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Archives :: Defense and Aerospace Intelligence, legislation, jobs, programs, deals, policy, news and operations
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March 12, 2010
By Emelie Rutherford Called before Congress to explain delays and cost growth with Lockheed Martin's [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Pentagon officials said yesterday the aircraft's initial operational capability (IOC) for the Air Force and Navy will be...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/DoD-Confirms-F-35-IOC-Delays-50-percent-Nunn-McCurdy-Breach_9587.html March 12, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker The Coast Guard's cost estimates to complete its ongoing recapitalization of major assets such as aircraft, cutters and related communications has increased over $1 billion in the past year to $27.4 billion as the service dismantles the...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/Deepwater-Cost-Estimates-Creep-Up_9588.html March 12, 2010
By Marina Malenic Funding for development of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) should be sustained until a Defense Department requirements review for future weather satellites is completed, Air Force officials...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/Air-Force-Advocates-Continued-NPOESS-Funding-Warns-Over-Launch-Costs_9589.html March 12, 2010
By Marina Malenic President Barack Obama yesterday named Boeing [BA] CEO James McNerney to lead a U.S. export-promotion panel, just days after the Pentagon's latest attempt for a transatlantic industry partnership to develop a weapons systems fell flat. In a...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/Obama-Taps-Boeing-Exec-To-Advise-Export-Promotion-Effort_9590.html March 12, 2010
By Geoff Fein GeoEye, Inc. [GEOY] yesterday said it has selected Lockheed Martin [LMT] to build the geospatial imagery company's next- generation, high-resolution Earth imaging satellite system known as GeoEye-2, according to Lockheed Martin. Additionally...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/GeoEye-Picks-Lockheed-Martin-For-NGAs-EnhancedView-Satellite-Program_9591.html March 12, 2010
Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it was awarded a contract potentially worth $36.8 million over three years from the Army to support the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (TADS/PNVS) and Modernized TADS/PNVS (M-TADS/PNVS)...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/Lockheed-Martin-To-Support-Apache-Fire-Control-System_9592.html March 12, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker ATK [ATK] yesterday announced a realignment of its business groups, including the addition of a new one that will serve the law enforcement and sporting markets, naming new leaders for each one month after Mark DeYoung took the helm at the...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/New-ATK-Chief-Realigns-Business-Groups-And-Their-Leaders_9593.html March 11, 2010
By Emelie Rutherford A key senator pushed back yesterday on new House earmark reforms that would change Pentagon budgeting processes, leaving the proposed changes in question. The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) announced yesterday morning it will no...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/Senate-Resists-House-Ban-On-Earmarks-For-Private-Companies_9578.html March 11, 2010
Most of the non-competitive contracts that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded in FY '09 were made without properly following contracting regulations, according to a review of select awards conducted by the DHS Inspector General (IG). Of 39...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/DHS-IG-Finds-Rules-Not-Followed-In-Non-Competitive-Contract-Awards_9579.html March 11, 2010
By Ann Roosevelt Raytheon [RTN] has submitted its average missile unit production price for the Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System (NLOS-LS), coming in at about a third the cost of a government estimate, a company executive said. "The government has shared a...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/Raytheon-Submits-NLOS-LS-Missile-Unit-Production-Pricing-To-Army_9580.html March 11, 2010
By Geoff Fein While the submarine program continues to rapidly insert comemrcial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies to modernize the fleet, officials are also making sure the schoolhouses not only have the latest versions of equipment, but are providing the...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/Submarine-Learning-Center-Using-ARCI-Model-To-Get-Training-To-Sailors_9581.html March 11, 2010
Malcolm O'Neill yesterday was sworn in as assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology). The Senate confirmed O'Neill and several others March 4, after senators released...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/Army-Acquisition-Official-Sworn-In_9582.html March 10, 2010
By Emelie Rutherford Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a close watchdog of the contest to build the next Air Force tanker, said yesterday he will not fight to change Northrop Grumman's [NOC] decision to exit the contest and will closely monitor Boeing [BA] going...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/McCain-Wont-Fight-Northrop-Tanker-Exit-As-Hill-Weighs-Next-Step_9573.html March 10, 2010
By Marina Malenic The German government has launched a reevaluation of air defense alternatives ahead of a major design milestone for the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), a next- generation missile defense program it is developing along with Italy...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/Germany-Reevaluates-Need-for-MEADS-As-U-S-Army-MDA-Meet_9574.html March 10, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker The installation this year of 450 whole body imaging systems at some of the nation's airports should fit into existing aviation security checkpoints without significant modifications and their use is expected to barely increase passenger...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/TSA-Initial-AIT-Deployments-Will-Have-Minimal-Effect-On-Operations_9575.html March 10, 2010
By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] last week received a $171.8 million low-rate initial production (LRIP) contract from Northrop Grumman [NOC] for four AN/APY-9 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) radar systems for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, according to Lockheed...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/Lockheed-Martin-Gets-$171-Million-For-Additional-E-2D-AEW-Radars_9576.html March 10, 2010
By Ann Roosevelt The Defense Department Inspector General recommends continued live fire tests on Humvee recapitalization configurations and that DoD Director of Operational Test and Evaluation have oversight of those tests, according to a recent report. The...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/DoD-IG-Recommends-More-Live-Fire-Tests-On-Humvee-Recap-Configurations_9577.html March 9, 2010
By Marina Malenic Northrop Grumman [NOC] will not bid for a multi-billion-dollar Pentagon deal to build a new fleet of Air Force tankers, the company's CEO said yesterday. "After a comprehensive analysis of the final [request for proposals], Northrop Grumman...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/Northrop-Grumman-Bows-Out-of-Tanker-Bidding_9562.html March 9, 2010
By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] are completing their prototypes after having spent the past three years working to be one of the two selectees to develop the Navy's Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise System (CANES) program...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/Lockheed-Martin-Northrop-Grumman-Face-Fast-Paced-CANES-SDD-Phase_9563.html March 9, 2010
By Ann Roosevelt The 5th Brigade, 1st Armor Division Army Evaluation Task Force (AETF), is preparing for evaluations this year at the brigade level covering the full spectrum of effort, the director of the Army's Future Force Integration Directorate (FFID)...http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/dd/AETF-Prepares-For-Brigade-Level-Full-Spectrum-Operations-Evaluations-General-Says_9564.html
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