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Melbourne, Fla. - Dec 17, 2003A Northrop Grumman-led team has reached a significant milestone in refining its concept for developing and deploying the battle management command and control (BMC2) subsystem for the U.S. Air Force's E-10A multi-sensor command and control aircraft. ILS Launch of UFO F11 Delayed 
Cape Canaveral - Dec. 15, 2003Tonight's launch attempt of an Atlas III rocket with the Navy's UFO F11 satellite was scrubbed because a temperature measurement was below limit on a piece of ground support equipment. |
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Launch Date Set For 11th UHF Follow-On Naval Satellite
St. Louis - Dec 11, 2003 A Boeing satellite that will increase the U.S. military's global mobile communications capacity is scheduled for launch on Dec. 15, 2003, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Smiths Aerospace Provides Autonomous Refuelling Technology 
London - Dec 11, 2003Smiths Aerospace is advancing the technology on the 767 Tanker Transport by developing autonomous aerial refuelling capabilities for hose and drogue refuelling systems for emerging usage on UAVs (unmanned air vehicles) and UCAVs (unmanned combat air vehicles). Smiths is in the process of securing patents for this new technology that takes a fresh new approach to the probe and drogue refuelling technique and will have applicability to both retrofit and forward fit tankers. E-Mail "Cluster Bombs" A Disaster Waiting To Happen 
Bloomington - Dec 11, 2003Internet users can be blind-sided by e-mail "cluster bombs" that inundate their inboxes with hundreds or thousands of messages in a short period of time, thereby paralyzing the users' online activities, according to a new report by researchers at Indiana University Bloomington and RSA Laboratories in Bedford, Mass. Internet Dissident Sentenced To Two Years In Prison In North China 
Beijing (AFP) - Dec 09, 2003Internet dissident Yan Jun, 32, has been sentenced to two years in prison on a subversion charge for posting essays online calling for change, including a free press and free expression, his family said Monday. Harris Follows Up With New MIDS LVT Digital Tactical Comms Contract 
Melbourne, Fla - Dec 09, 2003Harris Corporation has received a two-year, $24 million follow-on contract from ViaSat, Inc., for Lot 4 production of Multi-functional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Low Volume Terminals (LVTs). Northrop Grumman to Modernize Firebee Targets for U.S. Navy 
San Diego - Dec 09, 2003Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract to modernize the U.S. Navy's fleet of BQM-34 Firebee target unmanned aircraft with new avionics and an upgraded command and control architecture. This follows the fleet's many successful missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom. DHL Aircraft Hit by Missile Over Baghdad Had Lost All Hydraulics 
New York - Dec 08, 2003Aviation Week & Space Technology reports in its December 8 issue that the DHL A300 aircraft hit by a missile over Baghdad on November 22 lost all three hydraulic systems and flight controls, forcing the pilot to land using engine power only. This type of landing is similar to the dramatic United Airlines DC-10 landing in Iowa in 1989, which had also lost all flight controls. |
Iran Woos New Zealand DIY Cruise Missile Builder
Auckland (AFP) - Dec 05, 2003A New Zealand engineer who made world headlines with his homebuilt cruise missile said he had received "very serious" offers from an Iranian company to invest in the project. Taiwan To Hold Historic "Anti-Missile, Anti-War" Referendum: Chen 
Taipei (AFP) Dec 08, 2003Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said that his government planned an "anti-missile, anti-war" landmark referendum next year aimed at asking rival China to dismantle hundreds of ballistic missiles targeting the island. Calian Technology To Build Computer Wargame System 
Kanata - Dec 08, 2003Calian Technology Ltd. Received Friday a letter of intent to contract by the Department of National Defence (DND) for the provision of professional services to prepare, co-ordinate, support and maintain Command and Control exercises and experimentation activities using computerized combat simulation systems across Canada. China Issues White Paper On Non-Proliferation and Compliance 
Beijing - Dec 08, 2003The Chinese Government published a White Paper on China's Non-Proliferation Policy and Measures here today. The White Paper, as the first authoritative document about China's non-proliferation policy and measures, illustrates systematically China's non-proliferation policy, stance and propositions and introduces comprehensively China's participation in international non-proliferation efforts and China's non-proliferation export control system and concrete measures. Northrop Grumman Wins Billion Dollar Missile Defense Program 
Los Angeles - Dec 04, 2003The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) today awarded a Northrop Grumman and Raytheon team the Kinetic Energy Interceptors (KEI) contract, which is to provide the U.S. with the ability to destroy hostile missiles at their most vulnerable stage, the boost/ascent phase of flight. Orbital Wins $400 Million In Missile Defense Contracts
Dulles - Dec 04, 2003Orbital Sciences Corporation reported Wednesday that it has been awarded a contract by a Northrop Grumman-led team to conduct booster vehicle design, development, test, and early-production for the Kinetic Energy Interceptors (KEI) missile defense program. Lockheed Martin Delivers First Aegis Weapon System to Norway 
Moorestown - Dec 03, 2003Lockheed Martin marked the completion of the first Aegis Integrated Weapon System (IWS) with the SPY-1F radar for the Royal Norwegian Navy today with a pull- the-plug ceremony at its Moorestown facility. The system will be packed and shipped to Spanish shipbuilder IZAR for installation on the Fridtjof Nansen, the first ship of the F310 Norwegian frigate program, now under construction in Ferrol, Spain. |
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