Defense Daily articles from March 2007

Defense Daily archives from March 2007

Wynne Shoots For Resolution of CSAR-X Protest Before End of Fiscal Year.
March 1, 2007... By Jen DiMascio Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne yesterday said he plans to review a recent Government Accountability Office decision to uphold protests of a contract award for a combat-search-and-rescue (CSAR-X) helicopter and proceed...

Navy Expecting Cost Overruns On Second Littoral Combat Ship.
March 1, 2007... By Geoff Fein The Navy expects to see cost overruns for General Dynamics' [GD] Littoral Combat Ship, the USS Independence (LCS-2), although how much those overruns are won't be known until the ship is further along in construction,...

NASA Budget Woes Mean Orion-Ares Delayed Up To Six Months.
March 1, 2007... By Dave Ahearn A shortage of funds now will mean that NASA will see a delay of up to half a year in the first launch of the next-generation Orion-Ares crew exploration vehicle, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said yesterday. That...

ATF, Military, Expand Counter IED Collaboration.
March 1, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is expanding its program to help the Defense Department counter the terrorist use of improvised explosives devices (IED). The program, under the auspices...

F-22 Raptors Shine In Red Flag Debut, Say Air Force Officials.
March 1, 2007... By Michael Sirak The Air Force's newest jet fighter, the stealthy F-22 Raptor, performed well in its debut at the service's premier combat training exercise earlier this month, according to the pilots who led the Raptors there. "I...

Price Wants Clear Plan For SBI.
March 1, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker Remarking that his subcommittee is "keenly aware of the mixed results" delivered so far in government contracts managed by lead system integrators, the chairman of the House Appropriations Homeland Security...

Taiwan Looking To Spend $412 Million On AMRAAM and Maverick Missiles.
March 1, 2007... Taiwan is seeking the purchase of 218 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and 235 Maverick missiles as well as associated equipment and services, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The total value...

Army Adds Soldier Force Protection Gear.
March 1, 2007... The Army said yesterday it is fielding 430,000 new helmet pads, called Nape Pads, to negate the effects of ballistic fragmentation in the neck area, reducing injuries and saving lives. The new protective pads are being produced by...

Navy Expect To Assess LCS Way Ahead In Coming Weeks.
March 2, 2007... By Jen DiMascio Within the next two to three weeks, the Navy should complete its review of the Littoral Combat Ship's (LCS) first phase that will likely prompt changes to the service's acquisition process, the Navy secretary told...

Navy Cuts To F-35 STOVL Won't Impact Marine Corps' IOC Date, Official Says.
March 2, 2007... By Geoff Fein Navy reductions to the short take off and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of Lockheed Martin's [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) are an attempt to take a somewhat less aggressive approach to procurement of the aircraft...

Army Revamps Business Practices To Support Warfighters.
March 2, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt The Army's bills are large and growing, but the service is doing its part to pare costs and improve productivity, the service secretary said. "In 2005 I initiated what has been called the world's largest deployment...

Mid-Tier Shipyards Could Benefit Navy But Limits Exist, Study Finds.
March 2, 2007... By Geoff Fein Using mid-tier shipyards for naval construction can increase sourcing options for the Navy and foster competition in the industrial base, however, there are limits to the sector's capability and capacity, according to a...

Lockheed Martin Gains $979.2 Million For Aegis Program BMD.
March 2, 2007... The Missile Defense Agency gave Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $979.2 million change to an existing cost-plus-award-fee contract, with the added funds paying for continued work on the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, the Pentagon...

Australian MoD Releases New Defense Industrial Policy.
March 2, 2007... Australia's Minister of Defence released a new Defence Industry Policy, to achieve the cost-effective delivery of equipment and support to ensure the men and women of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) have the best possible advantage when...

Boeing's FAB-T Moves Closer To Delivery.
March 2, 2007... Boeing [BA] yesterday announced it has successfully completed a Critical Design Review (CDR) of its Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) program, helping to pave the way for deliveries to begin. "We've established...

Colsa Gains Up To $49 Million In NASA Contract.(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)(Brief article)
March 2, 2007... NASA gave Colsa Corp. a contract worth up to $49 million if all options are exercised, the company said yesterday. Colsa, of Huntsville, Ala., will provide configuration and data management services for the NASA Marshall Space Flight...

Defense Watch.(Company overview)
March 5, 2007... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Fast Track. The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to mark up the fiscal year 2007 "spring supplemental" this week, Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.), the ranking member...

Boeing Takes First Step In Closing C-17 Production Line.
March 5, 2007... By Jen DiMascio Without new orders or significant commitments from the Air Force that it wants additional C-17 Globemasters, Boeing [BA] will begin to stop buying long- lead items, taking the first step in shutting down production of the...

