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Fri, 31 Jul 09
Boeing Rolls Out US Navy's P-8A Poseidon
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_Rolls_Out_US_Navy_P_8A_Poseidon_999.html
Seattle WA (SPX) Jul 31, 2009 - Boeing and the U.S. Navy have formally unveiled the service's newest maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, the P-8A Poseidon, during a ceremony at the Boeing facility in Renton, Wash.

Fri, 31 Jul 09
Safety Of Combat Military Vehicles Examined
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Safety_Of_Combat_Military_Vehicles_Examined_999.html
Belfast, UK (SPX) Jul 31, 2009 - A Queen's University Belfast academic is working on research that could help protect the lives of military based in Afghanistan. Professor Wei Sha from Queen's School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering has been testing how safe vehicles with titanium alloys are when attacked by bullets or explosions.

Fri, 31 Jul 09
LockMart And Harris Deliver Innovative Video, Geospatial Intelligence Tools
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/LockMart_And_Harris_Deliver_Innovative_Video_Geospatial_Intelligence_Tools_999.html
China Lake CA (SPX) Jul 31, 2009 - Warfighters at Empire Challenge 09 are test-driving next-generation capabilities for managing and analyzing full-motion video feeds, thanks to a set of advanced video and geospatial intelligence technologies delivered by Lockheed Martin and Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company.

Fri, 31 Jul 09
Raytheon, SafeNet Demonstrate Cybersecure Networking Solution For US Army
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_SafeNet_Demonstrate_Cybersecure_Networking_Solution_For_US_Army_999.html
Marlborough MA (SPX) Jul 31, 2009 - Raytheon and SafeNet recently partnered to demonstrate a new technology that secures radio communication among warfighters.

Fri, 31 Jul 09
Raytheon Small Diameter Bomb II Completes Captive Flight Testing
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_Small_Diameter_Bomb_II_Completes_Captive_Flight_Testing_999.html
Eglin AFB (SPX) Jul 30, 2009 - Raytheon completed a series of captive carry flight tests of its proposed solution for the GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II competition, demonstrating the weapon's form-factored seeker is ready for guided test shots.

Wed, 29 Jul 09
Outside View: Counterinsurgency challenges
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Outside_View_Counterinsurgency_challenges_999.html
Washington (UPI) Jul 28, 2009 - The effective execution of full spectrum counterinsurgency operations remains a challenge for the U.S. military.

Wed, 29 Jul 09
LockMart Unveils First Stealth Fighter For US Navy
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/LockMart_Unveils_First_Stealth_Fighter_For_US_Navy_999.html
Ft Worth TX (SPX) Jul 29, 2009 - A ceremony at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth plant marked the rollout of the U.S. Navy's first-ever stealth fighter, the F-35C Lightning II. The aircraft will enable the Navy to possess 5th generation fighter capabilities at sea, extending America's reach and reducing the timeline from threat to response.

Wed, 29 Jul 09
12 Nations Activate Groundbreaking Heavy Airlift Wing
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/12_Nations_Activate_Groundbreaking_Heavy_Airlift_Wing_999.html
Papa Air Base, Hungary (SPX) Jul 29, 2009 - Senior diplomatic and defense officials representing 12 nations as well as NATO witnessed July 27 the official activation of a first-of-its-kind multinational strategic airlift unit at Papa Air Base, Hungary.

Tue, 28 Jul 09
Taser unveils multi-shot stun gun
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Taser_unveils_multi-shot_stun_gun_999.html
Los Angeles (AFP) July 27, 2009 - Manufacturers of the Taser stun gun on Monday unveiled a new handheld weapon on Monday which is capable of shocking three people without having to reload.

Mon, 27 Jul 09
New chance for Europe's A400M transporter
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/New_chance_for_Europes_A400M_transporter_999.html
Paris (UPI) Jul 24, 2009 - Seven European members of the NATO alliance have agreed to give European plane-maker Airbus another chance to deliver the much-delayed A400M military transporter. The heavy transporter aircraft, originally due for delivery in 2009, has been portrayed as a symbol of Europe's bid to forge a distinct and united military identity and capability.

