Journal of Electronic Defense back issues from June 2003:
Natural selection. (From the Editor).(Editorial)
Jun 01, 2003; ... There is a taut scene from the Ridley Scott movie, Alien, in which Warrant Officer Ripley reactivates an android she just disabled in order to get information out of him about a dangerous predator that is loose on the spaceship and killing the crew. The heartless Company (always) had ...
Simple but smart. (From the European Desk).(weapons systems)
Jun 01, 2003; ... With the bulk of the fighting in Iraq over, it's become obvious that the arms embargo there generally worked. Most of Iraq's sophisticated equipment -- such radar sets, SAM systems, and aircraft -- was in bad shape because of the lack of spare parts and proper maintenance. Yet even in such ...
Corrections.(Correction Notice)
Jun 01, 2003 ... In the May 2003 issue, the photo on p. 56 of the feature "Backboards of the Fleet" is the USS Bainbridge (CGN-25), which never carried a phased-array radar, and not the USS Long Beach (CGN-9) as indicated. Our thanks to Stanley J. Alluisi of Durant, OK, for pointing this out. ...
About politics and conflict. (From the President).(Editorial)
Jun 01, 2003; ... There was a considerable flap over the editorial in the April JED (see "Tabloid Diplomacy," on p. 16 of that issue). To put it mildly, some of you disagreed rather strongly. The good news about the flap is that it proved that many of our members read JED. Another good aspect is that we ...
US Coast Guard orders MPA. (Americas Report).(maritime-patrol aircraft)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003; ... In early May, the US Coast Guard announced that it had decided to purchase two EADS-CASA (Madrid, Spain) CN-235-300M maritime-patrol aircraft (MPA) under the 30-year, $ 17-billion Deepwater program, the Coast Guard's massive overhaul effort. The total number of CN-235 planes to be ...
First upgraded CF-18 delivered. (Americas Report).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003; ... At a ceremony at Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in Ottawa on May 14, the the Canadian Department of National Defense (DND) accepted its first upgraded CF-I 8 Hornet from the Boeing Co. (St. Louis, MO). The aircraft was the first of 80 that will be upgraded under Phase I of a ...
DARPA UCAV programs come together. (Americas Report).(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; unmanned-combat-air-vehicle )
Jun 01, 2003; ... The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has asked its contractors for its unmanned-combat-air-vehicle (UCAV) programs, Boeing (Palmdale, CA) and Northrop Grumman (San Diego, CA), to modify their UCAV designs to meet both US Air Force (USAF) and Navy requirements. The common ...
Raytheon (St Petersburg, FL) received an $89.7-million contract in May from the US Navy for production of 13 additional Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) systems. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Raytheon (St Petersburg, FL) received an $89.7-million contract in May from the US Navy for production of 13 additional Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) systems. Under the terms of the contract, Raytheon will deliver seven shipboard and six airborne CEC sets over the next two years ....
Brazil will reportedly re-open the competition for its F-X program. (Briefs).(fighter planes)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Brazil will reportedly re-open the competition for its F-X program, which aims to procure new fighters to replace the Mirages flown by the Forca Aerea Brasileira, Brazilian Defense Minister Jose Viegas Filho told reporters at Latin America Defentech, held in Rio de Janeiro in late April, ...
Boeing (St. Louis, MO) awarded ITT Industries. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Boeing (St. Louis, MO) awarded ITT Industries (Ft Wayne, IN) a contract with a potential value of up to $31 million to upgrade 12 GPS Block IIF satellites. The GPS IFs ...
B-2 radar upgrade continues. (Americas Report).(bomber)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003; ... In May Raytheon (El Segundo, CA) received a $63-million contract to continue the modernization of the radar onboard the US Air Force's B-2 bomber. This is the second phase of a multi-year program that will replace the legacy AN/APO-181 currently flown on the B-2 with a new Ku-band ...
