Defense Daily
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Pratt: First Joint Strike Fighter STOVL Test Flight To Be Mid-2008 Or Late 2008
By Emelie Rutherford HARTFORD, Conn.–The Marine Corps’ variant of the developmental Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is expected to fly for the first time in short-take-off-and-vertical-landing (STOVL) mode either late summer […]
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BAE Completes First Run of Its Mk38 Mod 2 Weapon System For Navy
By Geoff Fein The Navy is expected to order an additional 62 BAE Systems‘ Mk 38 Mod 2 weapon systems with the possibility of an additional 20 more in 2008, […]
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Lockheed Martin Completes Power Tests On LCS-1, Still Sees Late Summer Delivery
By Emelie Rutherford The first Littoral Combat Ship built by Lockheed Martin [LMT] successfully completed an operational test of its electrical system and is on track to be delivered to […]
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Australia Continues F/A-18 Super Hornet Project
Australia will continue with the F/A-18 Super Hornet program, produced by Boeing [BA], based on advice from its ongoing Defence Review, the government said March 17. In addition, the government […]
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Acquisition Reforms Making Progress But More Needs To Be Done, SECNAV Says
By Geoff Fein While the Navy’s efforts at acquisition reform are progressing in a positive manner, Navy Secretary Donald Winter says there is still work that needs to be done […]
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Analyst: Congress Could Consider Options For Accelerating Sub Production
By Jen DiMascio A congressional analyst told a House panel last week that accelerating the purchase of submarines to three in two years could be an interim step toward reaching […]
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[March 19, 2008]
// PDF View- AMC-14 Satellite Launched On Proton/Breeze M Rocket From Baikonur Fails To Reach Right Orbit
- Boeing, Northrop Grumman Officials Say Protest Effort Will Be Difficult
- BAE Completes First Run of Its Mk38 Mod 2 Weapon System For Navy
- Lockheed Martin Completes Power Tests On LCS-1, Still Sees Late Summer Delivery
- Australia Continues F/A-18 Super Hornet Project
- Acquisition Reforms Making Progress But More Needs To Be Done, SECNAV Says
- Analyst: Congress Could Consider Options For Accelerating Sub Production
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AMC-14 Satellite Launched On Proton/Breeze M Rocket From Baikonur Fails To Reach Right Orbit
An AMC-14 satellite was launched Saturday on a Proton/Breeze M rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, but it failed to reach proper orbit because of a problem with a burn […]
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Boeing, Northrop Grumman Officials Say Protest Effort Will Be Difficult
By Jen DiMascio If there’s one thing in the Air Force’s aerial refueling tanker competition that Boeing [BA] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] can agree on, it’s that the likelihood of […]
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Homeland Security
TSA Expanding Use of Canines For Air Cargo, Mass Transit Security
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said last week that it will train and certify 400 new explosive detection canine teams for use in mass transit systems and for sniffing out […]