Mon, 27 Jul 09
Israel's own rifle gives the bullet to US-made M-16
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israels_own_rifle_gives_the_bullet_to_US-made_M-16_999.html
Shivta, Israel (AFP) July 24, 2009 - Fondly patting his dust-covered rifle at the end of day-long shooting practice, Israeli platoon commander Afik Soher says he wouldn't replace it with any other.

Mon, 27 Jul 09
Swiss Army knife morphs with age
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Swiss_Army_knife_morphs_with_age_999.html
Schwyz, Switzerland (AFP) July 26, 2009 - A century and a quarter after a master cutler set out to supply Swiss soldiers with a survival tool, the iconic Swiss Army knife still adjusts gun sights, cuts cheese and opens cans.

Fri, 24 Jul 09
Proper Fit Of Massive Penetrator Weapon On B-2 Bomber Verified
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Proper_Fit_Of_Massive_Penetrator_Weapon_On_B2_Bomber_Verified_999.html
Whiteman AFB MO (SPX) Jul 24, 2009 -

Fri, 24 Jul 09
Boeing tests Super Hornet for Australia
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_tests_Super_Hornet_for_Australia_999.html
St. Louis (UPI) Jul 23, 2009 - The first Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet for the Royal Australian Air Force has had a test flight from Lambert International Airport in St. Louis as part of the manufacturer's preparations for the aircraft to make its maiden voyage to the buyer.

Fri, 24 Jul 09
Successful SABR Fit-Check Aboard F-16
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Successful_SABR_Fit_Check_Aboard_F16_999.html
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jul 24, 2009 -

Thu, 23 Jul 09
Permali Supplies Armour For UK's Warthog Armoured Vehicle
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Permali_Supplies_Armour_For_UK_Warthog_Armoured_Vehicle_999.html
Gloucester UK (SPX) Jul 23, 2009 - Permali Gloucester is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to supply applique armour and spall liners for the ST Kinetics' Warthog vehicle that the UK MoD has recently ordered.

Thu, 23 Jul 09
British look for ways to deal with IEDs
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/British_look_for_ways_to_deal_with_IEDs_999.html
London (UPI) Jul 22, 2009 - British military officials said they are looking to adjust strategies and equipment to address the rising number of causalities in the fighting in Afghanistan.

Thu, 23 Jul 09
Albanian tanks rid beaches of 'nightmare' Cold War bunkers
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Albanian_tanks_rid_beaches_of_nightmare_Cold_War_bunkers_999.html
Seman, Albania (AFP) July 22, 2009 - Albania has wheeled in old tanks to rid its beaches of huge bunkers left over from the Cold War, when its paranoid communist regime feared an attack that never came.

Wed, 22 Jul 09
Backing Obama, US Senate votes no on new F-22s
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Backing_Obama_US_Senate_votes_no_on_new_F-22s_999.html
Washington (AFP) July 21, 2009 - The US Senate voted decisively Tuesday to stop producing new F-22 stealth fighters, siding firmly with President Barack Obama in a high-stakes fight over the future of US air power.

Wed, 22 Jul 09
Countering The IED Threat
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Countering_The_IED_Threat_999.html
London, UK (SPX) Jul 22, 2009 - Senior figures form the British military and from coalition countries along with MOD scientists and engineers gathered recently to discuss strategy and tactics in countering the Improvised Explosive Device threat in Afghanistan.

Wed, 22 Jul 09
Tasered Australian petrol-sniffer bursts into flames: police
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Tasered_Australian_petrol-sniffer_bursts_into_flames_police_999.html
Sydney (AFP) July 21, 2009 - An Australian man holding a container of petrol and a cigarette lighter burst into flames after being shot with a Taser stun gun, police said on Tuesday.

