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Mon, 31 Mar 08
US Army Awards GD Contract To Produce Hydra-70 Rockets
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Army_Awards_GD_Contract_To_Produce_Hydra _70_Rockets_999.html
Charlotte NC (SPX) Mar 27, 2008 - The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products a contract worth $166.4 million for the production of 2.75-inch Hydra-70 rockets. The award is part of a five-year requirements contract signed in 2005 that has a total potential value of more than $900 million if all options are exercised. General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products is a business unit of General Dynamics.

Wed, 26 Mar 08
Fighter Production To Rise Over The Next Decade
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Fighter_Production_To_Rise_Over_The_Next_De cade_999.html
Newtown CT (SPX) Mar 26, 2008 - In a new analysis, Forecast International projects that fighter aircraft manufacturers will deliver 3,345 new fighters over the next 10 years. According to the study, "The Market for Fighter Aircraft 2008-2017," it is estimated that the total value of production for the fighter market during this timeframe will be worth $164.5 billion.

Wed, 26 Mar 08
F-35C Stealth On The Carrier Deck Means High Performance, Low Maintenance
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/F_35C_Stealth_On_The_Carrier_Deck_Means_Hig h_Performance_Low_Maintenance_999.html
Fort Worth TX (SPX) Mar 25, 2008 - The U.S. Navy's version of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is scheduled to make its first flight next year, but technicians have spent the last decade perfecting the aircraft's stealth design and materials to ensure they stand up to harsh carrier-deck and combat conditions with very little upkeep.

Wed, 26 Mar 08
Boeing Awarded Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System Contract
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_Awarded_Joint_Helmet_Mounted_Cueing_ System_Contract_999.html
St. Louis MO (SPX) Mar 25, 2008 - Boeing has been awarded a $49.5 million U.S. Air Force contract to integrate the Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) into 145 F-15E aircraft. The contract includes hardware and installation services on the aircraft, as well as initial pilot equipment, such as helmets and visors. Installation in the first F-15E is expected in October, with contract completion in December 2010.

Tue, 18 Mar 08
Raytheon To Supply 16 AESA Radars To Boeing For USAF And Air National Guard F-15Cs
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_To_Supply_16_AESA_Radars_To_Boeing _For_USAF_And_Air_National_Guard_F_15Cs_999.html
El Segundo CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2008 - Raytheon's active electronically scanned array radar team has secured additional wins to advance further the company's AESA radar business. Raytheon will provide a next-production lot of advanced F-15C radar systems to the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard.

Tue, 18 Mar 08
Raytheon To Operate And Sustain X-Band Radars
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_To_Operate_And_Sustain_X_Band_Rada rs_999.html
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Mar 18, 2008 - Raytheon has been awarded two task orders worth $28.3 million as part of a Missile Defense Agency indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract to operate and sustain the agency's X-Band radars as part of the Consolidated Contractor Logistics Services program. The contract has a potential value of up to $1.9 billion over 10 years.

Mon, 17 Mar 08
Northrop Grumman Wins US Army Missile Interceptor System Prototype Contract
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Northrop_Grumman_Wins_US_Army_Missile_Inter ceptor_System_Prototype_Contract_999.html
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 16, 2008 - Northrop Grumman is one of two companies awarded a contract by the U.S. Army last month to design and demonstrate a prototype missile interceptor weapon system that will defend warfighters against rocket, artillery, and mortar (RAM) threats.

Mon, 17 Mar 08
Kilgore Awarded M212 Flare Contract
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Kilgore_Awarded_M212_Flare_Contract_999.htm l
Toone TN (SPX) Mar 17, 2008 - The Chemring Group is pleased to announce that its US subsidiary, Kilgore Flares Company, based in Toone, Tennessee, has been awarded an IDIQ (indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity) contract for the supply of M212 flares to the US Department of Defense.

Mon, 17 Mar 08
Lockheed Martin F-35 Succeeds In First Aerial Refueling Test
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Lockheed_Martin_F_35_Succeeds_In_First_Aeri al_Refueling_Test_999.html
Fort Worth TX (SPX) Mar 16, 2008 - The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II successfully completed the first stage of its airborne refueling tests during the aircraft's 34th flight yesterday. Aerial refueling capability will expand the F-35 operating envelope enabling longer duration flights. The milestone is another in a series leading to first production deliveries in 2010.

