http://www.defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2009 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 1:17:00 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... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8544.html Mon, 9 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... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8536.html 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... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8541.html Fri, 6 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... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8523.html 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... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8526.html Thu, 5 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST By Geoff Fein Although much of the Navy's work in open architecture (OA) has been on the acquisition side of the service, efforts are underway on the requirements side to "better align its processes to take advantage of an advanced capability build (ACB)... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8519.html Wed, 4 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford The head of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) said yesterday he expects to focus acutely on the war in Afghanistan in the near future, and predicted Congress will need to approve supplemental war funding later this fiscal year... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8522.html Wed, 4 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford A senior lawmaker told Defense Daily he foresees acute congressional oversight of the Pentagon's procurement processes and Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) as defense weapon systems come under increased scrutiny. House Armed Services... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8503.html Tue, 3 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST By Geoff Fein As the Navy begins to incorporate unmanned systems into the fleet, service officials are going to have to deal with a number of challenges ranging from acceptance of the new technologies to how best to procure them, according to the Chief of... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8504.html Tue, 3 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Production of new all-terrain, mine-resistant trucks is ahead of schedule and is on track to ramp up to 1,000 vehicles per month in December, defense acquisition officials said yesterday at the Pentagon. Oshkosh Corp. [OSK] built 159 more... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8507.html Tue, 3 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford A senior lawmaker said he sees merit in a proposal to mandate defense firms turn over technical specifications of their weapon systems to the Pentagon to allow additional companies to build the equipment. "We might have to do it at... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8496.html Mon, 2 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST 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/sectors/navy_usmc/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/sectors/navy_usmc/8474.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein In its seventh quarterly report to Congress on naval open architecture (NOA), the service has again demonstrated progress toward encouraging competition, building modular design and interoperable joint warfighting applications, identifying... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8464.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT ITT Corp. [ITT] has received a $169.3 million contract from Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) as part of the AN/SPS-48G Radar Obsolescence, Availability Recovery (ROAR) program, the company reported. The five-year contract has a base year value of $29... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8467.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford President Obama declared yesterday he will sign the defense authorization bill into law this week, quashing any lingering speculation he could veto the legislation because it supports an aircraft engine Pentagon leaders do not want... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8419.html Tue, 27 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/sectors/navy_usmc/8424.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT A Lockheed Martin [LMT]-led industry team completed a successful Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Navy's Communications at Speed and Depth (CSD) program that will deliver real-time, two-way communications to submarines without having to rise to... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8425.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Senior lawmakers predicted President Obama will not veto the final Pentagon policy bill the Senate passed yesterday because it authorizes an aircraft engine program the Pentagon opposes. The Senate voted late yesterday, via a 68-29... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8400.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT A Navy inspection team that reviewed recent ship trials for the Coast Guard's second Legend-class National Security Cutter, Waesche has recommended that the Coast Guard accept the vessel. The recommendation by the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey paves... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/8403.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT