Defense Daily back issues from June 1998:
Buying Down Under.(Australia's defense products needs)
Jun 01, 1998 ... Australia's Defence Ministry will hold a two-day procurement conference starting tomorrow in Canberra "to communicate its requirements to industry," according to ...
Seeking a Cure.(Lockheed Martin air defense system flaws)
Jun 01, 1998 ... Lockheed Martin delivered a response to BMDO's "cure notice" for the Theater High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) system on Thursday, according to Army and industry sources. The missile defense system has failed to achieve an intercept in five test flights ....
Chem/Bio Defense.(Marine Corps reconnaissance system contracts)
Jun 01, 1998 ... The Marine Corps Systems Command at Quantico, Va., was scheduled to issue best and final offers last week to two contractors--TRW and German-based Tyssen-Henschel--which are competing to build the Joint Light Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance System (JLNBCRS). The ...
Satellite Protection.(guarding U.S. satellite technology shipped to China)
Jun 01, 1998 ... U.S. satellites exported to China are guarded, Bacon says. "There is a chain of custody for these satellites to go ...
IG FINDS POSSIBLE PROTECTION FLAW FOR COMANCHE.
Jun 01, 1998 ... The Pentagon's Inspector General has found the Army's RAH-66 Comanche helicopter may have problems protecting itself against radio frequency attacks, according to a summary of a recent classified audit of the service's top modernization priority."The specific objective of this ...
AF RESERVE SUBMITS $1.3 BILLION POM REQUEST FOR C-130 MODS.(Air Force Reserve aircraft budget)
Jun 01, 1998 ... The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) has submitted a $1.37 billion funding request to modernize its C-130 transport fleet to the DoD as part of the Air Force's FY '00-'05 long-range budget, or Program Objective Memorandum (POM), according to recent budget documents and service officials. ...
GREECE ASKS FOR AEW PROPOSALS, THREE CANDIDATES TO BID.(airborne early warning systems)
Jun 01, 1998 ... Greece on May 20 issued a request for proposals for a new airborne early warning (AEW) system, launching a much-anticipated competition that is expected to draw three competitors, sources said.Contestants have 45 days to respond with their bids to supply Greece with up to four AEW ...
NEW PARTNERSHIP SETS SIGHTS ON SECOND, THIRD TIER DEALS.
Jun 01, 1998 ... A recent partnership between the merchant banking group of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette [DLJ] and a group of former Pentagon and industry heavyweights, has set its sights on consolidating the second and third tiers of the defense and aerospace industry."Our focus is really looking ...
DEFENSE WATCH The First Word on Trends and Developments in Defense and Aerospace
Jun 01, 1998 ... Living Within Their Means. The Air Force's FY '00-'05 Program Objective Modernization (POM) submission to the DoD "is within the service's authorized funding topline, meets the warfighters' needs and the service's priorities, and is defensible," Pentagon sources say. As outlined in the Air ...
IG FINDS POSSIBLE PROTECTION FLAW FOR COMANCHE By George Cahlink
Jun 01, 1998 ... The Pentagon's Inspector General has found the Army's RAH-66 Comanche helicopter may have problems protecting itself against radio frequency attacks, according to a summary of a recent classified audit of the service's top modernization priority."The specific objective of this ...
AF RESERVE SUBMITS $1.3 BILLION POM REQUEST FOR C-130 MODS By Greg Caires
Jun 01, 1998 ... The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) has submitted a $1.37 billion funding request to modernize its C-130 transport fleet to the DoD as part of the Air Force's FY '00-'05 long-range budget, or Program Objective Memorandum (POM), according to recent budget documents and service officials. ...
KRAMEK WISHES HE FOUGHT HARDER FOR DEEPWATER By Vago Muradian
Jun 01, 1998 ... ABOARD USCGC EAGLE--As his tenure as the Coast Guard Commandant drew to a close, Adm. Robert Kramek said he wishes he had lobbied the Congress harder, and sooner, in garnering support for the service's comprehensive modernization program."After watching Congress plus up things like ...
NAVY: FUTURE READINESS JEOPARDIZED BY CURRENT FISCAL GUIDANCE By Frank Wolfe
Jun 01, 1998 ... In a recent memorandum to Defense Secretary William Cohen, Navy Secretary John Dalton warns that the Navy's Program Objective Memorandum (POM) for FY '00 through FY '05 buys current readiness at the expense of future capabilities.The POM is the service's long range planning ...