Sun, 16 Mar 08
Luxembourg Armed Forces Acquire The Dingo Two
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Luxembourg_Armed_Forces_Acquire_The_Dingo_T wo_999.html
Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 14, 2008 - Following Germany, Austria, Belgium and the Czech Republic, Luxembourg is now the fifth user state to place its trust in DINGO 2 patrol and security vehicles from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann for the protection of its soldiers on missions abroad. The armed forces of Luxembourg, whose soldiers are deployed in the context of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan, among other places, are acquiring 48 DINGO 2 through NAMSA (the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency) for their two reconnaisance companies.

Sun, 16 Mar 08
EARS - QinetiQ's Battle-Proven Sniper Detection Solution
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/EARS___QinetiQ_Battle_Proven_Sniper_Detecti on_Solution_999.html
Farnborough, UK (SPX) Mar 14, 2008 - Designed for both mounted and dismounted infantry, QinetiQ's miniature, low-profile acoustic Ears family of wearable, sniper detection and gunshot localisation solutions is based on a miniature single integrated acoustic sensor.

Thu, 13 Mar 08
Raytheon Unveils New Bunker-Busting Technology
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_Unveils_New_Bunker_Busting_Technol ogy_999.html
Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2008 - Raytheon has developed and tested a new conventional warhead technology to defeat hardened and deeply buried bunkers. The new technology, called Tandem Warhead System, consists of a shaped-charge precursor warhead combined with a follow- through penetrator explosive charge.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
Romania Awards Lockheed Martin Contract To Provide 17 Radar Systems
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Romania_Awards_Lockheed_Martin_Contract_To_ Provide_17_Radar_Systems_999.html
Syracuse NY (SPX) Mar 12, 2008 - Lockheed Martin Overseas Corporation and the Romania Ministry of Defense (MoD) have signed a contract for the co-production of 17 TPS-79 Multi-Mission Surveillance Radar systems for Romania's Phase II "Gap Filler" program. Lockheed Martin provided two prototype systems to the Romanian Ministry of Defense (MoD) under a Phase I contract awarded in 2002.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
Air Force retires first stealth fighter
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Air_Force_retires_first_stealth_fighter_999 .html
Washington (AFP) March 11, 2008 - The US Air Force said goodbye Tuesday to the first stealth fighter, the F-117A Nighthawk, which was developed in deep secrecy and unleashed for the first time during the 1989 invasion of Panama.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
MEADS: Technology From EADS DS Adds New Dimension To Air Defence Radar
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/MEADS_Technology_From_EADS_DS_Adds_New_Dime nsion_To_Air_Defence_Radar_999.html
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 12, 2008 - The transmit / receive modules developed by EADS Defence and Security (DS) for the fire control radar of the MEADS air defence system (MEADS = Medium Extended Air Defence System) have now passed their acceptance tests and are being put into serial production. EADS DS is thus the first European company to mass produce the new AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar technology on an industrial scale with a volume of more than 40,000 modules.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
BAE Wins Contract For US Army For Thermal Weapon Sights
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/BAE_Wins_Contract_For_US_Army_For_Thermal_W eapon_Sights_999.html
Lexington MA (SPX) Mar 12, 2008 - BAE Systems has been awarded a $130 million U.S. Army order for production of thermal weapon sights. The order is the second award under a five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, and increases the total contract value to more than $313 million. It also increases BAE Systems' monthly deliveries to 3,000 units per month starting in 2009.

Tue, 11 Mar 08
DRS Tech Gets Contract To Supply Marine Corps With Rugged Tablet Computers
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/DRS_Tech_Gets_Contract_To_Supply_Marine_Cor ps_With_Rugged_Tablet_Computers_999.html
Parsippany NJ (SPX) Jul 10, 2007 - DRS Technologies has received a $5 million award as part of a previous contract to provide military rugged tablet (MRT) computers and peripheral equipment for the U.S. Marine Corps' Target Location Designation Handoff System (TLDHS) program. DRS received the order from Stauder Technologies in St. Peters, Missouri. For this contract the company's DRS Tactical Systems business unit in Melbourne, Florida, will produce hundreds of the handheld MRT computers and peripheral equipment.

