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Stealthy, All-Weather Cruise Missile Deployed To B-52 Squadrons

Orlando - Oct 22, 2003
The Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), developed by Lockheed Martin has been certified by both the JASSM Joint Program Office and the B-52 Systems Program Office to meet warfighter requirements and is now ready for operational use. This major milestone represents a dramatically increased capability for warfighting aircrews.

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SBS Technologies Partners with TelTron Telemetry Systems Corporation

Albuquerque - Oct 22, 2003
SBS Technologies has announced a partnership with TelTron Telemetry Systems Corporation, the premier supplier of integrated, ground-based telemetry systems for missile, test range, laboratory, and flight test environments. Under the agreement, SBS will continue to supply TelTron with embedded components that are an integral part of the company's telemetry systems.

Raytheon Awarded $37.4 Million For Space-Based Radar Development

El Segundo - Oct 22, 2003
Raytheon Company has been awarded a $37.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to define, analyze, design and demonstrate a Space-Based Radar (SBR) pre-prototype payload consisting of an electronic scanned array and an on-board processing component.

AGI Launches New Software Solution For Tracking System Designers

Las Vegas - Oct 22, 2003
AGI is offering a commercial off-the- shelf (COTS) software solution that supports orbit determination for tracking systems - STK/Orbit Determination (STK/OD). The tool, which is positioned as the newest addition to AGI's suite of aerospace analysis and visualization software premiered at the International Telemetry Conference.

EU Plans To Launch Security Research Programme

Paris - Oct 21, 2003
A Group of selected personalities from government, industry and academia gathered on 6 October 2003 to define a European agenda for security research. The Group, convened by Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin along with Enterprise and Information Society Commissioner Erkki Liikanen, will advise the Commission on the implementation of a Preparatory Action, with €65 million in funding for 2004-2006.

BAE Systems and AAI Corp Form TEAM SHADOW In Australian UAV Surveillance Bid

Hunt Valley - Oct 21, 2003
BAE SYSTEMS Australia and AAI Corporation have announced an agreement to compete as "Team Shadow" for the Commonwealth of Australia JP 129 program. The Team Shadow JP 129 solution is based on the Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) system designed by AAI Corporation and currently providing crucial surveillance and reconnaissance support to U.S. Army forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Final Refurbished Titan II Missile Launches Defense Weather Bird

Vandenberg AFB - Oct 19, 2003
A Titan 2 launched a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Block 5D-3 spacecraft into orbit Saturday morning at 9:17am PDT from Vandenberg AFB in California and will be used for strategic and tactical weather prediction for US military forces.

Fire Scout On Final Approach For First Shipboard Landings

San Diego - Oct 17, 2003
In preparation for an historic first shipboard landing by the U.S. Navy's RQ-8A Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned air vehicle, Northrop Grumman Corporation conducted two successful test flights of the UAV in late August.

Lockheed Martin Team Submits Proposal for Transformational Communications On MILSATCOM

Sunnyvale - Oct 22, 2003
A team led by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, has submitted a proposal for the Risk Reduction and System Definition effort of the Transformational Communications MILSATCOM (TCM) Space Segment. The program represents the next step toward transitioning the Department of Defense wideband and protected communications satellite architecture into a single network comprised of multiple satellite, ground, and user segment components.

Sci-Fi War Closer Than Most Think

Washington - Oct 17, 2003
The technology behind space ship lasers and force fields is a lot closer to reality than many think.

Sending Up A Round Of BattleCam

Atlanta - Oct 17, 2003
Soldiers in battle are always trying to discern what's in front of them. Both victory and survival can depend on it. Yet too often, buildings, hills, forests and jungles get in the way.

STARA Awarded US Army Contract to Deliver Small Munitions From UAV

Mesa - Oct 17, 2003
On September 25th, STARA Technologies was awarded a contract by US Army TACOM-ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ to demonstrate the use of its existing miniature guided parafoil technology to deliver top-attack munitions from a lightweight Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).

ATK Tests Next-Generation Variable Thrust Solid Rocket Motor

Minneapolis - Oct 17, 2003
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) recently conducted a successful Self-Regulating Variable Area Nozzle static firing test under contract with the U.S. Army. The 45-second static firing validated ATK's pintle configuration and flightweight nozzle design.

Global Hawk Lands In Germany Ground Surveillance Sensor Testing

Nordholz - Oct 16, 2003
A U.S. Air Force RQ-4A Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle (UAV) landed in Germany today to begin a key airborne ground surveillance flight demonstration program for the German Ministry of Defense (MoD).

Israel Assisting Raytheon To Equip Commercial Jets Against Missiles

Goleta - Oct 16, 2003
Raytheon Company is working with Israel Aircraft Industries' Elta Systems in pursuit of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's program to equip commercial aircraft with missile protection systems.