Defense Daily International articles from September 2004

Defense Daily International archives from September 2004

Australia To Look At Three Long-Range Missiles.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2004... Australia recently announced that it would select its new long-range missiles from among three candidates. The missiles, which would be used on Australia's F/A-18 Hornet fighters and AP-3X Orion maritime patrol aircraft, would provide air...

Oto Melara Scouting For U.S. Assembly Facility.
September 3, 2004... By Calvin Biesecker The Oto Melara group of Italy's Finmeccanica, which earlier this month formed a new division serving North America, is reviewing potential sites for an assembly plant in the U.S. and is close to making a selection, the...

No Operational Impact From Arrow Missile Test Failure, Say Israeli Officials.
September 3, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt An electronics failure in a U.S.-Israel-developed Arrow II anti-ballistic missile during a flight test Aug. 24 will likely have no impact on the operational interceptors deployed as part of the Arrow Weapon Systems (AWS)...

Austal And Raytheon Team Up For Australian Amphibious Ship Bid.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2004... Australian naval contractor Austal and Raytheon [RTN] said this week thay had teamed up to bid for Australia's competition to build a pair of new amphibious warfare ships. "By combining Austal's impressive track record of on time, on...

HH-65 Flight-Testing Begins With New Engines.(Rescue helicopter)
September 3, 2004... By Calvin Biesecker The flight-testing program for the Coast Guard's first HH-65 Dolphin search and rescue helicopter equipped with new engines began successfully last week, the industry team in charge of the upgrade program said...

JSF Program Alters Weapons Layout For STOVL To Meet Performance Parameters.(Joint Strike Fighter)(Short takeoff, Vertical landing)
September 3, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes Apart from tackling weight and propulsion issues to meet key performance parameters (KPP) for the short takeoff, vertical landing (STOVL) variant of Lockheed Martin's [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the JSF program...

Latin American Sales Help Boost Tadiran Communications.
September 3, 2004... By B.C. Kessner TEL AVIV, Israel--New orders and recent sales of cutting-edge communications equipment bound for Latin America have contributed to sales and profit growth for Israel's Tadiran Communications, officials said here this week....

Australians Select NH90 Variant For Army Lift Requirements Over S-70M.(Brief Article)
September 3, 2004... The Australian government said this week it had selected the MRH-90 variant of the NH90 helicopter produced by European consortium NH Industries for its $705.8 million AIR 9000 lift requirement for the army. Australian Aerospace will...

U.K. Armed Forces To Get One of The Largest Caliber Rifles Since Victorian Times.(Britain's Accuracy International )(Brief Article)
September 3, 2004... Britain's Accuracy International will provide U.K. armed forces one of the largest caliber British-made rifles since the Victorian era, the Defence Procurement Agency (DPA) said yesterday. The new rifle, an A150F, fires a bullet a half-inch...

Super Dvora Mk 3 Adds Mission Modularity, Keeps Speed And Endurance.(Mark 3)
September 17, 2004... By B.C. Kessner TEL AVIV, Israel--When the Israeli navy Israeli navy takes official delivery of Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) first new Super Dvora Mark 3, it will have a mission- reconfigurable fast patrol craft with more power,...

U.K. Speedy Deployment To Iraq Exposes Logistics Flaws, Report Says.
September 17, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt It took U.K. forces about half the time to deploy to the Persian Gulf in 2003 than it did in 1990, but that speed exposed equipment and logistics shortfalls, a recent House of Commons report said. In 2003, it took...

Globes: One-Third of Tadiran Communications' Stakes Sold To Koor.
September 17, 2004... Israel's financial newspaper Globes said that Koor Industries [KOR] recently purchased 33 percent of Tadiran Communications for between $140-150 million from Shamrock group and First Israel Mezzanine Investors (FIMI), implying a company value...

International Buyers Would Likely Line Up For CTOL Version of JSF, PEO Says.(conventional takeoff and landing)(Joint Strike Fighter)(program executive officer)
September 17, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes Beyond Britain and Italy, which have already expressed their interest in buying the short takeoff, vertical landing (STOVL) version of Lockheed Martin's [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, other potential international...

Guam Could Be Home To Future ISR Task Force For Air Force, PACAF Chief Says.(Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance)(Pacific Air Forces)(Paul Hester)
September 17, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes The Air Force could at some point in the future field a task force from Guam that possesses a variety of ISR capabilities, according to Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) chief Gen. Paul Hester. While the force is not set in...

Senate Bill Blocks Homeland Security Contracts To Expatriate U.S. Firms.(Brief Article)
September 17, 2004... The Senate this week approved an amendment blocking the award of future contracts by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to U.S. companies who have moved offshore to avoid paying U.S. taxes. The amendment, SA 3620, was offered by Sen....

Raytheon, EADS ST To Collaborate On BMD Interceptors.
September 17, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt Raytheon [RTN] and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) said this week the two companies signed a cooperative agreement to start working together on ballistic missile defense (BMD) interceptor programs. ...

QinetiQ To Acquire Westar, Marking Second U.S. Acquisition.
September 17, 2004... By Calvin Biesecker Britain's defense technology and services firm QinetiQ yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, a provider of engineering, software and logistics services, for $130 million, the...

Lockheed Martin Official Touts Aegis For Taiwan.
September 24, 2004... By Sharon Weinberger Speaking on Wednesday at a forum on missile defense in Asia, a Lockheed Martin [LMT] official called the Aegis combat system a political and military solution to Taiwan's security issues. Lockheed Martin's Aegis...

Northrop Grumman Unveils Teammates For British Nimrod Upgrade Bid.(Brief Article)
September 24, 2004... Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday added British firms Aerosystems International and QinetiQ to its team competing for the upgrade of Britain's Nimrod R1 electronic reconnaissance aircraft, dubbed Project Helix. According to a company...

American BDG Keying In On Israeli HLS Firms.(Business Development Group)(Homeland Security)
September 24, 2004... By B.C. Kessner HERZLIYYA, Israel--American Business Development Group (BDG) is narrowing down its search of Israeli firms as part of the group's Homeland Security (HLS) Master Key Project designed to match technologies with emerging U.S....

US101 Team Aims To Bring Intellectual Property Stateside With AgustaWestland Bell.
September 24, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes The primary goal of the AgustaWestland Bell company that Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] and Anglo-Italian group AgustaWestland formed earlier this year is to bring intellectual property for the US101 helicopter program...

United Defense, GIAT Industries Offer Caesar Mobile Artillery System.(United Defense Industries Inc)
September 24, 2004... By Ann Roosevelt United Defense [UDI] next year hopes to demonstrate a French Giat Industries Caesar 155mm, 52-caliber truck-mounted howitzer in the United States, a company official said. UD leads marketing efforts for the howitzer in...

VXX Rivals Duel Over Nature of Foreign Components On Current Presidential Helos.
September 24, 2004... By Lorenzo Cortes The US101 helicopter team led by Lockheed Martin [LMT] said that current presidential helicopters provided by Sikorsky [UTX] have foreign content--a claim that Sikorsky countered was not accurate as it pertains to vital...