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London, UK (SPX) Aug 25, 2004Technological advances and changes in military doctrine are poised to create pockets of strong growth within the mature European military airborne radar markets. Growing at an estimated annual average of 4.3 percent from 2003 to 2013, the total market is forecast to reach $4.6 billion. UQM Developing Electric Propulsion For Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicles 
Frederick CO (SPX) Aug 25, 2004UQM Technologies, a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced Tuesday that it has received a $599,000 contract from the U.S. Marine Corps to develop a hybrid electric propulsion system to power small unmanned ground combat vehicles with vehicle weights of 500 pounds to one ton. |
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Collaboration Of Manned, Unmanned Aircraft Demonstrated For UCAR Program
Owego NY (SPX) Aug 24, 2004Lockheed Martin successfully completed a demonstration of manned and unmanned aircraft collaboration as one of the advanced command and control concepts it is developing for its Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) program. A Nuclear Shi'ite Empire? 
Paris UPI) Aug 21 , 2004European colleagues joke that German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer's attractive new Iranian lady friend gives him particular insight into the thinking in Tehran. They could be right. Fischer has been saying for the last two years that Iran would be the big winner from the Bush administration's war on Iraq and the overthrow of Tehran's old enemy, Saddam Hussein. ViaSat Receives NSA Certification For KG-250 IP Network Encryptor 
Carlsbad CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2004ViaSat has received certification from the National Security Agency (NSA) for its KG-250 IP Network Encryptor product for use on classified US government communication networks. LockMart Completes Preliminary Design Review For UCAR UAV Program
Owego NY (SPX) Aug 20, 2004A team led by Lockheed Martin successfully completed a week-long Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) program, finishing on schedule the preliminary design phase program. Northrop Grumman Awarded $1 Billion To Continue Work On X-47B J-UCAS Program 
San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2004Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue work on the X-47B portion of the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) demonstration program. Valued at up to $1.04 billion over five years for the program's operational assessment phase, the award includes initial funding of $30 million. Raytheon Awarded Tomahawk Block IV Full-Rate Production Contract 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 19, 2004Raytheon has been awarded $287 million in Fiscal Year 2004 as part of a full-rate production contract to supply the U.S. Navy with the next-generation Block IV Tomahawk cruise missile. Proxity Subsidiary Successfully Flight Tests 8 Lb. Cyber Scout 
West Palm Beach FL (SPX) Aug 19, 2004Proxity Digital Networks, through Cyber Aerospace, an operating subsidiary of Proxity's On Alert Systems, announces the Cyber Scout successfully lifted off from the test stand entirely under its own power. |
Raytheon Delivers Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle Payloads For Fort Greely
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 18, 2004Raytheon has delivered the first deployable flight elements of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Ground- based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program from its Missile Defense Kinetic Kill Vehicle production facility in Tucson, Ariz. Europeans May Aid US Firms With Star Wars
Paris (SPX) Aug 17, 2004American defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman say they will cooperate closely with European companies on the development of George W. Bush's so-called "Star Wars" missile defense system. ATK Delivers First Minuteman III Motor Set Ahead Of Schedule 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Aug 17, 2004ATK has delivered the first ship set of second and third stage rocket motors for the Minuteman III Propulsion Replacement Program (PRP) more than two weeks ahead of schedule. The ship set, targeted for delivery by July 9, was delivered to ICBM prime contractor Northrop Grumman on June 23. Army Boosts Boeing's Future Combat Program Value By Up To $6.4 Billion 
St. Louis (SPX) Aug 17, 2004Boeing and the U.S. Army signed an agreement August 7, to provide up to $6.4 billion in additional funding for the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program. Boeing X-45A Aircraft Fly Together for First Time 
St. Louis (SPX) Aug 17, 2004Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., home of the U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center, where the sound barrier was broken on October 14, 1947, hosted another aviation milestone August 1 when two Boeing X-45A unmanned aircraft, under the control of a single pilot-operator, successfully operated together in a coordinated flight completing the first ever multiple air vehicle control flight demonstration. TFS Secures Order From Sierra Nevada Corporation 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 30, 2004Three-Five Systems, a specialized electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider, announced Thursday that it has secured a purchase order from Sierra Nevada Corporation, a privately-held, defense electronics engineering and manufacturing enterprise headquartered in Sparks, Nevada. Lockheed Martin Team Delivers Critical Payload For SBIRS High Program 
Sunnyvale (SPX) Aug 12, 2004Lockheed Martin today announced the delivery of the first space payload for the Space-Based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) program. The payload was delivered for integration with a host satellite and eventual launch into a highly elliptical orbit (HEO) around the earth. The HEO payload's primary mission is to scan for ballistic missile launches; adjunct missions include detecting and reporting other infrared events of military interest. |
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