Defense Daily International articles from August 2009

Defense Daily International archives from August 2009

Select Watch Lists Aid Security But Vulnerabilities Remain: DHS IG.(Department of Homeland Security Inspector General)(United States. Transportation Security Administration)(Brief article)
August 28, 2009... The Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) use of subsets of the federal government's consolidated terrorist watch list to vet passenger information before boarding commercial flights does reduce threats to commercial aviation...

Australia Buys QinetiQ Group TALON Robots.
August 28, 2009... QinetiQ Group PLC, this week announced it has secured a $19.2 million contract from the Australian Department of Defence for TALON robots and replacement parts to support Australian Defence Forces deployed on operations. Developed by...

ATK Signs Strategic Agreement With Rheinmetall Nitrochemie On Advanced Tech.
August 28, 2009... ATK [ATK] yesterday announced it has signed a new strategic agreement with Rheinmetall Nitrochemie of Germany/Switzerland for the transfer of advanced propellant technologies from Nitrochemie to ATK. The technology transfer positions ATK as...

SAAB To Provide Camouflage Net Systems To U.S. Defense Department.
August 28, 2009... Saab yesterday announced it has been awarded two production and delivery contracts with an order value of approximately $18.4 million for Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net Systems by the U.S. Defense Department. In August, Saab won two DoD...

Evolved SeaSparrow Missile Hits 1,000th Delivery.
August 28, 2009... Ceremonies at Raytheon's [RTN] Weapon Integration Center in Camden, Ark., were held to mark the 1,000th delivery of the Evolved SeaSparrow missile used by 10 nations for ship defense. The NATO SeaSparrow Surface Missile System (NSSMS) began...

Vector Aerospace Wins Support Contract For Brazilian Helicopters.
August 21, 2009... Vector Aerospace Corporation this week announced that it has through Vector Helicopter Services--North America, been awarded a contract by the Brazilian Air Force in support of its fleet of Bell H-1H helicopters valued at approximately $15...

General Dynamics UK, Northrop Grumman Await Brunei Joint Operations Center Decision.
August 21, 2009... By the end of the year, Brunei is expected to select either a team led by General Dynamics [GD] United Kingdom Limited or a competing entry offered by Northrop Grumman [NOC] to provide a Joint Operations Centre for the Royal Brunei Armed...

CBP Expands SBInet Deployment Along Northern Border.
August 21, 2009... Customs and Border Protection (CBP) this week said deployment has begun on eight new surveillance towers in the Detroit, Mich., Sector for the Northern Border Project component of the Secure Border Initiative technology program called SBInet....

Swedish Defense Forces Orders More Sectra Encrypted Telephony For Tactical Radio.
August 21, 2009... The Swedish Defense Forces this week announced it is investing in communications security and FMV, the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration, is ordering more Tiger XS for encrypted telephony from Sweden's Sectra. FMV is also ordering...

BAE Systems To Provide Laser Target Locators.
August 21, 2009... BAE Systems will provide U.S. Army soldiers with handheld laser target locators that will enable them to identify target locations while on foot, in daylight or at night, and in obscured-visibility conditions such as fog and smoke. The...

Lockheed Martin Australian Aegis Begins Tests.
August 14, 2009... The Aegis Weapon System destined for Australia's first Air Warfare Destroyer began a four month testing program today at Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Aegis Production Test Center. When testing concludes, the full Aegis Weapon System will be...

Honeywell To Provide Engines And Spares For U.K. Chinook Retrofit.
August 14, 2009... Honeywell [HON] this week announced the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense (MoD) will purchase the Honeywell 55-L-714A engine and spares, valued at approximately $185 million, to retrofit their fleet of Chinook helicopters. "Beginning...

Boeing Delivers First C-17 To Qatar.
August 14, 2009... Boeing [BA] this week delivered Qatar's first C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the Qatar Emiri Air Force during a ceremony at the company's facility in Long Beach. "With this C-17, and the one that will be delivered later this year, the...

Australia-France Defense Cooperation Agreement Enters Into Force.(Brief article)
August 14, 2009... The Agreement between Australia and France regarding Defence Cooperation and Status of Forces (DCA) entered into force on July 7, the countries announced this week. The development is in keeping with the Australian Government's wish to...

Boeing Receives $1 Billion Contract For Canadian Chinooks.
August 14, 2009... Boeing [BA] recently said it has received a $1.15 billion contract from the Canadian government for 15 new CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters. Under the contract, Boeing will match Canada's purchase price by executing contracts and...

Egypt Requests Sale of U.S. Chinook Helicopters.
August 14, 2009... Egypt wants to spend an estimated $308 million to buy six CH-47D Chinoook helicopters as a foreign military sale, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) told Congress recently. Egypt would like to buy the helicopters, 16 T55-GA-714A...

General Dynamics UK Demonstrates Global Capabilities At BRIDEX.
August 7, 2009... Next week, General Dynamics UK will showcase a range of industry-leading capabilities at the Brunei International Defence Exhibition (BRIDEX) in Brunei, including C4I systems, integrated command and control for joint operations, AFV...

ANZAC Missile Defense Project On Track.
August 7, 2009... Australia's Minister for Defence Sen. John Faulkner, and Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science Greg Combet, today Aug. 3 formally announced the government's commitment to ensuring that the Anzac class frigates are able to...

ITT Successfully Completes First Brazil PAR-2000 Upgrade.(Brief article)
August 7, 2009... ITT ITT] Aug. 4 announced the Brazil PAR-2000 modernization team successfully completed Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), the first of four radar systems to be upgraded for the Brazilian Air Force. The four days of site acceptance testing...

Lockheed Martin Eyes Missile Defense Sales To Middle East, Pacific Rim.
August 7, 2009... A top U.S. defense company has penned an agreement to sell a missile defense system to Taiwan and is in talks regarding other potential sales to nations threatened by North Korea's and Iran's missile development, a company executive said this...

U.S., Allies Won't Terminate MEADS Missile Defense Program, Lockheed Martin Says.
August 7, 2009... A next-generation missile defense program being developed by Italy, Germany and the United States to replace the Patriot and other legacy systems has been given the go-ahead for production of a test system after the countries last month...

Exploring Opportunities, DoD Holds JLTV International Conference.
August 7, 2009... The Defense Department and the Army last month co-sponsored a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) international conference to learn more about the future vehicle and to explore cooperative partnerships. "Further international partnerships...

Global Maritime Partnerships Fostering Stronger Ties Among Navies, CNO Says.
August 7, 2009... Developing international partnerships and opening up dialogue among navies is becoming more important to combat everything from piracy to ballistic missile threats, according to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). Adm. Gary Roughead has...