Defense Daily articles from October 2003

Defense Daily archives from October 2003

GD To Acquire Austrian Combat Vehicle Supplier; Expands European Presence.(General Dynamics to acquire Steyr Daimler Puch)
October 1, 2003... By Calvin Biesecker General Dynamics [GD] yesterday said it would acquire Austrian combat vehicle manufacturer Steyr Daimler Puch tomorrow in a deal that furthers the company's penetration into the European and international markets for...

Lockheed Martin's HI-Vision Lab Accrues Competitive Advantages, Official Says.
October 1, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--As the Pentagon moves from discussing future network-centric warfare applications and integrated C4ISR functionality to deploying them in the field, Lockheed Martin believes that its new HI-Vision...

Unified Course Game To Find 'Breaking Point' In Sea Basing Plans, JFCOM Says.
October 1, 2003... By Amy Butler The Pentagon is next week kicking off a wargaming exercise that will explore how thinly sea-based forces can be stretched while maintaining the ability to bust through highly defended areas, according to wargame officials....

United Defense Bofors Unit Makes First 57mm Gun System Sale To United States.
October 1, 2003... United Defense Industries [UDI] was awarded a letter contract potentially worth $79 million by Northrop Grumman [NOC] to build and integrate aboard ship the EX-57 Mk 3 naval gun for the Coast Guard's new National Security Cutter (NSC). ...

ACS DAB Delayed As Army, OSD Bridge $6 Billion Gulf On Cost Estimate.(Aerial Common Sensor defense acquisition board waits for Office of the Secretary of Defense cost analysis gap)
October 1, 2003... By Amy Butler The Pentagon has delayed a defense acquisition board (DAB) review of the Army's next-generation signals and electronic intelligence aircraft, known as the Aerial Common Sensor (ACS), to allow the Army and Office of the...

SAC Moves to Shift Funds to Army; Provides $5.4 Billion for Procurement.(Senate Appropriations Committee )
October 1, 2003... By Sharon Weinberger The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) proposed to move almost $1 billion of supplemental funding for FY '04 to the Army, a move that would take money requested for Navy, Air Force and defense-wide activities. ...

Teets Waives Boeing's Suspension From Space Work For Urgent NRO Launch.(National Reconnaissance Office )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... By Amy Butler The Air Force yesterday said it is waiving the Boeing [BA] space sector's suspension from doing business with the government to award the company the purchase of one, critically needed Delta IV launch. The booster will...

DigitalGlobe Beats Out Space Imaging For Massive Imaging Deal With Pentagon.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The Pentagon yesterday awarded a contract worth up to $500 million to Digital Globe over a bid by Space Imaging to provide the Defense Department with access to a fleet of commercial satellites capable of snapping high-resolution pictures...

Arotech Says It Will Buy Another Military Battery Company.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Arotech Corp. [ARTX] a New York-based firm that makes batteries for military applications, yesterday said it has agreed to acquire an undisclosed "top tier" military battery and smart charger company whose products are based on lithium...

BAE SYSTEMS To Support Army Objective Force Warrior.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Britain's BAE SYSTEMS recently received a $5 million subcontract with a General Dynamics [GD] business unit to support the Army's future soldier, the Objective Force Warrior (OFW). Under the 25-month Phase II contract with Eagle Enterprise...

Administration Officials Reject New 'Buy America' Compromise.
October 2, 2003... By Sharon Weinberger Administration officials yesterday rebuffed a compromise forged by Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz on the so-called "Buy America" restrictions, according to congressional sources. The newest draft...

NIMA Seeks Funds For Multi-Vendor Next-Gen Commercial Imagery.(United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency)(Digital Globe)
October 2, 2003... By Ann Roosevelt If the Pentagon's National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) can find the money, it could make more than one award to assure access to next-generation high-resolution commercial imagery and promote U.S. companies, agency...

Doran: Pacific Fleet Aims For Standing JTF Functionality.(joint task force)(Walter Doran)
October 2, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes The future evolution of Pacific Fleet will eventually involve the command assuming standing joint task force (JTF) responsibilities, according to fleet chief Adm. Walter Doran. "The Pacific Fleet is changing, also, in...

