteration, onboard repair parts, installation and...

Congressional Members Want Navy Explanation On Number of Submarines.(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes Concerned that growing budget pressures will force the Navy to slash its submarine force levels, several members of Congress want the service to offer an explanation on how many attack submarines it plans to keep. ...

Boeing Begins Assembly of X-45C.(Joint Unmanned Combat Air System)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... Boeing [BA] said yesterday it began assembling the X-45C Joint Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS), loading the aft carry-through frame into a holding fixture at its St. Louis facility. "Thanks to advanced design and manufacturing...

Navy, Boeing Demonstrate SLAM-ER Retargeting Capability.(Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response, missile's retargeting)(Brief Article)
June 9, 2004... Boeing [BA] said last week that its Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) team and the Navy demonstrated the missile's retargeting capability during tests at Point Magu, Calif. Operating from the aircraft carrier USS John...

Navy Delays MMA Announcement To Next Week.(Multimission Maritime Aircraft design and development contract)
June 10, 2004... By Amy Butler Navy officials at the last minute cancelled a press briefing to announce the winner of the multibillion Multimission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) design and development contract to honor the period of national mourning following...

McCain To Offer Amendments Restricting Tanker Deal.
June 10, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the leading congressional opponent of the Air Force's proposed multibillion-dollar tanker deal, has filed a number of amendments to the FY '05 Defense Authorization Bill that would limit the...

USS Georgia To Participate In 'Silent Hammer' Exercise This Fall, Admirals Say.(United States Ship, Submersible, Ship, Guided, Nuclear)
June 10, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes Ahead of its conversion from a ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) to the multi-mission SSGN standard, the USS Georgia (SSBN-729) will participate in an exercised dubbed Silent Hammer in October--a demonstration designed...

Boeing's Responses To Air Force RFI Include Manned, Unmanned And Missile Systems.(request for information, interim precision strike options)
June 10, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes Boeing [BA] last week submitted a variety of answers to the Air Force's request for information (RFI) for interim precision strike options that include conventional ICBM possibilities, blended-wing body (BWB) arsenal...

HAC Blocks Accenture Homeland Security Contract.(House Appropriations Committee)(Brief Article)
June 10, 2004... The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) voted late Wednesday afternoon to block the $10 billion contract to the Bermuda-based Accenture [ACN], throwing one the largest homeland security contracts into doubt. In an amendment approved,...

With Debate On Hold, Missile Defense Amendments Pile Up.(Ballistic Missile Defense system)
June 10, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger Floor debate on the Senate version of the FY '05 Defense Authorization Bill remains on hold until next week, but a slew of amendments filed this week indicates a heated debate will eventually take place over the...

Investment Report Finds Tanker Deal 'Unlikely'.
June 10, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger While predicting an overall upturn in the aerospace market that will largely benefit Boeing [BA], a report by the Lehman Brothers brokerage firm and investment bank expressed pessimism over the eventual prospects of a...

Army Reset Plans Save Money, Support Modularity.
June 10, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Extending unit tours in Iraq bought Army Materiel Command's (AMC) reset programs to refurbish war-damaged equipment a breathing space, which has led to savings and adjustments to form new modular units, a command official...

AMC Pushes for Two-Piece Supplementals.(Army Materiel Command)(Brief Article)
June 10, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Army Materiel Command (AMC) is already planning for funds from a second supplemental and working how to make it through FY '05 as it repairs equipment used in Iraq, a senior official said. "We're the ones pushing the...

GD To Acquire Military Satellite Communications Equipment Company.(Brief Article)
June 10, 2004... General Dynamics [GD] yesterday said it agreed to acquire TriPoint Global Communications, Inc., a private designer and manufacturer of ground-based satellite communications antennas and related systems primarily for the military market. ...

Defense Watch.
June 14, 2004... The Latest Word on Trends and Developments in Aerospace and Defense Buy America, Part II? Bitter debate over so-called Buy America restrictions hampered conference work on the FY '04 Defense Authorization Bill. This time around, the focus...