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Fri, 31 Oct 08
New Technology To Neutralise IEDs
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/New_Technology_To_Neutralise_IEDs_999.html
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 31, 2008 - The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP has unveiled a new robot called SPIKER designed to counter improvised explosive devices (IED). The robot has been developed by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) and was demonstrated at the Land Warfare Conference in Brisbane.

Fri, 31 Oct 08
Analysis: Army seeks to replace M4 and M16
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Analysis_Army_seeks_to_replace_M4_and_M16_9 99.html
Washington (UPI) Oct 30, 2008 - Since the Vietnam War, soldiers have fought with the M16 rifle and its little brother the M4 as their main weapon, but that may change soon as the Army steps up its search for a replacement.

Fri, 31 Oct 08
Caiman design deflects IEDs in Iraq
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Caiman_design_deflects_IEDs_in_Iraq_999.htm l
Yethrib, Iraq (UPI) Oct 30, 2008 - The 38,000-pound Caiman armored vehicles stopped at the fringe of this rural village and disgorged a group of U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police. Their mission: seek out and detain a half-dozen men wanted by the Iraqi government for terrorism-related offenses.

Fri, 31 Oct 08
AESA And Other Developments Drive Radar Production
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/AESA_And_Other_Developments_Drive_Radar_Pro duction_999.html
Newtown CT (SPX) Oct 31, 2008 - Forecast International projects the worldwide radar market to be worth $50 billion over the 2008-2017 timeframe. In "The Market for Radar Systems" analysis, the production, operations and maintenance, and RDT and E programs of 113 radar systems are covered. Over the next 10 years, the study projects 13,325 individual radar units will be produced.

Thu, 30 Oct 08
BAE Systems To Provide Digital Electronic Warfare Suite For F-15s
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/BAE_Systems_To_Provide_Digital_Electronic_W arfare_Suite_For_F_15s_999.html
St. Louis MO (SPX) Oct 30, 2008 - Boeing has selected BAE Systems' Electronics, Intelligence and Support (EI and S) division to provide the next-generation Digital Electronic Warfare Suite (DEWS) for future international versions of the F-15 multirole fighter aircraft. Boeing's selection of BAE Systems is the result of a rigorous source-selection competition.

Thu, 30 Oct 08
C4ISR Journal Lauds Raytheon Sensor
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/C4ISR_Journal_Lauds_Raytheon_Sensor_999.htm l
Mckinney TX (SPX) Oct 30, 2008 - A Raytheon sensor that uses a full-motion video camera to sharpen the vision of unmanned surveillance aircraft is among five winners of C4ISR Journal awards for 2008. A six-member committee picked winners from 25 finalists nominated by the magazine staff in five categories: sensors, platforms, network systems, innovations, and agencies and organizations.

Thu, 30 Oct 08
BAE Selects AAR For Military Shelters
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/BAE_Selects_AAR_For_Military_Shelters_999.h tml
Wood Dale IL (SPX) Oct 30, 2008 - AAR has announced that it has received an order from BAE Systems to manufacture mobile shelters for the U.S. Army's Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) program.

Thu, 30 Oct 08
Three industry teams selected to develop Humvee replacement
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Three_industry_teams_selected_to_develop_Hu mvee_replacement_999.html
Washington (AFP) Oct 29, 2008 - The Pentagon on Wednesday selected industry teams led by Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and BAE to develop light tactical vehicles to replace the Humvee.

Wed, 29 Oct 08
New fighter jet hope for long-legged Dutch
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/New_fighter_jet_hope_for_long-legged_Dutch_ 999.html
The Hague (AFP) Oct 28, 2008 - Changes to the cockpit of a new fighter jet could offer hope to would-be pilots who are turned down for the Dutch air force because their legs are too long, an official said Tuesday.

Wed, 29 Oct 08
Thompson Files: Don't cut back on tanks
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Thompson_Files_Dont_cut_back_on_tanks_999.h tml
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Oct 28, 2008 - Pentagon policymakers tentatively decided last weekend to terminate a competition for the military's next generation of communications satellites.

Wed, 29 Oct 08
Lynx Radar Capabilities Demonstrated During Patrol Operations
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Lynx_Radar_Capabilities_Demonstrated_During _Patrol_Operations_999.html
San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2008 - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced that its Lynx Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensor successfully identified suspected areas of illegal crossing activity along the U.S. southwest border during recent border patrol operations conducted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) out of Fort Huachuca, Ariz.

Tue, 28 Oct 08
LM F-35 Successfully Wraps Up Testing
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/LM_F_35_Successfully_Wraps_Up_Testing_999.h tml
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2008 - The first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter has finished all planned testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., demonstrating that the aircraft, the support crews, and contractor and military service personnel are ready for the dramatically expanded flight testing on the program's horizon.

Tue, 28 Oct 08
Lasers May Aid Missile Defense, Engine Crack Detection
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Lasers_May_Aid_Missile_Defense_Engine_Crack _Detection_999.html
Arlington VA (AFNS) Oct 28, 2008 - Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded work at the University of Colorado at Boulder could lead to possible future technologies that use the high energy densities of lasers. Studies by university officials explore how atoms and molecules respond to light pulses, which could show cracks in high-performance engines.

