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Fri, 29 May 09
Initial MP-RTIP Radar Performance Verification Flights Completed
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Initial_MP_RTIP_Radar_Performance_Verification_Flights_Completed_999.html
El Segundo CA (SPX) May 29, 2009 - Northrop Grumman has completed initial testing of the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor. All dedicated mode flights have been completed in the Radar System Level Performance Verification (RSLPV) program, verifying system performance of the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) modes.

Fri, 29 May 09
Ground Soldier Ensemble Tactical Awareness Demonstrated
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Ground_Soldier_Ensemble_Tactical_Awareness_Demonstrated_999.html
McKinney TX (SPX) May 29, 2009 - The U.S. Army recently selected Raytheon's Ground Soldier Ensemble (GSE) team solution to demonstrate networked tactical situational awareness and communications capabilities for the dismounted warfighter.

Thu, 28 May 09
SFW Munitions From New Assembly Line Successfully Tested
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/SFW_Munitions_From_New_Assembly_Line_Successfully_Tested_999.html
Wilmington MA (SPX) May 28, 2009 - Textron Defense Systems has announced that its Sensor Fuzed Weapon (SFW) smart munition system has completed three successful flight tests at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

Wed, 27 May 09
Raytheon To Build More AESA Radars For US Navy Super Hornets
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_To_Build_More_AESA_Radars_For_US_Navy_Super_Hornets_999.html
El Segundo CA (SPX) May 27, 2009 - Raytheon has been awarded a $54 million U.S. Navy contract to retrofit Super Hornet block II aircraft with APG-79 active electronically scanned array radars.

Wed, 27 May 09
PEO Soldier Unveils Light And Lethal Weapons Systems
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/PEO_Soldier_Unveils_Light_And_Lethal_Weapons_Systems_999.html
Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2009 - Two weapons in development are expected to be more precision-oriented, lighter and lethal: the laser-sighted XM-25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System and the Lightweight .50-Caliber Machine Gun.

Wed, 27 May 09
Outside View: DoD 'forgets' air defense
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Outside_View_DoD_forgets_air_defense_999.html
Arlington, Va. (UPI) May 26, 2009 - When the U.S. Department of Defense "rebalanced" its military aircraft programs on April 6, they forgot about buying new fighters to protect the United States.

Wed, 27 May 09
Boeing KC-767J Aerial Refueling Tankers Join Active Air Wing In Japan
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_KC_767J_Aerial_Refueling_Tankers_Join_Active_Air_Wing_In_Japan_999.html
St. Louis MO (SPX) May 27, 2009 - Boeing has announced that three KC-767J aerial refueling tankers recently achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) and have been placed in an active air wing in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).

Tue, 26 May 09
Metal Storm Launches New MAUL Weapon
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Metal_Storm_Launches_New_MAUL_Weapon_999.html
Las Vegas NV (SPX) May 26, 2009 - Metal Storm has announced that it is launching its latest lightweight weapon system, the GLH1851 Multi-shot Accessory Under-barrel Launcher (MAUL), at the International Infantry and Joint Services Small Arms System Symposium in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tue, 26 May 09
Iran producing anti-cruise missile cannons
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_producing_anti-cruise_missile_cannons_999.html
Tehran (AFP) May 24, 2009 - Iran launched on Sunday a production line for manufacturing cannons for warships which can be used against cruise missiles, the Fars news agency reported.

Fri, 22 May 09
High-Tech Response To Rocket Attacks
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/High_Tech_Response_To_Rocket_Attacks_999.html
Dusseldorf, Germany (SPX) May 22, 2009 - German troops serving in Afghanistan will soon be equipped with a highly effective new form of protection against rocket, artillery, and mortar attacks. The German government has contracted with the Dusseldorf-based Rheinmetall Group to supply the Bundeswehr with newly developed air defence systems worth around EUR110.8 million.

