Defense Daily International articles from January 2005

Defense Daily International archives from January 2005

Germany Orders All Terrain Vehicles From BAE SYSTEMS' Hagglunds.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2005... The German procurement agency announced last month it signed an order valued at approximately $44 million for 75 Bv206S all-terrain vehicles with BAE SYSTEMS' Land Systems Hagglunds. The Bv206S is an armored variant of the Bv206, with a...

Turkey Opts For S-92 For Executive Transport Role.(Helicopter trade)(Brief Article)
January 7, 2005... Sikorsky [UTX] said Dec. 22 that Turkey had signed a contract to acquire the S-92 helicopter for its head of state transport mission. "This further solidifies Turkey's relationship with our company," Joseph Gigantelli, regional vice...

General Dynamics To Produce More Abrams Kits For Egypt.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2005... General Dynamics [GD] announced Dec. 20 it was awarded a $267 million contract modification to build Abrams tank kits for the Egyptian tank coproduction program. Under the contract from Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, GD will...

Pentagon Office Identifies Concerns Over Protective Equipment.
January 7, 2005... By Sharon Weinberger With rising concerns over the adequacy of protective equipment for U.S. forces deployed in Iraq, a new report from the Pentagon's Office of Industrial Policy highlights a number of areas where the U.S. manufacturing...

Taiwan To Buy Hellfire Missiles.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2005... Negotiations have been completed on an agreement that will allow the United States to sell 400 anti-tank missiles to Taiwan, according to the company that produces the weapon. "The U.S. Army has executed a letter of agreement with Taiwan,...

Colombian Rebel Group Starts Removing Landmines.
January 7, 2005... By Ann Roosevelt CARTAGENA, Colombia--One of Colombia's long-running insurgent groups, the National Liberation Army, or ELN, would begin removing anti-personnel landmines on roads near five towns Wednesday, the group said. ELN...

Marine High Speed Vessel Supports US Disaster Relief In South Asia.(WestPac Express)(Brief Article)
January 7, 2005... The Marine Corps' WestPac Express was slated to leave Okinawa the evening of Jan. 4 night laden with supplies in support of the U.S. humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts in South Asia. The III Marine Expeditionary Force's the...

Romania Taps ITT Industries For Radar Contract.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2005... ITT Industries [ITT] said Jan. 5 it signed a contract to supply two transportable air traffic control radar systems for the Romanian air force. The radars are part of a package that includes Instrument Landing Systems and other...

L-3 Completes Purchase of Northrop Grumman's Canadian Navigation Unit.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2005... L-3 Communications [LLL] Wednesday said it has completed its acquisition of Northrop Grumman's [NOC] Canadian navigation systems and space sensors business unit, which is expected to add about $80 million in sales and be slightly accretive to...

United Defense Continues Egyptian Recovery Vehicle Support.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2005... United Defense [UDI] said Jan. 4 it was awarded an $8.8 million contract modification to provide manufacturing technical assistance in support of the coproduction of 21 M88A2 Hercules recovery vehicles in Egypt. "The M88A2 Hercules is...

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Boeing Invited To Bid On FRES.(Boeing Co.)(General Dynamics Corp.)(Raytheon Aircraft Co.)(Lockheed Martin Corp.)(Future Rapid Effect System)
January 14, 2005... By Ann Roosevelt The U.K. Ministry of Defence and Atkins, the systems house for the assessment phase of the U.K.'s potential $11 billion Future Rapid Effect System (FRES), have chosen U.S. contractors Lockheed Martin [LMT], Raytheon [RTN],...

Irish Department of Defence Signs Contract For AB139.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... The Irish Department of Defence this week signed the contract for four Bell/Agusta Aerospace AB139 helicopters, the joint venture said. Bell/Agusta Aerospace is a partnership between Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] and AugustaWestland, a...

Ridge Calls For Common International Biometric Standards.(Tom Ridge)
January 14, 2005... By Calvin Biesecker Outgoing Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge last week called for the development of common international biometric standards to improve the transparency of information sharing between nations to help defend against...

EADS North America Kicks Off Search For U.S. Tanker Site.(EADS North America Inc.)
January 14, 2005... By Sharon Weinberger The American subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. announced yesterday plans to select a U.S. site for work on an aerial refueling tanker. EADS North American issued request for information to...

Thales, Raytheon Joint Venture Announces New Senior Managers.(ThalesRaytheon Systems Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... ThalesRaytheonSystems, Ltd., a joint venture of Raytheon [RTN] and France's Thales Group, recently named Michel Mathieu as its new CEO, succeeding Terry Heil, who has been appointed chairman of the joint venture. Mathieu has been chairman...

ATK/GIWS Smart 155 Sensor Fuzed Munition Succeeds In Desert Tests.(Gesellschaft fur Intelligente Wirksysteme)(Alliant Techsystems)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... Alliant Techsystems [ATK] and partner Germany's Gesellschaft fur Intelligente Wirksysteme (GIWS) said last week they recently achieved a "perfect rating in functional reliability" during the first firings of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...