GREECE ASKS FOR AEW PROPOSALS, THREE CANDIDATES TO BID By Vago Muradian
Jun 01, 1998 ... Greece on May 20 issued a request for proposals for a new airborne early warning (AEW) system, launching a much-anticipated competition that is expected to draw three competitors, sources said.Contestants have 45 days to respond with their bids to supply Greece with up to four AEW ...
NEW PARTNERSHIP SETS SIGHTS ON SECOND, THIRD TIER DEALS By Vago Muradian
Jun 01, 1998 ... A recent partnership between the merchant banking group of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette [DLJ] and a group of former Pentagon and industry heavyweights, has set its sights on consolidating the second and third tiers of the defense and aerospace industry."Our focus is really looking ...
ARMY PLANS ELECTRONIC THREAT TESTS FOR DIGITIAL FORCE By George Cahlink
Jun 02, 1998 ... The Army is planning several electronic vulnerability threat assessments of its digital force before it is fielded in 2000, according to Brig. Gen. William Bond, director of the Army Digitization Office."During the Task Force XXI exercise we really did look at some of the ...
PENTAGON INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT SEA MINE DANGER By Frank Wolfe
Jun 02, 1998 ... Defense Secretary William Cohen has directed the Navy to devote more attention to the traditionally underfunded area of mine warfare. As Navy budget officials work on the service's budget for FY '00 over the summer, they will be hard pressed not to put more money into the program, according ...
BOEING TO UPGRADE SAUDI AWACS
Jun 02, 1998 ... Boeing [BA] has been awarded a $33 million contract to modernize the mission computers and software aboard Saudi Arabia's fleet of five E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.The contract, known as the Saudi Block 0 project, is to improve the ease of use and ...
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION LAUNCH DATE PUSHED BACK
Jun 02, 1998 ... The nations involved in the construction of the International Space Station (ISS) have agreed to push back the launch date for the first component modules to November 20, 1998.The Space Station Control Board and the Heads-of-Agency met on May 30 and 31 at the Kennedy Space Center ...
PREDATOR CAPABILITIES TO BE UPGRADED
Jun 02, 1998 ... The Predator UAV program will be enhanced with upgrades provided by General Atomics under a $8.9 million contract, the company said.The contract will include major enhancements to five mission areas: improved relief-on-station; secure air-traffic control voice relay; Ku-band ...
SAIC WINS $30 MILLION CONTRACT TO SUPPORT SPACE COMMAND
Jun 02, 1998 ... Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is joining a team of companies contracted to support the 45th Space Wing at Cape Canaveral Air Station under a $30 million contract.The contracting team, led by Sverdrup Technology. Inc., will provide ...
X-33 IS ON TRACK AS TEST FLIGHT DRAWS CLOSER, OFFICIALS SAY By Tom Breen
Jun 02, 1998 ... The X-33 Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) demonstrator that is being built by NASA and Lockheed Martin [LMT] is on track to conduct its first test flight next June, according to agency and company officials.The X-33, which NASA and Lockheed Martin officials hope will lead to a fleet ...
INCREASING LOSS OF SPECTRUM COULD HURT U.S. MILITARY, EXPERT SAYS By Tom Breen
Jun 02, 1998 ... As the U.S. satellite-communication business continues to boom, the U.S. military faces an increasing possibility of losing key frequencies (spectrum) that are essential to warfighting needs, according to a spectrum expert."As we move to higher frequencies because of the ...
DARPA TO BRIEF INDUSTRY ON SPACE-BASED RADAR PROGRAM By Greg Caires
Jun 02, 1998 ... The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will brief U.S. industry on the Discoverer II satellite program--the descendent of the DARPA STARLITE satellite concept--later this month, according to a notice in today's Commerce Business Daily (CBD).The day-long, unclassified ...
UAV REVENUES AND COMPETITION TO INCREASE, STUDY SAYS
Jun 02, 1998 ... The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry sector will soon be faced with "unprecedented revenue growth" amid an "increasingly competitive marketplace," according to a new study by Frost & Sullivan, a Mountain View, Calif.-based international marketing and consulting company. ...
UK LAUNCHES AMRAAM REPLACEMENT PROGRAM
Jun 02, 1998 ... Britain's Ministry of Defence last week launched its competition for a new Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) that would eventually replace the existing Raytheon [RTNA/RTNB] Advanced Medium- Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM).The BVRAAM must be faster, have longer ...