Fri, 22 May 09
FCS Program Completes System Of Systems Design Review
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/FCS_Program_Completes_System_Of_Systems_Design_Review_999.html
St. Louis MO (SPX) May 22, 2009 - Boeing and Science Applications International have announced that the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program last week successfully completed its System of Systems Preliminary Design Review (SoS PDR).

Fri, 22 May 09
ITT To Provide State-Of-The-Art Night Vision Technology
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/ITT_To_Provide_State_Of_The_Art_Night_Vision_Technology_999.html
Roanoke VA (SPX) May 22, 2009 - ITT has been awarded an $11.4 million contract to supply image intensification tubes to the United States Special Operations Command for existing night vision goggles.

Fri, 22 May 09
EADS DS Supplies New Type Of Ground Surveillance Radar
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/EADS_DS_Supplies_New_Type_Of_Ground_Surveillance_Radar_999.html
Koblenz, Germany (SPX) May 22, 2009 - EADS Defence and Security will equip the German Armed Forces with a new kind of ground surveillance radar (BUR - Bodenuberwachungsradar) for detecting movements on the ground and at low altitudes with a precision unmatched in the world.

Thu, 21 May 09
GD Integrates US Army "Prophet Enhanced" System Into Military Vehicles
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/GD_Integrates_US_Army_Prophet_Enhanced_System_Into_Military_Vehicles_999.html
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) May 21, 2009 - A team led by General Dynamics C4 Systems has received a new, $3 million delivery order from the U.S. Army to integrate the Prophet Enhanced tactical signals intelligence system into Medium Mine Protected Vehicles (MMPV).

Thu, 21 May 09
Raytheon And US Navy Sign Contract For Phalanx Weapon System
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_And_US_Navy_Sign_Contract_For_Phalanx_Weapon_System_999.html
Louisville KY (SPX) May 21, 2009 - Raytheon is being awarded a $259.9 million U.S. Navy contract to overhaul and upgrade 57 Phalanx Close-In Weapon Systems and to provide ancillary equipment, spares, as well as additional technical support.

Thu, 21 May 09
Elbit Systems Of America Awarded Contract For Mortar Fire Control Systems
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Elbit_Systems_Of_America_Awarded_Contract_For_Mortar_Fire_Control_Systems_999.html
Haifa, Israel (SPX) May 21, 2009 - Elbit Systems has announced that its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army for the Mortar Fire Control (MFC) Systems Integration program.

Tue, 19 May 09
Boeing Awarded Contract To Develop Counter-Electronics HPM Aerial Demonstrator
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_Awarded_Contract_To_Develop_Counter_Electronics_HPM_Aerial_Demonstrator_999.html
St. Louis MO (SPX) May 19, 2009 - Boeing was awarded a $38 million contract April 27 to develop and test a nonlethal, high power microwave (HPM) airborne demonstrator for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Counter-electronics High power microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP).

Tue, 19 May 09
Test Facility Aims To Improve Land Mine Detection Equipment
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Test_Facility_Aims_To_Improve_Land_Mine_Detection_Equipment_999.html
Atlanta GA (SPX) May 19, 2009 - Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built a test facility to evaluate and enhance sensors designed to detect buried land mines. The unique automated system measures the response of individual electromagnetic induction sensors or arrays of sensors against land mines buried at many possible angles.

Tue, 19 May 09
Elbit To Provide Mortar Fire Control Systems Integration To US Army
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Elbit_To_Provide_Mortar_Fire_Control_Systems_Integration_To_US_Army_999.html
Fort Worth TX (SPX) May 19, 2009 - Elbit Systems of America was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army's PM Mortars for the Mortar Fire Control (MFC) Systems Integration contract, with a ceiling price of $197.5 million.

Tue, 19 May 09
EU launches anti-bio weapons programme
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/EU_launches_anti-bio_weapons_programme_999.html
Brussels (AFP) May 18, 2009 - EU defence ministers on Monday launched a 100-million-euro (135-million-dollar) project to counter the threat against biological weapons.

