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Reston - Jan 19, 2004The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Command has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation's Mission Systems sector a contract to define the requirements needed to build a communications network for military, intelligence and space agencies. The Transformational Communications MILSATCOM (TCM) network, which will be based on a single, overarching communications architecture, will transform the way the Pentagon conducts its military operations. The European Tactical Military Communications Market 
New York - Jan 19, 2004Difficult battles loom ahead for the $1794.9-million European tactical military communications market. The inability of European governments to reallocate funding from platform-centric to connectivity-centric systems remains a matter of concern. Pockets of strong growth driven by technological advances and evolving military doctrines are, however, expected to sustain the market's steady expansion to $2249.3 million in 2013. |
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Bush Unveils Deeper US-India Space, Nuclear Cooperation
Monterrey (AFP) Jan 12, 2004US President George W. Bush announced Monday that the United States and India would deepen cooperation on civilian nuclear activities, civilian space programs and high-technology trade. Bush Unveils Deeper US-India Space, Nuclear Cooperation
Monterrey (AFP) Jan 12, 2004US President George W. Bush announced Monday that the United States and India would deepen cooperation on civilian nuclear activities, civilian space programs and high-technology trade. In a statement released on the margins of the Summit of the Americas here, Bush said that he and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had also agreed "to expand our dialogue on missile defense." Lockheed Martin To Develop New Next Generation Missile Defense 
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. 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. |
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