New wireless network for miniature sensors. (Americas Report).(military technology)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003; ... The US Department of Defense's Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) has awarded $6.5 million to Signal Technology (Danvers, MA) to develop hardware and software for collecting and disseminating information gathered by tiny sensors. Completion of the contract is expected by the second ...
US Navy funds undersea-warfare study. (Washington Report).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003; ... The US Navy is funding a comprehensive study of the new realities of undersea warfare. RADM Paul Sullivan, director of the service's Submarine Warfare Division (N77), agreed with the Navy's director of Program Analysis and Evaluation to go forward on the study in early April. The Pentagon ...
DoD institutes new acquisition policies. (Washington Report).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... In mid-May Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz signed new acquisition policies consistent with the Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld's goal of transforming business practices within the Department of Defense (DoD) as well as warfighting capabilities. The new policies are ...
Croatia receives first modernized MiG-21s. (European Report).
Jun 01, 2003; ... The first two of twelve modernized MiG-2 Is for the Croatian Air Force were due to arrive back in Croatia before the end of April. Among the twelve aircraft are eight single-seater MiG-2 Ibis fighters, acquired from Germany in the mid-1990s (ex-GDR), and four two-seater MiG21 UM trainers, ...
Germany receives first upgraded CL-289 UAV. (European Report).(unmanned aerial vehicles )(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003; ... The German armed forces took official delivery on April24 of the first of 160 upgraded CL-289 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), reconnaissance systems that have been in service with German and French armed forces since 199 The AOLOS-289 program, as it is called, will take three years to ...
Officers from the US and Italian Air Forces participated in a rollout ceremony on May 9 at Hill Air Force Base. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Officers from the US and Italian Air Forces participated in a rollout ceremony on May 9 at Hill Air Force Base, UT, for the first of 34 F-16 fighter aircraft to be provided to Italy under a program known as "Peace Caesar." The Italian Air Force chose the ...
Agence France Presse reported that Poland is negotiating with Russia on behalf of four central European countries about upgrading 106 Russian-built Mi-24 helicopters to NATO standards. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Agence France Presse reported that Poland is negotiating with Russia on behalf of four central European countries about upgrading 106 Russian-built Mi-24 helicopters to NATO standards. The four-nation Visegrad group -- the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia - is bargaining ...
Rockwell Collins (UK) Ltd. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Rockwell Collins (UK) Ltd. has been selected by VT Merlin Communications to be the communications integrator for the UK Defence High Frequency Communications Service (DHFCS) program. Rockwell Collins (UK), under a subcontract valued at around $30 ...
Saab Training Systems. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Saab Training Systems has been awarded a contract to update previously delivered Saab BT 46 simulator systems ...
Sukhoi OKB completing studies future Russian UAV concept. (European Report).(unmanned-aerial-vehicle )(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003; ... According to the Russian Interfax AVN news service, Sukhoi OKB was to complete a study on the future Russian unmanned-aerial-vehicle (UAV) concept by the end of May. The future UAV for the Russian Armed Forces will fit the general requirement of Armed Forces Modernization Plan 2001-2010. ...
US may provide defense assistance to Serbia and Montenegro. (European Report).
Jun 01, 2003; ... On May 7, President George W. Bush authorized the US to provide defense articles, services, and assistance to Serbia. The determination was that defense cooperation with Serbia and Montenegro will encourage continued defense reform and strengthen Serbia and Montenegro's democratic ...
Poland signs contract for F-16C/D Block 52+. (European Report).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003; ... In Deblin, Poland, on March 15, Polish Vice-Minister of National Defense Janusz Zemke and Director of the US Defense Cooperation and Security Agency General Tome Walters signed a contract for delivery of 48 F-16C/D Block 52 Advanced aircraft to the Polish Air and Air Defense Forces. The ...
Estonian AN/FPS-117 radar operational. (European Report).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003; ... On April 21, the Estonian Ministry of Defense took formal possession of a Lockheed Martin (Syracuse, NY) AN/FPS-117 long-range radar system, which will expand the country's air-surveillance capabilities. President Arnold Ruutel and Prime Minister Juhan Parts joined other government ...
