Archive for April, 2008
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
General Dynamics Land Systems, has been awarded two contracts valued at $57 million for Abrams Tank Urban Survivability Kits (TUSK). The first award, valued at $45 million, funds 2,832 Loader’s Armor Gun Shields. The second award, valued at $12 million funds Loader’s Thermal Weapon Sights and Counter-Sniper Anti-Material Mounts.
Lessons learned during combat operations in Iraq led the US Army’s project manager for the Heavy Brigade Combat Team and General Dynamics to create TUSK. The add-on kit for M1A1- and M1A2-series tanks enhances crew survivability in urban environments and consists of added armor protection, a mine safety seat, Abrams reactive armor tiles and a tank infantry phone.
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
ThalesRaytheonSystems has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defense, government of Malaysia, to upgrade the Malaysian Air Defense Ground Environment system. Financial details of the contract were not disclosed.
The upgrade will create a new air defense sector operations center and includes the installation of one new long-range air defense radar.
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
The Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) System Block 10 team, led by Boeing with Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. providing the space vehicle, today announced completion of the payload electronics, high-speed gimbal and testing of the space vehicle’s visible sensor, enabling the start of payload integration and test.
The SBSS gimbal and visible sensor enable responsive tasking as events in space warrant. The Boeing-provided onboard payload computer performs immediate detection of space objects and provides future capability for improved Block 10 performance. Boeing’s architectural analysis shows this combination of capabilities significantly improves space situational awareness.
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Raytheon Company has received a $241 million U.S. Foreign Military Sales contract to provide the Republic of Korea with command and control, communications, maintenance support, and training equipment for the Patriot air and missile defense system. This production and support award complements the $28.7 million engineering services contract the company announced March 3.
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) is the prime contractor for the Patriot system and the integration of all variants of the system. The capability delivered will provide improved air and missile defense for South Korea.
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
EU governments on 09 April 2008 asked the European Defence Agency to produce an Armaments Strategy to help meet future military needs, ensure interoperability and standardization, and share the ever-increasing costs of developing and procuring high-technology defence equipment.
A two-day meeting of the EDA Steering Board also agreed a number of specific measures to intensify defence collaboration, including work on key technologies and industrial capabilities to be retained or developed in Europe, rules to help greater sharing of testing facilities, actions to encourage more cross-border bids for defence equipment contracts, and further investments in the Agency’s work on Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs).
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
KVH Industries, Inc., today announced that it has received a $6 million order for its precision DSP-3100 fiber optic gyros (FOGs) from Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace for use in the Protector family of remote weapon stations. The contract is subject to the successful completion of DSP-3100 testing and qualification. This order represents an initial procurement of DSP-3100 FOGs with shipments scheduled to begin during the third quarter of 2008.
The Protector family of remote weapon stations substantially improves crew safety and weapon accuracy by allowing gunners to operate, aim, and fire the weapon from inside the safety of their vehicles, taking the gunners out of turret positions where they are exposed to hostile fire.
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation on March 6, 2008, held a ceremony marking the delivery of the Mochishio submarine to the Japan Ministry of Defense (MOD) at its Kobe Shipyard’s Nishihama Quay. The ceremony was attended by a delegation of top MOD officials.
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
BAE Systems has cut metal on its first component for the F-35 Lightning II production aircraft. This opening cut, on a component part of the aft fuselage, signifies a major milestone for the F-35 Lightning II programme.
The metal cut is for the first production F-35 Lightning II aircraft which will enter into service with the US Air Force (USAF) in 2010 and follows the production contract announcement made in December last year. The contract - a Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract - is worth £25m to BAE Systems and will see the production of two conventional take off and landing variants.
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team has successfully completed a high-altitude afterburner testing program at the US Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tennessee, including common exhaust hardware for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. The F136 engine is a 40,000+ lb. thrust, combat engine that will be available to power all variants of the F-35 for the US military and eight partner nations. All test objectives were reached as planned using an engine configured with Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL) and Short Takeoff Vertical Landing (STOVL) common exhaust systems. The engine configuration included a production-size fan and functional augmentor allowing several run periods to full afterburner operation.
A second F136 engine continues testing at a unique GE test facility in Peebles, Ohio, including both CTOL and STOVL controls technology test missions. Testing began on schedule at Peebles and all of the CTOL test objectives were successfully accomplished in mid-March. STOVL testing will continue over upcoming weeks at the new GE test facility, which represents a multi-million dollar investment by the company.
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
On April 21 the US Air Force expects to surpass more than one million missions flown by US Air Force aircraft in the Global War on Terror since Sept. 11, 2001. Synchronized and integrated into larger Coalition air efforts, these missions represent the most deliberate, disciplined and precise air campaign in history.
U.S. Airmen launch more than 450 sorties daily as part of military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and surrounding areas, and in support of homeland defense. The missions are flown from bases in the United States and more than 100 deployed sites worldwide. Air Force airlift, air refueling, aeromedical evacuation, fighter and reconnaissance aircraft provide 24/7 capability to Coalition combat forces. As one of many examples, multiple combat air patrols are airborne 24-hours-a-day, persistently monitoring the battlefield and ready to aid friendly forces in contact with the enemy.
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
The government in Niger recently ordered Diamond Aircraft 42 Multi-Purpose Platforms (MPP) for border surveillance missions to inhibit smuggling and to protect critical infrastructures. The aircraft are equipped with Denel/Zeiss Goshawk cameras incorporating multiple sensors for daylight surveillance and nighttime observation using thermal sensors and a laser range finder.
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
With the handover of GT015, a German Twin-Seater aircraft, the final aircraft out of Tranche 1 destined for the four partner Air Forces of Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom in the core programme has been delivered on March 20, 2008.
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Only weeks after the successful trials on Frigates, the CAMCOPTER S-100 continued to prove its naval capabilities on 14th April south of Gran Canaria from a vessel of the Spanish Guardia Civil. The CAMCOPTER® S-100 demonstrated its outstanding capabilities as well as its naval versatility for the first time from a small vessel.
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