Air Force Vision Embraces Warfighters, Heritage
Washington DC (AFNS) Mar 01, 2006
Heritage, future innovations and focus on the joint warfighter are three key points in the newly released Air Force Vision document, "Lasting Heritage...Limitless Horizons: A Warfighter's Vision." This vision document, released to Airmen worldwide Feb. 28, replaces the older "Vision 2020" version, which was released in 1997, and focused on preparation for the then-upcoming turn of the century.
Boeing GMD Team Launches Target, Tests Upgraded Radar
St Louis MO (SPX) Mar 01, 2006
A Boeing-led industry team and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have successfully completed a test of key parts of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. During today's test, a newly upgraded radar at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., demonstrated its capability by tracking a long-range ballistic missile target launched from Kodiak, Alaska.
Boeing ScanEagle UAV Surpasses 10,000 Combat Flight Hours
St Louis MO (SPX) Mar 01, 2006
ScanEagle, a long-endurance fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle developed by Boeing and The Insitu Group, has surpassed 10,000 combat flight hours in less than two years supporting U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy operations. Since being deployed with the First Marine Expeditionary Force in August 2004, ScanEagle has completed 8,900 combat flight hours in Iraq, providing real-time imagery to tactical commanders.
British Defense Secretary Warns Of Looming Water Wars
London, UK (UPI) Feb 28, 2006
Climate change could become a major source of global conflict over the next 30 years, with countries battling for control of water supplies, British Defense Secretary John Reid has warned.
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Ceradyne Receives Ceramic Body Armor Contract
Costa Mesa CA (SPX) Mar 01, 2006
Ceradyne announced the receipt of a $42.8 million delivery order for its lightweight ceramic body armor. This is the eighth delivery order received under the $461 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract announced on August 20, 2004. Including this delivery order, orders received under this contract total approximately $335 million, with approximately $126 million in unplaced options.
Harris Awarded Contract By Lockheed Martin For Undersea Surveillance
Melbourne FL (SPX) Mar 01, 2006
Harris has announced that it has been awarded a three-year, $27.8 million contract by Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors to develop and integrate a water-deployable communications system for the U.S. Navy's Advanced Deployable System (ADS). ADS is a littoral (coastal) undersea surveillance system designed to provide a joint-forces commander with a continuous and reliable picture of activity over vast oceanic areas.
India Hikes Military Spending 7.2 Percent In 2006-07
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 28, 2006
India on Tuesday hiked military spending by 7.2 percent to 890 billion rupees (19.8 billion dollars) in its budget for the year to March 2007 to fund ongoing modernisation, the finance minister said. "This will include 374 billion rupees for capital expenditure," Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said in reference to the country's plans to upgrade military hardware for its armed forces.
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New Missiles For The Australian Defence Force
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 01, 2006
Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (or JASSM) has been selected as the new long range air-to-surface missile to equip the Australian Defence Force's F/A-18 Hornet fleet. The acquisition of long range missiles does not represent a change in Australia's defence posture and capability planning.
Putin Optimistic Iran Will Return To Nuclear Control Mechanism
Budapest, Hungary (AFP) Mar 01, 2006
Russia is optimistic that Iranian negotiators will agree to return to an international protocol limiting Tehran's nuclear activities, Russian President Vladimir Putin said here Tuesday.
"We are optimists and consider we can come to an agreement with our Iranian interlocutors about returning Iran to the additional protocol," Putin said during a visit to Hungary.
Raytheon's JPS Communications' ACU-T Enables Better Comms For Afghan Army
Raleigh NC (SPX) Mar 01, 2006
The U.S. Military's Office of Security Cooperation-Afghanistan (OSC-A) has improved the Afghan National Army's (ANA) radio communications and safety readiness by deploying Raytheon's ACU-T tactical device.
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USS Hopper Supports Ballistic Missile Defense in "Sky Hunter"
Pacific Ocean (AFNS) Mar 01, 2006
USS Hopper (DDG 70), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer homeported at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, participated in the successful "Sky Hunter" Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) test event off the coast of southern California Feb. 15.
US Japan Drill On North Korea threat
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 28, 2006
North Korea and China are imaginary enemies in military drills the United States and Japan have been conducting. The exercises started om since Feb. 23, the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun reported Tuesday. The command post exercises, dubbed Keen Edge, will continue through Friday and come ahead of air, land and sea drills Japan's Self Defense Force are scheduled to start at the end of March, the paper said.
US Troops In Iraq Want American Exit Within A Year
Washington (AFP) Mar 01, 2006
A wide-ranging poll of US troops serving in Iraq made public Tuesday found that 72 percent believe the United States should exit Iraq within a year. At the same time, 53 percent of the respondents said the number of US troops and bombing missions should be doubled to control the insurgency, according to the poll results.
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