http://www.defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2009 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 5:03:01 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... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8544.html Mon, 9 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) this week said it has signed a contract with Poland's Maritime Office in Gdynia for upgrading the SSC Maritime Surveillance System originally installed in 1993 on LET 410 SP-MBA aircraft. "The aircraft is used for national... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8531.html Fri, 6 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST Sweden's Gripen last week said the Hungarian air force declared 14 Gripen fighters operational for QRA tasks (Quick Reaction Alert) over Hungarian territory and air space and ready to take on... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8532.html Fri, 6 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST SAFRAN Group this week said the French defense procurement agency DGA has chosen Sagem over a field of competing companies to design the datalink system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). According... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8533.html Fri, 6 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST As part of a Canadian project to strengthen domestic operations, Navistar Defense this week said it received a $231 million contract to provide the Department of National Defence with Military Commercial off the Shelf (MILCOTS) vehicles. "MILCOTS vehicles... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8534.html Fri, 6 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST Chief of the Australian Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, met with his counterpart Commander in Chief, Indonesian Armed Forces, General Djoko Santoso, this week in Jakarta to sign a Joint Statement on Defence Cooperation. The Statement is an... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8535.html Fri, 6 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST L-3 WESCAM, a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications [LLL], announced this week it has been selected by Boeing [BA] to supply fifteen digital electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) imaging sensors for the Canadian Medium-Heavy Lift Helicopter program... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8479.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT The U.K. Parliament will host the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's 55th Annual Session from Nov. 13-17, bringing together in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, some 340 parliamentarians from the 28 NATO member countries from North America and Europe as well as delegates... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8480.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT ITT Corp. [ITT] this week announced the successful completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the Reliability and Modification (REMO) 870 radar Modification Kit Upgrade Program for the Swedish Defence Material Administration, FMV. The CDR milestone... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8481.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT General Dynamics [GD] United Kingdom Limited and Bubblephone Ltd recently announced they have demonstrated to senior MoD officials the innovative C-THRU network optimization software running on the Bowman military communications network. The C-THRU software... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8482.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT Japan and the U.S. Missile Defense agency (MDA) this week announced the successful intercept flight test of an Aegis Ballistic Missile (BMD) in cooperation with the U.S. Navy off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii. Japan Flight Test Mission 3 (JFTM-3) verified the... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8483.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT Boeing [BA] recently said it has submitted two proposals to the Indian Air Force, offering the AH-64D Apache and the CH-47F Chinook for India's attack and heavy-lift helicopter competitions. India is seeking 22 attack helicopters and 15 transport helicopters... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8484.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT British-based BAE Systems plc this week named Linda Hudson president and CEO of BAE Systems Inc., the North American arm of the global company, effective immediately. "My role will be to develop strategies going forward to work with the leaders of the two... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8485.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT Cobham celebrates 75 years Oct. 29, the date in 1934 aviation pioneer and innovator Sir Alan Cobham founded Flight Refuelling Ltd. By 1934, Sir Alan Cobham had already established his reputation as an aviation pioneer, passionate about making the aircraft a... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8486.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein Wednesday's latest test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) continued to demonstrate the success of Raytheon's [RTN] Standard Missile-3 (SM- 3), and was the second positive test this month for the company's SM family. "It couldn't... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8489.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein Now is the time for the Navy to begin investing in research and development to build the replacement for the current Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), according to the service's top submarine commander. The timing is essential if... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8474.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $1 billion contract for continued development and evolution of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System, the company said. Under the terms of the contract, Lockheed Martin's... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8424.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT Boeing [BA] Oct. 21 announced it has successfully completed its industrial cooperation program for the AH-64D Apache Armed Helicopter Program for the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs. This achievement, reached one year ahead of schedule and exceeding... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8394.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT Canadian Helicopters Income Fund Oct. 20 announced it received of a Notice of Intent from the U.S. Department of Defense to exercise "Option Year 1" of its contract with Canadian Helicopters to provide transportation services in Afghanistan. The extension... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8395.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT Oshkosh Corp. [OSK] Oct. 19 announced the first Logistics Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR) has been deployed with the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan, with two additional vehicles set to be delivered later in October. All three vehicles are cargo variants... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/ddi/8396.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT