Reporter: Business/Homeland Security
Defense Daily
Ph: 434-242-7750
Cal Biesecker
Articles By Cal
-
THAAD Missile Defense System Intercepts Targets In IOT&E Flight Test
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Army said they conducted a flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system yesterday, detecting, tracking and intercepting two […]
-
ArmyRetrain On Fundamentals, Including Discipline, Army General Says
As the Army leaves Iraq and eventually Afghanistan, the force must retrain on the fundamentals that had to be put aside due to the urgencies of current conflict–and this means […]
-
Army
BAE Systems To Upgrade Howitzers For Chile
BAE Systems yesterday said it received a $15.8 million contract to refurbish and upgrade 12 M109A5 howitzers for the Chilean Government through a foreign military sales contract. “The howitzers will […]
-
Army
Army To Acquire More Sentinel Air Defense Radars
ThalesRaytheonSystems yesterday said the Army will procure 56 Improved Sentinel Battlefield Air Defense AN/MPQ-64 Radars. "The Sentinel battlefield radar not only meets the needs of today’s soldier, but will grow […]
-
Army
BAE System M777 Howitzers On Order For Army Brigades
BAE Systems yesterday said the Defense Department ordered 70 BAE lightweight M777 howitzers to begin equipping the Army’s Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCT). Valued at $134 million, the order takes […]
-
Army
New Chairman Provides A Few Key Themes As Tour Starts
On his first day on the job, the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin Dempsey sent a letter to the joint force pointing to key […]
-
InternationalCHC Helicopter Orders 20 Additional Super Puma Helicopters
CHC Helicopter has ordered and will incorporate 20 more Eurocopter EC225s Super Puma twin-engine helicopters into its operations over the next several years, CHC and European Aeronautic Defence and Space‘s […]
-
Air ForceNew Defense Leadership Takes Shape As Dempsey Becomes Joint Chiefs Chairman
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey was sworn in as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Sept. 30, setting the stage for a nearly entirely new team leading the Department of […]
-
DEFENSE WATCH
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Iraqi F-16s. The government of Iraq has transferred its first payment for 18 of Lockheed Martin’s F-16C fighter jets, […]
-
Army
Army Expects Humvee Recap Draft RFP Early Next Month
The government has released its executive summary of its plans for an Up Armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle Competitive Recapitalization and Modernization program. Cost is a major driver, and […]