Lockheed Martin Adding Air-Space Interoperability With TBMCS.(Theater Battle Management Core System)
October 2, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-- Lockheed Martin [LMT] is integrating air-space interoperability within its Theater Battle Management Core System (TBMCS) via infrastructure augmentation, according to a company official. ...

Pentagon Weighs Impact of $100 Million Cut TCS.
October 2, 2003... By Amy Butler A congressional cut of $100 million to the Pentagon's flagship nextgeneration military satellite communications system has program officials scurrying to assess the impact to one of the effort's key goals: to begin launching...

CRS Bashes Pentagon Tanker Response.(Congressional Research Service)(Brief Article)
October 2, 2003... By Sharon Weinberger The Pentagon failed to answer adequately questions about corrosion on its current fleet of refueling tankers or to consider an alternative proposal to buy new tankers using multi-year procurement authority, according...

Senate Approves One-Year Extension of Defense Production Act.
October 2, 2003... By Calvin Biesecker The Senate on Tuesday approved by unanimous consent a one-year extension of the Defense Production Act (DPA), a significant change from the five-year period granted by a Senate panel that marked up the bill a week ago,...

Defense Briefs.(Brief Article)
October 2, 2003... Gordon England was sworn in as Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) yesterday, becoming only the second person to serve twice as SECNAV and the first to serve in back to back terms. England had served as SECNAV from May 2001 until January 2003...

Eberhart: Airship Could Improve Missile Defense, Although More Intel Needed.(Air Force General Ed Eberhart advocates high altitude airship)
October 3, 2003... By Amy Butler One thing that worries the man charged with overseeing the military mission to protect the homeland is an "unknowable," although he noted one effort afoot--an idea seemingly dug out of the archives to use blimps for the...

Fratricide, Battle Damage Assessment Cited In Iraq 'Lessons Learned'.
October 3, 2003... By Sharon Weinberger The U.S. military in Iraq had a significant shortfall in resources that could have prevented friendly fire incidents and also lacked adequate capabilities for making battle damage assessments, according to a senior...

L-3 Buys Undersea Instrumentation Firm For $30 Million.(L-3 Communications)
October 3, 2003... By Calvin Biesecker L-3 Communications [LLL] yesterday said it has acquired a small New Hampshire-based company, Klein Associates, that makes equipment used in undersea search and survey, for $30 million in cash from Japan's OYO. ...

Three Countries Interested In SDB As Air Force Nears Contract Award To Boeing.(Small Diameter Bomb)
October 3, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes As the Air Force nears awarding the prime contract for the 250-pound Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) after a meeting of the Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) next week to Boeing [BA], the Air Force's program manager said...

Appropriations Act Transfers Shipbuilding and Conversion Funds To Cruiser Conversion.
October 3, 2003... The FY '04 Defense Appropriations Act provides $102.7 million for the conversion of 22 of the Navy's Ticonderoga-class cruisers to a more modern standard, transferring the funds from the shipbuilding and conversion account to the weapons...

ANSR Demonstrates Range, Accuracy, Company Says.(Autonomous Naval Support Round )
October 3, 2003... Alliant Techsystems [ATK] late last month logged two more successful flights of more than 60 miles of its Autonomous Naval Support Round (ANSR) at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., the company said yesterday. A standard 5-inch naval gun...

Defense Brief.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2003... General Dynamics [GD] yesterday completed its acquisition of Austrian combat vehicle manufacturer Steyr Daimler Puch and its parent company SSF-Holding, in a deal that furthers the U.S. defense company's penetration of the European defense...

Congressional Divide Deepens Over Buy America.
October 3, 2003... By Sharon Weinberger The head of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) struck back at his House counterpart, rebuking the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) for "questioning his right" to determine the...

Boeing's Super Hornet Demos Connectivity With Ground Forces.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2003... Boeing [BA] said recently that its two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet fighterbomber demonstrated connectivity with ground forces during a Sept. 4 exercise using the Advanced Close Air Support System. "This is another success in a series of...

Moog Closes Deal For Poly-Scientific.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2003... Moog [MOG.A] said Wednesday that it had completed its $158 million purchase of the Poly-Scientific Division of Northrop Grumman [NOC], a deal that complements the company's motion control products with fiber optic slip rings, D.C. brushless...