Tue, 19 May 09
Raytheon Secures Contract For Production Of Towed Decoys
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_Secures_Contract_For_Production_Of_Towed_Decoys_999.html
Goleta CA (SPX) May 19, 2009 - Raytheon has received a $19.8 million contract for continued production of its ALE-50 line of towed decoys.

Mon, 18 May 09
Panther On The Prowl In Afghanistan
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Panther_On_The_Prowl_In_Afghanistan_999.html
Arlington VA (SPX) May 18, 2009 - The first batch of a fleet of versatile, protected vehicles has been delivered to troops on operations, complete with the latest battle-ready upgrades.

Mon, 18 May 09
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye On-Track For Operational Evaluation In 2011
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/E_2D_Advanced_Hawkeye_On_Track_For_Operational_Evaluation_In_2011_999.html
Bethpage NY (SPX) May 18, 2009 - In the blue skies over St. Augustine, Fla., Northrop Grumman's E-2D Advanced Hawkeye System Development and Demonstration program aircraft recently reached its 1,000th hour of flight testing. The aircraft, currently in flight testing at Northrop Grumman's East Coast Manufacturing and Flight Test Center, continues to successfully meet, or exceed, all major program and performance milestones.

Mon, 18 May 09
Analysis: China reveals new smart weapons
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Analysis_China_reveals_new_smart_weapons_999.html
Hong Kong (UPI) May 15, 2009 - At the most recent Zhuhai Air Show, China put on open display its FT-5 Global Positioning System-guided bomb. The FT-1 and FT-3 500/250-kilogram-class, or 1,100/550-pound-class, GPS-guided bombs were on display at the previous show in 2006. China also showed off its 500-kilogram-class FT-2 with gliding fins added. The FT-2 has an effective range of 15 to 90 kilometers, a circular error probability of 20 meters and an air-dropping altitude of 3,000 to 12,000 meters -- around 10,000 feet to almost 40,000 feet. (Andrei Chang is editor in chief of Kanwa Defense Review Monthly, registered in Toronto.)

Tue, 12 May 09
Raytheon Continues Production Of ALR-69A(V)
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_Continues_Production_Of_ALR-69AV_999.html
El Segundo CA (SPX) May 12, 2009 - Raytheon has been awarded a $7.3 million contract for the continued production of ALR-69A(V) radar warning receiver systems for the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.

Tue, 12 May 09
Pratt And Whitney Tests Dual-Mode Ramjet Engine
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Pratt_And_Whitney_Tests_Dual_Mode_Ramjet_Engine_999.html
West Palm Beach FL (SPX) May 12, 2009 - Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne's PWR-9221FJ dual-mode ramjet engine successfully completed its first ground test at Mach 4 flight conditions at Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tullahoma, Tenn. A dual-mode ramjet engine is a key technology for developing reusable hypersonic vehicles.

Tue, 12 May 09
BAE To Provide Friend-Or-Foe Sensors To US Armed Forces
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/BAE_To_Provide_Friend_Or_Foe_Sensors_To_US_Armed_Forces_999.html
Greenlawn NY (SPX) May 12, 2009 - BAE Systems received a $13 million contract modification from the Naval Air Systems Command to provide 500 identification friend or foe (IFF) digital transponders and spares to the U.S. Navy and Army.

Mon, 11 May 09
Captive Flight Test Moves NLOS-LS Closer To US Navy Live Fire Testing
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Captive_Flight_Test_Moves_NLOS_LS_Closer_To_US_Navy_Live_Fire_Testing_999.html
Eglin AFB FL (SPX) May 11, 2009 - NetFires has conducted the second captive flight test of the Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System Precision Attack Missile (PAM).

