Archive: Business/Financial

Bell Helicopter, Army, Sign Cooperative Agreement To Develop CBM Technologies

C4I | 12/06/2007 | DDN

Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] and the Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) have signed an agreement to develop and mature state-of-the- art condition based maintenance (CBM) technologies. Bell’s winning proposal for this three-year program includes risk sharing partners Honeywell [HON] and Goodrich Corporation [GR], and a variety of internationally recognized universities, small businesses, and consultants. […]

Navy, Industry, Tackle Unmanned Systems Operation From LCS

Defense Daily | 12/06/2007 | DDN

By Geoff Fein The Navy and Northrop Grumman [NOC] are working to develop, test and eventually integrate technologies onto both variants of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) that will enable mission module crews to operate multiple unmanned systems from a common control station. The Program Executive Officer for Littoral and Mine Warfare (PEO LMW) has […]

Boeing Confident HH-47 Will Prevail Again In New CSAR-X Competition

Defense Daily | 12/05/2007 | DDN

By Michael Sirak The Boeing [BA] HH-47 helicopter will prevail once again in the Air Force’s revised CSAR-X competition because it is the best platform for the combat- search-and-rescue mission, the company official in charge of the HH-47 program said yesterday. "We remain confident Boeing’s HH-47 is the best value choice and, in the end, […]

TSA, Continental, Pilot Paperless Boarding Pass

Defense Daily | 12/05/2007 | DDN

By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Continental Airlines [CAL] kicked off a new pilot project this week at George Bush International Airport that allows passengers to receive their boarding passes electronically on their cell phones or PDAs, eliminating the need for a paper boarding pass. Moreover, unlike the current paper boarding passes, […]

Cross Match, L-1, Receive Initial U.S.-VISIT Upgrade Orders

Defense Daily | 12/05/2007 | DDN

By Calvin Biesecker Cross Match Technologies and L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] have received initial orders for both companies’ 10-print fingerprint systems as part of an upgrade of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) U.S.-VISIT program that requires collecting 10 fingerprints from most foreign travelers into the United States instead of the current two. L-1 is […]

Galil Motion Control Aids 360-Degree Surveillance, Soldier Protection

Defense Daily | 12/05/2007 | DDN

By Ann Roosevelt More than 100 Galil Motion Control components are part of PVP Advanced Electro-Optical Systems Inc., (PVPAEO), which supply the General Dynamics [GD] Stryker Mobile Gun System (MGS) with a Commanders Pan Viewer System (CPV)–that gives commanders a 360 degree view of the world, its threats and dangers, from inside the vehicle, according […]

Air Force, Boeing, Demonstrate Technology For Automated Refueling of Unmanned Aircraft

Defense Daily | 12/05/2007 | DDN

The Air Force and a Boeing [BA]-led industry team have demonstrated in-flight the ability of unmanned aircraft to rendezvous autonomously with tanker aircraft so that they could be refueled in flight, the Chicago-based company said yesterday. The flight test occurred under phase one of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)-sponsored Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) program. […]

MDA Close Up Seeker Imaging Test Deemed Successful

Defense Daily | 12/05/2007 | DDN

By Ann Roosevelt Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Trey Obering yesterday announced that a seeker characterization test Dec. 3 for the Net-Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE) was successfully conducted at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), N.M. Preliminary indications are that planned flight test objectives were achieved. The test involved the successful […]

Axsys Technologies Realigns To Enhance Security Focus

Defense Daily | 12/05/2007 | DDN

Axsys Technologies [AXYS] on Monday said it has sold its non-core Distributed Products business and has realigned its organizational structure to focus on its security, defense and space markets. Under the new organization Axsys will have two business units: the Surveillance Systems Group and the Imaging Systems Group. Surveillance Systems will consist of all infrared […]

General Dynamics UK Ltd. Collaborates With UWE To Develop Facial Recognition System

Defense Daily | 12/05/2007 | DDN

General Dynamics [GD] United Kingdom Limited subsidiary yesterday announced it is collaborating with the University of the West of England (UWE), the Imperial College London, the Home Office Scientific Development Branch, Identity Solutions Ltd., and the International Association for Biometrics, to advance facial recognition techniques. The team is researching 3-D imaging techniques as part of […]