Defense Watch.
October 6, 2003... The Latest Word on Trends and Developments in Aerospace and Defense Sold for a Song. Germany's Ministry of Defense confirmed last month its intention to transfer to Poland's air force 23 MiG-29 aircraft for the paltry sum of one Euro. The...

SBR, FIA Could Merge, Although Officials Weigh $100 Million Cut From Congress.(Space-Based Radar and Future Imagery Architecture)
October 6, 2003... By Amy Butler As senior leaders grapple with how, and if, to merge portions of the Pentagon's multibillion-dollar Space-Based Radar (SBR) and Future Imagery Architecture (FIA) programs, officials in the SBR program office are readying a...

Brazil Meets Bidders To Discuss $700 Million F-X Program.
October 6, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes The Brazilian air force said that the selection committee for the $700 million F-X fighter acquisition program met with the competing bidders last week to outline parameters for updated presentations from the competitors...

Lockheed Martin, Miltec, Win Hypersonic Missile Demo.
October 6, 2003... By Ann Roosevelt The Army recently awarded a contract potentially worth $82.8 million to Lockheed Martin [LMT] and another valued at $71.2 million to Miltec for the Compact Kinetic Energy Missile (CKEM) Advanced Technology Demonstration,...

F-16 Takes Second Shot at Czech Market.
October 6, 2003... By Sharon Weinberger In a bid to win the Czech Republic's new competition for upgraded fighters, the Defense Department last week notified Congress of its offer to sell the new NATO country 12 older model Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16...

Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Team Wins $500 Million Contract For DCGS Upgrades.(Distributed Common Ground System)(Raytheon Aircraft Co.)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2003... By Amy Butler The Pentagon last week said a Raytheon [RTN]-Lockheed Martin [LMT] team defeated Northrop Grumman [NOC] to win a contract worth $500 million to design and develop the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) Block 10.2, which...

Army To Rely More On Contractors: Brownlee.(Acting Army Secretary Les Brownlee)
October 7, 2003... By Ann Roosevelt Expect to see fewer exercises and more contractors as the Army seeks to free soldiers to deal with contingencies and deployments, according to Acting Army Secretary Les Brownlee. "We will seek more contractor support...

Congress Holds $1 Billion Contract For Saudi National Guard.
October 7, 2003... By Sharon Weinberger In a sign of mounting tensions in the once close U.S-Saudi military relationship, Congress is refusing to release a contract worth nearly $1 billion to resupply the Gulf kingdom's elite protection forces, according to...

DISA Reorganization Includes New Acquisition Executive Slot.
October 7, 2003... By Amy Butler One of the key changes to the Defense Information Systems Agency's (DISA) newly announced reorganization is the need for the office to become more involved in acquiring the systems needed to virtually connect Defense...

Joint Common Missile Bidders Tout Their Strengths.
October 7, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes Raytheon [RTN] and a Boeing [BA]-Northrop Grumman [NOC] team competing against each other and Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the prime contract to design and build the future Joint Common Missile (JCM) are each highlighting...

U.K. Firms Seek Cooperation Opportunity.
October 7, 2003... By Ann Roosevelt The United Kingdom wants a "level playing field" for its defense industry in the United States, which would benefit both nations, the head of the U.K's defence export services, is expected to tell a press briefing today....

Navy Completes Preliminary Design Review Process For Two DD(X) Components.(Brief Article)
October 7, 2003... Raytheon [RTN] said yesterday the Navy had completed preliminary design reviews (PDR) of two components of the future DD(X) surface combatant, the Total Ship Computing Environment (TSCE) and the Mk 57 Vertical Launch System (VLS). "We are...

SAIC Acquires Security Firm Jullien Enterprises.(Science Applications International Corp.)(Brief Article)
October 7, 2003... Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) said yesterday it had completed the acquisition of Jullien Enterprises, a Chantilly, Va.-based firm that specializes in electronic security applications and solutions. Based in Chantilly,...

United Defense Unveils Thunderbolt Demonstrator Vehicle.
October 7, 2003... United Defense [UDI] yesterday at the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) convention in Washington, D.C. unveiled the 20-ton Thunderbolt vehicle, intended to be a demonstrator for near-term technological solutions for ground combat vehicles....

