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Thu, 28 Feb 08
DRS To Demonstrate Advanced EO/IR Sensors And Systems
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/DRS_To_Demonstrate_Advanced_EO_IR_Sensors_A nd_Systems_999.html
Parsippany NJ (SPX) Feb 28, 2008 - As industry leaders in the development of electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) sensors and systems for military applications, the Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) business segment of DRS Technologies will present its capabilities at the upcoming Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Defense and Security Symposium annual convention, March 17-20 in Orlando, Florida.

Thu, 28 Feb 08
Lockheed Martin MULE Program Begins Work On Final System Design
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Lockheed_Martin_MULE_Program_Begins_Work_On _Final_System_Design_999.html
Dallas TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2008 - The Lockheed Martin Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment (MULE) vehicle program successfully completed its System Preliminary Design Review (PDR), signaling a new phase in the program's development as part of the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) modernization initiative. As a result of this recent review, Lockheed Martin will now begin to transition from the concept maturation phase into detailed design work.

Wed, 27 Feb 08
Raytheon's Miniature Air Launched Decoy Completes Flight Testing
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_Miniature_Air_Launched_Decoy_Compl etes_Flight_Testing_999.html
Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 27, 2008 - The Miniature Air Launched Decoy, a Raytheon state-of-the-art, low-cost, modular air- launched programmable flight vehicle, successfully completed government and Raytheon seamless verification team flight testing Jan. 11. This sets the stage for the MALD to enter low rate initial production (LRIP) later this year.

Tue, 26 Feb 08
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Two-Way Video Datalink For Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Lockheed_Martin_Demonstrates_Two_Way_Video_ Datalink_For_Sniper_Advanced_Targeting_Pod_999.html
Orlando FL (SPX) Feb 25, 2008 - Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated a prototype two-way video data link (VDL) for the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) during a U.S. Air Force Sniper users' conference at its Missiles and Fire Control facility in Orlando, FL. Sniper ATP provides an unrivaled aerial advantage on the battlefield. Airmen were impressed with the next-generation of VDL capability demonstrated at the event.

Tue, 26 Feb 08
Herley's Micro Systems Supports CEi's Successful Supersonic Flight Of New Aerial Target System
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Herley_Micro_Systems_Supports_CEi_Successfu l_Supersonic_Flight_Of_New_Aerial_Target_System_999.html
Lancaster PA (SPX) Feb 25, 2008 - Herley Industries has reported that its subsidiary, Micro Systems provided the avionics suite used by Composite Engineering (CEi) in the successful flight demonstration of their newest unmanned aerial target system, the BQM-167X.

Tue, 26 Feb 08
Infrared AASM Modular Air-to-Ground Weapon Test Fired
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Infrared_AASM_Modular_Air_to_Ground_Weapon_ Test_Fired_999.html
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 25, 2008 - On February 5, 2008, the AASM modular air-to-ground weapon was successfully fired with an infrared homing device from a Mirage 2000 fighter. The firing completes the industrial validation of this second AASM version.

Tue, 26 Feb 08
CV-22 Osprey Ready For Ground-Fire And Flight Testing
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/CV_22_Osprey_Ready_For_Ground_Fire_And_Flig ht_Testing_999.html
Johnson City NY (SPX) Feb 25, 2008 - BAE Systems has installed a remotely operated defensive weapon system aboard a U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey in preparation for ground-fire and flight testing. The hardware installation and ensuing fit-check, completed in January, follow the company's recent selection to develop an interim all-quadrant defensive weapon system for the Osprey.

Tue, 26 Feb 08
Betting On Tanks To Control The Battlefield Part One
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Betting_On_Tanks_To_Control_The_Battlefield _Part_One_999.html
Washington (UPI) Feb 25, 2007 - Main Battle Tanks remain masters of the battlefield despite IEDs -- and military planners in all the world's great powers still know it.

