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Syracuse NY (SPX) Jul 01, 2004The U.S. Marine Corps awarded Lockheed Martin a $43.6 million contract to provide an AN/TPS-59(V)3B ballistic missile defense radar system for the Kingdom of Bahrain. Coleman Aerospace To Support Multiple Kill Vehicle Program With $38 Million Contract 
New York (SPX) Jul 01, 2004L-3 Communications announced Wednesday that its Coleman Aerospace business unit (L-3 Coleman Aerospace) has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, California, to provide systems engineering and flight test support under the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV) System Development program. |
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NTMI Supports Border Patrol UAV's To Monitor Nation's Southern Border
Reston VA (SPX) Jul 01, 2004New Technology Management, Inc. (NTMI) today hailed the first sustained civilian use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to curb illegal activities along Arizona's southern border. The UAV flights will be controlled and monitored by U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Border Patrol and are scheduled through the summer of 2004. Systems' Hermes 450 UAV To Support Security On Arizona Border
Haifa, Israel (SPX) Jul 01, 2004Elbit Systems Ltd. announced Wednesday that its wholly-owned subsidiary, EFW Inc., based in Fort Worth, Texas, is providing the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) its Hermes 450 Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) along Arizona's southern border as part of the Arizona Border Control Initiative (ABCI). Anteon Awarded $45M Contract To Support Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Program 
Fairfax VA (SPX) Jun 29, 2004Anteon International Corporation, a leading information technology and systems engineering and integration company, announced Monday that it has been awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement by the US Navy Naval Sea Systems Command to provide technical and management support to the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program Directorate. The BPA has a 16-month period of performance and is valued at approximately $45 million. Hunter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle To Be Powered By Heavy-Fuel Engine 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2004The U.S. Army's RQ-5A Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will be able to climb faster, operate at higher altitudes, and spend less time being serviced thanks to the integration of a heavy-fuel engine on the air vehicle by Northrop Grumman Corporation, the Hunter prime contractor. Customs Coastwatch Trials New Eye In The Sky Technology 
Perth, Australia (SPX) Jun 29, 2004Advanced surveillance technology currently being trialled by Customs Coastwatch off the Western Australia coastline could one day change the way Australia monitors its maritime borders, the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Chris Ellison, said today. USAF To Test Radarsat-2 Data Provision To War Fighters 
Richmond BC Jun - Jun 28, 2004MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a provider of essential information solutions, announced last Wednesday that it has been awarded a competitive contract by the United States Air Force (USAF) under the USAF Foreign Comparative Test (FCT) program to evaluate Radarsat-2 information reception and processing capabilities to one of its Eagle Vision (EV) mobile ground stations. Dealing With Nuclear Gate-Crashers 
Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2004No talks for seeking universal non-proliferation will succeed without involving the world's three de facto nuclear states -- India, Pakistan and Israel -- according to Mohamed El Baradei, director general, International Atomic Energy Agency. |
Transformational Communications Program Reaches Study Milestone
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Jun 22, 2004A Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman team has successfully accomplished a key requirements review for the Transformational Communications MILSATCOM (TCM) Space Segment with its customer, the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. ViaSat Wins $47 Million Order For MIDS Terminals 
Carlsbad CA (SPX) Jun 22, 2004ViaSat Inc. has won a delivery order valued at approximately $47 million for Multifunctional Information Distribution System terminals from The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), San Diego. LockMart Awarded Design Agent Contract For MK 41 Vertical Launcher 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 22, 2004The U.S. Navy recently awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for design agent engineering for the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS). The contract, initially valued at $18.5 million, has a potential value in excess of $140 million over four years. Aerojet Acquires Two Key Solid Rocket Motor Programs 
Sacramento CA - Jun 22, 2004GenCorp Inc. announced last Wednesday that its Aerojet-General Corporation subsidiary (Aerojet) has acquired from Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion certain assets relating to solid rocket motor programs performed at its San Jose, Calif. facility. Pratt & Whitney announced in May that it was closing its San Jose facility and exiting the solid rocket motor business. Taiwan's Patriot Missile System Completes Second Live Demo 
Taipei (SPX) Jun 22, 2004The Republic of China (ROC) completed the second live firing of its Patriot Air and Missile Defense System at the Chiu Peng Test Range in the Southern region of Taiwan. US Nonproliferation Spending and Activities Up Dramatically 
Washington (SPX) Jun 22, 2004"No responsibility of a President is more important than national security and no element of national security policy is more important than nuclear policy. Mischaracterizations by the uninformed should not blur the fact that our policy is-and will continue to be-what the President called for in 2001: achieving a credible deterrent with the lowest-possible number of nuclear weapons consistent with our national security needs," said Ambassador Linton F. Brooks, administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration. Northrop Grumman Outlines Test Program For Military Space Plane 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2004Northrop Grumman Corporation will help the U.S. Air Force define the most cost-effective way to integrate and conduct ground tests on key structural elements of a reusable, quick-turnaround space vehicle. |
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