DHS S&T Exploring UAS Counter-MANPADS Effort.
March 5, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker Keeping its options open for finding ways to protect commercial aircraft against man-portable missile threats, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) soon plans to issue a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking...

Nuclear Surface Ships Have Lower Operating Costs But More Expensive To Build, Navy Says.
March 5, 2007... By Geoff Fein Nuclear powered ships have a higher ship construction cost, as much as $600 million to $800 million for the fifth ship of a class, but do have lower operating and support costs when fuel costs are considered, the Navy's top...

Livermore Lab Wins Warhead Design Nod On Testing Issue.
March 5, 2007... By George Lobsenz The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced Friday it has chosen a design developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for its new "reliable replacement warhead," saying it would be easier to...

KEI Meets Acceleration Specs, But Funding Lack Slows Land Mobile Capability.
March 6, 2007... By Dave Ahearn The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system meets acceleration requirements of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), but funding shortages are slowing development of the KEI land-mobile version,...

Navy Cutting Costs, Providing Flexibility For Future Virginia Submarines.
March 6, 2007... By Geoff Fein As the Navy continues efforts to trim the cost of building Virginia-class submarines, the namesake of the newest fleet of submarines, the USS Virginia (SSN-774), yesterday completed its post shakedown authority and entered...

Mutual Split Between Elbit, Bulgaria Over Helo Upgrades.
March 6, 2007... By B.C. Kessner TEL AVIV, Israel--In what should be the final chapter of a tumultuous and nearly three-year business negotiations saga, Israel's Elbit Systems [ESLY] and the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense (MoD) have agreed to cancel a...

MRAP Test Vehicles Arriving At Aberdeen Proving Ground For Testing.
March 6, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles have begun to arrive at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., for testing as nine contractors compete to provide the Army and Marine Corps a vehicle expected to improve protection...

Air Force Lets Contract To Northrop Grumman For Joint STARS Re-Engining.
March 6, 2007... By Michael Sirak The Air Force has tasked Northrop Grumman [NOC] to begin preliminary work on installing new engines on the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft, the company said last week. "We...

Intelligent Automation Corp. Unveils SuperHUMS.
March 6, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt Intelligent Automation Corp. (IAC) unveiled the SuperHUMS family of products last week featuring a next-generation system on a chip improvement that delivers more than 10 times the performance of previous vibration...

BAE SYSTEMS Unveils FCS Non-Line of Sight Mortar Firing Platform.
March 6, 2007... BAE SYSTEMS, the Future Combat Systems Lead Systems Integrator (LSI) team of Boeing [BA] and SAIC [SAI], and the Army Friday unveiled the first Future Combat Systems (FCS) Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) Mortar Firing Platform. The NLOS Mortar...

Service Chiefs of Staff Want To Return To Acquisition Management.
March 6, 2007... By Jen DiMascio During hearings last month, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff expressed an interest in giving service chiefs greater authority in the acquisition process. A concern among service chiefs is that Congress holds them...

England Considers Removing JSF From Supplemental.
March 7, 2007... By Jen DiMascio Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England said yesterday he is reconsidering elements of the fiscal year 2007 emergency supplemental budget request to Congress--including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) and other...

Lockheed Martin Plans To Demonstrate New Low-Collateral-Damage Munition This Year.
March 7, 2007... By Michael Sirak ORLANDO, Fla.-- Lockheed Martin [LMT] intends later this year to test in flight a new low-cost, air-delivered munition that is designed to attack targets precisely in urban areas, including slow moving objects, according...

GAO Recommends Further Study of Tanker Cargo Carrying Capabilities.
March 7, 2007... The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending that the Air Force further analyze its decision to include passenger and cargo-carrying capabilities to the suite of requirements as it seeks to recapitalize its aging tanker fleet....

Gains In Processing Power Will Improve Sensor Capabilities For Subs, Official Says.
March 7, 2007... By Geoff Fein As processing power increases, it will enable the submarine force to do things it hasn't thought of yet, most of which is related to sensors--the spherical array panels on the side of the boat and towed arrays, said a top...

Dual Engine Strategy For JSF Will Not Reduce Costs, Improve Reliability, Study Finds.
March 7, 2007... By Geoff Fein Pursuing a two-engine acquisition strategy for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will not lead to reduced costs or improved reliability, but it could strengthen the industrial base and reduce the impact of fleet-wide...

