http://www.defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2008 Sun, 7 Sep 2008 4:26:31 EDT By Ann Roosevelt New UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopters (LUH) fielding to the Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida National Guard units are mission ready, according to officials. Mississippi and Lousiana each now have four LUHs and will receive another... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3874.html Fri, 5 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon ordered $752 million worth of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs) from International Military and Government (IMG) yesterday, and tapped two other MRAP builders to create test versions of lighter MRAP-like... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3875.html Fri, 5 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Calvin Biesecker SAIC [SAI] on Wednesday posted solid second quarter results led by strong organic growth and record sales and a modest increase in income from continuing operations, which was hindered by non-recurring charges related to a civil judgment... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3879.html Fri, 5 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT General Dynamics [GD] Santa Barbara Sistemas Sept. 3 said it was awarded an approximately $102 million contract by the Spanish government to supply RG-31 Mk5E mine protected vehicles for the army. General Dynamics Santa Barbara Sistemas is one of four... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3865.html Thu, 4 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Aerojet [GY] said its boost motor passed the final qualification static test firing for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program. The THAAD program is managed by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and by prime contractor and systems integrator... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3843.html Wed, 3 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it received a $61 million follow-on low rate production contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Unitary rockets. To date, more than 850 GMLRS rockets have been fired in the Global War on... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3844.html Wed, 3 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT iRobot (IRBT) yesterday announced it has been awarded a five-year, $200 million ceiling priced Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract for service orders for military robots, spare parts, training and repair services. The award, from the Army... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3849.html Wed, 3 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Sikorsky [UTX] last week successfully completed the first flight of its X2 Technology Demonstrator, maneuvering the prototype aircraft through hover, forward flight, and a hover turn, in a test flight that lasted approximately 30 minutes. Sikorsky Chief Test... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3808.html Tue, 2 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Ann Roosevelt Northrop Grumman [NOC] says it set new industry records in all aspects of high-power solid-state laser production, demonstrating the readiness of these compact, portable, speed-of-light weapons to take their place on the battlefield. The... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3810.html Tue, 2 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Turkey's first national main battle tank, The ALTAY Project, is under way under prime contractor Koc Group's Otokar. The estimated budget for design, prototype production, tests and qualification of the ALTAY Tank, which will provide new technologies and... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3804.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Ann Roosevelt Boeing [BA] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] were awarded options to continue advancing work on a High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD) able to counter rockets, artillery and mortars (RAM). The Army Space and Missile Defense... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3783.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Calvin Biesecker Serco Group said yesterday that its United States-based division Serco Inc., has agreed to acquire federal services provider SI International [SINT] for $423 million in cash in a deal that would create a $1 billion-plus federal contractor... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3785.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Ann Roosevelt Boeing [BA] received a five-year, $4.3 billion Army contract for 181 CH-48F Chinook helicopters and 10 more Chinooks under fiscal year 2008 supplemental funding. The award contains options for an additional 24 aircraft over the course of the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3777.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Army's TACOM Life Cycle Management Command will hold an Omnibus Industry Day Aug. 27 at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. "TARDEC has a rich history of creating successful partnerships with industry," TARDEC Director Grace Bochenek said... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3767.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT], under HELLFIRE Services Limited Liability Company (HSLLC), will produce additional combat-proven Hellfirer II precision- strike, laser-guided air-to-ground missiles for U.S. and international armed forces under a $357... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3769.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Army Research Development and Engineering Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., has awarded General Dynamics' [GD] Armament and Technical Products approximately $15.7 million for the first year's production on a six-year contract for Joint Service... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3739.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Lockheed Martin [LMT] Aug. 21 announced it received an $80 million Army contract for additional Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) Unitary missiles. Under the contract, issued by Army Aviation & Missile Command, deliveries for the order will begin in... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3741.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Ann Roosevelt General Dynamics [GD] received an Army contract valued potentially at $326.5 million to produce Stryker Mobile Gun System (MGS) variant vehicles. The contract, issued by Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command to GD's Land Systems business... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3744.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT ManTech International [MANT] yesterday said it has received a potential $820 million contract to provide support to the Army's bomb clearing and troop transport vehicles being used in Iraq and Afghanistan. The contract is the largest ever received by... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3720.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT AeroVironment Inc.(AVAV) yesterday announced it received $4.6 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) capable of performing "hover/perch and stare" missions. The stealthy... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/3723.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT