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Sunnyvale - Jan 08, 2004Lockheed Martin has won a contract from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to further develop and demonstrate the first system capable of destroying multiple ballistic missile threats and decoys with a single launch. The system will carry multiple small kill vehicles that will destroy adversarial missiles and decoys by colliding with them in space. The eight-year contract is valued at approximately $760 million; the initial 11-month contract is valued at $27 million. The U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command in Huntsville, Ala., manages the program for the MDA. Both Civil and Military Needs Driving European UAV Market 
San Jose - Jan 07, 2004Recent military developments and the United States' inclination to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is expanding the global market for these systems and accelerating the development of such specialised weapons in Europe, reveal latest findings by Frost & Sullivan. |
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Fire Scout Scores Its Own Century
San Diego - Jan 07, 2004On Dec. 17, the 100th anniversary of manned flight, the U.S. Navy's RQ-8A Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) system made its own history by completing its 100th consecutive successful flight. Lockheed Built Communications Satellite Begins Operations For USAF 
Sunnyvale - Jan 05, 2004In late December a U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team successfully completed on-orbit checkout and testing of the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) spacecraft that was launched on Aug. 29, 2003 from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla. Aboard a Delta IV rocket. The satellite, the last of 14 DSCS III spacecraft built by Lockheed Martin, has now begun its controlled drift to its operational location. New-Generation Autonomous Helicopter To Create New Era Of Human Safety 
Canberra - Dec 30, 2003Australian scientists have developed a 'brain', which enables the production of a world-first low-cost, intelligent small helicopter, set to end many difficult and dangerous tasks undertaken by humans. Eleventh and Final UFO Series Naval Communication Satellite Launched 
St. Louis, Dec. 17, 2003A successful Atlas 3 launch Wednesday saw the 11th UHF Follow-On spacecraft lifted into orbit for the US Navy which will use the satellite to provide secure communications to the warfighter and other military personnel worldwide. Critical Milestones Reached In Next Generation Airborne Radar 
El Segundo - Dec 18, 2003Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Air Force have received authorization from the Department of Defense to develop and produce hardware for an airborne radar system that will dramatically increase the service's ability to detect, track and identify both stationary and moving ground vehicles, and low-flying cruise missiles. European Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market Growing Rapidly 
London - Dec 18, 2003The latest study from Frost & Sullivan reveals that due to recent military developments and the United States' use of UAVs the global market for unmanned aerial vehicles is expanding and accelerating the development of such specialized weapons in Europe. Ariane 5 To Loft French Military Comsat in 2005 
Evry - Dec 18, 2003Alcatel Space has chosen Arianespace to orbit France's new Syracuse IIIB military communications satellite for the French defense procurement agency DGA. Alcatel Space and Arianespace announced today that they have signed the launch contract for the Syracuse IIIB satellite. |
E-10A Battle Management "Flight" Tests Cruise-Missile Defense
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. Launch Date Set For 11th UHF Follow-On Naval Satellite
St. Louis - Dec 11, 2003A 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). |
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