Raytheon Tests Shows Ability of AESA Radar To Pass Data At High Rates.
March 7, 2007... By Michael Sirak Recent tests by Raytheon [RTN] have validated the tremendous ability of modern radars on fighter aircraft to serve as communications devices to transmit and receive data at speeds that dwarf the capabilities of the...

Australia Plans More Than $770 Million Investment For Regional Air Superiority.
March 7, 2007... Australia is to keep its air combat edge with the acquisition of F/A-18F Block II Super Hornet Multirole aircraft in an approximately $772.5 million cost over a decade, the government said yesterday. The acquisition will include 24...

New Group To Lobby Bush For Export Control Changes.
March 7, 2007... A consortium of business interest groups has joined together in a super- group to lobby President Bush for changes in export control rules, changes that would reduce the number of export licenses needed by defense contractors and others,...

Lockheed Martin Unveils Two New Missiles.
March 8, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.-- Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday unveiled two new missiles, the DAGR and P44, developed with company funding leveraging existing technologies to fill battlefield needs. The Direct Attack Guided...

GAO Details Why It Upheld Protest Against Boeing Gaining CSAR-X Award.
March 8, 2007... By Dave Ahearn The Government Accountability Office (GAO) detailed why it upheld protests against the Air Force awarding Boeing [BA] a contract to provide the next-generation Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR(X)) helicopter, stating that the...

IAF Ceremoniously Receives War-Proven Heron UAS.
March 8, 2007... By B.C. Kessner TEL AVIV, Israel--The unmanned aircraft system (UAS) known to the Israel Air Force (IAF) as "Shoval" and as "Heron" to Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) international customers was officially received yesterday by the...

DNDO Looking To Develop Mobile Variants of Next-Gen Radiation Portal Monitors.
March 8, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker With final testing of next-generation radiation portal monitors underway to inform a decision in June whether to proceed to full-rate production, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) is in the process of...

Navy Picks Capt. James Murdoch As New LCS Program Manager.
March 8, 2007... By Geoff Fein Capt. James Murdoch, formerly program manager for Naval Surface Fire Support, has been selected to lead the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program office, according to a source. Murdoch replaces Capt. Don Babcock. In...

Air Force Makes Pitch To Be Executive Agent For Medium- And High-Altitude UAVs.
March 8, 2007... By Michael Sirak Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley wants the Air Force to be named the executive agent (EA) for medium- and high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) across the Department of Defense (DoD), according to a...

Forces Korea Commander Calls For Upgrade In Vehicle Fleet.
March 8, 2007... By Jen DiMascio Stocks of aerial-delivery munitions and major items of equipment like Humvees and trucks are under the most stress because of the war in Iraq, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea said yesterday. Gen. Burwell Bell was...

As F-18D Usage Increases In Iraq, Marines Finding Ways To Keep Planes Flying.
March 8, 2007... By Geoff Fein As the utilization rate of the Marine Corps' F-18Ds in Iraq increases well beyond their intended range, efforts are underway to ensure the service will have aircraft to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance...

Marshall Floats Idea to Control Cost of C-5 Modernization Programs.
March 8, 2007... By Jen DiMascio Rep. Jim Marshall (D-Ga.) yesterday recommended that Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the Air Force begin discussing ways to cap the cost of the C-5 Galaxy airlift modernization programs. In exchange, the Air Force would...

Democrats Proposed Supplemental Cuts JSFs, Adds Money For F/A-18s.
March 9, 2007... By Jen DiMascio The House's Democratic leadership yesterday unveiled a proposed emergency supplemental spending bill for fiscal year 2007 that nixed administration plans to replace the loss of F-16 fighter jets with two next generation...

Navy To Decide Fate of LCS-3 In Coming Weeks, Official Says.
March 9, 2007... By Geoff Fein The Navy is looking at a number of options on how to move forward with the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program including the possibility of terminating construction of LCS-3, according to a top Navy official. In the next...

Workers Strike At Northrop Grumman's Pascagoula Shipyard.
March 9, 2007... By Geoff Fein Workers at Northrop Grumman [NOC] Ship Systems (NGSS) Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., went on strike yesterday after the union representing nearly 7,000 workers and the company failed to reach an agreement on a new...

Marines Working To Keep Harrier Numbers Up Until JSF Arrives.
March 9, 2007... By Geoff Fein The Marine Corps is doing what it can to keep its fleet of aging AV-8 Harriers flying until the service takes delivery of the short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). ...

Harvey Spells Out Challenges Facing Army.
March 9, 2007... By Ann Rooesvelt FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.--On his last full day as Army Secretary, Francis Harvey listed five major challenges facing the service. Harvey, speaking at the Association of the United States Army Winter symposium here,...