Tue, 11 Mar 08
Camera can see through clothing
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Camera_can_see_through_clothing_999.html
London (UPI) Mar 10, 2008 - Developers of a specialized camera that can help police detect weapons and drugs under clothing say they will show it off in England this week.

Tue, 11 Mar 08
First F-35 DART Pod Delivered To Lockheed Martin By Terma
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/First_F_35_DART_Pod_Delivered_To_Lockheed_M artin_By_Terma_999.html
Fort Worth TX (SPX) Mar 11, 2008 - The Danish defense company Terma has delivered the first of seven Flight Test Instrumentation Pods for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft program to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth, Texas. The Flight Test Instrumentation Pods will provide a structurally and environmentally protected housing for the flight test data acquisition system on the mission systems test aircraft during flight testing of all F-35 variants.

Mon, 10 Mar 08
Improvised Technology Drives Tanks Forward
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Improvised_Technology_Drives_Tanks_Forward_ 999.html
Washington (UPI) Feb 29, 2007 - Improvised explosive devices are now being hailed as the wonder weapon that may end the tank's supremacy on the battlefield.

Sun, 9 Mar 08
Singapore puts ammo under ground
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Singapore_puts_ammo_under_ground_999.html
Singapore (AFP) March 7, 2008 - Tiny Singapore on Friday opened a high-tech underground ammunition storage facility which the defence ministry called the most modern in the world.

Fri, 7 Mar 08
Lockheed Martin Receives Contract To Demonstrate A C-RAM Interceptor System
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Lockheed_Martin_Receives_Contract_To_Demons trate_A_C_RAM_Interceptor_System_999.html
Dallas TX (SPX) Mar 07, 2008 - Lockheed Martin has received an $8.6 million Science and Technology contract from the U.S. Army Research and Development Command (RDECOM) Missiles and Aviation Research and Development Center (AMRDEC) to demonstrate a Counter Rockets, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) interceptor system. Work on the contract will be completed by November 2008.

Fri, 7 Mar 08
Tank Warfare And Doctrine Part Six
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Tank_Warfare_And_Doctrine_Part_Six_999.html
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 05, 2008 - The history of procurement and upgrades of the M1 Abrams tank over the past 30 years reflects the changing perceptions of the use of tanks by the U.S. Army.

Fri, 7 Mar 08
URI Selected By DHS To Co-lead New Center Of Excellence For Explosives Detection
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/URI_Selected_By_DHS_To_Co_lead_New_Center_O f_Excellence_For_Explosives_Detection_999.html
Kingston RI (SPX) Mar 05, 2008 - The U. S. Department of Homeland Security has announced the selection of the University of Rhode Island and Northeastern University as co-leaders of a new Center of Excellence for Explosives Detection, Mitigation, and Response. Each institution will receive a multi-year grant of up to $2 million per year over a period of four to six years.

Sun, 2 Mar 08
Lockheed Martin's DAGR Continues Successful Test Program
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Lockheed_Martin_DAGR_Continues_Successful_T est_Program_999.html
Orlando FL (SPX) Feb 29, 2008 - Lockheed Martin recently completed three successful tests of the DAGR semi-active laser guidance kit for 2.75-inch/70mm rockets - two guided flight tests and a multi-purpose sled test - demonstrating the system's precision-strike accuracy, off-axis capability and delayed fuzing mode.

Sun, 2 Mar 08
ATK Precision Programs Cap Milestone Nine Day Run With Three Demanding Shots
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/ATK_Precision_Programs_Cap_Milestone_Nine_D ay_Run_With_Three_Demanding_Shots_999.html
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Feb 29, 2008 - Alliant Techsystems announced that in a period of nine days from February 13-21, three of the company's flagship precision weapon systems scored direct hits in a series of high profile and extremely challenging flight demonstrations.

Sun, 2 Mar 08
Betting On Tanks To Control The Battlefield Part Two
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Betting_On_Tanks_To_Control_The_Battlefield _Part_Two_999.html
Washington (UPI) Feb 28, 2007 - The effectiveness of IEDs against tanks in Iraq has been claimed as proof that they have become obsolescent. But it's not true.