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Fri, 30 Jan 09
Analysis: CENTCOM's software revolution
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Analysis_CENTCOMs_software_revolution_999.html
Washington (UPI) Jan 28, 2009 - New software being tested by U.S. Central Command would enable military computers for the first time ever to be connected at the same time to both classified and unclassified networks -- including the public Internet.

Thu, 29 Jan 09
Raytheon Chosen To Help Provide US DoD Biometrics Ops And Support Services
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_Chosen_To_Help_Provide_US_DoD_Biometrics_Ops_And_Support_Services_999.html
Reston VA (SPX) Jan 29, 2009 - The U.S. Army Biometrics Task Force has selected Raytheon Company to provide biometric-related services and support to enhance the ability of the Department of Defense infrastructure, architecture and standard for biometric defense capabilities.

Thu, 29 Jan 09
Game Provides Clue To Improving Remote Sensing
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Game_Provides_Clue_To_Improving_Remote_Sensing_999.html
Durham NC (SPX) Jan 29, 2009 - A newly developed mathematical model that figures out the best strategy to win the popular board game CLUE could some day help robot mine sweepers navigate strange surroundings to find hidden explosives.

Wed, 28 Jan 09
Northrop Grumman Announces First Sale Of NAVEX Air Navigation System
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Northrop_Grumman_Announces_First_Sale_Of_NAVEX_Air_Navigation_System_999.html
Pomezia, Italy (SPX) Jan 28, 2009 - Northrop Grumman has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft to provide its NAVEX air navigation system for use on UH-60L Black Hawk utility helicopters for export. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies.

Wed, 28 Jan 09
Russia Defense Watch: New jet to fly soon
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russia_Defense_Watch_New_jet_to_fly_soon_999.html
Washington (UPI) Jan 26, 2009 - "We expect the plane to take to the skies no later than the end of this year," Ivanov announced. He was speaking following a meeting of the Russian government's Military-Industrial Commission in Moscow. "Admiral Chabanenko urgently left the Baltiisk naval base on Jan. 20 after receiving orders for a mission of state importance," Kaliningrad shipyard spokesman Sergei Mikhailov told the news agency.

Tue, 27 Jan 09
Gripen Supercruises
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Gripen_Supercruises_999.html
Baltic Sea (SPX) Jan 27, 2009 - During last Autumn, the Gripen Demo performed 40 sorties as part of the development programme that focuses on opening up the flight envelope regarding speed, altitude, angle-of-attack and loads.

Tue, 27 Jan 09
Airborne Systems Demonstrates Autonomously Guided Ram-Air Parachute
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Airborne_Systems_Demonstrates_Autonomously_Guided_Ram_Air_Parachute_999.html
Yuma AZ (SPX) Jan 24, 2009 - Airborne Systems announced they successfully completed a test drop deploying an 18,000 lb payload from 17,500 MSL under a modified modular ram-air parachute.

Sat, 24 Jan 09
US ratifies treaties on conventional weapons
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_ratifies_treaties_on_conventional_weapons_999.html
Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2009 - The United States said Friday it has ratified treaties under the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), a formal step in a process undertaken by the former Bush administration.

Sat, 24 Jan 09
Multi Million Pound Refit Begins On Hospital Ship
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Multi_Million_Pound_Refit_Begins_On_Hospital_Ship_999.html
Falmouth, UK (SPX) Jan 23, 2009 - Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Argus is to be upgraded with state of the art medical equipment in an extensive refit worth over GBP23M, that will see the ship renovated for her crucial role in providing hospital facilities to troops in war zones.

Sat, 24 Jan 09
Pratt And Whitney-Powered Joint STARS Aircraft Unveiled
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Pratt_And_Whitney_Powered_Joint_STARS_Aircraft_Unveiled_999.html
East Hartford CT (SPX) Jan 23, 2009 - Pratt and Whitney, in a joint venture with Seven Q Seven (SQS) of San Antonio, Texas, celebrated the roll-out of the re-engined Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft along with Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force.

