Defense Daily articles from June 2008

Defense Daily archives from June 2008

Defense Watch.(Company overview)
June 2, 2008... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense For Your Consideration. General Dynamics Friday submitted its bid for the Navy's LCS competition. That should put to rest any question as to whether GD or Lockheed Martin...

Marine Corps' Joint Strike Fighter Expected To Make First Flight This Month.
June 2, 2008... By Emelie Rutehrford The Marine Corps' Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) variant should fly for the first time in conventional mode this month and make its maiden short-take-off- and-vertical-landing (STOVL) flight around the first of the year,...

Netherlands MoD Selects AeroVironment's Raven UAS.
June 2, 2008... AeroVironment(AV) [AVAV] May 30 announced it has won a $7.7 million contract from the Netherlands Ministry of Defence for the RQ-11B (Raven) small unmanned aircraft systems. "We performed a thorough competitive selection process and the...

ICx Acquires Small Firm With Expertise In Bio-Aerosol Collection, Analysis.
June 2, 2008... By Calvin Biesecker ICx Technologies [ICXT] said last week that it has acquired S3I, LLC, a small firm that will bolster its capabilities in biological threat detection, for $5.3 million in cash. S3I's key product is the...

DHS Renews Bid To Consolidate Disparate Financial Systems.
June 2, 2008... By Calvin Biesecker Following one failed attempt and another that never really got far, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has renewed its efforts to find help from industry in consolidating the legacy financial and asset...

Hill Continues To Push White House To Allow Israel To Deploy Powerful Radar.
June 3, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford A congressional proponent of deploying the X-Band ground-based warning radar in Israel said yesterday that while President Bush didn't endorse the plan, as hoped, when in Israel, the idea is "picking up support" in...

Harris Says It's Not Pursuing Sale.(Brief article)
June 3, 2008... Harris Corp. [HRS] on Sunday said that it is not pursing a merger or sale of the company following media reports and speculation last month that first indicated that the communications firm was on the block and later that bids were below...

DRS Posts Higher Earnings, Sales In Fourth Quarter.(Financial report)
June 3, 2008... DRS Technologies [DRS] late last Thursday posted higher fourth quarter earnings and sales although it benefited in good measure from a restatement of a hefty charge from the first quarter of fiscal year 2008 to the company's fourth quarter...

Opportunities For Firms Focus On Current Navy Threats, Official Says.
June 3, 2008... By Geoff Fein Small businesses looking to tap into Navy programs need to focus their ideas on the service's current concerns, otherwise they are unlikely to get an audience with program managers or acquisition staff, a top Navy official...

Honeywell Receives Third Option On Abrams TIGER Program.
June 3, 2008... Honeywell [HON] said it has been awarded a $311 million third option year of an Army contract to improve performance and extend the life of the AGT1500 turbine engine that powers the M1 Abrams tactical vehicle. The addition of the third...

Ascent Joint Venture In Billion-Dollar U.K. Flight Training Pact.
June 3, 2008... U.K. Army and Navy flight training will be transformed under an approximately $1.2 billion contract with Ascent, a Lockheed Martin [LMT] VT Group joint venture, the government said June 2. "The partnering contract with Ascent brings...

Lockheed Martin To Support Army, Marine MLRS Launchers.
June 3, 2008... Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday announced it received a $90 million contract to support Army and Marine Corps Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launchers. Lockheed Martin's Life Cycle Contractor Support (LCCS) system will support more than...

Global Maritime Security--Defined?
June 3, 2008... By B.C. Kessner ROME--Practically no one believes the seas are ready for regulation and monitoring akin to the communal international airspace system, however participants in a recent forum drummed out the imperative, common interests...

DoD Eyes Stretching Out Coming MRAP Order, Unclear if MRAP II Will Be Part.
June 4, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford As it prepares for what could be its final order of mine-resistant vehicles next month, the Pentagon is considering spreading out vehicle delivery to allow more time for deciding on the acquisition program's future,...

