Defense Daily International articles from June 2004

Defense Daily International archives from June 2004

BAE SYSTEMS Tops Thales For EW Systems On Turkish F-16s.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Turkey recently selected Britain's BAE SYSTEMS over a bid by France's Thales as the key subcontractor for the integrated electronic warfare (EW) suite the Turkish fleet of F-16 fighters produced by Lockheed Martin [LMT]. According to a BAE...

RAF Accepts Delivery of Third Defense Radar Upgrade From Lockheed Martin.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Lockheed Martin [LMT] said this week that Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) yesterday formally accepted upgrades the company performed on two of its Type 92 long-range solid state defense radars in Scotland. "The most recent upgrades extend...

Australians Purchase Commercial Tanker To Replace HMAS Westralia.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Australia's Ministry of Defence (MoD) said yesterday it purchased a new double-hulled tanker for $34.3 million to replace the HMAS Westralia. According to a MoD statement, South Korea's Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. built the ship, currently...

Contenders Vie As U.K. MoD Advances FRES Program.(Future Rapid Effect System)
June 4, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Seven companies have expressed interest in leading the assessment phase of the U.K.'s Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) program, a Ministry of Defense official said. "We've already had something like seven expressions...

Raytheon Australia To Supply Australian F/A-18 Flight Simulators.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Raytheon Australia recently won a $53 million award to supply three new F/A-18 Hornet flight simulators for the Royal Australian Air Force. The simulators will significantly improve pilot training in the new weapons and systems being...

Pentagon Notifies Congress of Potential $319 Million JDAM, Bomb Deal With Israel.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... The Pentagon Tuesday notified Congress of a potential $319 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) package to Israel that includes unguided bombs and Boeing [BA] GPS/INS-aided Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits. The sale would include...

Boeing Begins Final Assembly of First F-15K For Korea.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Boeing [BA] said this week it began the final assembly of the first of 40 F-15K fighter-bombers for South Korea. The South Koreans in 2002 chose the F-15K over the Rafale offered by France's Dassault Aviation for its $4.2 billion F-X...

United Defense, German Firm Team To Pursue U.S. Decontamination Market.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... United Defense Industries [UDI] this week said it has teamed with Germany's OWR to provide decontamination compounds and applicators to meet U.S. DoD and Department of Homeland Security requirements for chemical and biological security. ...

Austal's Yemen Patrol Boat Project Advancing Swiftly.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2004... Australian shipbuilder Austal said this week it had already launched six of the 10 fast patrol boats it is building for Yemen exactly one year after signing the contract, and just four months after launching the first vessel in the class. ...

Raytheon Moves Into Phase Two Of Air Force Radar Program.
June 11, 2004... Raytheon [RTN] said last week it has received a $369 million system development and demonstration contract for Phase II of the Air Force's Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP). MP-RTIP is a modular, active...

High Tempo Stretches Marine Forces, Including 'Tapped Out' Aviation, Marine Says.
June 11, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes The high tempo of operations in Iraq is stretching Marine aviation and ground forces according to a top service official. "We're about tapped out for Marine aviation," Lt. Gen. Robert Magnus, deputy commandant of...

Army Receives Lockheed Martin Aerostat Surveillance System For Iraq.
June 11, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday it delivered a 56,000-cubic foot tethered aerostat surveillance system to the Army for use in Iraq. Aerostats can provide inexpensive, long-endurance surveillance. Heliumfilled...

Czech Republic Signs $753 Million Lease Agreement For Gripen.(Czech Ministry of Defence)(Swedish Defence Material Administration)
June 17, 2004... The Czech Republic this week signed a $753 million 10-year lease with Sweden for 14 JAS-39 Gripen multi-role fighters produced by the Gripen International team of Sweden's Saab and Britain's BAE SYSTEMS. According to a Gripen International...

Boeing Wins $86 Million Contract For Full-Rate JHMCS Production.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2004... Last week the DoD awarded Boeing [BA] an $86 million contract for the first full-rate production lot of Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS). "Providing our nation's warfighters with a revolutionary system that improves their...

Rheinmetall and IAI To Offer Laser Homing Tank Weapon System.(Brief Article)
June 17, 2004... Germany's Rheinmetall and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) this week said they signed a cooperation agreement to jointly offer the LAHAT gun-launched laser homing weapon system designed to increase the effective firepower and survivability of...

Boeing Wins Navy's $3.88 Billion MMA Bid Over Lockheed Martin.
June 17, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes and Amy Butler Boeing [BA] topped Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the $3.88 billion systems development and demonstration (SDD) phase of the Navy's Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) program. Navy acquisition chief John...

Israel Taps Elbit and Rafael To Deliver New Civil Aircraft Protection Suites.(Elbit Systems Ltd.)(RAFAEL Armament Development Authority Ltd.)
June 17, 2004... By B.C. Kessner TEL AVIV, Israel--Israel's Elbit [ESLT] and RAFAEL Monday said they have teamed to develop, manufacture and sell an advanced self-protection suite to help counter the potential shoulder-launched missile threat to civilian...

Tadiran Unveils New Products, Expects Greater European Presence.
June 25, 2004... Israel's Tadiran Communications introduced two new high-speed battlefield transmission products at the Eurosatory defense exhibition last week and said it is looking to expand business in Europe through new acquisitions and partnerships. ...

Czech Republic Opts For Javelin.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2004... The Czech Republic plans to add Javelin portable anti-armor missile capabilities supplied by the Raytheon [RTN] Lockheed Martin [RTN] Javelin Joint Venture, an Army official said this week. The amount of the contract and number of missiles...

Raytheon, RAMSYS Extend Cooperative Program Agreement.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2004... Raytheon [RTN] and RAM-System GmBh (RAMSYS) recently announced a 10-year extension of their Cooperative Program Agreement (CPA) on the U.S.-German Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) program. The RAM is an autonomous, all-weather fire and forget...

Successful Patriot System Test In Taiwan.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2004... Raytheon [RTN] said last week that Taiwan successfully destroyed a surrogate threat missile in a live firing of its Patriot Air and Missile Defense System at the Chiu Peng Test Range in the Southern region of Taiwan. "They have the Patriot...

Israel Taps Elbit and Rafael To Deliver New Civil Aircraft Protection Suites.
June 25, 2004... Israel's Elbit [ESLT] and RAFAEL recently said they have teamed to develop, manufacture and sell an advanced self-protection suite to help counter the potential shoulder-launched missile threat to civilian aircraft, a market believed to be in...

Tadiran Offering RPDA With Radiation Detection Feature.(Rugged Personal Digital Assistant)
June 25, 2004... By B.C. Kessner TEL AVIV, Israel--Israel's Tadiran Communications this week displayed a new radiation-detecting variant of its Rugged Personal Digital Assistant (RPDA) that has already been selected for use by the Marine Corps, Air Force...

U.S., European Officials Announce GPS-Galileo Agreement.(Global Positioning System )(Brief Article)
June 25, 2004... By Amy Butler U.S. government officials recently said they have "reached completion" of long-standing discussions with European officials that will allow them to build a constellation similar to the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS)...