Tue, 21 Jul 09
Commentary: Raptor is no Reaper
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Commentary_Raptor_is_no_Reaper_999.html
Washington (UPI) Jul 20, 2009 - If the Pentagon can't figure out a way to defend the United States on half a trillion dollars a year, then our problems are much bigger than anything that can be cured by buying a few more ships and planes. So spoke Defense Secretary Robert Gates, angry with the profligate ways of both the Congress and the Pentagon. But he misspoke. With add-ons, including the Afghan war against Pakistan-based Taliban, Pakistan's civil war against homegrown Taliban and a post-war surge of terrorist bombings in Iraq where 130,000 U.S. troops are still based outside the cities, the Pentagon's spending for 2010 is close to $670 billion, or more than two-thirds of a trillion dollars.

Tue, 21 Jul 09
DARPA Awards Raytheon Contract To Develop An Interoperable Network Gateway
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/DARPA_Awards_Raytheon_Contract_To_Develop_An_Interoperable_Network_Gateway_999.html
Marlborough MA (SPX) Jul 21, 2009 - Raytheon has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to provide a cost-effective, highly capable military wireless network interoperable gateway.

Mon, 20 Jul 09
EDA orders unmanned vehicle development
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/EDA_orders_unmanned_vehicle_development_999.html
Dusseldorf, Germany (UPI) Jul 17, 2009 - German military vehicle specialist Rheinmetall Defence has been given the lead in a $5.6 million project to develop unmanned vehicles for the European Defense Agency.

Sat, 18 Jul 09
Robots ready for a rumble in the outback
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Robots_ready_for_a_rumble_in_the_outback_999.html
Melbourne (UPI) Jul 15, 2009 - Global artificial intelligence companies will battle it out in Australia's outback to be one of the winners of a competition to design next-generation combat robots.

Sat, 18 Jul 09
Role of combat in US Army suicides unclear: experts
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Role_of_combat_in_US_Army_suicides_unclear_experts_999.html
Washington (AFP) July 16, 2009 - The link between repeated combat tours for US soldiers and a rising number of suicides in the ranks remains unclear, officials and researchers said on Thursday.

Thu, 16 Jul 09
LockMart Develop Concept For New US Navy Air And Missile Defense Radar
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/LockMart_Develop_Concept_For_New_US_Navy_Air_And_Missile_Defense_Radar_999.html
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Jul 16, 2009 - The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $10 million firm-fixed-price contract to perform concept studies for the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), a scalable solid-state radar suite for future surface combatants.

Thu, 16 Jul 09
Boeing Delivers First C-17 Globemaster III
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boeing_Delivers_First_C17_Globemaster_III_999.html
Long Beach CA (SPX) Jul 16, 2009 - Boeing has delivered the first Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) C-17 Globemaster III during a ceremony at its final assembly facility in Long Beach, paving the way for the advanced airlifter's historic arrival at Pápa Air Base, Hungary, later this month.

Wed, 15 Jul 09
Raytheon Demonstrates Networked Lethality For Army Modernization
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_Demonstrates_Networked_Lethality_For_Army_Modernization_999.html
Mckinney TX (SPX) Jul 15, 2009 - By networking sensors and effects, Raytheon recently demonstrated how the U.S. Army could modernize brigade combat teams to significantly improve situational awareness and targeting efficiency to help save soldiers' lives.

Tue, 14 Jul 09
LM DAGR Rockets Fired From Airborne AH-6 Little Bird
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/LM_DAGR_Rockets_Fired_From_Airborne_AH6_Little_Bird_999.html
Orlando FL (SPX) Jul 14, 2009 - Lockheed Martin has launched DAGR rockets from an airborne AH-6 Little Bird helicopter and successfully hit the target in two separate trials. This is the second platform DAGR has fired from in the past few months-Lockheed Martin also fired DAGR rockets from the AH-64D Apache helicopter in March.

Tue, 14 Jul 09
LockMart Receives Worldwide LANTIRN Depot Award
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/LockMart_Receives_Worldwide_LANTIRN_Depot_Award_999.html
Orlando FL (SPX) Jul 14, 2009 - The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a five-year, $60 million contract to continue depot maintenance support for LANTIRN navigation and targeting pods at the Lockheed Martin Warner Robins Worldwide Depot. The depot supports repairs on LANTIRN pods for both U.S. Air Force and foreign military sales customers.

