Defense Daily International articles from April 2008

Defense Daily International archives from April 2008

Lockheed Martin Signs $198 Million U.K. Situational Awareness Contract.
April 4, 2008... Lockheed Martin [LMT] U.K.-led Team Athena has signed a $198 million contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the Land Environment Air Picture Provision (LEAPP) situation awareness program. LEAPP is expected to give ground...

Robonic Delivers Third Generation Launcher To Finnish Defense Forces.
April 4, 2008... Robonic Ltd of Tampere, Finland, said it has delivered an MC2555LLR launcher to the Finnish Defense Forces. The system will be dual role, supporting the launch of aerial targets for the Finnish air force as well as launching the Finnish...

U.S. Issues Final Rule For Travel In Western Hemisphere.(Brief article)
April 4, 2008... The Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and State last week issued the final rule for travel by land and sea under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), mandating June 1, 2009, for new document requirements for entering the...

Northrop Grumman Wins Management System Contract For U.K. Astute- Class Sub.
April 4, 2008... Northrop Grumman's [NOC] Sperry Marine British business unit was recently selected to supply the Platform Management System (PMS) for the next Royal Navy Astute-class submarine, HMS Audacious, the company reported. PMS will control and...

U.K. Defense Budget About $68 Billion For 2008-2009, Minister Says.
April 4, 2008... The U.K. defense budget in 2008/2009 will be about $68.3 billion, the Minister for Defence Equipment & Support, Baroness Taylor, said March 27. Commenting on a House of Commons Defence Select Committee report on defense equipment in 2008,...

Raytheon Awarded $17.8 Million For NATO Seasparrow.
April 4, 2008... The Navy and the NATO Seasparrow Project Office recently awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $17.8 million contract for the MK57, MK29 and MK73 NATO Seasparrow missile systems, the company reported. Under the contract, Raytheon Integrated Defense...

DTRA Completes Elimination of Russian SS-24 ICBMs.
April 11, 2008... The Defense Department's Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program announced this week it successfully completed the elimination of final SS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and supporting system components in Perm, Russia. ...

New Zealand Super Fund To Divest From Cluster-Munition Makers.(Brief article)
April 11, 2008... Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Phil Goff welcomes the New Zealand Superannuation Fund's announcement today that it would divest from companies involved in the production of cluster munitions once a treaty on the weapons comes into...

NATO Considering Link Between Alliance, U.S. Missile Defense Systems.
April 11, 2008... NATO is examining ways to link its current missile defense efforts to a European-based U.S. missile defense from concerns that the proliferation of ballistic missiles poses an increasing threat to alliance forces, territory and populations,...

Czech Republic Agrees To Host U.S. Ground-based Midcourse Defense Radar.
April 11, 2008... The Czech Republic recently agreed to provide the site for a U.S. Ground- based Midcourse Defense (GMD) radar installation to guard against missiles launched by nations such as Iran, the Czechs said. Czech Foreign Minister Karel...

JSF Officials Optimistic On Foreign Partners, Welcome Report On Cost Stability.
April 11, 2008... Officials steering the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program said signs are good for Japan joining the aircraft effort, and predicted partner nations Norway and Denmark will not drop their plans. Japan has eyed the JSF program that is...

FLIR Acquires Spanish Sensor Networking Firm.
April 11, 2008... FLIR Systems [FLIR] on recently said it has acquired Spain's Ifara Tecnologias, a developer and supplier of middleware and client application software used to network sensor systems, for $11.1 million in cash. FLIR, which has been...

Turkey To Spend $227 Million For Six MK 41 VLS.
April 11, 2008... Turkey is looking to buy six Lockheed Martin [LMT] MK 41 Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) recently said. The total value, if all options are...

NATO Agencies Forge Closer Ties Moving Forward on Interoperability, Transformation.
April 11, 2008... NATO Standardization Agency (NSA) Director Vice Adm. Juan Moreno and the Chief of Staff NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) Lt. Gen. Jan Arp March 3 signed a letter of agreement to foster their working relationship in the area of...

Canada Rebuffs ATK's Attempt To Acquire MDA's Space Business.
April 18, 2008... Alliant Techsystems' [ATK] plans to bolster its capabilities and offerings for the space market took a hit recently when Canada rejected the company's pending $1.3 billion acquisition of the space and related information systems business of...

DoE Security Faulted On Foreign Researchers, Sensitive Data Access.
April 18, 2008... While improvements have been made in both areas, the Energy Department still has significant lapses in implementing key security procedures designed to block access to sensitive data by DoE workers who no longer have a "need to know" and by...

DHS Launching International Registered Traveler Pilot For 'Trusted' Fliers.
April 18, 2008... Customs and Border Protection (CBP) last Friday evening said it will begin a fee-based pilot program this summer for international "trusted" travelers entering the United States at three airports to test expedited entry into the country at...

Canada Requests Purchase of CH-47D Chinook Helicopters.
April 25, 2008... The Defense Security Cooperation Agency April 21 notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Canada of CH-47D Chinook helicopters as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could...

Australia Wants To Buy Excalibur Projectiles.
April 25, 2008... Australia wants to spend as much as $58 million on Modular Artillery Charge Systems (MACS) and CM982 Block Ia-1 Excalibur Projectiles, assoicated equipment and services. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress April 21...

U.K. To Spend $225 Million For Continued C-17A Sustainment Partnership.
April 25, 2008... The United Kingdom has requested continued participation in the Boeing [BA] Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership, which consists of support to its fleet of six C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft, worth as much as $225 million, the...

Allied Nations Interested In Buying THAAD Ballistic Missile Defense Systems.
April 25, 2008... Some nations are interested in buying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system, John Young, the chief Pentagon weapons buyer, told Congress recently. THAAD, made by prime contractor Lockheed...

EADS North America Makes A Deal, In the Public Safety Space.
April 25, 2008... Following on the heels of its recent surprise win in the Air Force tanker competition and expectations that it would begin moving to further expand its footprint in the United States by acquiring defense companies here, European Aeronautic...

General Dynamics Foundation, U.K. MoD, Conference Examines Network Future.(Conference news)
April 25, 2008... Senior U.K. military commanders and experts will debate the future of land digitization at a conference next month organized by General Dynamics [GD] UK Research Foundation and the U.K. Ministry of Defense. The May 8 London conference...

Boeing, HAVELSAN Continue MoU For BMD Solutions.
April 25, 2008... Boeing [BA] and Turkey's HAVELSAN, a leading software and systems company, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to continue pursuing solutions in regional and global ballistic missile defense, the companies said recently. The...