Mon, 27 Oct 08
Pentagon explores submersible aircraft for commando operations
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Pentagon_explores_submersible_aircraft_for_ commando_operations_999.html
Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2008 - The United States wants to develop a submersible aircraft that can fly hundreds of nautical miles, weather rough seas and then go under water to insert commandos on a hostile shore.

Thu, 23 Oct 08
Raytheon Receives Contract For Development Of Excalibur 1b
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_Receives_Contract_For_Development_ Of_Excalibur_1b_999.html
Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 23, 2008 - The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon a $12 million contract for the initial design and maturation phase of the 155 mm, precision-guided Excalibur 1b projectile.

Tue, 21 Oct 08
Raytheon Receives Contract For Production Of Towed Decoys
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_Receives_Contract_For_Production_O f_Towed_Decoys_999.html
Goleta CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2008 - Raytheon has received a $24.3 million contract for continued production of its ALE-50 line of towed decoys.

Mon, 20 Oct 08
Raytheon Air-to-Air Missile Enters Weapons System User Program
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_Air_to_Air_Missile_Enters_Weapons_ System_User_Program_999.html
Tyndall AFB FL (SPX) Oct 20, 2008 - Raytheon's AIM-120C7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile entered the U.S. Navy's Weapon System User Program. During a landmark mission, two U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet strike-fighter aircraft fired two Raytheon-built air-to-air missiles -- an AIM-120C7 and an AIM-9X.

Mon, 20 Oct 08
Smart Bombs Score Another Hit In Extended Range Tests
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Smart_Bombs_Score_Another_Hit_In_Extended_R ange_Tests_999.html
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 20, 2008 - The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, has announced the successful testing of the Joint Direct Attack Munition - Extended Range (JDAM-ER) weapon which will enable the RAAF to deploy strike weapons more safely and effectively.

Fri, 17 Oct 08
Boeing Awarded Contract To Continue Testing ATL
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_Awarded_Contract_To_Continue_Testing _ATL_999.html
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Oct 17, 2008 - Boeing has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract valued at up to $30 million to continue testing the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL).

Thu, 16 Oct 08
Russia's Police To Say Farewell To Kalashnikov Rifles
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_Police_To_Say_Farewell_To_Kalashniko v_Rifles_999.html
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 16, 2008 - Russian police are to replace the legendary Kalashnikov assault rifle and the Makarov pistol with Yarygin pistols and PP-2000 submachine guns, a senior Interior Ministry official said on Thursday.

Thu, 16 Oct 08
Myth Busted: Scientists Unveil High-Tech Army
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Myth_Busted_Scientists_Unveil_High_Tech_Arm y_999.html
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 16, 2008 - Advancements in science and technology that support full-spectrum operations, like exoskeletons, were discussed at the annual meeting and exposition of the Association of the United States Army.

Wed, 15 Oct 08
US Army Orders Hydra-70 Rockets And Warheads From GD
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Army_Orders_Hydra_70_Rockets_And_Warhead s_From_GD_999.html
Providence RI (SPX) Oct 15, 2008 - The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products two new orders to produce Hydra-70 rockets and warheads. The combined value of the orders is approximately $85 million; deliveries will begin in May 2010.

Wed, 15 Oct 08
Russian helicopter plans part two
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russian_helicopter_plans_part_two_999.html
Moscow (UPI) Oct 14, 2008 - Russian military operations against the former Soviet republic of Georgia in August have shown that communications and reconnaissance are the Russian army's weak spot.

Wed, 15 Oct 08
Raytheon's Laser Guided Rocket Completes Wind Tunnel Test
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_Laser_Guided_Rocket_Completes_Wind _Tunnel_Test_999.html
Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 15, 2008 - Raytheon completed a Laser Guided Rocket wind tunnel test that produced both high fidelity flight simulations and data for development of the aerodynamic model required for autopilot design.

