http://www.defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2009 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 0:59:17 EDT Cobham this week announced it has been awarded a five year, portential $110 million Indefinite Delivery, Definite Quantity (IDDQ) contract from the Army to provide Microclimate Cooling Systems to the Air Warrior program office. Cobham's initial task order is... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7391.html Tue, 7 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT Boeing [BA] Defence UK Ltd. this week announced that a U.K. Chinook Mk3 helicopter successfully completed its first test flight June 6 during the flight testing and evaluation phase of the Mk3 reversion program. A Boeing team that includes key suppliers... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7392.html Tue, 7 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT AeroVironment (AV) [AVAV] this week said it has accomplished a technical milestone never before achieved: the controlled hovering flight of an air vehicle system with two flapping wings that carries its own energy source and uses only the flapping wings for... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7393.html Tue, 7 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT Northrop Grumman's [NOC] land based MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS), designated P7, successfully completed first flight operations at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., paving the way for a busy summer and fall, according to a company... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7394.html Tue, 7 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT As personnel at Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) are finding that even in the early introduction of Open Architecture (OA) into the Unmanned Combat Air Systems (UCAS) program, they are realizing cost savings, a program official said. "What happened was we... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7395.html Tue, 7 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] delivered the first production Target Sight System, designed to improve the Marine Corps AH-1Z Cobra helicopter's ability to identify, track and engage targets at standoff ranges, a company official said. Lockheed Martin... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7377.html Mon, 6 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT Boeing [BA] June 23 announced a successful demonstration of AH-64D Apache Block III prototype helicopter Level IV unmanned aircraft system (UAS) connectivity June 8 during a flight test over the Arizona desert. Level IV UAS connectivity is one of the key... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7256.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT Pratt & Whitney [UTX] has established a strategic university partnership with Ohio State University focused on world-class engineering research in the field of power transmission and gear technology for aviation engines. Pratt & Whitney will work with... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7257.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT U.S. aerospace companies recently announced their intention to expand their presence in the booming unmanned military aircraft market, as a miniature helicopter became the first drone ever shown in flight at the Paris Air Show. Annual sales of unmanned aerial... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7258.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT EADS North America and its subsidiary, American Eurocopter, said they've selected five companies to make up the industry team providing components and subsystems for the UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter Security and Support (S&S) mission equipment... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7259.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT Boeing [BA] is awaiting the results of a new Defense Department analysis of the military's combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) helicopter needs to determine whether it will again bid its CH-47 Chinook or will instead put its money on the V-22 Osprey when the... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7260.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT Britain's BAE Systems recently said it has completed its acquisition of Arizona-based Advanced Ceramics Research Inc., a producer of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and advanced materials. "The acquisition of Advanced Ceramics... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7261.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT LaBarge Inc. [LB] has been awarded a $2.3 million contract from Northrop Grumman [NOC] to continue to produce electronic equipment for the AN/AAQ-24(V) Directional Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) system. LaBarge has worked on the program for more than a... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7262.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT Rockwell Collins [COL] this week introduced a next-generation simulation architecture leveraging advanced technologies and a modular design to maximize life cycle value and enhance training effectiveness across military and civil training platforms. Deigned... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7093.html Tue, 9 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT FLIR Systems announced this week a number of recent orders are expanding the company's presence on Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters. Since the beginning of 2009, more than 60 of FLIR Systems' Star SAFIRE and BRITE Star class systems have been ordered for U.S... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7094.html Tue, 9 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT The lead Republican on a House panel preparing to craft its version of the defense budget voiced concern recently about the Pentagon's proposed changes to the Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) program, yet predicted few changes to the administration's revamped... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7095.html Tue, 9 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT Britain's BAE Systems this week said it has completed its acquisition of Arizona-based Advanced Ceramics Research Inc., a producer of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and advanced materials. "The acquisition of Advanced Ceramics... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7096.html Tue, 9 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT ATK [ATK] and Israel's Elbit Systems [ESLT] June 1 said they have successfully conducted flight tests in Israel of the Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket (GATR). "In a recent demonstration, conducted in Israel, GATR was deployed from a helicopter using a... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7097.html Tue, 9 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT The Air Force's RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft is now projected to experience a nine-month delay in a major testing and certification milestone, but a Defense Department review of the program has given it the green light to continue... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7098.html Tue, 9 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT AeroVironment (AV) (AVAV) recnetly announced cumulative program funding of more than $120 million with the government exercise of an option to build a third Global Observer aircraft for the Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program. Since the... http://www.defensedaily.com/publications/hn/7099.html Tue, 9 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT