Defense Daily International articles from August 2004

Defense Daily International archives from August 2004

BAE SYTEMS Awarded Over $80 Million In Contracts For T-50 Trainer.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... BAE SYSTEMS said this week it was awarded over $80 million worth of contract work for the T-50 trainer designed for South Korea's air force. "We are delighted to be part of the team associated with the production of this advanced...

NORAD Amendment Makes Missile Warning Available To U.S. BMD Commands.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... The United States and Canada are amending the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) agreement to authorize the command to make its missile warning function available to the U.S. commands conducting ballistic missile defense. ...

IAI First Half Sales Top $1 Billion In 'Return To Growth Track'.
August 6, 2004... By B.C. Kessner TEL AVIV, Israel--Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) officials here yesterday said sales for the first half of 2004 rose 14 percent from the same period last year to $1.034 billion, while imminent new orders and expansion of...

Lockheed Martin/Embraer Wins Army's ACS Over Northrop Grumman/GD Team.
August 6, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes A Lockheed Martin [LMT]-led team this week won the Army's Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) competition over a competing team led by Northrop Grumman [NOC]. The winning team secured an $879 million systems development and...

Raytheon Awarded Radar Upgrade Work At RAF Fylingdales.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Raytheon [RTN] said this week it won a potential 10-year contract from Britain's Serco, to provide engineering and information technology work at the U.K.'s Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) at RAF Fylingdales. Serco, which...

Israel Arrow Weapon System Moving To A National Missile Defense.
August 6, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Israel is moving its Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Arrow anti-tactical ballistic missile batteries into one national missile defense system, a senior Israeli defense official said. "Instead of separate batteries we...

First U.S.-Israel Co-Production Arrow Missile Deliveries Expected In 2005.
August 6, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Deliveries are expected to begin in 2005 of the first Arrow antiballistic missile interceptors under the industrial cooperation between Boeing [BA] and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), a senior Israeli ministry of defense...

Australia Taps BAE SYSTEMS Unit To Improve Artillery Orienting.(Brief Article)
August 13, 2004... The importance of precision for modernizing militaries continues as Britain's BAE SYSTEMS Adelaide-based unit has been chosen to supply the Australian Army with 16 state-of-the-art artillery orienting systems under a $7.5 million contract, the...

US101 Team Adds Texas-Based Companies To Its Roster.(Brief Article)
August 13, 2004... Locked in a heated competition with Sikorsky [UTX] to provide the future presidential transport helicopter (VXX), the US101 team that includes Lockheed Martin [LMT], AgustaWestland and Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] said this week it added seven...

GE's CT7-8A To Equip H-92s For Canada.(General Electric)(Brief Article)
August 13, 2004... General Electric [GE] said this week that its CT7-8A turboshaft engine would equip 28 H-92s that Sikorsky [UTX] is providing under Canada's Maritime Helicopter Program (MHP). "We are very proud to be serving with the Canadian maritime...

Australia Taps Armaris And Izar For Amphibious Ship Risk Reduction Study.(Brief Article)
August 13, 2004... Australia's Ministry of Defence (MoD) said yesterday it had invited French naval contractor Armaris and Spanish shipbuilder Izar to participate in a risk reduction study for the Royal Australian Navy's amphibious warfare ship program. ...

Australia Outlines Reasons For Abrams Choice.(M1A1 Abrams integrated management tank)
August 13, 2004... Better armor and superior survivability were the main reasons behind choosing the M1A1 Abrams integrated management (AIM) tank to modernize the Australian army, a senior military official told reporters last week in Canberra. Australia...

Elbit Says Technology, Cooperation Keys To Rising Financial Results.(Elbit Systems)
August 13, 2004... Israel's Elbit Systems [ESLT] yesterday attributed improvement in the company's quarterly net profit, revenues and backlog to technological investments and cooperation with international defense firms. "These results are evidence of the...

QinetiQ Acquires Defense Management Services Firm HVR Consulting.(Brief Article)
August 13, 2004... Britain's science and technology company QinetiQ this week said it has acquired the British technical and management consultancy firm HVR Consulting Services Ltd, expanding its range of services and customers. QinetiQ agreed to pay $16.9...

Pentagon Confirms Approval of Next MEADS Phase.
August 13, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt The Pentagon this week released more details of the results of a July 1 Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) on the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) under development by the United States, Germany and...

Australia Formally Opts For Aegis Combat System On New Destroyers.(Brief Article)
August 13, 2004... The Australian government yesterday formally selected the Aegis combat system developed by Lockheed Martin [LMT] for its three future air warfare destroyers. "The Aegis system is the world's preeminent maritime air warfare system and forms...