Mon, 11 May 09
F-35 Lightning II Brings Fifth Generation Capabilities To US Navy
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/F_35_Lightning_II_Brings_Fifth_Generation_Capabilities_To_US_Navy_999.html
Washington DC (SPX) May 11, 2009 - A Lockheed Martin executive stated that the 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II will help meet the challenges of future forces across the range of military operations.

Mon, 11 May 09
LockMart F-35 CatBIRD Shows Key Avionics Capability And Reliability
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/LockMart_F_35_CatBIRD_Shows_Key_Avionics_Capability_And_Reliability_999.html
Fort Worth TX (SPX) May 11, 2009 - The Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter Cooperative Avionics Test Bed ("CATBird") aircraft recently completed a two-week deployment to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., where it demonstrated the robust qualities of avionics systems being developed for the F-35 Lightning II.

Thu, 7 May 09
BAE Awarded Contracts For Two Versions Of M-ATV
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/BAE_Awarded_Contracts_For_Two_Versions_Of_M_ATV_999.html
Arlington VA (SPX) May 07, 2009 - BAE Systems has been awarded contracts to provide the military with two versions of a new armored all-terrain vehicle, designed specifically for use by U.S. forces in the rugged terrain of Afghanistan. Under this award, the company will produce three more test vehicles of each version to undergo additional survivability and mobility testing.

Wed, 6 May 09
Metal Storm Completes First Shoulder Firing Of MAUL Shotgun
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Metal_Storm_Completes_First_Shoulder_Firing_Of_MAUL_Shotgun_999.html
Brisbane, Australia (SPX) May 05, 2009 - Defence technology specialist Metal Storm has announced it has successfully completed design verification testing for its Multi-shot Accessory Underbarrel Launcher (MAUL). The testing culminated in a series of shoulder firings at Metal Storm's test facilities in Chantilly, Virginia, USA on Friday, 24 April 2009.

Mon, 4 May 09
Raytheon's GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II Completes First Flight
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_GBU_53_B_Small_Diameter_Bomb_II_Completes_First_Flight_999.html
Eglin AFB FL (SPX) May 01, 2009 - Raytheon Company launched its first GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II as a control test vehicle (CTV) flight.

Mon, 4 May 09
Northrop Grumman Delivers First Operational B-2 Bomber With New Radar
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Northrop_Grumman_Delivers_First_Operational_B_2_Bomber_With_New_Radar_999.html
Whiteman AFB MO (SPX) May 01, 2009 - Northrop Grumman has delivered to the U.S. Air Force the first operational B-2 Spirit stealth bomber to be equipped with a newly modernized radar. The aircraft was officially handed off to the Air Force on March 17 at Whiteman Air Force Base, the operational home of the B-2 fleet and the 509th Bomb Wing.

Mon, 4 May 09
Blue Flag Enhances Ability To Protect US
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Blue_Flag_Enhances_Ability_To_Protect_US_999.html
Tyndall AFB FL (SPX) May 01, 2009 - More than 500 Air Force personnel along with Army, Navy and Marine representatives completed a two-week training exercise April 24 here to improve how to monitor and intercept hostile military aircraft and to respond to potential terrorist attacks.

Mon, 4 May 09
Turkey Buys 36 LEGUAN Bridge Laying Armoured Vehicles
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Turkey_Buys_36_LEGUAN_Bridge_Laying_Armoured_Vehicles_999.html
Munich, Germany (SPX) May 01, 2009 - The Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Turkey agreed in November 2008 that the Turkish Armed Forces will buy 36 bridge laying armoured vehicles of the LEGUAN type, which is based on the LEOPARD 1.

Mon, 4 May 09
Future Lynx Is Now The AW159
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Future_Lynx_Is_Now_The_AW159_999.html
Somerset, UK (SPX) May 01, 2009 - During a ceremony at AgustaWestland's Yeovil facility it was announced that the Future Lynx has been renamed the AW159, bringing it in line with the other products in the growing AgustaWestland range of commercial and military rotorcraft.