Defense Daily International articles from July 2006

Defense Daily International archives from July 2006

Australian Navy Taps Tenix LADS For Laser Depth Sounder.(Laser Airborne Depth Sounder)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Australia's Tenix LADS Corp. said last week that it has won a multimillion contract to supply and support the Royal Australian Navy with its Laser Airborne Depth Sounder (LADS) system. The award followed an international tender process...

Pakistan Seeking 36 F-16 C/D Aircraft, Weapons, Upgrades, And Modifications.
July 7, 2006... Pakistan is seeking to purchase 36 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16C/D Block 50/52 aircraft along with associated equipment and services for a potential value of $3 billion if all options are exercised, according to the Defense Security...

Lockheed Martin Awarded $85 Million For Aegis Weapon System For Australia.
July 7, 2006... On June 30th, Lockheed Martin [LMT] was awarded an $85.3 million contract for long-lead material items and critical work center efforts to support the production of three Aegis Weapon Systems (AWS) for the Commonwealth of Australia (CoA) Air...

German Budget Committee Green Lights More DINGO 2 Vehicles.
July 7, 2006... The German Parliament's Budget Committee has approved approximately $136.7 million to procure 149 all-protected transport vehicles, type DINGO 2, made by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. The vehicles include 15 to fill an immediate requirement. ...

EADS Acquires Electronics Repair And Maintenance Firm.(European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company)(Get Electronique)(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... June 30th The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) said it has acquired Get Electronique, a small company that specializes in electronics repair, maintenance and sustainability. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Get...

Buzz Alarm.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... Israel air force F-16s last week gave Syrian president Bashar Assad a personal wake-up call recently when they buzzed the Presidential Palace near the city of Latakia. "The fly-over [was] part of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) activity based on...

Seoul Food.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... A "main dish" is heating back up in South Korea, as the Ministry of Defense (MoD) there is looking to finally make a decision by the end of July on who will get Korea's airborne early warning (AEW) contract, industry sources tell sister...

New Defense Procurement Era.(Brief article)
July 7, 2006... As of July 1, the European Union expects armed forces and taxpayers to get better value for money, broader business opportunities for defense companies and improve global competitiveness for European defense companies under the new Code of...

Army To Evaluate Thermal Beacon Alternative IFF Technology.
July 14, 2006... By B.C. Kessner TEL AVIV, Israel--Thermal Beacon, an Israeli company specializing in innovative thermal Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) emitters, is preparing for an Army evaluation of its technology in the United States. "As we...

Elbit's CoMPASS Points To Multiple Orders Abroad.(Elbit Systems Ltd.)
July 14, 2006... By B.C. Kessner TEL AVIV, Israel--Israel's Elbit Systems ESLT] recently said its El-Op subsidiary was awarded several new contracts from new and returning international customers worth about $15 million to supply advanced CoMPASS...

Sweden Buys BAE SYSTEMS AMOS Mortar.(Swedish Defense Materiel Administration)(BAE SYSTEMS PLC)(Brief article)
July 14, 2006... The Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) has awarded an approximately $70 million contract to BAE SYSTEMS' Hagglunds AB for the development and production of two prototype armored advanced mortar systems (AMOS). The two...

Israeli UAV Tech Partners Hope Local, European Success Lands In U.S.(Bental Industries)(unmanned aerial vehicle)(Teleflight Technologies)
July 14, 2006... By B.C. Kessner TEL AVIV, Israel--Bental Industries and Teleflight Technologies, two growing Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems firms, hope that recent European sales of their collaborative products can be mirrored in the...

Iranian Missile Threat Rising, So U.S. Missile Shield Needed: Expert.
July 14, 2006... By Dave Ahearn Iran is procuring missiles with steadily longer ranges capable of delivering weapons, so it is vital for the United States to develop a ballistic missile shield capable of defending U.S. and allied interests, a Middle...

Lazing Kassams?(Tactical High Energy Laser )(Brief article)
July 14, 2006... Israel's daily Ma'ariv reports that discussion has resumed among security officials about possibly acquiring a laser-based system to intercept Kassam rockets that keep peppering the country from Gaza. Despite the tragic side of the recent...

