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Tehran, Iran (AFP) Oct 05, 2004Iran declared Tuesday it had ballistic missiles with a range of 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles), and could produce ones with a greater range, an announcement likely to add to international concerns over its weapons capabilities. USEC Reports 9,000 Nuclear Warheads Permanently Eliminated 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 06, 2004USEC announced Tuesday that 225 metric tons of Russian weapons-grade uranium, the equivalent of 9,000 nuclear warheads, has been recycled into fuel purchased by USEC for use in America's nuclear power plants. |
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CSC Wins DoD Joint Theater Air And Missile Defense Organization Contract
El Segundo CA (SPX) Oct 04, 2004Computer Sciences announced Thursday last week that it has won a contract to continue providing scientific, engineering and technical advisory services to the Joint Theater Air and Missile Defense Organization (JTAMDO), a division within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) chartered to provide an improved capability to defend against air and missile threats. US Commission On Public Diplomacy Praises Success Of Alhurra And Radio Sawa 
Springfield VA (SPX) Oct 04, 2004The 2004 Report released last week by the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy stresses the importance of the growing success of U.S. international broadcasting's major efforts to the Middle East: Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa. Northrop Grumman Wins Air Force Contract To Provide Theatre Deployable Communications 
Gaithersburg MD (SPX) Oct 04, 2004Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a five-year, multi-million dollar contract by the U.S. Air Force to manufacture and integrate a voice, data and multiplexing communications infrastructure. DARPA Begins Advanced Radar Program 
Arlington VA (SPX) Oct 04, 2004The first phase of the Affordable Adaptable Conformal Electronic Scanning Antenna Radar (AACER) program began this summer when the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded funding to Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems (Baltimore, Md.), and Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (El Segundo, Calif.). Raytheon was awarded $6,057,431 and Northrop Grumman received $5,781,583. Johns Hopkins To Act As Integrator/Broker For J-UCAS Common Operating System 
Arlington VA (SPX) Oct 04, 2004The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory of Laurel, Md., a $26,941,808 other transaction to act as the integrator/broker of the Common Operating System (COS) development for the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) demonstration program over the next five years. General Dynamics APKWS Guided Rocket Completes 5th Flight Test 
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. |
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. |
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