South Korea launches second KDX-II. (Asia-Pacific Report).(destroyer)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003; ... As relations with North Korea continue to simmer, the South Korean Navy continues to upgrade its fleet with the launching of the second of six planned KDX-II-class Aegis guided-missile destroyers. The new ship's combat system from Lockheed Martin (Bethesda, MD) is the same as that being ...
New combat system for Japanese destroyer. (Asia-Pacific Report).(Lockheed Martin Aegis )(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003; ... Japan signed a contract for the fifth combat system to be installed aboard a Kongo-class guided missile destroyer at around the same time that neighbor South Korea launched its second KDX-II-class guided missile destroyer. Like the KDX-II-class, the Kongo-class uses the Lockheed Martin ...
India to procure new air-defense systems. (Asia-Pacific Report).
Jun 01, 2003; ... Having decided to largely abandon development of its home-grown air-defense system, Trishul, the Indian Ministry of Defense (MOD) has begun preparatory work on procurement of over 100 short-range surface-to-surface and surface-to-air defense systems from overseas suppliers. The ...
American and South Korean negotiators have agreed to move the US Army command headquarters out of Seoul as soon as possible. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... American and South Korean negotiators have agreed to move the US Army command headquarters out of Seoul as soon as possible ....
Philippine officials announced in April what they called a tentative agreement with the US. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Philippine officials announced in April what they called a tentative agreement with the US to move forward with a stalled ...
The People's Republic of China. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... The People's Republic of China in May reported a submarine catastrophe that had occurred several weeks earlier in which all hands were lost ...
Rumsfeld: Iraq, Afghanistan Wars validate DoD budget. (Mid East/Africa Report).(Donald H. Rumsfeld)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003; ... US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told the Defense Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee during testimony in mid-May that the $379.9-billion FY04 request would help apply the lessons from the DoD's experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq in transforming DoD and the services ...
US forces consolidate in Qatar. (Mid East/Africa Report).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003; ... The Associated Press (API) reported that US forces on Qatar will be departing the "Camp Snoopy" air base used during the Iraq War and also during Operation Southern Watch. With major combat operations in Iraq at an end and with the elimination of patrols over the so-called "no-fly" zones, ...
Israeli firms to develop EW suite for civil aircraft. (Mid East/Africa Report).(electronic warfare)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003; ... Elta Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Israel Military Industries (IMI) (Ramat Hasharon, Israel) have formed a joint venture to develop a system for protecting passenger and private aircraft from infrared-guided missiles. The Flight Guard ...
Hezbollah reported to have SA-18s. (Mid East/Africa Report).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003; ... The Middle East Intelligence Bulletin (www.meib.org), citing Israeli news sources, reported that the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah has acquired Russian SA-18 man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADs), probably from Syria. In ...
South Africa ends BAE systems' bid for Denel stake. (Mid East/Africa Report).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003; ... The South African government has decided to terminate the discussions with BAE Systems for a 30% stake in Denel, the state-owned high-technology engineering and defense industrial undertaking. BAE Systems was selected as the preferred partner for Denel in 2000, as part of ...
Middle East Newsline reported that in early May the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ended its Peninsula Shield mission to defend Kuwait against Iraq during the US-led war. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Middle East Newsline reported that in early May the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ended its Peninsula Shield mission to defend Kuwait against Iraq during the US-led war. About 10,000 soldiers from five GCC states have returned from ...
The US Navy awarded Raytheon Systems. (Briefs).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... The US Navy awarded Raytheon Systems (Tucson, AZ) a $14.9-million contract to provide 511 Sparrow RIM-7M H-build kits, training, and ...
Hellenic Air Force inks F-16 EW contract: $242-million deal is largest single contract ever received by Raytheon's EW unit. (EC Monitor).