...Secret Meetings.(Defense Minister Amir Peretz meets Northrop Grumman executives)(Brief article)
July 14, 2006... The paper says that Defense Minister Amir Peretz secretly met senior Northrop Grumman executives recently and discussed a new system now called Skyguard, once known under the auspices of the joint U.S.-Israeli Nautilus, or THEL program....

Plasan Sasa Providing Ballistic Protection Kits For RAF Chinooks.(Permali Gloucester)(Royal Air Force)(Boeing BA] CH-47 Chinook helicopters)
July 14, 2006... By B.C. Kessner TEL AVIV, Israel--Plasan Sasa said recently it received a follow-on contract worth several million dollars from Britain's Permali Gloucester to supply ballistic protection upgrade kits for Royal Air Force (RAF) Boeing BA]...

IAI Tech Lead For EU R&D Project.(Speculative and Exploratory Design in Systems Engineering)(Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd)(Brief article)
July 14, 2006... Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) recently said it was awarded $1.7 million research and development grant and will be the technical leader of the Speculative and Exploratory Design in Systems Engineering (SPEEDS) Integrated Project under the...

Finmeccanica And Sukhoi Partner For Russian Jet Program.(Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company)(Russian Regional Jet (RRJ) program)(Brief article)
July 14, 2006... Italy's Finmeccanica and Russia's Sukhoi Aviation, and their respective subsidiaries Alenia Aeronautica and Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), have signed an agreement establishing a strategic partnership on the Russian Regional Jet (RRJ)...

Foreign Raptor Sales Fight Seen As Senate Panel Approves DoD Money Bill.
July 21, 2006... By Dave Ahearn The House and Senate are likely to fight over the controversial issue of selling the cutting-edge technology of the F-22A Raptor supersonic stealth fighter to foreign militaries. This issue flared as the powerful...

Australia To Spend $1 Billion For Mk 41 VLS, Mk7 AEGIS Weapon Systems.
July 21, 2006... Australia is looking to buy three of Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Mk 41 Vertical Launch Systems as well as associated equipment and services, worth a total value of $1 billion if all options are exercised, according to the Defense Security...

Report: China Won't Curb North Korean Missile Program.
July 21, 2006... By Dave Ahearn Even as the United States implores China to use its leverage to restrain North Korean ambitions to develop nuclear-tipped long-range missiles, China has no intention whatever of wielding its influence to that end, a new...

L-3 Acquires British Defense Electronics Company.(TRL Electronics)(L-3 Communications)(Brief article)
July 21, 2006... L-3 Communications [LLL] recently said it has acquired TRL Electronics, a British defense electronics company with core capabilities in electronic countermeasures and cryptography, for $176.2 million in cash. L-3 made its first foray...

United Technologies To Build Fuel Cell For Use On Spanish Submarine.(proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell power module )(Brief article)
July 21, 2006... United Technologies [UTX] recently reported that its fuel cells unit would design and develop a 300 kW proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell power module for use in the Spanish Navy's S-80 submarine. The 300 kW PEM fuel cell will be...

Taiwan Subs Program May Split Design, Construction Work.
July 21, 2006... The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has accepted a Taiwanese proposal to split work of designing diesel submarines for Taipei from the far more expensive task of building the subs. Although splitting the two tasks likely would increase...

New Helo.(New Zealand to buy NH Industries' NH90 medium utility helicopters)(Brief article)
July 21, 2006... New Zealand is on track to buy new NH Industries' NH90 medium utility helicopters. "Cabinet [July 10] authorized Ministry of Defence Officials to enter into negotiations with Nato Helicopter Industries for the purchase of up to eight NH90...

Going Down.(defense program costs)(Brief article)
July 21, 2006... Australia's Defense Minister says major program costs are going down, Brendan Nelson says in his monthly e-newsletter for July. "Of the 230 major projects since July 2003, 18 have closed with real cost decreases, while 8 have required real...