Tue, 26 Feb 08
Analysis: China imitates Su-27SK
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Analysis_China_imitates_Su-27SK_999.html
Hong Kong (UPI) Feb 25, 2007 - Based on the design of the Russian Sukhoi Su-27SK fighter, China has come up with its own domestic version, the J-11B multi-function fighter. Three J-11B prototypes have been manufactured since 2006. After their factory flight tests, they have been evaluated by the People's Liberation Army Air Force 1st Fighter Division, based in Anshan in China's northeast Liaoning province.

Sun, 24 Feb 08
US military investigates stealth bomber crash
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_military_investigates_stealth_bomber_cra sh_999.html
Canberra (AFP) Feb 23, 2008 - The US military was investigating on Saturday after a B-2 stealth bomber crashed on take-off from the Pacific island of Guam, the first such incident involving the futuristic craft.

Sun, 24 Feb 08
Dogs of War: Modest proposals for reform
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Dogs_of_War_Modest_proposals_for_reform_999 .html
Washington (UPI) Feb 22, 2007 - One of the enduring debates over the use of private military and security contractors is whether there are sufficient means to prosecute them if their employees do something wrong.

Fri, 22 Feb 08
Raytheon Awarded Paveway IV Weapon Integration Contract For UK RAF Tornado GR4
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_Awarded_Paveway_IV_Weapon_Integrat ion_Contract_For_UK_RAF_Tornado_GR4_999.html
Harlow, UK (SPX) Feb 22, 2008 - Raytheon's United Kingdom-based subsidiary has been awarded a contract to support the integration and flight trials of the Paveway IV dual mode precision guided bomb onto the U.K. Royal Air Force Tornado GR4/4A. The contract is valued at GBP8.5 million, or about $16.6 million.

Fri, 22 Feb 08
Northrop Grumman Completes Flight Testing Of Latest LITENING Targeting System
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Northrop_Grumman_Completes_Flight_Testing_O f_Latest_LITENING_Targeting_System_999.html
Rolling Meadows IL (SPX) Feb 22, 2008 - Northrop Grumman has announced the successful flight demonstration of the company's new fourth generation LITENING all digital precision targeting system.

Thu, 21 Feb 08
Successful Fuel Testing Of F-35 Lightning II STOVL
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Successful_Fuel_Testing_Of_F_35_Lightning_I I_STOVL_999.html
Fort Worth TX (SPX) Feb 21, 2008 - BAE Systems has completed critical fuel testing on the first F-35 Lightning II short take off and vertical landing (STOVL) variant five days ahead of its schedule proving the maturity of both the aircraft and programme.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
Northrop Grumman Unveils Active Electronically Scanned Array For F-16
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Northrop_Grumman_Unveils_Active_Electronica lly_Scanned_Array_For_F_16_999.html
Linthicum MD (SPX) Feb 20, 2008 - Northrop Grumman unveiled a new company funded program to develop an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) at the Singapore Air Show. The Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) will be a full performance fire control AESA derived from proven AESA technology for light tactical aircraft. SABR is being designed for retrofit to existing F-16 aircraft and can be scaled to fit other platforms and mission areas.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
Combating Land Warfare Threats In The 21st Century Part Three
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Combating_Land_Warfare_Threats_In_The_21st_ Century_Part_Three_999.html
Washington (UPI) Feb 18, 2007 - The idea of a major land war similar in scale to the great battles of World War II, or even the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War has largely been discounted by political pundits in the United States and by current and co would-be policymakers in both the Republican and Democratic parties.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
BAE Systems Receives Contract Modification For M113 Reset
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/BAE_Systems_Receives_Contract_Modification_ For_M113_Reset_999.html
Anniston AL (SPX) Feb 19, 2008 - BAE Systems has been awarded a $91.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command to reset up to 1074 M113 Family of Vehicles. Under the reset program, the M113 vehicles will be brought back to combat ready condition. In addition, the vehicles will receive add-on armor and nuclear, biological and chemical protective equipment.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
Dogs of War: The pay gap myth
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Dogs_of_War_The_pay_gap_myth_999.html
Washington (UPI) Feb 15, 2007 - Frequently in the history of military and security issues the public and policymakers take for granted the conventional wisdom of the day. That is, until it is proven false.