Air Force Moves Toward Fielding Two Full Squadrons Of Ground-Based Satellite Jammers.
March 9, 2007... By Michael Sirak The Air Force is moving forward with plans to establish two complete space-control squadrons that operate equipment capable of jamming enemy satellite communications during a crisis or conflict, according to service...

Coast Guard Expects Resolution Soon On National Security Cutter Design Issue.
March 9, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker A technical solution for addressing the fatigue life issues related to the design of hulls for the Coast Guard's National Security Cutters is being finalized between the service and the ship contractor and will be...

Oshkosh Truck To Refurbish Line Haul Tractors In Kuwait.
March 9, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.-- Oshkosh Truck [OSK] is adding refurbishment of Line Haul tractors to its work on the Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) at the company's facility in Kuwait. The Army TPER work on the M915...

Meggitt To Acquire K&F Industries.
March 9, 2007... Meggitt USA, the United States-based subsidiary of Britain's Meggitt PLC, on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire K&F Industries [KFI] in a $1.8 billion deal. Meggitt said it would pay $27 in cash per share for K&F, a 10 percent...

Defense Watch.
March 12, 2007... The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense No Resumes, Please. Pete Geren, the former Democratic lawmaker from Texas, is likely to remain acting Army secretary for the next two months, according to sources. If all...

Draft of Amended Supplemental Request Swaps Aircraft To Support Surge.
March 12, 2007... By Jen DiMascio The Bush administration was expected to send to Congress late last week a final draft of an amendment for supplemental funding in 2007 that removes key aircraft programs including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to fund...

United Industrial Posts Earnings, Sales Gains In Fourth Quarter.(Financial report)
March 12, 2007... United Industrial Corp. [UIC] on Friday reported higher earnings and sales in the fourth quarter driven by work on its Unmanned Aircraft Systems, trainer devices, improved performance on production contracts and a gain on the sale of its...

Northrop Grumman Gets $12 Million For DARPA's Tango Bravo Effort.(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
March 12, 2007... The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Navy last week awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] Newport News $12.7 million to continue developing and testing a new system for future submarines to carry and launch torpedoes, the...

Apache Longbow Helicopters Delivered To Kuwait Air Force.
March 12, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.--The U.S. Army delivered six AH-64D Apache Longbow multi-mission helicopters, built by Boeing [BA], in a rollout ceremony to the Kuwait Air Force in Kuwait last week. The U.S. Army has delivered...

Airbus Leads EADS To Lower Earnings, Higher Sales.(Financial report)
March 12, 2007... The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) on Friday reported a hefty decline in operating earnings for 2006 due to difficulties in completing work on its super jumbo passenger aircraft the A380 although sales increased a healthy...

Hearing Reassures Lawmakers About The Jointness of JCA Program.
March 13, 2007... By Jen DiMascio Lawmakers skeptical about the future prospects for the Joint Cargo Aircraft--an Air Force, Army venture--were reassured by testimony from service officials last week. Rep. Jim Marshall (D-Ga.) had questions about how...

Defense Officials Warn Against Blurring Lines of Fourth- And Fifth-Generation Fighters.
March 13, 2007... By Michael Sirak The F-22 and F-35, the world's first two 'fifth-generation' fighter aircraft in production, possess a unique combination of attributes, such as detection-evading airframes, that sets them apart from the previous era of...

Boeing JTRS GMR Program On Cost, On Schedule, Official Says.
March 13, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.-- Boeing's [BA] Joint Tactical Radio System Ground Mobile Radio (JTRS GMR) program is focused, on cost and schedule, after a progress-packed year, a company official said. "We're working to a...

Boeing Sees Vast Opportunities In BMD Systems.
March 13, 2007... By Dave Ahearn U.S. ballistic missile defense systems likely would work to knock down any incoming enemy ballistic missiles, industry officials said yesterday. Boeing [BA] had a great year in its multiple ballistic missile defense...

Intelligent Automation Corp.'s HUMS Takes First Flight On 160th SOAR Helicopter.
March 13, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.--Intelligent Automation Corp.'s Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) successfully completed its first installation and test flight on the Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment's...

FCS Seeks Information On Multi-Mode Sensors For Future UAVs.
March 13, 2007... The Future Combat System (FCS) program has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for industry responses on the feasibility of developing and building an integrated Multi-Mode Sensor (MMS) subsystem for installation on FCS Class III and IV...

Intelligent Automation Corp. To Integrate SuperHUMS On Shadow TUAS.
March 13, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.--Intelligent Automation Corp.'s SuperHUMS will be integrated on AAI Corp.'s [UIC] RQ-7A/B Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS). IAC announced at the Association of the United...