Navy SBIR Effort Developing UAV To Be Deployed From P-3C, P-8.
June 4, 2008... By Geoff Fein Acuity Technologies and Piasecki Aircraft Corp., are both in the midst of a phase two Navy small business innovation research (SBIR) effort to develop a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to be deployed from either a...

Gimbaled Camera Coming This Month For FCS Class I UAV.
June 4, 2008... By Ann Roosevelt This month, the Future Combat System's (FCS) Class 1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), produced by Honeywell [HON] takes another step forward--with the addition of gimbaled sensors, according to Army officials. Right...

BAE Systems Awarded $2.2 Billion For FMTV Work.
June 4, 2008... BAE Systems has been awarded a contract to supply the Army with as many as 10,000 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) at a value of $2.2 billion, with $1.65 billion already negotiated. BAE will provide Long Term Armor Strategy...

SAIC Awarded Contract To Support SPAWAR Systems Center.(Science Applications International Corp)(Space and Naval Warfare Systems )(Brief article)
June 4, 2008... SAIC [SAI] yesterday was awarded a contract by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston (SSCC) to support command, control, communications, computers, cryptology, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) programs,...

Lockheed Martin Chief: NATO Partners Must Boost Industry Investment.
June 4, 2008... By B.C. Kessner The United States defense market is trending open and Europe needs to follow suit while increasing investment needed for meaningful contributions to transatlantic initiatives if NATO hopes to remain effective militarily...

Young Claims Inaccuracies, Assumptions In Navy Destroyer Cost Comparison.
June 5, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon's acquisition chief has questioned the accuracy of a Navy letter stating the life-cycle costs of the new DDG-1000 destroyer and older DDG- 51 destroyer are similar while the procurement cost of a DDG-51...

DHS Planning Information Fusion Demonstration Using Stand-off Sensors.(Department of Homeland Security)
June 5, 2008... By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate will conduct a pilot test this summer involving the use of different types of stand-off sensors to screen people for weapons and...

DoE's Livermore Lab Lays Off 440 Scientists.
June 5, 2008... By George Lobsenz In a move that lab officials have acknowledged was partly tied to the Energy Department's recent hiring of a new operating contractor for the nuclear weapons facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced...

Small Massachusetts Company Finds Niche In Navy Composite Work.(KaZak Composites Inc)
June 5, 2008... By Geoff Fein The Navy is in the process of signing a contract with Massachusetts's- based KaZak Composites Inc., for the company's impact recovery post, a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) effort that will be incorporated onto...

Navy Takes Delivery of First EA-18G Growlers.
June 5, 2008... Boeing [BA] delivered the first fleet EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack (AEA) aircraft to the Navy's Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129, Tuesday at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Wash., ahead of schedule and within budget,...

Spain Spending $156 Million For Tomahawk Cruise Missiles.
June 5, 2008... Spain is looking to buy 20 Block IV Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) reported. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as...

Raytheon, Blackwater Team Up For JLTV Competition.
June 5, 2008... By Ann Roosevelt Raytheon [RTN] and BlackwaterUSA have come together as "Team Innovation" to compete for the Army-Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), officials said. Raytheon decided to get into the competition because...

Young Keeping Close Eye On Air Force's Next-Generation Bomber Plans.
June 5, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon's top weapons buyer said after refusing to sign off on plans for the Air Force's next-generation bomber last year he is waiting to hear an independent assessment of the program as the service reexamines...

Wynne, Moseley Resignations Fuel Criticisms of Air Force Acquisitions.
June 6, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne and Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley's resignations yesterday are being seized on by congressional critics of Air Force acquisition decisions. It is expected to factor into...

Aegis, SM-2 Interceptors Kill Target Missile In Terminal-Phase Success.
June 6, 2008... By Dave Ahearn The Aegis weapon control system guided two Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IV interceptors that obliterated a target missile in its terminal phase of flight, as the foreign-built unitary Scud-like target missile descended...