Mon, 13 Jul 09
US Army Awards Javelin Joint Venture Support Contract
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Army_Awards_Javelin_Joint_Venture_Support_Contract_999.html
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 13, 2009 - The U.S. Army selected the Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture to provide life-cycle contract support for the Javelin anti-tank missile and command launch unit.

Fri, 10 Jul 09
Latest Flight Trial Confirms Echidna System On Track
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Latest_Flight_Trial_Confirms_Echidna_System_On_Track_999.html
Woomera, Australia (SPX) Jul 10, 2009 - The Echidna 2A Electronic Warfare Self Protection (EWSP) system that will soon protect the Australian Army's Black Hawk helicopter fleet has successfully completed another series of critical flight trials.

Fri, 10 Jul 09
Germany axes planned bomb range
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Germany_axes_planned_bomb_range_999.html
Berlin (AFP) July 9, 2009 - Opponents of a planned military bombing range northwest of Berlin won a nearly 17-year-long political battle Thursday when the government said it would axe the project.

Thu, 9 Jul 09
Israel develops a glide bomb
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_develops_a_glide_bomb_999.html
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jul 7, 2009 - Israel is developing a new "smart" glide bomb, a weapon that had its origins as far as back as World War I. It is likely to wind up in the Israel armory for operations against Palestinian militants and Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas.

Thu, 9 Jul 09
US Army Receives First EQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar System
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Army_Receives_First_EQ_36_Counterfire_Target_Acquisition_Radar_System_999.html
Syracuse NY (SPX) Jul 09, 2009 - Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Non-Recurring Engineering Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition (EQ-36) Radar System to the U.S. Army.

Thu, 9 Jul 09
Stevens And Flir Selected For SkyEye 350
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Stevens_And_Flir_Selected_For_SkyEye_350_999.html
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Jul 09, 2009 - Aerial Surveillance Systems has announced that the company selected Stevens Aviation as its maintenance repair organization (MRO) to install, modify, certify and integrate its SkyEye 350 Hawker Beechcraft King Air 350-based aerial surveillance platform program.

Thu, 9 Jul 09
SELEX Galileo Awarded Contract For ENFORCER Weapon Stations
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/SELEX_Galileo_Awarded_Contract_For_ENFORCER_Weapon_Stations_999.html
London, UK (SPX) Jul 09, 2009 - SELEX Galileo is pleased to announce the award of over 40 ENFORCER Remote Controlled Weapon Stations (RCWS) for installation on the Ridgeback fleet.

Tue, 7 Jul 09
Successful Operational NATO Assessment Of Eurofighter Wing
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Successful_Operational_NATO_Assessment_Of_Eurofighter_Wing_999.html
Grosseto, Italy (SPX) Jul 07, 2009 - Excellent results were achieved after the first operational evaluation made by NATO of a Eurofighter Typhoon Wing. A NATO evaluation team certified the Italian Air Force's 4th Fighter Wing at the Grosseto Base as a NATO Quick Response Force.

Tue, 7 Jul 09
Excalibur Ib Demonstrates Accuracy During First Guided-Flight Tests
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Excalibur_Ib_Demonstrates_Accuracy_During_First_Guided_Flight_Tests_999.html
Yuma Proving Ground AZ (SPX) Jul 07, 2009 - Raytheon fired two precision-guided projectiles from a Paladin gun system during the first guided flight test of the Raytheon Excalibur Ib program.

Fri, 3 Jul 09
LockMart Awarded Contract For Paveway II E-LGTRs
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/LockMart_Awarded_Contract_For_Paveway_II_E_LGTRs_999.html
Archbald PA (SPX) Jul 03, 2009 - Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $16.5 million order to deliver paveway II Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds (E-LGTR) to the U.S. Navy. This award represents the fourth option to a 2005 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, valued in excess of $114 million.