Jun 01, 2003; ... On April 9, Raytheon (Goleta, CA), after nearly a year of negotiations, was finally awarded a contract for the provision of electronic-warfare (EW) system for Hellenic Air Force (HAF) F-16 fighters. The contract was officially signed at a formal ceremony in Athens by Dr. Spyros Travlos, ...
Car bomb caused explosion in Baghdad market. (EC Monitor).
Jun 01, 2003; ... The explosion that rocked a market in the Shaab district of Baghdad has been the source of much controversy since it occurred on March 26 during the US-led war on the Iraqi regime. Officials from the former Iraqi government alleged that a coalition bomb caused the deaths of 15 civilians ....
Harrier GR.9 set to fly. (EC Monitor).
Jun 01, 2003; ... The first of the UK's Harrier GR.9 aircraft is expected to fly this month, It features an improved engine, but perhaps more importantly, an integrated fire-control system that substantially increases its combat capabilities. Introduction of the Integrated Weapon Program (IWP) ...
Compass Calls returning to upgrades. (EC Monitor).(military aircraft)
Jun 01, 2003; ... After almost six months and more than 220 sorties totalling nearly 2,000 combat flying hours and jamming more than 6,000 enemy signals in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the 41st Electronic Combat Squadron (ECS) was on its way home to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, at press time. And when the ...
NAVAIR demonstrates airborne control of UAV. (EC Monitor).(unmanned aerial vehicle)
Jun 01, 2003; ... In late March, the Multimission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) concept took another step closer to realization with the NAVAIR Network Centric Warfare (NCW) laboratory's successful completion of the Hairy Buffalo/Small UAV Demonstration, displaying airbome control of an Aeroteam (Rosh Ha'ayin, ...
Raytheon (Lexington, MA) Chairman and CEO Daniel P. Bumham, 56, has resigned as CEO, and the company's current president. (People Monitor).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Raytheon (Lexington, MA) Chairman and CEO Daniel P. Bumham, 56, has resigned as CEO, and the company's current president, William H. Swanson, will become president and ...
Boris Alyoshin was named by Russian President Vladimir Putin as deputy prime minister in charge of the defense industry and arms exports. (People Monitor).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Boris Alyoshin was named by Russian President Vladimir Putin as deputy prime minister in charge of the defense industry and arms exports. Alyoshin is a former researcher and developer of software for warplane avionics and ...
RADA Electronic Industries. (People Monitor).(appoints Zvi Alon VP business development)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... RADA Electronic Industries (Netanya, Israel) appointed Zvi Alon VP of business development. Alon has been COO for the past three years and previously spent 16 years at Israel Aircraft Industries. RADA ...
BAE Systems North America. (People Monitor).(names Jeffrey Cook VP)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Jeffrey Cook has been named VP and chief technology officer for the information and electronic systems sector of BAE Systems North America (Nashua, NH), overseeing science and technology investments and modeling and simulation initiatives. Cook joined the company in 2002 as director for ...
EADS North America. (People Monitor).(appoints Pierre Cardin general counsel)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... EADS North America (Washington, DC) announced the appointment of Pierre Cardin to general counsel, responsible for the legal affairs of EADS businesses in North America. Cardin, a Canadian, was previously head of the contracts, litigations, and intellectual-property department of EADS in ...
Lockheed Martin Information Systems. (People Monitor).(appoints Daniel J. Crowley president)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Daniel J. Crowley has been appointed president of Lockheed Martin Information Systems (Bethesda, MD), succeeding John Hallal, who is ...
Close-air support from afar: lighter, more agile ground forces are going to need heavier, more precise support fires.
Jun 01, 2003; ... On April 2, arguably the most significant action occurred in the Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom) from the standpoint of visualizing the future of the air-land battle. US Marines, one of the forward prongs of a Coalition expeditionary force and facing a counterattacking column of Iraqi ...
Arriving unannounced: balancing military and civilian requirements is key to securing ports and airfields. (Expeditionary Forces).
Jun 01, 2003; ... The first things seen by most visitors to anew country -- ports and air-fields -- are natural points of entry for military interventions, too. France's military intervention late last year in Cote D'Ivoire, for example, had a lot of familiar elements: special-operations forces, the ...
