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UncategorizedNavSea EOD Unit Doing Market Research on Automated Explosive Detection
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NavSea) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology Division is surveying for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and near-COTS systems capable of automated explosive detection at entry access points […]
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UncategorizedWhile Boeing Awaits Approval For F/A-18 Multi Year, Eyes Foreign Sales
By Geoff Fein Boeing [BA] is confident that Congress will pass a bill this month making two technical changes so that the Department of Defense (DoD) and the aerospace firm […]
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UncategorizedL-3 Link To Provide First UH-60M Crew Training Simulators
L-3 [LLL] Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) has been awarded a contract modification from Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC] to provide three UH-60M Operational Flight Trainers (OFTs) to support of […]
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UncategorizedLockheed Martin To Provide More Arrowhead Kits For AH-64Ds
The Army has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $260 million follow-on production contract for the combat-proven Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS), known as Arrowheadr, for the […]
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UncategorizedBoeing, Netherlands Air Force Make History, AH-64D Flies On Blended Fuel
Boeing [BA] and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) yesterday made aviation history when a Boeing AH-64D Apache became the first rotorcraft in the world to fly using a blend […]
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UncategorizedLockheed Martin’s JAGM Completes F/A-18 E/F Wind Tunnel Tests
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday that it has successfully completed an extensive series of wind tunnel tests of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system. The tests simulated the flight environments […]
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UncategorizedSAIC Acquires Forterra Simulation And Collaboration Software
SAIC [SAI] recently said it has acquired an on-line simulation and collaboration software product line from Forterra Systems, Inc., which provides a real- time virtual world enabling interpersonal interation through […]
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UncategorizedKaminski, Lyles, Appointed To Defense Science Board
The Defense Department yesterday announced the appointments of Paul Kaminski as chairman of the Defense Science Board for a term effective immediately through Dec. 31, 2011, and retired Air Force […]
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UncategorizedMissile Defense Testing, GMD Studies Sought In Senate Bill
By Emelie Rutherford The defense policy bill the Senate is expected to debate this month calls for the Pentagon to craft detailed plans for two much-debated aspects of the Ballistic […]
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UncategorizedNavy Sticks By Plan to Terminate VH-71, Cuts MLP and F/A-18E/F Buys
By Geoff Fein The Navy reiterated its position that it is terminating the VH-71 presidential helicopter program and using leftover funding from the research and development effort for both anticipated […]