NATO EXERCISE TO TEST MINE WARFARE DEVELOPMENTS
Jun 02, 1998 ... More than 15,000 Canadian, U.S. and eight other NATO countries' military personnel will take part in an exercise called the Maritime Combined Operations Training (MARCOT)/Unified Spirit (US), which will showcase new doctrines and tactics in mine warfare and amphibious operations. MARCOT/US ...
OUTRIDER MAKES SUCCESSFUL AUTOMATIC TAKEOFF
Jun 02, 1998 ... Alliant Techsystems' [ATK] Outrider Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) on May 19 demonstrated its ability to takeoff automatically without the aid of a pilot in tests conducted at Alliant's test center in Hondo, Texas.The Outrider is an Advanced Concept Technology ...
DEFENSE BRIEFS
Jun 02, 1998 ... Alliant Techsystems [ATK] yesterday said it had received a $750 million order from Boeing [BA] to provide solid rocket boosters for that company's Delta expendable space launch vehicles. If all options are exercised, the contract could ultimately be worth another $1 billion to Alliant ...
DEFENSE CONTRACTS
Jun 02, 1998 ... General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. [GD], Sterling Heights, Mich., is being awarded a $6.1 million modification to a cost-plus- fixed-fee contract, to exercise existing options for system technical support for the Abrams Tank Program, for the countries of Egypt, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. Work ...
ARMY PLANS ELECTRONIC THREAT TESTS FOR DIGITIAL FORCE.(Army Task Force XXI exercise)
Jun 02, 1998 ... The Army is planning several electronic vulnerability threat assessments of its digital force before it is fielded in 2000, according to Brig. Gen. William Bond, director of the Army Digitization Office."During the Task Force XXI exercise we really did look at some of the ...
PENTAGON INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT SEA MINE DANGER.
Jun 02, 1998 ... Defense Secretary William Cohen has directed the Navy to devote more attention to the traditionally underfunded area of mine warfare. As Navy budget officials work on the service's budget for FY '00 over the summer, they will be hard pressed not to put more money into the program, according ...
BOEING TO UPGRADE SAUDI AWACS.(E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft)
Jun 02, 1998 ... Boeing [BA] has been awarded a $33 million contract to modernize the mission computers and software aboard Saudi Arabia's fleet of five E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.The contract, known as the Saudi Block 0 project, is to improve the ease of use and ...
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION LAUNCH DATE PUSHED BACK.
Jun 02, 1998 ... The nations involved in the construction of the International Space Station (ISS) have agreed to push back the launch date for the first component modules to November 20, 1998.The Space Station Control Board and the Heads-of-Agency met on May 30 and 31 at the Kennedy Space Center ...
PREDATOR CAPABILITIES TO BE UPGRADED.(Predator unmanned aerial vehicle)
Jun 02, 1998 ... The Predator UAV program will be enhanced with upgrades provided by General Atomics under a $8.9 million contract, the company said.The contract will include major enhancements to five mission areas: improved relief-on-station; secure air-traffic control voice relay; Ku-band ...
SAIC WINS $30 MILLION CONTRACT TO SUPPORT SPACE COMMAND.(Science Applications International Corp.)
Jun 02, 1998 ... Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is joining a team of companies contracted to support the 45th Space Wing at Cape Canaveral Air Station under a $30 million contract.The contracting team, led by Sverdrup Technology. Inc., will provide ...
X-33 IS ON TRACK AS TEST FLIGHT DRAWS CLOSER, OFFICIALS SAY.(X-33 Reusable Launch Vehicle)
Jun 02, 1998 ... The X-33 Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) demonstrator that is being built by NASA and Lockheed Martin [LMT] is on track to conduct its first test flight next June, according to agency and company officials.The X-33, which NASA and Lockheed Martin officials hope will lead to a fleet ...
INCREASING LOSS OF SPECTRUM COULD HURT U.S. MILITARY, EXPERT SAYS.(Arrowhead Space & Telecommunications Inc. CEO Mary Ann Elliott)
Jun 02, 1998 ... As the U.S. satellite-communication business continues to boom, the U.S. military faces an increasing possibility of losing key frequencies (spectrum) that are essential to warfighting needs, according to a spectrum expert."As we move to higher frequencies because of the ...
UAV REVENUES AND COMPETITION TO INCREASE, STUDY SAYS.(unmanned aerial vehicle)
Jun 02, 1998 ... The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry sector will soon be faced with "unprecedented revenue growth" amid an "increasingly competitive marketplace," according to a new study by Frost & Sullivan, a Mountain View, Calif.-based international marketing and consulting company. ...