Sat, 24 Jan 09
VRSI Receives Third Contract For F-35 JSF Manufacturing Research
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/VRSI_Receives_Third_Contract_For_F_35_JSF_Manufacturing_Research_999.html
Plymouth MI (SPX) Jan 23, 2009 - Variation Reduction Solutions has received a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract for robotic aerospace drilling development, bringing total SBIR grant monies received by VRSI to $10,000,000.

Fri, 23 Jan 09
US Navy Flight Tests New Raytheon SM-2 Target Detecting Device
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Navy_Flight_Tests_New_Raytheon_SM_2_Target_Detecting_Device_999.html
Point Mugu CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2009 - The U.S. Navy flight tested Raytheon's new Standard Missile-2 target detecting device. The SM-2 Block IIIB flight was the lowest altitude intercept to date using the new device, which enhances the SM-2's ability to detect and destroy threats.

Fri, 23 Jan 09
US coast guard goes digital
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_coast_guard_goes_digital_999.html
Miami (AFP) Jan 22, 2009 - Starting next month the US coast guard only will receive distress calls in digital format, the guard said in a statement Thursday.

Fri, 23 Jan 09
IAEA to investigate Gaza uranium ammunition allegations
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/IAEA_to_investigate_Gaza_uranium_ammunition_allegations_999.html
Vienna (AFP) Jan 21, 2009 - The UN nuclear watchdog said Wednesday it would investigate allegations by Arab countries that Israel may have used ammunition containing depleted uranium during its 22-day military offensive in Gaza.

Wed, 21 Jan 09
Russian RPG Line Remains Dominant
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russian_RPG_Line_Remains_Dominant_999.html
Newtown CT (SPX) Jan 21, 2009 - As Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-present) continues to demonstrate, the man-portable anti-armor weapon remains a particularly significant asset on the modern asymmetric battlefield.

Wed, 21 Jan 09
Rockwell Collins To Provide HMD For Land Warrior Program
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Rockwell_Collins_To_Provide_HMD_For_Land_Warrior_Program_999.html
Cedar Rapids IO (SPX) Jan 21, 2009 - Rockwell Collins has been selected by General Dynamics C4 Systems to provide approximately 1,500 Helmet Mounted Displays (HMD) for the U.S. Army's Land Warrior integrated fighting system.

Wed, 21 Jan 09
F-35 Jet Designed To Take Out The S-300 Battery
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/F-35_Jet_Designed_To_Take_Out_The_S-300_Battery_999.html
Washington (UPI) Jan 20, 2009 - The American Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth Lightning Joint Strike Fighter is designed to destroy Russia's S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, its developers say. The F-35's capability is particularly relevant in this time of increased concern over Russia's alleged sale of S-300s to Iran, a nation that has repeatedly threatened to "wipe Israel off the map."

Wed, 21 Jan 09
A Whole New Type Of Protective Armour
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/A_Whole_New_Type_Of_Protective_Armour_999.html
Porton Down, UK (SPX) Jan 21, 2009 - Developing protective vehicle armour with holes in it may not seem the most obvious way to increase protection for British troops on operations but that's just what MOD scientists are doing.

Wed, 21 Jan 09
Persians may have gassed ancient Romans
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Persians_may_have_gassed_ancient_Romans_999.html
London (UPI) Jan 20, 2009 - A British archaeologist says soldiers in the Persian Empire may have used poisonous gases on the ancient Roman city of Dura in eastern Syria.

Wed, 21 Jan 09
Mid-Range Munition Completes First Cartridge Integration Test
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Mid_Range_Munition_Completes_First_Cartridge_Integration_Test_999.html
Yuma Proving Ground AZ (AFNS) Jan 21, 2009 - Raytheon, General Dynamics and the U.S. Army completed the first Mid-Range Munition cartridge integration test. The autonomously fired round struck the threat target from a beyond-line-of-sight range of 5.2 kilometers (about 3 statute miles).