Lockheed Martin, Kaman Aerospace Demonstrate Unmanned Helo Supply.
June 6, 2008... Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Kaman Aerospace Corp. [KAMN] said they recently demonstrated for the Army and Marine Corps that it's feasible to transport supplies to ground troops by unmanned helicopter. During 45 minutes of operation at Ft....

Sonobuoy SBIR Effort Gaining Interest From Other Services.
June 6, 2008... By Geoff Fein KaZak Composites, Inc., has developed a sonobuoy that can be deployed from a Navy P-3C aircraft from an altitude of 30,000 feet and from a distance of 30 miles from a target, a company official said. Currently, P-3s...

GD Acquires Healthcare Technology Services Business ViPS, Inc.
June 6, 2008... General Dynamics [GD] on Monday said it has agreed to acquire ViPS, Inc., a healthcare technology services business unit of HLTH Corp. [HLTH], for $225 million to expand its capabilities and customer base in the fast growing healthcare...

Australia Launches Defense White Paper Community Consultation Program.(Brief article)
June 6, 2008... Australian Minister for Defence, Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP, June 5 launched the Defence White Paper Community Consultation Program and released a public discussion paper "Key Questions for Defence in the 21st Century" during an event at...

Defense Watch.(Company overview)
June 9, 2008... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Still the Ones. Who's running the Air Force following last Thursday's resignations of Secretary Michael Wynne and Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley? That'd be Wynne and...

Young Creating Director-Level Position In OSD AT&L For Space and Intelligence.(undersecretary for acquisition, technology, and logistics)
June 9, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon's acquisition chief said he is creating a director level- position for space and intelligence capabilities in his office to ensure "corporate-level oversight" of such systems including satellites. ...

Rep. Taylor Questions Pentagon Acquisition Chief's Support For DDG-1000.
June 9, 2008... By Geoff Fein and Emelie Rutherford In a letter to John Young, the Pentagon's top weapon's buyer, Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.), raised his concerns that the DDG-1000 has the potential to bankrupt all other Navy shipbuilding efforts and...

Rescue 21 Costs Soar On Construction and Program Mods.
June 9, 2008... By Calvin Biesecker The final estimated acquisition costs for the Coast Guard's maritime 911 emergency radio system have increased 46 percent and the last installations won't be completed until six-years later than planned due to harder...

STOVL Joint Strike Fighter Buy Hinges On Flight This Week, Engine Fix Review.
June 9, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps could be cleared to buy a batch of short-take-off-and- vertical-landing (STOVL) variants of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) in early July, after a successful first flight and assessment of engine...

Boeing, Navy Readying For First P-8 Flight In FY '09.
June 10, 2008... By Geoff Fein The next year will be a busy time for the Navy's P-8 Poseidon program as it prepares for first flight of its developmental test aircraft in FY '09 and begins static and fatigue testing about the same time, a Navy official...

Tanker Protest Watchers Await Confirmation of Air Force Nominations.
June 10, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford Congress should move quickly to confirm a new Air Force secretary and chief of staff so questions about the protested tanker contract can be answered and the process ahead is not hampered, observers said. Defense...

Northrop Grumman Calls Open Architecture Key To IBCS Bid.
June 10, 2008... By Ann Roosevelt Open architecture is key to the Northrop Grumman [NOC] team bid for prime contractor in the Army's Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) competition to be awarded this summer, a company official...

Idaho Re-Ups With Nuclear Navy; Keeps Spent Fuel Limits.(Naval Nuclear Propulsion Office)
June 10, 2008... By George Lobsenz Amid discussions in Congress and at the Pentagon on expanding the Navy's nuclear-powered fleet, Idaho officials Thursday announced an agreement with the Energy Department's Naval Nuclear Propulsion Office and the Navy...