UK LAUNCHES AMRAAM REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.(Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile program)
Jun 02, 1998 ... Britain's Ministry of Defence last week launched its competition for a new Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) that would eventually replace the existing Raytheon [RTNA/RTNB] Advanced Medium- Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM).The BVRAAM must be faster, have longer ...
NATO EXERCISE TO TEST MINE WARFARE DEVELOPMENTS.
Jun 02, 1998 ... More than 15,000 Canadian, U.S. and eight other NATO countries' military personnel will take part in an exercise called the Maritime Combined Operations Training (MARCOT)/Unified Spirit (US), which will showcase new doctrines and tactics in mine warfare and amphibious operations. MARCOT/US ...
OUTRIDER MAKES SUCCESSFUL AUTOMATIC TAKEOFF.(Outrider Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)
Jun 02, 1998 ... Alliant Techsystems' [ATK] Outrider Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) on May 19 demonstrated its ability to takeoff automatically without the aid of a pilot in tests conducted at Alliant's test center in Hondo, Texas.The Outrider is an Advanced Concept Technology ...
Alliant Techsystems [ATK].(contract with Boeing Co.)
Jun 02, 1998 ... Alliant Techsystems [ATK] yesterday said it had received a $750 million order from Boeing [BA] to provide solid rocket boosters for that company's Delta expendable space launch vehicles. If all ...
Taiwan.(contract with Lockheed Martin for avionics equipment)
Jun 02, 1998 ... Taiwan will receive 28 sets of Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Pathfinder/Sharpshooter navigation and targeting pods and related parts and services under a $160 million Foreign Military Sale ...
General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. [GD].(contract with Army for services in support of Abrams Tank Program)
Jun 02, 1998 ... General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. [GD], Sterling Heights, Mich., is being awarded a $6.1 million modification to a cost-plus- fixed-fee contract, to exercise existing options for system technical support for the Abrams Tank Program, for the countries of Egypt, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. Work ...
Intercontinental Manufacturing Co., Garland, Texas.(contract with Army for BDU-56 bomb bodies)
Jun 02, 1998 ... Intercontinental Manufacturing Co., Garland, Texas, is being awarded a $6.4 million firm-fixed-price contract for the purchase of 3,888 BDU-56 bomb bodies. Work will be performed in Garland, Texas, and is expected to be completed by April 30, 1999 ....
Allied Signal Inc. [ALD], Phoenix, Ariz.(contract with Air Force for Joint Turbine Advanced Gas Generator III program)
Jun 02, 1998 ... Allied Signal Inc. [ALD], Phoenix, Ariz., is being awarded an $18.4 million cost-share-contract ($15.2 million Government Share; $3.3 million Contractor Share) to provide for research and development for the Joint Turbine Advanced Gas Generator (JTAGG) III program. JTAGG III is a joint ...
Unidyne Corporation, Norfolk, Va.(contract with Navy for services in support of submarine warfare equipment)
Jun 02, 1998 ... Unidyne Corporation, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $23.7 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for technical and engineering services, including repair, in support of the following systems: submarine fire control and sonar systems, submarine ...
Teknowledge Federal Systems, Inc.(contract with Navy for computer services)
Jun 02, 1998 ... Teknowledge Federal Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., is being awarded a $12 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the integration, evaluation, demonstration and transfer of technologies being developed under the Quorum global distributed computer program and of selected technologies from ...
General Electric Company [GE], Lynn, Mass.(contract with Navy for helicopter engines)
Jun 02, 1998 ... General Electric Company [GE], Lynn, Mass., is being awarded an $11.2 million ceiling amount modification to previously awarded contract N00019-93-C-0058 to procure six T64-GE-416A engines for the CH-53 helicopter. Work will ...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., San Diego, Calif.(contract with Navy for Predator unmanned aircraft upgrades)
Jun 02, 1998 ... General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $8.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a basic ordering agreement for Predator UAV Block I upgrade improvements which include secure voice radio, relief on station, Ku-Band tuning, reliability ...
GTE Government Systems Corp. [GTE], Communications Systems Division, Taunton, Mass.(contract with Army for computer equipment)
Jun 02, 1998 ... GTE Government Systems Corp. [GTE], Communications Systems Division, Taunton, Mass., is being awarded $7.3 million of an $18.9 million modification to a firm-fixed-price contract, to exercise option for common hardware/software items for PM CHS, computers and associated peripherals for ...
SENATE APPROPRIATORS RECOMMEND $250.3 BILLION FOR DEFENSE.