Boeing Selects Pratt To Power KC-767 Aerial Refueling Tanker Aircraft.
March 13, 2007... By Dave Ahearn Boeing [BA] chose Pratt & Whitney to supply engines for the KC-767 aerial refueling tanker aircraft, assuming that the Air Force picks Boeing to supply the planes, the company said yesterday. Boeing is to submit its...

Clarification.(Correction notice)
March 13, 2007... The president's initial request for a fiscal year 2007 supplemental included $400 million for two Joint Strike Fighters, bringing the cost of one platform to significantly more than Defense Daily reported in a March 12 digest item headed...

Army Likely To Restore Cuts For Tri-National MEADS Funding, Official Says.
March 14, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt Potential FY '08-'09 budget cuts in the United States portion of funding for the U.S., German and Italian-funded Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) are likely to be restored, according to a corporate official....

Navy Eyeing Options For Lowering Sub Costs, Protecting Designer Jobs.
March 14, 2007... By Geoff Fein Navy officials last week told lawmakers they are looking at a number of options to help it achieve a price of $2 billion per hull for Virginia-class submarines to be able to go to building two subs per year. ...

German Bundeswehr Buys More EOD iRobot Packbots.
March 14, 2007... iRobot Corp. [IRBT] March 7 said it received an order of more than $2.8 million for 22 additional iRobot PackBot(r) Explosive Ordnance Device (EOD) robots and spare parts from the German Bundeswehr (Federal Defense Force). This is the...

Marine Corps Seeking ISR Services For UAS.(intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance)(unmanned aerial system)
March 14, 2007... The Marine Corps is holding a competition to provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) services for an unmanned aerial system (UAS) that will be provided to deployed I and II Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF). ...

Army, JIEDDO BAA Seeks Standoff Detection of Explosive Threats.(Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization)(Broad Agency Announcement)
March 14, 2007... The Army Research Office (ARO) and the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) are seeking technologies to aid in the standoff detection of explosive threats under a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) issued for the...

ATK And ARDEC To Develop Advanced Ammo And Gun System To Counter RAM Attacks.
March 14, 2007... ATK [ATK] on Monday said it has received a $4.6 million contract from the Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Picatinny, N.J., to develop and demonstrate a next-generation ammunition and gun system for the...

Boeing Opposes CSAR-X Re-Bid, But Says It Would Win Again With Best Helicopter.
March 14, 2007... By Dave Ahearn Boeing [BA] officials asserted rival contractors Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Sikorsky Aircraft, a unit of United Technologies [UTX], are acting in their own interests but against interests of warfighters in contesting the...

Qatari Customs A Headache For U.S. Contractors Heading To Iraq.
March 14, 2007... By Calvin Biesecker U.S. contractor personnel supporting war operations in Iraq are having a difficult time getting there with their government issued personal protection equipment if they have to transit through Doha International...

Boeing Graduates First Scan Eagle Crews From UAV Training Center.
March 14, 2007... By Geoff Fein Boeing [BA] has graduated its first batch of Air Force ScanEagle crews from its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Training Center in Clovis, N.M., the company reported. The U.S. Air Force chose to operate their system...

Marine Corps Effort Will Help EFV Shed 1,700 Pounds In Requirements.
March 15, 2007... By Geoff Fein The Marine Corps believes it can trim about 1,700 pounds from General Dynamics' [GD] Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) in an attempt to remove some requirements from the armored amphibious personnel carrier to help speed...

Air Force Seeks Greater Clarity From GAO On CSAR-X Protest Case.
March 15, 2007... By Michael Sirak The Air Force has asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to provide greater clarity regarding the industry protest case of the service's Combat Search and Rescue Helicopter (CSAR-X) program, Secretary of the...

Mississippi Governor Supports Another Guard Stryker Brigade.
March 15, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) is seeking support from a key lawmaker for a new Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) for the National Guard. In a Feb. 22 letter to Rep. Gene Taylor, (D-Miss.), a member of the House...

Army Battle Lab Experiments With Future Force Counterinsurgency Warfare.
March 15, 2007... By Ann Roosevelt Over the next two weeks, the Unit of Action Maneuver Battle Lab (UAMBL) at Ft. Knox, Ky., is holding a future force counterinsurgency (COIN) experiment, OMNI Fusion 07, officials said. "We're experimenting with the...

Elbit Says It's Poised For Greater U.S. Market Share.
March 15, 2007... By B.C. Kessner TEL AVIV, Israel--The $600 million in revenues that Israel's Elbit Systems [ESLT] earned in the United States last year was key to its soaring financial results but the company's sights are fixed on greater business in...