Mon, 19 Jan 09
Raytheon To Study Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammers
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_To_Study_Miniature_Air_Launched_Decoy_Jammers_999.html
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 19, 2009 - The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon Company a $12.2 million contract to study the feasibility of increasing power and adding a data link capability for the Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer(MALD-J).

Mon, 19 Jan 09
US, Chinese researchers engineer invisible cloak: study
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Chinese_researchers_engineer_invisible_cloak_study_999.html
Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2009 - In a breakthrough that could signal a new era for human technology, US and Chinese researchers announced Thursday they are a step closer to creating an invisibility shield.

Mon, 19 Jan 09
Defense Focus: Russia takes back MiG-29s
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Defense_Focus_Russia_takes_back_MiG-29s_999.html
Washington (UPI) Jan 15, 2009 - The Russian air force will take delivery in 2009 of 34 new Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 SMT and MiG-29 UBT fighter jets (NATO designation Fulcrum) that were rejected by Algeria, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday, citing a Russian Defense Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, as its source.

Fri, 16 Jan 09
Swords and Shields: F-35 beats Russians
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Swords_and_Shields_F-35_beats_Russians_999.html
Washington (UPI) Jan 14, 2009 - Russia lags behind the United States in aerospace research and development. It has yet to produce decent competitors to America's two new, fifth-generation fighter jets, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter and the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor.

Wed, 14 Jan 09
Lockheed Paveway 2 Laser-Guided Bomb Begins Operational Release With US Navy
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Lockheed_Paveway_2_Laser_Guided_Bomb_Begins_Operational_Release_With_US_Navy_999.html
Archbald PA (SPX) Jan 14, 2009 - Lockheed Martin's paveway II Dual Mode Laser-Guided Bomb (DMLGB) has achieved the U.S. Navy's initial operational capability and is now preparing for operational employment.

Tue, 13 Jan 09
Airbus A400M Overweight And Understrength Says Report
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Airbus_A400M_Overweight_And_Understrength_Says_Report_999.html
Berlin (AFP) Jan 12, 2009 - The Airbus A400 military transport plane is too heavy and does not deliver on performance, the Financial Times Deutschland newspaper reported on Monday.

Tue, 13 Jan 09
Israel says all weapons legal amid phosphorus claims
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_says_all_weapons_legal_amid_phosphorus_claims_999.html
Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 12, 2009 - The Israeli army on Monday insisted all weapons being used in its Gaza war were within the bounds of international law amid accusations it was using white phosphorus and other deadly munitions.

Tue, 13 Jan 09
Gazan Tank Battles 2009 - Part Three
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Gazan_Tank_Battles_2009_Part_Three_999.html
Washington (UPI) Jan 12, 2009 - The Israeli failure to crush Hezbollah in southern Lebanon in 2006 strengthened the fashionable impression in the United States that counterinsurgency was now the cutting edge of war and that therefore investment in expensive ground forces, primarily main battle tanks and artillery, could be drastically curtailed.

Tue, 13 Jan 09
Israel using Gaza as 'test laboratory' for new weapon: medics
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_using_Gaza_as_test_laboratory_for_new_weapon_medics_999.html
Oslo (AFP) Jan 12, 2009 - Israel is testing a new "extremely nasty" type of weapon in Gaza, two medics charged as they returned home to Norway Monday after spending 10 days working at a hospital in the war-torn Palestinian territory.

Mon, 12 Jan 09
Tank Warfare On The Gaza Battlefield Part Two
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Tank_Warfare_On_The_Gaza_Battlefield_Part_Two_999.html
Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2009 - The failure of Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement, to provide any fight worthy of the name to Israeli ground forces in the first few days of operations in Gaza this week contrasted with the effectiveness of Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Party of God in southern Lebanon, in standing fast against an Israeli ground forces offensive in July 2006.