Jun 03, 1998 ... The Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee yesterday completed work on a $250.3 billion FY '99 Defense Appropriations bill that shifts several billions of dollars between programs, but for the most part accommodates DoD priorities.To accommodate some congressional priorities in ...
SENATE CHAIRMEN SUGGEST RAISING DEFENSE SPENDING CAPS.
Jun 03, 1998 ... The chairmen of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committees indicated yesterday that they would support raising the caps on defense spending that were set in last year's balanced budget agreement.Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), the chairman of the Budget Committee, told the Senate ...
HOEPER ASSUMES POST AS ARMY ACQUISITION CHIEF.
Jun 03, 1998 ... Paul Hoeper was sworn in Friday as the assistant secretary of the Army for research, development and acquisition, the service's top procurement post.Hoeper replaces Gil Decker who retired last spring. Most recently, Hoeper served as the Defense Department's deputy undersecretary of ...
GAO : ARMY'S YEAR 2000 COMPUTER FIX EFFORT 'INEFFECTIVE'.(General Accounting Office)
Jun 03, 1998 ... The Army is "ineffectively managing" its year 2000 (Y2K) computer problem and if progress is not made Army mission critical operations could be degraded or disabled when the new millennium begins, according to a General Accounting Office report.The May 29 report, "Army Needs to ...
GLOBAL HAWK UAV DAMAGE "SUPERFICIAL," TELEDYNE RYAN SAYS.
Jun 03, 1998 ... The Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sustained "superficial" damage last Saturday when it rolled off the runway after completing its third flight test at Edwards AFB, Calif., according to Teledyne Ryan [ALT] spokesman Mark Day."During descent to landing Global Hawk lost ...
IAI CHIEF SUPPORTS PRIVATIZATION TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES.
Jun 03, 1998 ... Moshe Keret, the president and CEO of Israel Aircraft Industries, said yesterday he would like his state-owned company to be privatized over the coming years to expand its global opportunities, such as mergers, acquisitions and spinoffs."We must privatize," Keret told Defense Daily ...
BOEING ESTABLISHES UP SOF SUPPORT CENTER IN FLORIDA.
Jun 03, 1998 ... Boeing [BA] has established a Special Operations Forces (SOF) Aerospace Support Center in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., combining its resources for SOF support into a single location, the company said Monday.The center is located near Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) ...
BOEING FLYS COTS COMPTUER SYSTEM ON MARINE HARRIER.
Jun 03, 1998 ... The Defense Department's Open Systems Core Avionics Requirement (OSCAR) was demonstrated for the first time last week aboard a Marine Corps Boeing [BA] AV-8B Harrier II Plus aircraft at the China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center, Calif., Boeing said yesterday."Flight testing of OSCAR ...
NAVY TO FINISH TOTAL CARRIER REDESIGN INCREMENTALLY.
Jun 03, 1998 ... The Navy is committed to its future carrier, CVX, but will complete the revolutionary redesign of the 30-year-old Nimitz-class hull over several CVX hulls, rather than in one new vessel as originally planned, Rear Adm. Dennis McGinn, the Navy's director of air warfare, said yesterday. ...
MCA Engineers, Oxnard, Calif.
Jun 03, 1998 ... MCA Engineers, Oxnard, Calif., is being awarded an $6.7 million cost-plus-award-fee/cost-plus-fixed-fee/cost-reimbursement-no-fee- contract to provide for FY 1999 (phase in August-September) launch operations and support services for space launch ground systems at Vandenberg ...
Innovative Technologies [IVTL], Dayton, Ohio.
Jun 03, 1998 ... Innovative Technologies [IVTL], Dayton, Ohio, is being awarded a $14 million indefinite-quantity-task-order-contract to provide for expert services in support of the AC-130U aircraft program. Further funds will be obligated as individual delivery orders are issued. There was one ...
Simula Safety Systems [SMU], Tempe, Ariz.
Jun 03, 1998 ... Simula Safety Systems [SMU], Tempe, Ariz., is being awarded a $5.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to perform non-recurring engineering work to apply existing cockpit air bag system (CABS, developed under previous programs) and/or commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) air bag technologies to ...
PEI Electronics, Huntsville, Ala.
Jun 03, 1998 ... PEI Electronics, Huntsville, Ala., is being awarded an $11 million firm-fixed-price, delivery order contract for TUBE launched OPTICALLY tracked WIRE guided (TOW) test program sets (TPS) for the direct support electrical system test set (DSESTS). Work will be performed in Huntsville, Ala., ...