Source: US Department of Defense
Science Applications International Corp., of San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for a maximum of $49 million. This action will provide research and development under BAA entitled “High Energy Research and Application (HERA),” Call 0001 entitled HERA/High power microwave technologies.
Source: US Department of Defense
IMPACT Science & Technology, Nashua, N.H., is being awarded a $28,447,410 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-6319) for the production and support of 550 JCREW 2.1 Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) electronic warfare systems to meet urgent DoD requirements in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
By Peter La Franchi , Correspondent
Sydney
The US Air Force (USAF) is this month commencing flight testing of a prototype wideband communications suite planned to equip an Aerovironment Global Observer endurance UAV under an ongoing joint concept technology demonstration led by the US Special Operations Command.
The flight trials programme will use the USAF’s Boeing 707 Paul Revere airborne networking test bed as a UAV surrogate ahead of Global Observer availability.
The communications suite is intended to provide a complete ‘switchboard’ capability at altitude over battlefield areas. A laboratory version has already undergone extensive testing says Thomas Lee, from Ultra Electronics ATS advanced programming concepts group, which is developing the payload in conjunction with the USAF’s 653 Electronics Systems Wing at Hanscom Air Force Base and the Global Cyberspace Integration Center at Langley Air Force Base.
Source: McAfee
McAfee, the world’s largest dedicated security provider, recently announced the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) validation of McAfee Policy Auditor 5.0. Classified as a Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) Scanner and Authenticated Configuration Scanner, Policy Auditor 5.0 is the first enterprise-ready product to achieve this validation, enabling U.S. Federal agencies to comply with the FDCC baseline. Read the rest of this entry »
Source: BAE Systems
PHOENIX, Arizona – BAE Systems has received an order from the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) for 1,320 Headborne Energy Analysis and Diagnostic Systems (HEADS), a sensor system placed inside helmets that will help scientists analyze and understand the forces that Marines sustain during impact and blast events that could lead to brain injury.
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Source: Raytheon
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was recognized in the presentation of the U.S. Navy’s 2008 Team Submarine Excellence Award to the Navy’s Submarine Acoustic Systems Program Office (PMS 401) and Submarine Combat System Program Office (PMS 425). As a member of the team, Raytheon was cited for the development and successful delivery of the ARCI and AN/BYG-1 TI-06 submarine sonar and combat control systems.
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Source: Saab
Different factors have had and continue to have an adverse impact on Saab, mainly through delays in order intake for major international projects and uncertainties in respect of Swedish defence material spending. Delays in ongoing major commercial aircraft projects have led to a revised, lower production plan in Saab’s aerostructures business. Also, market development for the technology business in South Africa is weaker than anticipated.
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Source: US Navy
USS Virginia (SSN 774) conducted the strike portion of its class’ Operational Evaluation (OPEVAL) by launching three Tomahawk Cruise Missiles. Virginia fired two Block III Tomahawks – one from a vertical launch tube and another from a torpedo tube – and one Block IV Tomahawk from a vertical tube between August 28 and 29 in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Source: UK MoD
Responsibility for Fast Air Support and Tactical Reconnaissance for Operation TELIC has transferred to Lossiemouth-based 617 Squadron, ‘The Dambusters’, enabling personnel from 12 (Bomber) Squadron a well-earned rest following a demanding two month deployment.
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Source: US Air Force Air Combat Command
Even though Hurricane Gustav made landfall hundreds of miles away, Airmen from the 480th Intelligence Wing here [Langley Air Force Base, Virginia] are playing a critical support role.
The same intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets that are used to support contingency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, also play a valuable role during natural disasters like Gustav.
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As editor of this new title, Peter brings more than two decades of experience in aerospace and defence journalism to the role. He has served as Technology Editor of the Shephard Press magazines Defence Helicopter, RotorHub and Unmanned Vehicles. He also launched and served as Editor of several Shephard annual publications including the Military Helicopter Handbook, the Civil Helicopter Handbook, the Public Service Aviation Handbook, the Night Vision Handbook, the Electronic Warfare Handbook, the Digital Battlespace Handbook and the Simulation and Training Handbook. Peter also writes for the helicopter news website Rotorhub.com and the unmanned vehicles site UVOnline.com and has served as programme consultant for Shephard's Night Vision conference.