Wed, 20 Feb 08
Eye-Sys Visualizes Intelligence Data In Phase III SBIR Contract For US DoD
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Eye_Sys_Visualizes_Intelligence_Data_In_Pha se_III_SBIR_Contract_For_US_DoD_999.html
Columbia SC (SPX) Feb 18, 2008 - As part of a Phase III contract awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Eye- Sys will be used to visualize intelligence data for analysis by the US Dept. of Defense. "Our five-year SBIR relationship with the Dept. of Defense clearly demonstrates the value Eye-Sys brings to the US military's intelligence efforts," noted IDV CEO Chris King.

Fri, 15 Feb 08
New Radar Tracking And Sensor Fusion System Delivered To US Marines
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/New_Radar_Tracking_And_Sensor_Fusion_System _Delivered_To_US_Marines_999.html
Woodland Hills CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2008 - Northrop Grumman has delivered the first three production units of a new-generation multi-radar tracker (MRT) system to the U.S. Marine Corps that will enable the fusing of multiple sensor inputs into a single radar picture for enhanced mobile command-and-control operations.

Fri, 15 Feb 08
Northrop Grumman Completes Demonstration Of New Synthetic Aperture Radar Capability For F-22
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Northrop_Grumman_Completes_Demonstration_Of _New_Synthetic_Aperture_Radar_Capability_For_F_22_999.html
Baltimore MD (SPX) Feb 15, 2008 - Northrop Grumman has successfully demonstrated the capability to generate high-resolution, in-flight synthetic aperture radar (SAR) maps using the AESA (active electronically scanned array) radar being produced for the U.S. Air Force's F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft.

Thu, 14 Feb 08
Taiwan assesses damage after China spy ring revealed in US
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Taiwan_assesses_damage_after_China_spy_ring _revealed_in_US_999.html
Taipei (AFP) Feb 12, 2008 - Taiwan's defence ministry said Tuesday it had set up a task force to assess security leaks after four people were charged in the United States with spying for China involving US military sales to Taipei.

Thu, 14 Feb 08
Chinese Weaponry In The Early 21st Century Part Four
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Chinese_Weaponry_In_The_Early_21st_Century_ Part_Four_999.html
Washington (UPI) Feb 11, 2007 - The continuing weakness of China's armaments industry has profound implications for China's diplomacy, grand strategy and choice of conflicts it would be prepared to undertake for many years to come.

Thu, 14 Feb 08
Elbit Systems Unveils New Family Of Thermal Weapon Sights For Infantry
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Elbit_Systems_Unveils_New_Family_Of_Thermal _Weapon_Sights_For_Infantry_999.html
Haifa, Israel (SPX) Feb 12, 2008 - Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop introduces LILY, a new family of lightweight Thermal Imaging Weapon Sights (TWS) designed for use by individual infantry soldiers; and POPEYE, a low cost lightweight head/helmet mounted thermal imaging monocular. Based on Elop's many years of experience and feedback from combat operational use of its Thermal Imagers worldwide, the new systems provide significant advantages for operations in total darkness and in even the most difficult environmental conditions.

Mon, 11 Feb 08
General Atomics Team Powers Navy Rail Gun To New World Record
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/General_Atomics_Team_Powers_Navy_Rail_Gun_T o_New_World_Record_999.html
San Diego CA (SPX) Feb 11, 2008 - General Atomics (GA) and its team members were instrumental in providing the pulse power system for the record-breaking firing of the Navy's electromagnetic rail gun launcher on January 31, 2008 at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA. The Electromagnetic Railgun Innovative Naval Prototype is sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA.

