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Budapest - Nov 05, 2003The Transatlantic Industrial Proposed Solution (TIPS) for the NATO alliance ground surveillance (AGS) program has successfully secured another two industry memoranda of understanding with the Czech Republic and Hungary industry associations in signing ceremonies on Nov. 3 and 4 respectively. Powell Presses Nicaragua To Destroy Anti-Aircraft Missiles 
Managua (AFP) - Nov 04, 2003US Secretary of State Colin Powell pressed Nicaragua to destroy thousands of Soviet-era shoulder-fired missiles the United States believes are unnecessary and pose an unreasonable threat. |
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Atlas 5 Gets Go-Ahead For Wideband Launch In 2005
Mclean - Nov 04, 2003The U.S. Air Force has authorized International Launch Services (ILS) to begin integrating the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite #3 (WGS-3) with the Atlas V rocket, as the second mission ordered from the company under the government's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program. WGS-3 is planned for launch in early 2006 on the Atlas V vehicle built by Lockheed Martin. Raytheon Awarded $59 Million in Contract Extension for Global Broadcast Service 
Reston - Nov 04, 2003Raytheon Company has been awarded an additional $59 million to its Global Broadcast Service (GBS) contract by the U.S. Air Force's Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom, AFB, Mass., extending services through December 2005. Raytheon will perform the work at various customer sites with management and administrative support out of its Reston, Va., facility. Boeing Awarded Contract for GMD Block 2004 Capability Enhancement 
St. Louis - Nov 04, 2003The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Boeing an $823,040,235 cost-plus-award-fee contract modification for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Block 2004 Capability Enhancement Program. French Military Uses Trimble GPS for Surveying 
Sunnyvale - Oct 31, 2003Trimble has been selected to provide GPS surveying systems for the French Military with operational forces in support roles from the Services des Programmes d'Observation, de Telecommunication et d'Information (SPOTI), part of the Delegation Generale pour l'Armement (DGA), are using the surveying systems. US Develops Lethal New Viruses 
London - Oct 30, 2003The British science journal New Scientist reports that a scientist funded by the US government has deliberately created an extremely deadly form of mousepox, a relative of the smallpox virus, through genetic engineering. The new virus kills all mice even if they have been given antiviral drugs as well as a vaccine that would normally protect them. UAV Market to Top $10 Billion over Next Decade 
Newtown - Oct 29, 2003The market for unmanned air vehicles that perform reconnaissance and surveillance missions is expected to be worth $10.6 billion over the next 10 years, according to Forecast International's "The Market for UAV Reconnaissance Systems." OmniCorder Wins Contract From Missile Defense Agency to Develop Infrared Sensor 
East Setauket - Oct 28, 2003OmniCorder Technologies SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) proposal, "Novel Sensor Technology for Booster Typing," was selected for funding by the U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The Company's proposal competed with 1862 others and was selected by a committee of government scientists, engineers, and technical managers who recommended it as a promising approach to meet MDA requirements. |
US Military In Iraq Plagued By Intelligence Shortcomings
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Oct 25, 2003US operations in Iraq (news - web sites) are being plagued by serious shortcomings in the military's ability to collect and process intelligence, with specially trained reconnaissance teams delivering barely a quarter of their planned output, according to the latest US Army assessment. Keppel Wins $73 Million Missile Radar Station For Pacific Ocean 
Singapore - Oct 28, 2003AMFELS Inc, a member of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has clinched a US$73 million firm-fixed-price contract for the modification of a platform from The Boeing Company. The Gravest Danger: Nuclear Weapons 
Stanford - Oct 28, 2003The mortal danger of nuclear weapons is unique in its terrifying potential for devastation on an unprecedented and unimaginable scale. In The Gravest Danger: Nuclear Weapons (Hoover Institution Press, 2003), Sidney D. Drell and James E. Goodby -- each with more than twenty years experience in national security issues both in public and private capacities -- review the main policy issues surrounding nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. DoD Announces Radio Frequency Identification Policy 
WASHINGTON - Oct 27, 2003The Department of Defense announced today the establishment of a Radio Frequency Identification Policy (RFID). RFID technology greatly improves the management of inventory by providing hands-off processing. The equipment quickly accounts for and identifies massive inventories, enhancing the processing of materiel transactions to allow DoD to realign resources and streamline business processes. Key Prime Contracts Awarded For Future Combat Systems Development 
Reston - Oct 27, 2003Northrop Grumman Corporation's Mission Systems sector has been awarded two prime and two subcontractor contracts totaling $260 million to support development of the U.S. Army's Future Combat System (FCS) program. Military Works On Faster, All-Digital Targeting System by Gerry J. Gilmore for American Forces Press Service 
Washington - Oct 27, 2003The U.S. military is developing an advanced communications capability for tactical fighters that will tightly connect the sensors and cockpits of many aircraft. Lockheed Martin Team Submits Proposal for Transformational Communications On MILSATCOM 
Sunnyvale - Oct 22, 2003A team led by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, has submitted a proposal for the Risk Reduction and System Definition effort of the Transformational Communications MILSATCOM (TCM) Space Segment. The program represents the next step toward transitioning the Department of Defense wideband and protected communications satellite architecture into a single network comprised of multiple satellite, ground, and user segment components. |
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