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Lockheed Martin Delivers Upgraded P-3 Maritime Surveillance Aircraft Eagan MN (SPX) Jun 08, 2006 
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 10th upgraded P-3C maritime surveillance aircraft originally contracted by the U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems Command as part of a foreign military sale to the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN). Under the 2001 contract, Lockheed Martin was awarded more than $73 million to upgrade 10 P-3C aircraft to a unique customer configuration which included advanced computer processing and mission systems integration capabilities; improved communications systems; and state-of the-art acoustic and non-acoustic sensors. The first upgraded aircraft was delivered to the U.S. Navy in November 2003.
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LM Opens New Laboratory To Study Network Enabled Capabilities
Farnborough, UK (SPX) Jun 08, 2006Lockheed Martin has opened a new state-of-the-art laboratory in Farnborough. The new reconfigurable experimentation facility will help Lockheed Martin and its civil and military customers collaborate. Ultra Electronics MSI Supplies Advanced Hand Controls For Stryker 
Wallingford CN (SPX) Jun 08, 2006Ultra Electronics Measurement Systems has signed a contract with Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace worth $386,000 to provide advanced technology hand controls for the Protector, a Remote Weapon Station (RWS) used on the U.S. Army's Stryker armored vehicle. The First A330 MRTT Aircraft Platform Delivered For Military Modification 
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 08, 2006The initial A330 aircraft to be converted into a multi-role tanker/transport (MRTT) was delivered to the final outfitting facility, where the Royal Australian Air Force aircraft will receive mission equipment. |
Pakistan Hikes Defence Spendings
Islamabad (AFP) Jun 08, 2006Pakistan on Monday increased defence spending by 12 percent and announced the highest ever allocation of funds to fight poverty in its new budget for fiscal year starting July 1. Indonesia Warns Rumsfeld Over US Approach To War On Terror 
Jakarta (AFP) Jun 08, 2006Indonesia's defense minister bluntly warned US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Tuesday that an overbearing US approach the war on terrorism has led many in the world to view US power as a threat. New Law Will Exempt Spies From Privacy Act 
Washington (UPI) Jun 08, 2006A little-noticed proposal from the Senate Intelligence Committee would exempt federal agencies from important provisions of the Privacy Act in the name of the war against terrorism. The committee's annual authorization bill, unanimously reported to the full Senate last month, would initiate a three-year "pilot program". |
Raytheon Delivers APG-73 Radar For Super Hornet
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2006With its final mechanically scanned APG-73 radar system for the F/A-18E/F headed to the U.S. Navy, Raytheon has received a contract worth up to $22.8 million to provide spares and support for the successful program. AEGIS BMD System Tracks Separating Incoming Missiles 
Kauai HI (SPX) Jun 08, 2006Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense weapon system, using a prototype signal processor, successfully tracked several advanced ballistic missile targets in separate tests off the coast of Hawaii in April, the company announced Tuesday. Diplomacy 101, Lies And Spin 
Washington (UPI) Jun 08, 2006Rule 1 in diplomatic negotiations between belligerents is no preconditions. Unless, of course, unconditional surrender, a la Nazi Germany and imperialist Japan, is the objective. Bogged down in an insurgency that has spawned bloody anarchy, the U.S. is in no position to squeeze Iran into giving up its nuclear ambitions. |
Old Faces At The CIA
Moscow (UPI) Jun 08, 2006U.S. Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden has been sworn in as CIA director and, unlike his predecessor, also as first deputy of John Negroponte, director of National Intelligence. This signifies the subordinate position of the once unquestionable authority in the U.S. intelligence community. Boeing Wins Demonstration Contract To Detect Biological Warfare Agents 
St Louis (SPX) Jun 08, 2006Boeing and a team of U.S. bio-defense companies will modify the ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to look for biological warfare agents as part of a program funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) of the U.S. Department of Defense. Koreas Agree On Business Deals 
Seoul (UPI) Jun 08, 2006North and South Korea reached an agreement Tuesday on greater economic cooperation focusing on light industry and natural resources development, despite lingering military tensions. The agreement was hailed in Seoul as a landmark deal to upgrade cross-border economic exchanges. |
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