Bush Directive On Biometrics Creates Framework For Improved Federal Coordination.
June 10, 2008... By Calvin Biesecker President Bush last Thursday signed a new directive calling on federal agencies to coordinate, and share better their use of biometrics to better prosecute the War on Terror. These "agencies shall, to the fullest...

Brits Net Gains Through Air-Land Interface Lessons Learned.
June 10, 2008... By B.C. Kessner ROME--The British military has made great strides delivering network enabled capabilities (NEC) to forces working at the Air-Land Interface (ALI) and has identified key steps toward additional interoperability, a Ministry...

Israel Spending $190 Million For 25 T-6A Trainer Aircraft.
June 10, 2008... Israel has requested the sale of 25 T-6A Texan aircraft as well as associated equipment and services, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The total value of the sale, if all options are exercised, could be as...

OEF, OIF Demonstrating U.S. Forces Will Need To Be More SOF-Like.(special operations forces)
June 11, 2008... By Geoff Fein After six years in Afghanistan and five in Iraq, top military brass are seeing that U.S. forces will need to be much more SOF (Special Operations Forces)-like, with the ability to move quickly and be more adaptive, says a...

Young: DoD Needs Hill Help On Acquisition Workers, Funding, Multi-Year Power.
June 11, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon's top weapons buyer said garnering greater flexibility to hire more acquisition personnel tops his near-term wish list for Congress. When asked recently what he would like Congress to address "right...

BAE Completes Purchase of MTC Technologies.
June 11, 2008... BAE Systems said this week it has completed its acquisition of MTC Technologies in a $450 million deal that expands BAE's business in the United States as well as its worldwide services business. United Kingdom-based BAE said the...

FCS Prepares For DAB IPR, Soldiers Test Equipment.
June 11, 2008... By Ann Roosevelt Army officials are preparing for a Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) In Process Review (IPR) of its major modernization program Future Combat Systems (FCS) in Washington, D.C. this summer, while soldiers in El Paso, Texas...

Stanley To Acquire Government Service Provider Oberon Associates.
June 11, 2008... By Calvin Biesecker Stanley, Inc. [SXE] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Oberon Associates for $170 million in cash, its largest acquisition to date, giving it new customers in the Defense Department and intelligence community and...

Air Force Taps Lockheed Martin To Upgrade Flying Unit C2.
June 11, 2008... The Air Force Electronic System Center has selected Lockheed Martin [LMT] to upgrade the Air Force flying unit command and control capability formerly under the Theater Battle Management Control System (TBMCS) contract. The total...

ScanEagle Achieves Real-Time Processing of SAR Data.
June 11, 2008... Boeing [BA], in partnership with ImSAR and Insitu Inc., achieved a major milestone in May with the real-time processing of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data aboard a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft equipped with a standard inertially...

Lockheed Martin Conducts Successful First STOVL Flight, Second Planned Next Week.
June 12, 2008... By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday put its F-35B short take off vertical landing Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) into the air for the first time, marking the beginning of months of deliveries and flight tests of the next-generation...

'FCS Is Real,' Army Chief of Staff Says On Debut of Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon.
June 12, 2008... By Ann Roosevelt In Washington yesterday, the Army displayed the first of its Future Combat Systems (FCS) Manned Ground Vehicles (MGV): the Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C). "FCS is real and relevant...What you see around you are the...

Lawmakers OK Pentagon Reprogramming, With Conditions.
June 12, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford Congress has signed off on part of the Pentagon's reprogramming request-- to internally shift billions of dollars in the absence of a war supplemental funding bill--but has put conditions on some of the requested...

Preparedness Programs Favored As House Panel Adds $2.3 Billion For Homeland Security.
June 12, 2008... By Calvin Biesecker The House panel that oversees homeland security appropriations yesterday approved a $39.9 billion spending bill that would add $2.3 billion, or 6 percent, to the president's budget request with most of the plus-up...