Young Adds Money For Body Armor, Tracked Vehicles.(House Appropriations Committee chairman Bill Young)(Brief Article)
October 7, 2003... A version of the FY '04 bill for supplemental spending marked by the head of the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) would provide additional funding to the Army for body armor and tracked vehicles, but reduce funding from other procurement...

Northrop Grumman Outlines UCAR Approach.(Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft )
October 7, 2003... By B.C. Kessner A Northrop Grumman [NOC] official yesterday outlined objectives and the company's approach to its Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) program now in its second competitive phase and heading toward a final downselect...

Malaysia Signs $70 Million Contract For 11 A109 LOHs.(AugustaWestland helicopters)(Brief Article)
October 7, 2003... AgustaWestland, a joint venture between Britain's GKN and Italy's Finmeccanica, said last week that Malaysia had signed a contract worth $70 million for 11 A109 Light Observation Helicopters (LOH), a deal that include a technological package...

STRATCOM Selects Six For Potential $250 Million In Support Contracts.(Brief Article)
October 7, 2003... U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) last month selected six contractor teams under a blanket purchase agreement allowing the firms to bid on systems and mission support task orders that could be worth $250 milion collectively, according to a...

Army Ponders Theoretical Block IV Configuration For Apache Longbow.
October 8, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes Even though the Army earlier this year approved the Block III upgrade for Boeing's [BA] AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter, the service is already contemplating what it would add to a potential Block IV upgrade,...

LCS Could Replace Corvette-Type Ships in Foreign Navies, Lockheed Martin Team Says.(Littoral Combat Ship )
October 8, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes Should the team led by Lockheed Martin [LMT] win the prime contract to produce the future Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) for the Navy, officials in the team see a market for over 50 ships in Navy service and the possibility...

Army Aviation Prepares For Post-Iraq Future.
October 8, 2003... By Ann Roosevelt Army aviation is ready for the post-combat future, including spending more than $300 million in FY '03 funds identified funds in the FY '04 budget to return helicopters in Iraq to pre-war condition, according to the...

Army Considers Using MEADS Components On Patriot System.(Medium Extended Air Defense System)
October 8, 2003... By Sharon Weinberger As the Pentagon prepares to integrate the military's two terminal missile defense systems into one weapon oversight program, Army officials are already holding discussions with officials at MEADS International on how...

New Army Chief Wants A Relevant And Ready Force.
October 8, 2003... By Ann Roosevelt After two months of assessment, the Army's new Chief of Staff, Gen. Peter Schoomaker, has turned his attention to 15 immediate strategic focus areas that task forces will now flesh out to keep the service "relevant and...

Northrop Grumman Allies With General Dynamics For Army ACS Work.(Aerial Common Sensor)
October 8, 2003... By Amy Butler Northrop Grumman [NOC] said yesterday it has joined forces with General Dynamics [GD] to bid for the Army's next-generation airborne intelligence system using the Gulfstream 450 as the platform the for the Aerial Common...

Army, MDA Spar Over Costs To Operate Initial Missile Defense Systems At Greely.(Missile Defense Agency)(Fort Greely, Alaska)
October 8, 2003... By Amy Butler Pentagon officials have not yet decided who will pay for the operations and support costs associated with the early ground-based missile defense activity expected to stand up and begin defending the homeland a year from now...

Northrop Grumman Adds Sikorsky To UCAR Team.(Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft)(Sikorsky Aircraft Corp)
October 8, 2003... By B.C. Kessner Sikorsky [UTX], which lost out when then-team member Raytheon [RTN] was not selected for Phase II of the Army's Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) program, has been added to the Northrop Grumman [NOC] UCAR team,...

Defense Brief.(Brief Article)
October 8, 2003... Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has nominated Air Force Maj. Gen. Garry R. Trexler for appointment to deputy commander, U.N. Command Korea; deputy commander, U.S. Forces Korea; commander, Air Component Command, Republic of Korea, U.S....

Stryker Brigades Have Potential To Do 'Amazing' Things: Schoomaker.(Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker)
October 9, 2003... By Ann Roosevelt If used the right way, the Stryker brigade could do "amazing" things on its first operational deployment to Iraq, according to Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker. The first Stryker Brigade Combat Team, the 3rd...