Protecting the sky trains: how do you protect large transport aircraft? Adapt EW systems designed for other aircraft types. (Expeditionary Forces).(electronic warfare)
Jun 01, 2003; ... Six US Army AH-64 Apache helicopters fly in formation towards an airfield on the fringe of a combat zone. Yet their engines are turned off, and their self-protection systems are useless. How is this possible, you ask? Simple. The helicopters are inside a US Air Force (USAF) C-5 Galaxy ...
Luna 9: the first soft landing on the moon; the Soviet achievement had the NSA scrambling to decode intercepted photos. (History).(National Space Agency)
Jun 01, 2003; ... Due to the success of the US Apollo program landing the first man on the moon, few people remember that the USSR made the first soft landing of a spacecraft on the moon. When the USSR successfully launched Sputnik, the first man-made artificial earth satellite, on October 4, 1957, it ...
EW against communications signals. (EW 101).(electronic warfare )
Jun 01, 2003; ... This column starts a new series on EW considerations when friendly and enemy communications signals are involved. However, there are a couple of open items from the recent emitter-location series that must be handled before we can move on in clear conscience. Unfinished ...
Operator 750. (Association News).(Association of Old Crows)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Kittyhawk Chapter It is election time at K-Hawk. David Hime, who has been a Crow for 29 years, is currently chapter president (and a good one) and is running again unopposed. Our problem is this: We need four new board members, but there are seven Crows running, and you can't ...
Fifth Annual Space and Air Protection Conference. (AOC News).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... The Association of Old Crows will sponsor the Fifth Annual Space and Air Protection Conference, August 19-20, 2003, at the Aerospace Corp., Los Angeles, CA. The conference will be classified Secret/US Only. The chairman will be David H. Hilland, AFRL. This symposium will provide a forum to ...
Silver State Chapter scholarship and awards banquet. (AOC News).(Association of Old Crows)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2003 ... The Silver State Chapter, in Las Vegas, held its annual scholarship and awards banquet on March 8, 2003. The evening's guest speaker was Cal Ronald Mittenzwei, commander of the 414th Combat Training Squadron (Red Flag) at Nellis AFB. The chapter awarded $1,000 scholarships to the following ...
Strategic roost activities. (AOC News).(Association of Old Crows)
Jun 01, 2003 ... The 37th annual Greater Nebraska Science and Engineering Fair was held March 28-30, 2003, at Nebraska City High School. Junior- and senior-high-school students submitted projects and exhibits in the areas of social and behavioral sciences, chemistry and biochemistry, botany, computer ...
Military Transformation and Homeland Security Symposium. (AOC News).
Jun 01, 2003 ... US Army Communications-Electronics Command and the Ft. Monmouth Chapters of the Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA), Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), Association of Old Crows, and the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) will sponsor the 2003 ...
AOC 2003 election.(Association of Old Crows)
Jun 01, 2003 ... Nominees For Regular Director Gil Bouffard A 2002 AOC Life Achievement Award recipient, Gil Bouffard is a past Northern Pacific Region Director of the Association of Old Crows. An Army veteran, Bouffard has spent over forty years in the SIGINT/EW and the multi-sensor ...
First person singular: the basic problem with unthinkable outcomes is that they tend to happen whether they've been thought about or not. The time has come to banish unthinking from electronic warfare.
Jun 01, 2003; ... I spent fourteen years as the technical director for electronic warfare at Wright Patterson AFB. I want to relate some incredible examples of don't ever do that again cases and then identify the gaps in our system that caused them. However, I'll tell you one overall conclusion up front ....
Calendar.(electronic warfare conferences)(Calendar)
Jun 01, 2003 ... JUNE Calendar listings are provided by the Convention and Education Department of the AOC as a service to its members. All requests for mention or listing in this section must be addressed to the AOC rather than to the editorial staff at JED, The Journal of Electronic Defense. ...