Mon, 11 Feb 08
NGC Adding Mobile Targets To B-2 Bomber Capabilities
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/NGC_Adding_Mobile_Targets_To_B_2_Bomber_Cap abilities_999.html
Palmdale CA (SPX) Feb 11, 2008 - Northrop Grumman is taking the first steps toward giving the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber the ability to destroy moving targets under a current contract with the U.S. Air Force. Northrop Grumman is the prime contractor for the B-2, the flagship of the nation's long-range strike arsenal.

Sun, 10 Feb 08
US Army elevates "stability operations" in new manual
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Army_elevates_stability_operations_in_ne w_manual_999.html
Washington (AFP) Feb 8, 2008 - The US Army is elevating the importance of "stability operations" in a new edition of its operations field manual, reflecting lessons learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, army officials said Friday.

Fri, 8 Feb 08
BAE Systems Launches ECLiPSE Performance Military Gear Product Line
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/BAE_Systems_Launches_ECLiPSE_Performance_Mi litary_Gear_Product_Line_999.html
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Feb 08, 2008 - BAE Systems announced the market introduction of ECLiPSE Performance Military Gear. Created by experienced military personnel, ECLiPSE combines existing and emerging technologies with evolutionary designs and materials to form lightweight, versatile products for combat use. The ECLiPSE product line includes load carriage, helmets, soft and hard body armor, aircrew survivability systems, and other related equipage items.

Fri, 8 Feb 08
Production Begins On First F/A-18F Super Hornet For Royal Australian Air Force
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Production_Begins_On_First_FA_18F_Super_Hor net_For_Royal_Australian_Air_Force_999.html
Amityville NY (SPX) Feb 07, 2008 - Northrop Grumman has begun production of major structural components for the first F/A-18F Super Hornet strike fighter aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). On Feb. 5, GKN Aerospace-Monitor, a premier supplier to Northrop Grumman, began machining the first wing bulkhead, one of three titanium bulkheads that hold the F/A-18 wings in place. The government of Australia is purchasing 24 F/A-18Fs from the United States in the first international procurement of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.

Fri, 8 Feb 08
Thales And Boeing Sign FRES Contract With UK MoD
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Thales_And_Boeing_Sign_FRES_Contract_With_U K_MoD_999.html
St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 07, 2008 - The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announces the award of a contract to Thales UK in partnership with Boeing for the System-of-Systems Integrator (SOSI) role on the Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) program. The initial six-month contract, valued at 4 million pounds (US$8 million), defines the framework for the SOSI's ongoing role in the subsequent phases of this key program, which will provide the British Army with a new family of medium-weight, network-enabled armored vehicles.

Fri, 8 Feb 08
France Awards Raytheon Contract For Enhanced Paveway II
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/France_Awards_Raytheon_Contract_For_Enhance d_Paveway_II_999.html
Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 07, 2008 - The government of France awarded Raytheon a direct commercial sales contract Jan. 18 worth $22 million for the combat-proven Enhanced Paveway II (EP2) dual- mode GPS/laser-guided precision munition and weapons integration for the French Air Force's Mirage 2000D fighter aircraft.

Wed, 6 Feb 08
The Case For Future Combat System Funding
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/The_Case_For_Future_Combat_System_Funding_9 99.html
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Feb 5, 2007 - With several of the big networking initiatives begun during Donald Rumsfeld's tenure as defense secretary beginning to implode, many observers are curious why the U.S. Army remains so committed to its Future Combat Systems program.

Wed, 6 Feb 08
DRS Technologies Helping To Build A Better Bradley
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/DRS_Technologies_Helping_To_Build_A_Better_ Bradley_999.html
Parsippany NJ (SPX) Feb 06, 2008 - DRS Technologies has received two contracts totaling approximately $20 million to provide the target acquisition assemblies used in the Improved Bradley Acquisition System (IBAS) aboard the M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle. One contract is for $11 million from the U.S. Army's Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, and the second is for $9 million from a prime contractor.