Pentagon Stands Up JSF Steering Group For Foreign Market.(Joint Strike Fighter)
October 9, 2003... By Sharon Weinberger Now that the doors have been closed for new international partners to participate in the development of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) the Pentagon has created a unified front to market the...

Existing Satellites Unable To Track Incoming Short-Range Missiles In Iraq War.
October 9, 2003... By Amy Butler The recent war in Iraq highlighted a vulnerability in the United States' satellite-based system used to detect and warn soldiers of incoming missiles, although officials did quickly develop a workaround that kept coalition...

Textron Inks Deal With KMW To Produce DINGO 2 Armored Vehicle In U.S.(Krauss-Maffei Wegmann)(Textron Systems)
October 9, 2003... By Calvin Biesecker Textron [TXT] and Germany's Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) on Monday signed a deal making Textron's Cadillac Gage unit in New Orleans the U.S. producer of the German firm's 4x4 DINGO 2 All-Protected Vehicle, a troop...

Lockheed Martin Provided Contractor Support To Forces Using HIMARS During OIF.(High Mobility Artillery Rocket System)(Operation Iraqi Freedom)
October 9, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes Special Operations Forces using Lockheed Martin [LMT] High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) vehicles in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) had contractor support with them during the conflict, according to a company...

General Dynamics Teams Up With Denel To Offer 105mm Artillery Pieces.(Brief Article)
October 9, 2003... General Dynamics [GD] said yesterday it had signed a teaming agreement with South African contractor Denel to market lightweight 105mm artillery pieces for both domestic and international sales. "This is a very strong and natural match,"...

Lockheed Martin Adds ORINCON Subsidiary To Its ACS Bid.(Aerial Common Sensor)
October 9, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday it had added its ORINCON subsidiary to the team it is leading for the Army's Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) competition, and also reiterated the strength of its bid against a competing...

UIC Seeks Fresh Start As Defense Firm With New Board, Strader Says.(United Industrial Corp.)(Corcoran, Thomas G.)(Paul X. Kelley)(D.C. Strader)
October 9, 2003... By Calvin Biesecker Shareholders of United Industrial Corp. [UIC] yesterday elected two new members to their six-member Board of Directors, a new management foundation for what the company's relatively new president and CEO believes is a...

Defense Brief.(Brief Article)
October 9, 2003... Ceradyne [CRDN] yesterday said it has acquired an 115,000 square-foot manufacturing plant on six acres in Lexington, Ky., to expand its production capacity. Ceradyne, which makes advanced ceramic materials for defense, industrial, automotive...

Air Force Plans To Bow Out of JSOW In Favor of Extended Range WCMD.(Joint Standoff Weapon, Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser)
October 10, 2003... By Amy Butler The Air Force has requested approval to back out of its planned buys of the Raytheon [RTN]-made Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) beginning in FY '05, a move which would send a blow to the shared Navy program, according to...

Aviation, Networking, Modularity Part of Army Focus Areas.
October 10, 2003... By Ann Roosevelt The Army has focused on 15 areas, including aviation, networks and smaller, more agile units, to ensure combatant commanders have trained, ready and relevant land forces, according to service Chief of Staff Gen. Peter...

House Orders Pentagon To Buy More Protective Gear.
October 10, 2003... By Sharon Weinberger The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) yesterday approved its version of the '04 supplemental spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, cutting about $300 million from the president's $87 billion request for defense...

Demand For Military Trucks In U.S., U.K. And Elsewhere Is Solid, Oshkosh Says.
October 10, 2003... By Calvin Biesecker Despite losing a major Army competition last spring to its main U.S. rival in the military truck business, Oshkosh Truck [OSK] sees significant business opportunities ahead in this market worldwide, the company's top...

Metal Storm Acquires Engineering Firm In $4.3 Million Deal.(Metal Storm to acquire ProCam Machine)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2003... Australia's Metal Storm [MTSX] this week said it has signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire privately-held ProCam Machine, giving it a position in the U.S. defense engineering sector. The deal involves Metal Storm issuing 3.7...

BAE SYSTEMS Sees Market of 1,500 For Lightweight Howitzer.
October 10, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes BAE SYSTEMS believes that a global market exists for 1,500 artillery pieces in regions including Europe and Asia, allowing for multiple sales of its M777 155mm Lightweight Howitzer, according to a company official. ...