Sessions: Strategic Posture Commission Could Spur Major National Debate.
June 12, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford A congressionally mandated commission examining U.S. strategic posture and the role of nuclear weapons has the potential to initiate a major reexamination of the nation's strategic defenses, a senior Senate...

PEO C4I's Open Architecture Effort Reaches Out To Small Companies.
June 12, 2008... By Geoff Fein Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) is looking at ways to lower the barrier for entry for small businesses looking to compete for command, control, computer, communication and intelligence (C4I) contracts. "One of the...

Versa Fuel Cell To Power 'Vulture' Aircraft.
June 12, 2008... Versa Power Systems Inc., a leading developer of solid oxide fuel cells, has been selected to work with Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems to develop an unmanned aircraft for the Department of Defense capable of remaining aloft for five...

DoE Putting Savannah River Security Contract Out For Bid.
June 12, 2008... By George Lobsenz The Energy Department Friday issued a draft request for proposals for contractors interested in providing security services at its Savannah River Site in South Carolina, one of the biggest storage sites for special...

ATK Combining Launch Systems, Space Systems Groups.(Alliant Techsystems, Inc.)(Brief article)
June 12, 2008... Alliant Techsystems [ATK] said this week it is combining its Launch Systems and Space Systems Groups to put all of its space business under a single management structure and will headquarter the new Space Systems group in the Washington,...

Pelosi Wants War Supplemental Passed By July 4 Recess.
June 13, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said yesterday she wants the House to pass the supplemental war-spending bill in time to send final legislation to the president before the Fourth of July recess. Observers saw...

Lockheed Martin JLTV Prototypes Surpass 15,000 Test Miles.
June 13, 2008... By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin's [LMT] two operational Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) prototypes have between them successfully driven more than 15,000 total test miles, officials say, with more than half of them off-road...

DHS Begins Recompete For Its Homeland Security FFRDC.(Department of Homeland Security)(Federally Funded Research and Development Center )
June 13, 2008... The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week issued a pre- solicitation notice seeking professional support services to continue a Studies and Analysis Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) that would provide it with...

Response Force Is Vehicle For NATO's NCW Ambitions.(Network-Centric Warfare)
June 13, 2008... By B.C. Kessner ROME--The NATO Response Force (NRF) will play a central role in the development and fielding of network-centric operational capabilities, the Alliance's C3 director said here last week. Leaders at NATO's recent...

DoE Raps Nuke Lab Operators On Errant Classified E-Mails.
June 13, 2008... By George Lobsenz After toting up 356 violations of classified data protection requirements across the agency in 2007, the Energy Department has warned the operators of its three nuclear weapons laboratories that they have not taken...

Maine Senators Try To Rally Senate Appropriators Against Changing DDG-1000 Plans.
June 13, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford Maine's senators are appealing to defense appropriators in their chamber to heed the Navy's $2.5 billion budget request for buying a third DDG-1000 destroyer--and to fight House attempts to halt the ship program. ...

OSD Memo Provides Guidance Should Lawmakers Fail To Pass Appropriations.
June 13, 2008... By Geoff Fein Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England earlier this week issued a memorandum outlining criteria for determining which activities will continue as exempt from shutdown, and which must cease operations, in the absence of...

Kaman Acquires U.K. Aerospace Firm Brookhouse Holdings.
June 13, 2008... Kaman Corp. [KAMN] yesterday said it has acquired Brookhouse Holdings, Ltd., a United Kingdom-based designer and manufacturer of composite aerostructures, aerospace tooling and repair services for $85.1 million in cash, in a deal that fits...

Defense Watch.
June 16, 2008... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Gathering. A source tells Defense Daily that Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, acquisition czar John Young, Navy Secretary Donald Winter and CNO Adm. Gary Roughead...