U.K. Scores in First Hellfire Live-Fire Tests.
August 13, 2004... The first live-fire test for the British Army Air Corps using Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-114K Hellfire missiles scored six hits in six launches at a Canadian test site, a company official said this week. This was the first time Hellfire...

Northrop Grumman Delivers C2 Technology To Bulgaria.
August 20, 2004... Northrop Grumman [NOC] said this week it delivered a national command and control (C 2) system to Bulgaria, the first in eastern Europe compatible with American and NATO systems. According to a company statement, the C2 center, located in...

Australia's 2nd Cav, Upgraded LAV's, Ready For Iraq.(Remote Weapon Station)(Brief Article)
August 20, 2004... Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment personnel are ready for a rotation to Iraq next month with upgraded Australian Light Armored Vehicles (ASLAV), the defence minister said. Six ASLAVs, with upgraded with ballistic protection from General...

Stryker Vehicle Successfully Parachutes To Ground.(Styker Mobile Gun System)(Government Accountability Office)
August 20, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Late last week, a surrogate Styker Mobile Gun System (MGS) floated to the ground from the cargo bay of a C-17 aircraft in a low velocity air drop, service officials said. The surrogate, a Stryker Engineer Squad...

Australian Defense Science Linked To U.S., Chief Scientist Says.(Defence Science & Technology Organisation)
August 20, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Australia's defense science relies on international links, particularly with the United States, to remain viable, the chief defense scientist said yesterday. "Our challenge is to engage with the U.S. elephant without...

Oerlikon Contraves Demos Skyshield 35 Air Defense Weapon System At China Lake.(Brief Article)
August 20, 2004... The Oerlikon Contraves group of Germany's Rheinmetall said last week that it had demonstrated its Skyshield 35 Ahead Air Defence system for the Army at the firing range at China Lake, Calif. According to a company statement, the tests last...

U.S., EU Set To Negotiate Aircraft Subsidies Agreement Next Month.
August 20, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger The United States and European Union are set to discuss by mid-September the status of the over decade-old agreement on aircraft subsidies, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). Under...

High Energy Laser Successfully Destroys Mortars In Flight.(Mobile THEL)(Tactical High Energy Laser Test Bed )(Brief Article)
August 27, 2004... The U.S.-Israeli Tactical High Energy Laser Test Bed (THEL-TB) Aug. 24 successfully destroyed seven medium caliber mortars in flight at the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility at White Sands Missile Range, N.M, the Army said yesterday. ...

Australia Clears ASRAAM For Hornet Fleet.(Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile)(Brief Article)
August 27, 2004... Australia's Ministry of Defence (MoD) said recently that the Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) developed by European missile consortium MBDA had been accepted for service last month by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) for...

PANAMAX Offers Promising Future For Regional Cooperation, Admiral Says.(Naval Forces Southern Command)
August 27, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes The recently completed PANAMAX 04 exercise that brought together U.S. and hemispheric naval assets from the Americas offers considerable future promise for regional cooperation in the Americas, according to the Navy...

General Dynamics To Produce More LAV III Vehicles For Canada.(Brief Article)
August 27, 2004... The Canadian Department of National Defence has awarded General Dynamics [GD] Land Systems-Canada a $17.3 million contract modification for LAV III vehicles. GDLS will manufacture 33 LAV III TOW Under Armour vehicles, equipped with...

DHS Awards Handgun Contracts To SIGARMS and Heckler & Koch.(Department of Homeland Security)
August 27, 2004... By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week said it has awarded separate indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts to two handgun manufacturers, SIGARMS Inc. and the U.S. division of Germany's Heckler &...

BAE, Northrop Grumman Tapped For Counter-MANPADS Development, Prototypes.(Man Portable Air Defense System)
August 27, 2004... By Calvin Biesecker BAE SYSTEMS and Northrop Grumman [NOC] this week won $45 million contracts each to move into phase two of a program to defend commercial wide body aircraft against shoulder-fired missiles, the Department of Homeland...

Denmark Defense Reorganizes To Capabilities-Based Approach.
August 27, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Under a new capabilities-based approach to defence, Denmark plans to buy new equipment for reorganized forces to counter new threats, the government said. "Investment in equipment is to be increased and targeted in...

Danes To Retire Submarine Force In Fleet Reorganization.(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)(Brief Article)
August 27, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes Denmark's extensive reorganization of its armed forces includes decommissioning its entire submarine service as the Danish navy orients itself to participating mainly in NATO operations, according to the 2005-2009 Defence...