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Northrop Grumman Began Preparing For Possible Sale of TASC Last Year

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

By Calvin Biesecker Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said that it began exploring options for its advisory services business more than a year ago based on what it thought its customers would require of contractors to avoid organizational conflicts of interest...

NNSA Proposes Smaller--But Not Smallest--Uranium Processing Facility

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

By George Lobsenz Facing budget constraints and the possibility of even deeper cuts in the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal than currently planned, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has preliminarily proposed building a scaled-back Uranium...

Adaptive Operational Army Requires Adaptive Institution

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

By Ann Roosevelt A versatile, adaptable operational Army facing an uncertain security environment needs a continuously adaptive institution as well, a top general said. "I'm talking about the processes that in the department don't need to be as long as they...

N2/N6 To Become Lead For Navy's Maritime Domain Awareness Efforts

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

By Geoff Fein In the week since the Navy stood up its new Director of Information Dominance (N2/N6), the organization is moving ahead to become the single point of contact within the service for Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), according to a top Navy...

New Law May Spur Firms Beyond Northrop Grumman To Divest Units

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

By Emelie Rutherford More large defense firms may emulate Northrop Grumman [NOC] and sell off advisory-services units because of amplified concerns in Washington about organizational conflicts of interest, industry observers said. When President Barack Obama...

Defense Watch

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Taxing Wars. HAC-D Chairman John Murtha (D-Pa.) thinks Congress should consider raising taxes to pay for the war costs, including a potential U.S. troop increase in Afghanistan. "We've got to...

Lockheed Martin Wants To Put Common Radio Room Into Australian Subs

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] is looking to market its Common Radio Room (CRR) to U.S. partner nations, with the first effort to demonstrate the system to the Australian navy, a company official said. CRR has been adopted by the Navy for use on Seawolf...

Rheinmetall-Led Consortium To Build Demonstrator To Protect Bases Abroad

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

A consortium led by Germany's Rheinmetall Defence plans to build a prototype version of a fully networked system for protecting Bundeswehr camps, semi-static bases and similar installations. Germany's Federal Agency for Defence Technology and Procurement...

Army Works With EnerDel On New System For Hybrid Humvee

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

Automotive lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel Inc. will be working under a $1.29 million contract with the Army to develop a next-generation battery system for the hybrid version of the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (Humvee), to be known as the...

Murtha: Latest Tanker Fight Bolsters Case For Split Buy

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

By Emelie Rutherford The House's lead defense appropriator said yesterday industry and congressional squabbling over the Air Force's latest solicitation for aerial-refueling tankers proves the best way to dodge further delays with the aircraft is to have both...

Pentagon To Outline F-35 Terms, Pricing For Israel By January, Official Says

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

By Marina Malenic The Defense Department will provide Israel with final price details for specially modified F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in January, potentially paving the way for the country to become the first international buyer of the new aircraft, a...

House Panel Approves Removing FEMA From DHS

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee yesterday approved legislation that would remove the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and reestablish it as an independent agency reporting directly...

BAE Systems Appoints Bob Murphy As President Land & Armaments Group

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

BAE Systems yesterday announced the appointment of Bob Murphy as President of BAE Systems Land & Armaments operating group. Murphy succeeds Linda Hudson, appointed President and CEO of BAE Systems Inc., Oct. 26 (Defense Daily, Oct. 27). At that time...

General Dynamics Submits FRES SV Proposal, Taps Lockheed Martin For Turret

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

General Dynamics UK [GD] has submitted the latest version of its Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development (ASCOD) vehicle for the U.K. Future Rapid Effect System Specialist Vehicle (FRES-SV) program in competition with the BAE Systems' CV90 vehicle. Also...

ONR: Taking OA Approach To Run Multiple RF Bands Through A Single Aperture

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

By Geoff Fein While much of the discussion about open architecture (OA) focuses on freeing up hardware and software, at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), they are in the midst of an effort to develop a system that can simultaneously run various radio...

Army Increment 1 BCT Modernization Moves Another Step Toward Production

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

By Ann Roosevelt Boeing [BA] yesterday announced the Increment 1 capabilities of the Army's Brigade Combat Team Modernization program successfully completed their Production Readiness Review (PRR), and demonstrated readiness to move to a production decision...

Mullen: War Supplemental Needed, Programs Scrutinized In Next Budget

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

By Emelie Rutherford The military's top officer predicted yesterday the Pentagon will seek supplemental war funding this fiscal year, reinforcing lawmakers' stance that the Bush administration practice of covering wartime costs via emergency spending bills is...

TeleCommunication Systems Acquires Small Firm Specializing In Cyber Security

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. [TSYS] this week said it has acquired Solvern Innovations Inc., a provider of wireless communications products and solutions and training to customers in the Department of Defense and intelligence community. Terms of the deal...

Boeing Cautiously Moving Forward To Develop Blog Presence, Spokesman Says

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

By Geoff Fein Despite an embarrassing false-start recently into the blogosphere, Boeing [BA] is continuing to look at ways to upgrade its presence on the Internet including the use of social media, a company official said. Boeing has launched several websites...

Navy Surface Fleet Future Is In The ACBs

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST

By Geoff Fein With the completion of advanced capability build (ACB) 08 on the USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), Navy officials are now turning their attention to follow-on ACBs to begin opening up and competing combat system components to add new capabilities to the...