Capitol Hill Braces For GAO's Decision On Air Force Tanker Protest This Week.
June 16, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford With the Government Accountability Office's decision on Boeing's [BA] protest of the Air Force tanker contract to Northrop Grumman [NOC] expected this Thursday, lawmakers on both sides of the battle last week ramped...

Exercise Provides Nations Opportunity To Hone Submarine Rescue Skills.
June 16, 2008... By Geoff Fein For the first time in the seven-year history of Bold Monarch, the Russian navy took part in the international submarine exercise that brings together 18 countries in a cooperative effort to train for submarine escape and...

Sky Warrior Block 0 Operational In Iraq.
June 16, 2008... General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA ASI) June 12 said that two Sky Warrior Block 0 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are now operational in Iraq supporting Army ground forces there. The first mission for WY-201 occurred on April 18...

BAE Sale of Flight Systems Unit To Calspan Falls Through.
June 16, 2008... BAE Systems said on Friday that discussions over the planned sale of its Flight Systems business unit to Calspan Corp. have terminated and that the business will remain with BAE. The $62.5 million proposed sale was announced in March and...

General Dynamics To Produce More RG-31 vehicles.
June 16, 2008... General Dynamics [GD] Land Systems-Canada announced it has received a $67.3 million contract modification to provide 111 RG-31 Mk5 E Mine Protected Vehicles. The Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC), in support of the Program...

SRDRS Gives Navy Improved Sub Rescue Capability.(Submarine Rescue Diving Recompression System)
June 17, 2008... By Geoff Fein Exercise Bold Monarch 08 not only offered the Navy an opportunity to collaborate with international navies on honing submarine rescue skills, but the two-week event enabled the Navy to conduct operational evaluation of the...

Lt. Gen. Campbell Sees North Korea, Iran Racing For Nuclear-Tipped ICBMs.
June 17, 2008... By Dave Ahearn A clear trend is emerging that rogue nations such as Iran and North Korea are in "a sprint, not a marathon," racing to develop ICBMs that could be tipped with nuclear weapons, a general said last week. Therefore, it...

General Dynamics UK Takes Part In CWID This Month.
June 17, 2008... General Dynamics UK [GD] is demonstrating the latest capability for allied forces at the 2008 Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstrator (CWID) at Portsdown that runs from June 13-20. CWID 2008 will showcase technologies that are...

Obama And McCain Camps Described Cautious Approaches To RRW.
June 17, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford Surrogates for presumptive presidential nominees Sens. John McCain (R- Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) described yesterday cautious approaches the candidates would take to the Reliable Replacement Warhead...

DRS Had Higher Offer For Sale From Another Foreign Company.
June 17, 2008... By Calvin Biesecker DRS Technologies [DRS] disclosed last week that a foreign company offered it more money for a potential acquisition than the $81 per share it eventually accepted from Italy's Finmeccanica but that its board of...

Another Step Forward For NATO Strategic Airlift.(Brief article)
June 17, 2008... The Defence Ministers of the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) nations met at NATO Headquarters to review progress June 12 and map the way forward to meet the goal of receiving the first aircraft in November 2008. The 15 SAC nations,...

New AT&L Shop For Space And Intel Acquisition Oversight Established.
June 18, 2008... By Emelie Rutherford A new organization within the Pentagon acquisition chief's office responsible for all acquisition oversight of Defense Department space and intelligence programs has been officially established with Joshua Hartman at...

Coast Guard's National Security Cutter Heading To Baltimore.
June 18, 2008... After months of speculation and rumor, the Coast Guard's first National Security Cutter (NSC), the CGC Bertholf (WMSL 750), left Northrop Grumman's [NOC] Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard and is now making its way up the East Coast to Baltimore...

iRobot To Develop ChemBots For DARPA.
June 18, 2008... iRobot Corp. [IRBT] yesterday said the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Army Research Office have awarded the company a new multi-year, $3.3 million dollar research and development project to develop Chemical Robots...