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Charlotte NC (SPX) Sep 29, 2004General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics, announced today that on Sept. 10 its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) 70mm guided rocket successfully completed its fifth flight test. This was the latest in a series of flight tests that began in 2002 during an advanced technology demonstration project to demonstrate the basic design's effectiveness over the operational range. DPRK Capable Of Ballistic Missile Test: Official 
United Nations (XNA) Sep 27, 2004The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is now capable of conducting a Ballistic Missile Test (BMT) flight, but all allegations about when and how the test would be made, were nothing but rumors, a top DPRK official said here Monday. |
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Lockheed Martin UCAR Team Successfully Tests Candidate Sensor Technologies
Owego NY (SPX) Sep 30, 2004The Lockheed Martin Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) team recently completed airborne and ground demonstrations of potential UCAR sensors. Scientists Develop Quick Botox Test 
Madison WI (SPX) Sep 28, 2004Scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a pair of rapid-fire tests for botulinum toxin, a feat that could underpin new technologies to thwart bioterrorism and spur the development of agents to blunt the toxic action of the world's most poisonous substance. MEADS International Awarded $3 Billion System Development Contract 
Orlando FL (SPX) Sep 28, 2004MEADS International received a $3 billion Design and Development letter contract to design and develop the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). The contract was awarded by NAMEADSMA, a chartered organization of NATO, to develop MEADS. Northrop Grumman Demos Advanced EHF Success With Phased Array Uplink 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Sep 28, 2004Northrop Grumman has demonstrated technology for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) payload that will greatly improve warfighters' access to military satellite communications while increasing the range of missions the system can support on the ground, at sea and in the air. The company will provide the Advanced EHF payload to Lockheed Martin, prime contractor for the Advanced EHF system. Navy Awards LockMart Team $2B Contract To Build Mobile User Objective System 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Sep 24, 2004The US Navy announced Friday that a team led by Lockheed Martin has won the competition to build the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), a next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system that will provide significantly improved and assured communications for the mobile warfighter. Bell Designs Helicopter Concept for Lockheed Martin UCAR Program 
Owego NY (SPX) Sep 28, 2004Bell Helicopter, a key member of the Lockheed Martin Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR) team, has successfully completed its preliminary design of a novel air vehicle to conduct reconnaissance and combat missions that does not compromise aircrew safety. Taser Receives First Municipal Lease For Its X26 Energy Weapons 
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Sep 24, 2004Taser announced Wednesday that it received its first municipal lease order for 324 Taser X26 conducted energy weapons and accessories from the Indianapolis Police Department in Indiana. Indianapolis Police utilized this lease program to supplement the 100 units currently deployed by the department. |
Bush Says Iran Will Not Get Nuclear Weapon
Crawford TX (AFP) Sep 26, 2004US President George W. Bush says "all options are on the table" for making sure Iran dismantles its nuclear program, and that Washington will never let Tehran acquire atomic weapons. Japan Plans To Develop Advanced Spy Satellite 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 27, 2004The Japanese government plans to develop an advanced spy satellite for launch in 2010. Government sources say the satellite will be able to distinguish objects on Earth as small as 50 centimeters. VMU-1 Pioneer UAV Provides Birds Eye View Of Combat Zone 
Al Taqaddum, Iraq (SPX) Sep 27, 2004The fog of war clouding the modern battlefield is getting a whole lot thinner. Marines fighting an insurgency through the maze-like streets of Iraqi cities like Ar Ramadi and Fallujah are finding the enemy more easily thanks to Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, Marine Aircraft Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. ATK Completes Acquisition Of PSI Group 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Sep 24, 2004ATK has completed its acquisition of the PSI Group following regulatory review from the Federal Trade Commission. Boeing Moves Advanced MilComm Technology From Theory To Practice 
Kent WA (SPX) Sep 24, 2004Soldiers on the battlefield soon may be able to conduct successful combat operations more quickly and effectively with new communications technology from Boeing. Lockheed Martin Successfully Tests Tactical Synthetic Aperture Radar 
Denver CO (SPX) Sep 24, 2004Lockheed Martin announced Thursday that its Theatre Airborne Reconnaissance System (TARS) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) successfully performed, for the first time, aboard an operational F-16 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. TARS SAR is the first all weather, day and night, precision radar capability developed for tactical aircraft. Scientists Find Nanowires Capable Of Detecting Individual Viruses 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Sep 23, 2004Harvard University scientists have found that ultra-thin silicon wires can be used to electrically detect the presence of single viruses, in real time, with near-perfect selectivity. |
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