Wed, 6 Feb 08
T-ray Breakthrough Signals Next Generation Of Security Sensors
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/T_ray_Breakthrough_Signals_Next_Generation_ Of_Security_Sensors_999.html
London UK (SPX) Feb 06, 2008 - A new generation of sensors for detecting explosives and poisons could be developed following new research into a type of radiation known as T-rays, published in Nature Photonics. The research shows that these T-rays, electromagnetic waves in the far infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum that have a wavelength 500 times longer than visible light, can be guided along the surface of a specially designed material, known as a metamaterial.

Mon, 4 Feb 08
War Is Not A Video Game FCS Follies Part Two
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/War_Is_Not_A_Video_Game_FCS_Follies_Part_Tw o_999.html
Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2007 - Every fundamental mistake that was made in the disastrous Future Intelligence Architecture program is now being repeated in the Future Combat Systems projects -- the main difference being the FCS will cost at least 50 times as much.

Mon, 4 Feb 08
Navy test fires powerful electromagnetic 'railgun'
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Navy_test_fires_powerful_electromagnetic_ra ilgun_999.html
Washington (AFP) Jan 31, 2008 - The US Navy test fired the world's most powerful electromagnetic railgun Thursday, launching a projectile at a velocity of 2,500 meters per second, or 5,600 miles per hour, into a bunker.

Mon, 4 Feb 08
Bows and arrows: deadly weapons of rural Kenya's war
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Bows_and_arrows_deadly_weapons_of_rural_Ken yas_war_999.html
Njoro, Kenya (AFP) Feb 2, 2008 - Six men sit chiselling arrows inside a dusty, wooden-gated compound in rural Kenya. As they sharpen the blades and construct bows, the men say they are preparing for war.

Fri, 1 Feb 08
Lockheed Martin Receives Contract For High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Lockheed_Martin_Receives_Contract_For_High_ Mobility_Artillery_Rocket_System_Guided_Multiple_Launch_Rocket_System_999.h tml
Dallas TX (SPX) Feb 01, 2008 - Lockheed Martin has received a $512 million contract to provide the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) to the U.S. Army and to the U.S. Marine Corps. Work on the contract will be performed at the company's facilities in Camden, AR, and Grand Prairie, TX, and is scheduled for completion in 4th quarter 2010. Specific quantities of vehicles and rockets were not disclosed.

Fri, 1 Feb 08
Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract For LITENING Advanced Targeting Systems
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Northrop_Grumman_Awarded_Contract_For_LITEN ING_Advanced_Targeting_Systems_999.html
Rolling Meadows IL (SPX) Feb 01, 2008 - Northrop Grumman has received a contract to deliver LITENING Advanced Targeting (AT) systems to the Finnish Air Force (FiAF) for its F-18 Mid-life Update 2 Program. Under the terms of the $30 million contract, Northrop Grumman's Defensive Systems Division will deliver 10 LITENING AT systems to the FiAF under the U.S. Government Foreign Military Sales program beginning in late 2008 and continuing through 2009.

Fri, 1 Feb 08
First Military Pilot Flies Lockheed Martin F-35
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/First_Military_Pilot_Flies_Lockheed_Martin_ F_35_999.html
Fort Worth TX (SPX) Feb 01, 2008 - Lt. Col. James "Flipper" Kromberg of the U.S. Air Force became the first military service pilot to evaluate the F-35 Lightning II, taking the aircraft through a series of maneuvers Wednesday on its 26th flight.

Fri, 1 Feb 08
Israel should limit use of cluster bombs: Lebanon war report
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_should_limit_use_of_cluster_bombs_Le banon_war_report_999.html
Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 31, 2008 - Israel's commission of inquiry into the 2006 Lebanon war called on the army to limit the use of cluster bombs in an effort to keep down the number of civilian casualties.