Mon, 12 Jan 09
Boeing Unites UK Rotorcraft Support Business
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_Unites_UK_Rotorcraft_Support_Business_999.html
London UK (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 - Boeing Defence UK has established a new operation to focus on Boeing's rotorcraft support business in the United Kingdom. The new organization, Boeing UK Rotorcraft Support, is part of the Boeing Integrated Defense Systems business unit.

Mon, 12 Jan 09
Lockheed Martin Team Wins Role In DoD Biometrics Contract Vehicle
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Lockheed_Martin_Team_Wins_Role_In_DoD_Biometrics_Contract_Vehicle_999.html
Rockville, MD (SPX) Jan 12, 2009 - The U.S. Department of Defense Biometrics Task Force (BTF) has named Lockheed Martin an industry leader capable of being awarded task orders under the Biometrics Operations and Support Services - Unrestricted (BOSS-U) vehicle. As part of the award process, 11 other corporations were also selected to participate in this indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) program.

Sat, 10 Jan 09
Tank Warfare In The Gaza Battlefield
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Tank_Warfare_In_The_Gaza_Battlefield_999.html
Washington (UPI) Jan 8, 2009 - The tactical success of the Israeli military incursion into Gaza over the past week confirms a lesson we noted after the five-day Russian conquest of one-third of Georgia in the Caucasus last August: Main Battle Tanks still rule ground war, whatever the high-tech, guerrilla-war and minimum-army enthusiasts say to the contrary.

Sat, 10 Jan 09
Leveraging Airlift For Force Projection
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Leveraging_Airlift_For_Force_Projection_999.html
Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2009 - It isn't easy to build reliable heavy military air transport aircraft, or military air lifters. Currently only the United States and Russia have mastered the job, and the European aircraft industry, led by Germany and France, is trying to join them. But other nations have been forced to take different routes.

Thu, 8 Jan 09
Thompson Files: F-22 deterrent
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Thompson_Files_F-22_deterrent_999.html
Arlington VA (UPI) Jan 6, 2009 - Lockheed Martin Chief Executive Officer Robert J. Stevens made waves in the media recently by suggesting his company's F-22 fighter might serve as a substitute for nuclear weapons in deterring aggression.

Fri, 2 Jan 09
Elbit Systems And IAI To Supply Turkey Combined Airborne Imagery Intelligence Systems
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Elbit_Systems_And_IAI_To_Supply_Turkey_Combined_Airborne_Imagery_Intelligence_Systems_999.html
Haifa, Israel (SPX) Jan 02, 2009 - Elbit Systems Ltd. and Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd (IAI) announced today that their respective subsidiaries, Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd. (Elbit Systems Electro-Optics) and ELTA Systems Ltd. (ELTA) have been awarded a $141 million contract ($87 million awarded to Elbit Systems Electro-Optics and $54 million awarded to ELTA) to supply the Turkish Air Force with combined airborne IMINT (Imagery Intelligence) systems.

Fri, 2 Jan 09
GD Completes Flight Demo Of Air-Dropped Guided Mortar
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/GD_Completes_Flight_Demo_Of_Air_Dropped_Guided_Mortar_999.html
Bothell WA (SPX) Jan 02, 2009 - General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has announced that it has successfully demonstrated the ability to maneuver and guide 81mm air-dropped mortars to a stationary ground target after release from an aircraft.

Fri, 2 Jan 09
Weight-Optimized F-35 Test Fleet Adds Conventional Takeoff And Landing Variant
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Weight_Optimized_F_35_Test_Fleet_Adds_Conventional_Takeoff_And_Landing_Variant_999.html
Fort Worth TX (SPX) Jan 02, 2009 - Lockheed Martin rolled out the first weight-optimized conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant of the F-35 Lightning II fighter on Dec. 19. The new F-35A, called AF-1, joins three weight-optimized F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing variants currently undergoing testing. The aircraft are structurally identical to the F-35s that will be delivered to armed services beginning in 2010.