Wed, 15 Oct 08
Boeing Delivers 20,000th Combat Search And Rescue Communications System
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_Delivers_20000th_Combat_Search_And_R escue_Communications_System_999.html
Huntington Beach CA (SPX) Oct 15, 2008 - Boeing has announced its delivery of the 20,000th Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) communications system to the joint services, strengthening their ability to reach and rescue isolated military personnel.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
A New Explosive
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/A_New_Explosive_999.html
Los Alamos NM (SPX) Oct 14, 2008 - Since the discovery of nitroglycerin in 1846, the nitrate ester group of compounds has been known for its explosive properties. A whole series of other nitrate esters have been subsequently put to use as explosives and fuels.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
ATK And Elbit Conduct Flight Test Of GATR
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/ATK_And_Elbit_Conduct_Flight_Test_Of_GATR_9 99.html
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Oct 14, 2008 - Alliant Techsystems and Elbit Systems have announced that they have successfully conducted flight tests of the Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket (GATR) at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
AAAS Satellite Image Analysis Reveals South Ossetian Damage
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/AAAS_Satellite_Image_Analysis_Reveals_South _Ossetian_Damage_999.html
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 14, 2008 - Satellite images captured before and after the 7-8 August clash between Georgia, South Ossetian separatists and Russia reveal that 424 civilian structures near Tskhinvali were damaged by 19 August - although they appeared intact in images taken on 10 August and earlier, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has reported.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
DRS Awarded Contract For M1200 Armored Knight Fire Support Vehicles
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/DRS_Awarded_Contract_For_M1200_Armored_Knig ht_Fire_Support_Vehicles_999.html
Parsippany NJ (SPX) Oct 14, 2008 - DRS Technologies has announced that it completed definitization of an award for $29 million as part of a contract from the U.S. Army's Tank-Automotive Armaments Command (TACOM) Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) in Warren, Michigan, to manufacture and integrate M1200 Armored Knight Precision Targeting Systems.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
Outside View: Russia helo plans -- Part 1
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Outside_View_Russia_helo_plans_Part_1_999.h tml
Moscow (UPI) Oct 13, 2008 - A hundred years ago, the two Breguet brothers from France, taking a leaf out of the book of the two Wright brothers from across the Channel, lifted off in their flying apparatus for the first time. This marked the birth of a vertical ascent plane.

Tue, 14 Oct 08
Raytheon Completes Intercept Tests For FCS Active Protection System
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_Completes_Intercept_Tests_For_FCS_ Active_Protection_System_999.html
Mckinney TX (SPX) Oct 14, 2008 - Raytheon, working in partnership with the Army, the Future Combat Systems Lead Systems Integration team of Boeing and Science Applications International, and BAE Systems, has passed a major milestone by completing successful stationary and moving target intercept tests for the FCS Active Protection System (APS).

Tue, 14 Oct 08
Winner Of DoD Wearable Power Prize Competition Announced
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Winner_Of_DoD_Wearable_Power_Prize_Competit ion_Announced_999.html
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 14, 2008 - The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced that the DuPont/Smart Fuel Cell (SFC) Team was awarded a $1 million top prize for winning the Wearable Power Prize competition.

Mon, 13 Oct 08
LockMart Wins US Army Competition For M299 Launcher Modernization
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/LockMart_Wins_US_Army_Competition_For_M299_ Launcher_Modernization_999.html
Orlando FL (SPX) Oct 13, 2008 - Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $30 million contract to lead the U.S. Army's modernization of the M299 launcher family. The modernization program calls for a multi-platform missile launcher to carry and launch the family of HELLFIRE II missiles from current and future Army rotary-wing and unmanned aerial system (UAS) platforms.

Mon, 13 Oct 08
BAE Fires First Shot From NLOS Cannon Prototype
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/BAE_Fires_First_Shot_From_NLOS_Cannon_Proto type_999.html
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Oct 13, 2008 - BAE Systems successfully fired the first round from the first XM1203 Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) Cannon prototype at a U.S. Army test site.

Thu, 9 Oct 08
Boeing Delivers First Standard Missile-3 Kinetic Warhead Kit
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_Delivers_First_Standard_Missile_3_Ki netic_Warhead_Kit_999.html
Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 09, 2008 - Boeing last month delivered on schedule the first production Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) kinetic warhead kit built in Huntsville, Ala. The delivery came almost one year to the day after Boeing's announcement that it would transfer its missile defense production work from Anaheim, Calif., to Huntsville.

Fri, 3 Oct 08
Army Orders EQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radars
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Army_Orders_EQ_36_Counterfire_Target_Acquis ition_Radars_999.html
Syracuse NY (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 - To accelerate the fielding of the new Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition radar, the U.S. Army has exercised $152 million in contract options for 12 additional systems from Lockheed Martin.

Thu, 2 Oct 08
US Army Facing Cost Crunch Part Three
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Army_Facing_Cost_Crunch_Part_Three_999.h tml
Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2008 - Today, as it has each year since the mid-1990s, the U.S. Army is seeking to supplement its own budget with "extracurricular" money, mostly in the form of a "wish list" that it sends to Congress each year after an eagerly anticipated congressional request for it.

Wed, 1 Oct 08
India, Russia To Develop Two Versions Of 5th-Generation Fighter
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/India_Russia_To_Develop_Two_Versions_Of_5th _Generation_Fighter_999.html
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Oct 01, 2008 - Russia and India will jointly develop two versions of a new fifth-generation fighter, the head of an Indian defense company said on Monday.

Wed, 1 Oct 08
New Green Warriors To Clean Up The Enemy
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/New_Green_Warriors_To_Clean_Up_The_Enemy_99 9.html
Sn Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 - By better managing environmental issues during deployments, U.S. Army units can gain tactical and strategic advantages that will help in combat and post-conflict operations, and boost overall mission success, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today.

Wed, 1 Oct 08
Israel army buys self-destruct cluster bombs: radio
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_army_buys_self-destruct_cluster_bomb s_radio_999.html
Jerusalem (AFP) Sept 30, 2008 - The Israeli army is equipping itself with self-destruct cluster bombs in order to lower the number of civilian victims of this type of weapon, used in the 2006 war in Lebanon, military radio said.