EADS Awarded French UAV Contract.(EADS N.V. gets unmanned aerial vehicle production contract)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) has been awarded a contract to produce 160 unmanned aerial vehicle systems for the French Army, the company announced last week. The contract for close-range reconnaissance, called the...

European Fire Control System Controls GMLRS.(Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System)(Brief Article)
January 14, 2005... The European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS) company and partners France's Thales and Germany's Krauss-Maffei Wegmann said they have proven that the European Fire Control System (EFCS) can correctly initialize and fire the new Lockheed...

EADS SPACE Transportation To Produce French M51 Missile.(European Aeronautics Defence & Space )
January 14, 2005... The French armament procurement agency and European Aeronautics Defence & Space (EADS) SPACE Transportation unit have signed a contract valued at more than $3.9 billion to produce the M51 missile, the company said last month. For the first...

Oman To Buy Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Javelin System.
January 14, 2005... Oman's armed forces have selected the Raytheon [RTN]-Lockheed Martin [LMT] Joint Venture Javelin for the sultanate's medium-range anti-tank guided weapon requirement, the company said yesterday. In October, Oman's government signed a Letter of...

Lockheed Martin Taps Swedish Firm for JSF Supply Chain Management.(Autonomic Logistic Information System)(Lockheed Martin Corp)(Joint Strike Fighter)
January 14, 2005... Sweden's IFS Defense said recently its IFS Applications has been chosen by Lockheed Martin [LMT] for local supply chain management on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program Autonomic Logistic Information System (ALIS). Within the JSF...

Interoperability The Sea Basing Issue For Allies.
January 21, 2005... By Ann Roosevelt If there is one issue about the Navy's sea basing concept that concerns coalition allies it is interoperability, representatives from the navies of the United Kingdom, Chile and Australia said last week. "If we're...

Lockheed Martin Sells Stake In Turkish Aircraft Joint Venture.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2005... Lockheed Martin [LMT] last week said it has sold its 42 percent stake in a joint venture company, TUSAS Aerospace Industries, to Turkish Aircraft Industries, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The joint venture was created in...

U.S.-U.K. Sign MoU On New Land Warfare Programs.(memorandum of understanding)
January 21, 2005... By Ann Roosevelt The U.S./U.K. Land BattleSpace Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in St. Louis last month by representatives of the United States and United Kingdom allows the two countries to share information on new land warfare...

United Defense Wins Contract To Evaluate BONUS Precision Munitions.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2005... United Defense [UDLP] was awarded an Army contract to deliver and test the cannon-fired 155-mm BONUS precision munition system, the company said recently. BONUS was developed by United Defense's wholly owned subsidiary Bofors Defence of...

Iraq Offers Breakthrough Opportunity For DE Weapons, Army Official Says.(direct energy)
January 28, 2005... By Sharon Weinberger Iraq could present the first opportunity to use a directed energy weapon on the battlefield, ending what some consider a "cultural barrier" to using such technology in combat, according to an Army official. "I...

Boeing Exec Says 'Vertically Integrated' Companies Cannot Be The Best.
January 28, 2005... By Geoff Fein Firms that are vertically integrated won't be the best at what they do and no single company can have a lock on knowledge, talent or the skills needed to meet the demands of today's customers, according to a Boeing [BA]...

German Government Funds Private Finance Initiative For NH90 Training.
January 28, 2005... The German government announced its approval last week of a $636.2 million contract for privately financed NH90 helicopter training by Helicopter Flight Training Services GmbH (HFTS), a consortium consisting of CAE [CGT], the Eurocopter group...

GD Divests Non-Defense Unit.(General Dynamics Corp)(Brief Article)
January 28, 2005... Sweden's Hexagon has acquired the Lincoln Composites unit of General Dynamics [GD] for $9.4 million, marking the second divestiture of a non-core business in the past month by the defense contractor. Lincoln Composites, based in Lincoln,...

Tes IAI Awarded $150 Million A-4 Overhaul Contract.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2005... Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Bedek Aviation Group was recently awarded a 10-year maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) contract worth about $150 million by the Israel Ministry of Defense for the Israel Air Force (IAF) A-4 Skyhawk trainer...

Tadiran Communications Signs $80 Million CECOM Contract.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2005... Israel's Tadiran Communications recently said its U.S. subsidiary, Tallahassee Technologies (Talla-Tech), has signed a major five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract potentially worth more than $80 million with the...

IAI Elta Awarded $200 Million In New Fourth Quarter Contracts.
January 28, 2005... Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) last week said its Elta Systems subsidiary was awarded a series of contracts worth about $200 million from domestic and international customers in the fourth quarter of 2004, raising Elta's yearly total to more...

DHS To Test Radio Frequency Technology At Border Crossings.(Department of Homeland Security)(Brief Article)
January 28, 2005... As part of the U.S. VISIT program, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said last week it would test radio frequency identification technology at several border crossings to automatically record the arrival and departure of visitors. ...

Northrop Grumman To Proceed With Airliner Self-Protection Systems.
January 28, 2005... By B.C. Kessner TEL AVIV, Israel--On the same day a RAND study concluded that airliner anti-missile systems were too expensive and unreliable, Northrop Grumman [NOC] Tuesday evening said it will install and flight test this year its...