Defense Daily International articles from April 2010

Defense Daily International archives from April 2010

BAE Systems Armored Sales In Nordic Countries Tops $215 Million.
April 30, 2010... New armored vehicle contracts for BAE Systems in Finland and Norway have taken land sales to Nordic countries above $215 million in the past two months, underpinning the strength of the company's export portfolio. The company has won a...

U.S. Southern Command Needs Persistent, Broad Area Surveillance, General Says.
April 30, 2010... U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) finds that one of its strongest needs is for more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)--particularly persistent, broad area surveillance to achieve its missions, its commander said. ISR needed...

India One Step Closer To C-17 Buy.
April 30, 2010... The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress last week of the possible sale of 10 Boeing [BA] C-17 Globemaster aircraft to the Indian Air Force, the U.S. ambassador in New Delhi said in a recent statement. U.S....

France, NATO, To Validate Afghan Surveillance Interoperability.
April 30, 2010... The French Delegation Generale Pour L'armement (DGA) is the first subscriber to NATO's Join Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Step 1 Testing under the Distributed Networked Battle Labs framework managed by the NATO C3 Agency...

France, NATO, To Validate Afghan Surveillance Interoperability.
April 23, 2010... The French Delegation Generale Pour L'armement (DGA) is the first subscriber to NATO's Join Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Step 1 Testing, under the Distributed Networked Battle Labs framework, managed by the NATO C3 Agency...

DHS Unsure If Drug Cartels Are Changing Tactics Against U.S Officials.
April 23, 2010... Despite the recent murders of American citizens in Mexico and Arizona and a bomb attack against a United States consulate in Mexico, it's still unclear whether Mexican drug cartels have changed their tactics against U.S. interests, a senior...

EADS Announces Intent To Compete For KC-X Contract.
April 23, 2010... The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS) recently informed the Defense Department of its intent to bid for a contract to build a replacement fleet for the Air Force's aging KC-135 tanker aircraft, company executives announced...

Lockheed Martin Providing U.K. MoD Radar For Wind Farms.
April 23, 2010... Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Serco recently reached agreement with the Ministry of Defence to introduce new radar technology into the U.K. Air Defence System that is resistant to the interference generated from wind farms, removing a significant...

Israel Accepts Morpho's Itemiser DX Trace Detector For Government Use.
April 23, 2010... The Israeli Prime Minister's Office has approved Morpho Detection's Itemiser DX explosive trace detection (ETD) system for use by government agencies at border crossings, transportation facilities and civilian facilities and institutions. ...

Australia Signs Contract With Harris For Combat Net Radio Systems.
April 16, 2010... Australia's Minister for Defence Materiel and Science Greg Combet recently announced a contract has been signed with Harris [HRS] to provide the next generation of communications capability for the army and air force. "The contract will...

Boeing Project Vigilare Passes Site Acceptance Testing.
April 16, 2010... Boeing [BA] Defence Australia recently announced that Project Vigilare, a Network Centric Command and Control System (NC3S) solution for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), has passed Site Acceptance Testing at the Northern Regional...

Boeing Completes Spanish Chinook Industrial Cooperation.
April 16, 2010... Boeing [BA] recently announced it has successfully completed its industrial cooperation program for the third phase of the CH-47D Chinook rotorcraft upgrades performed for the Spanish army's Airmobile Force, FAMET. Boeing finished the...

BAE Systems To Support U.K. Aircraft Countermeasures Systems.
April 16, 2010... BAE Systems will support and service aircraft countermeasures systems under a GBP16 million urgent-needs contract with the U.K. Ministry of Defence. The AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System, or CMWS, integrates electronic warfare sensors to...

German Firm To Provide Repair Vehicles.
April 9, 2010... The German Defence Procurement Agency (BWB) has commissioned Krauss- Maffei Wegmann (KMW) to supply 44 all-protected battle damage repair vehicles based on the DINGO 2. The task of the battle damage repair contingent (in German GSI...

Selex Galileo, Northrop Grumman, Demonstrate ECLIPSE Maturity.
April 9, 2010... Finmeccanica's Selex Galileo recently announced the results of recent U.S. government reliability and characterization tests demonstrated the maturity of the latest infrared countermeasure system ECLIPSE, developed with Northrop Grumman...

DHS Announces New Aviation Security Measures For Flights To U.S.
April 9, 2010... Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano recently announced new security measures for air carriers with international flights to the United States that include a combination of measures, some of which will be visible to the traveling...

Navy Deals $8 Million To Ultra To Equip Canadian CF-18s With HiPPAGs.
April 9, 2010... Ultra Electronics Precision Air Systems recently won a U.S. Navy contract worth over $8 million to supply its High Pressure Pure Air Generators (HiPPAG) airborne compressors for Canadian CF-18 aircraft. "The Canadian Air Force was looking...

Iraq And Afghanistan Present DoD With Unique Logistics Challenges.
April 9, 2010... The drawdown in Iraq and the ramp up in Afghanistan are two of the biggest logistics challenges the Department of Defense has ever taken on in recent memory, according to a top Pentagon official. While the withdrawal from Iraq may not be as...

NATO Secretary General: 'One Security Roof'.(Brief article)
April 2, 2010... NATO is hammering out a new strategic concept, and Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said a new missile defense system should be an opportunity to bring NATO and Russia together: "We need a missile defence system that includes not just...

BAE Systems To Provide Thermal Weapon Sights To Canada.
April 2, 2010... BAE Systems will provide second-generation thermal weapon sights to the Canadian Army under a $14 million multi-year contract for the widely used infrared sensors, already in service with the U.S. Army in Iraq and Afghanistan. The sights...

U.K. MoD, MBDA, Set Long Term Deal On Complex Weapons.
April 2, 2010... MBDA recently announced a long term partnership with the U.K. Ministry of Defence for the development and supply of complex weapons (CW) to counter current and future threats to the U.K. armed forces. MBDA is jointly held by BAE Systems,...

BAE Systems To Produce Archer Artillery For Sweden, Norway.
April 2, 2010... BAE Systems has been awarded a $200 million contract to begin production of 48 Archer 155mm self-propelled artillery gun systems and their associated ammunition handling systems for the Swedish and Norwegian armed forces. The first...