Defense Daily International articles from March 2008

Defense Daily International archives from March 2008

Air Force Chief Open To Discussion of Selling F-22s Abroad.
March 7, 2008... The Air Force chief of staff recently indicated he would welcome discussions with the defense secretary about opening the F-22 Raptor to foreign military sales. The sale of the stealth fighter jet made by Lockheed Martin [LMT] to foreign...

Australia Launches Initiatives To Aid Defense Industry.
March 7, 2008... The Australian Industry Capability (AIC) program, initiatives to assist the Australian defense industry, were launched Feb. 26 by the Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, Greg Combet, during his keynote address to the 5th annual...

QinetiQ Enters Test And Evaluation Partnership With U.K. MoD.
March 7, 2008... QinetiQ March 3 announced it signed with the U.K. MoD a five-year, approximately $1.8 billion firm price agreement confirming price, volume and availability for the Long Term Partnering Agreement (LTPA) for Test and Evaluation (T&E) and...

Raytheon To Provide Patriot Services For South Korean FMS.
March 7, 2008... Raytheon [TRN] announced it has received an initial contract to provide engineering services related to a U.S. government Foreign Military Sale of the Patriot air and missile defense system to South Korea. Raytheon expects significant...

Australia To Cancel Kaman Seasprite Helicopters.
March 14, 2008... Australia announced March 5 it will cancel the U.S. Kaman Corp. [KAMN] - produced Seasprite helicopter project, two aircraft short of completing an order for 11. The Rudd Labor government initiated a review of the project in late 2007...

Independent Review Finds New Radiation Monitors Could Improve Container Screening.
March 14, 2008... Deploying a next-generation radiation portal monitors for secondary screening of cargo containers at ports of entry in the United States could result in better performance versus current technologies, thereby increasing confidence in the...

BAE To Sell Flight Systems Unit To Calspan.
March 14, 2008... Britain's BAE Systems this week said it has agreed to sell its California-based Flight Systems business unit to Calspan Corp. for $62.5 million in cash as it focuses its on its role as a developer and systems integrator. Terms of the deal...

Boeing To Protest Air Force Tanker Award To Northrop Grumman-EADS Team.
March 14, 2008... Boeing [BA] announced recently it will protest the Air Force's award to a rival Northrop Grumman [NOC]-European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. (EADS) team for contract worth at least $35 billion to build the service's air- refueling...

United States, Poland Outline Missile Defense Pact, But No Final Deal Set.
March 14, 2008... The United States and Poland this week reached an outline of an agreement to have a U.S. ballistic missile defense system installed in Europe, and for Washington in return to provide the Poles with "concrete and tangible" military benefits,...

L-1 Awarded Passport Card Work After State Withdraws It From GD.
March 14, 2008... L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] this week said the State Department has awarded it a potential five-year, $107 million contract to produce a new border crossing credential that had originally been won by General Dynamics [GD]. The State...

Lockheed Martin To Provide Radars For Romania.
March 14, 2008... Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the Romania Ministry of Defense (MoD) March 11 announced the signing of a contract for the co-production of 17 TPS-79(R) Multi- Mission Surveillance Radar systems for Romania's Phase II "Gap Filler" program. ...

U.K. Defense Budget About $68 billion For 2008-2009, Minister Says.
March 28, 2008... The defense budget in 2008/2009 will be around $68.3 billion, the Minister for Defence Equipment & Support, Baroness Taylor, said March 27. Commenting on a House of Commons Defence Select Committee report on defense equipment in 2008,...

New Reports Show Iranian, North Korean, Chinese Missile Threats Worsen.
March 28, 2008... By Dave Ahearn Three recent reports confirm that multiple missile threats facing the United States are worsening, threats that years ago prompted Washington to institute a $100 billion, multi-year, multi-layered missile defense...

Iraq Requests $1.4 Billion In FMS Equipment.(foreign military sales)
March 28, 2008... Iraq potentially wants to buy approximately $1.389 billion in Foreign Military Sales of various vehicles, small arms and ammunition, communication equipment, medical equipment, clothing and individual equipment as well as associated...