Despite Restriction On Foreign Sales, International Armies Express Interest in LOSAT.(Line-of-Sight Antitank missile from Lockheed Martin)
October 10, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes Even though then-Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric Shinseki placed a "no foreign" restriction on the distribution of Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Line-of-Sight Antitank (LOSAT) missile, the company said that international interest...

REMEC Awarded $4.7 Million In F/A-22 Radar Subcontracts By Northrop Grumman.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2003... REMEC [REMC] said recently that it was awarded $4.7 million in subcontracts by F/A-22 aircraft radar manufacturer Northrop Grumman [NOC], and is slated to deliver 49 different filter and modular integrated microwave assemblies for the fighter's...

Defense Brief.(BVR Systems files to register securities in U.S.)(Brief Article)
October 10, 2003... BVR Systems [BVRSF] of Israel yesterday filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register its shares from the Bulletin Board, citing the limited number of U.S.-based shareholders and the need for cost and timesavings associated with...

Defense Watch.(briefs)
October 14, 2003... The Latest Word on Trends and Developments in Aerospace and Defense Could you hold, please? The final lump of cash from the Iraqi Freedom Fund, a $16 billion discretionary account created in FY 03 to fund war-related costs, is expected to...

Singapore Picks F-15E, Rafale and Eurofighter For Fighter Replacement.
October 14, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes Singapore last week chose Boeings [BA] F-15E fighter-bomber, the Rafale by Frances Dassault Aviation and the Eurofighter Typhoon by the Eurofighter consortium for the final stage of that countrys advanced fighter...

Company Officials: First DCGS Upgrades Expected By Close of 2004.
October 14, 2003... By Amy Butler A Raytheon [RTN]-Lockheed Martin [LMT] team plans to deliver the new Distributed Common Ground Station (DGCS) equipment--laying the groundwork for a joint, interoperable intelligence workstation enterprise--to the Air Forces...

Air Force To Upgrade About 230 Block 50/52 F-16s With APG-68 (V9) Radars.
October 14, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes Based on guidance from Air Force leadership, the service plans to upgrade about 230 Lockheed Martin [LMT] Block 50/52 F-16CJ fighters with APG-68 (V9) radars produced by Northrop Grumman [NOC], according to an Air Force...

Elbit Lands First FLIR Contract For U.S. Commercial Air Transport.
October 14, 2003... By B.C. Kessner The U.S. EFW subsidiary of Israels Elbit [ESLT] last week said its forward looking infrared (FLIR)-based Enhanced Vision System (EVS) will be the first of its type to be installed on large air transport class aircraft...

Army Assesses New Maneuver Structure.
October 14, 2003... By Ann Roosevelt The Armys 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) is determining the effect of having five maneuver brigades instead of the three it currently has. When the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) will do the same when it returns...

House Panel Limits Arms Transfer to New Iraqi Army.(House Appropriations Committee)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2003... By Sharon Weinberger In a move designed to place greater control over arms transfers, the House Appropriations Committee denied the president authority to transfer advanced conventional weapons to Iraq. The Administration had requested...

Northrop Grumman Cuts 2004 Sales Forecast On Delay In Carrier Overhaul.
October 14, 2003... By Calvin Biesecker Northrop Grumman [NOC] late last week trimmed its 2004 sales forecast by $300 million following the Navys decision to delay for one year the start of a major overhaul and nuclear refueling of the aircraft carrier USS...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
October 14, 2003... In our Oct. 9 issue, an article on United Industrial Corp. [UIC] should have said that the turret for the AMOS Mortar System, which the company is licensed by Finlands Patria Hagglunds to produce in the U.S., could be considered for use on the...

Air Force Targeting Pod Road Map Could Include Provisions For Multiple Types.
October 15, 2003... By Lorenzo Cortes The Air Force's future roadmap for advanced targeting pods used by combat aircraft could include provisions for the use of a large number of two types--the Sniper Extended Range (XR) used by Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the...

Army Aviators In Iraq Evaluate Digital Kneeboards.
October 15, 2003... By Ann Roosevelt Raytheon's [RTN] prototype digital kneeboard with integrated blue force tracking is undergoing the first limited user test by 101st Airborne Division aviators in Iraq, according to Army and contractor officials. The...