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Moorestown NJ (SPX) Sep 01, 2004Marking a significant milestone toward an initial capability to defend the nation from a long-range ballistic missile attack, Lockheed Martin successfully completed land-based testing of the first deployable Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Long Range Surveillance and Tracking capability. Orbital's Coyote Supersonic Missile Successfully Launched For US Navy 
Dulles VA (SPX) Sep 01, 2004Orbital Sciences announced Tuesday that it carried out another successful flight test of the GQM-163A Supersonic Sea-Skimming Target (SSST) system for the United States Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on August 27, 2004. |
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Metal Storm Selected By US Navy For Anti-RPG Feasibility Study
Arlington VA (SPX) Sep 01, 2004A pioneer of electronic ballistics technology, Metal Storm will take the lead role in a US Navy program to develop a system to defeat incoming rocket propelled grenades (RPGs). The program is part of a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award to the company's US subsidiary, Metal Storm. Unmanned Remote Minehunting System Installed For USS Momsen Commissioning 
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Aug 31, 2004When the US Navy's newest guided missile destroyer, USS Momsen, was commissioned this past Saturday, it became the world's first warship equipped with Lockheed Martin's Remote Minehunting System (RMS). The RMS provides the Navy with its first-ever organic mine reconnaissance capability using an unmanned, remotely operated vehicle. Northrop Grumman Awarded $197 Million Contract For Work On USS Enterprise 
Newport News VA (SPX) Aug 30, 2004Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract modification from the US Navy valued at approximately $197 million for maintenance work on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). US Army's Tactical High Energy Laser Shoots Down Mortar Rounds 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2004The Tactical High Energy Laser, built by Northrop Grumman for the US Army, shot down multiple mortar rounds Aug. 24, proving that laser weapons could be applied on the battlefield to protect against common threats. Lockheed Martin Wins $213 Million Strategic Mission Planning Contract
Omaha NEB (SPX) Aug 27, 2004The US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) has awarded Lockheed Martin a 10-year, $213 million contract to develop the new architecture and functions for the Integrated Strategic Planning and Analysis Network (ISPAN), a network-centric mission planning and execution system. Sikorsky To Acquire Schweizer Aircraft 
Stratford CT (SPX) Aug 27, 2004Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies, Thursday announced an agreement to acquire Schweizer Aircraft Corp., a privately owned US company specializing in the light helicopter, reconnaissance aircraft, and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) markets. Northrop Grumman Wins Commercial Aircraft Anti-Missile System Contract 
Rolling Meadows IL (SPX) Aug 26, 2004Northrop Grumman has been selected by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for Phase II of the Counter-Man Portable Air Defense Systems (Counter-MANPADS) program, which is designed to protect commercial aircraft from attack by ground-based, shoulder-fired missiles. |
Australia To Acquire New Longer Range Cruise Missiles
Sydney (AFP) Aug 26, 2004Australia announced plans Thursday to acquire long-range cruise missiles that will give its defence force the "most lethal capacity" for air combat in the region. New Growth Potential In European Military Airborne Radar Markets 
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. New Growth Potential In European Military Airborne Radar Markets
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. 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. |
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