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Moorestown NJ (SPX) May 07, 2004Lockheed Martin successfully migrated two key elements of the Aegis Weapon System to an open architecture environment, a move that will significantly enhance the capabilities and service life of the U.S. Navy's premier surface combat system while also reducing its cost. Lockheed Martin Completes Major Milestone On AEHF Milstar 
Los Angeles (SPX) May 07, 2004Lockheed Martin announced today that it has successfully completed on-schedule the critical design review phase of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program and is beginning production of the next-generation military communications satellite system. |
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Lockheed Martin Wins $5 Billion Joint Common Missile Deal
Orlando FL (SPX) May 07, 2004Lockheed Martin has been selected to develop the Joint Common Missile (JCM) system, the next generation air-to-ground missile that will be carried on U.S. Armed Forces rotary- and fixed-wing platforms. Navy Demos Future Warfare Strategy 
Bethpage NY (SPX) May 07, 2004The US Navy and industry partner Northrop Grumman have advanced, with a recent exercise, the service's warfighting goal of interconnecting sensors, manned and unmanned aircraft, ships and offensive weapon platforms in real time to locate and strike targets. Lockheed Martin and General Atomics Demo Integrated Maritime Surveillance 
WASHINGTON (SPX) May 07, 2004Lockheed Martin and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) successfully demonstrated their low-cost, low-risk, highly capable solution for the U.S. Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program at a recent flight exercise in San Diego. North Korea Set To Test New Missile Engines: Report 
Seoul (AFP) May 6, 2004The United States has stepped up surveillance over North Korea as the Stalinist country is set to test engines for a ballistic missile capable of hitting US territory, a newspaper reported here Thursday. Boeing Acquires UAV Developer Frontier Systems Inc. 
Chicago (SPX) May 05, 2004Boeing said Tuesday that it has acquired Frontier Systems Inc., developer of the A-160 Hummingbird and Maverick unmanned aerial vehicles. Frontier's platforms and technologies add to Boeing's portfolio and capabilities in unmanned systems that include the Joint Unmanned Combat Air System X-45, ScanEagle and other concepts under development. Terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed. DARPA Selects Contractors For Self-Regenerative Systems Program 
Arlington (SPX) May 04, 2004The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected 11 research projects for funding under the Self-Regenerative Systems (SRS) program. Researchers will develop technologies for building military computing systems that provide critical functionality at all times, in spite of damage caused by unintentional errors or attacks. Pending final negotiations, individual contracts are expected to range between $815,000 and $1,350,000. Quantum Keys System Sets Record For "Unbreakable" Encryption 
WASHINGTON (SPX) May 04, 2004The fastest known cryptographic system based on transmission of single photons---the smallest pulses of light---has been demonstrated by a team at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The transmissions cannot be intercepted without detection, so that messages encrypted with the system can be kept secret. |
Northrop Adds New Capabilities To Multi-Service ISR Systems Family
Baltimore (SPX) May 04, 2004Northrop Grumman Corporation recently released the latest upgrade to its open-source architecture, multi-service family of intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance (ISR) systems. New Detectors Could "Smell" Smuggled Nukes 
Denver (UPI) May 03, 2004Physicists have discovered a new signature characteristic of radiation that could be used to detect the gamma ray emissions of smuggled illegal nuclear materials, even if they are concealed among large bundles of shipping containers. Northrop Grumman Wins $888M Deal To Develop Advanced Airborne Radar 
El Segundo (SPX) May 04, 2004The U.S. Air Force's ability to track and identify stationary and moving vehicles, and low-flying cruise missiles will increase dramatically using a new airborne radar system being developed by Northrop Grumman. Air Force Research Lab Contracts SAIC For Space Radar Study 
Rome (SPX) May 04, 2004The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Information Directorate has awarded an $8,549,283 contract to Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) of San Diego, Calif., for research of advanced space-based radar technologies. Pentagon Plans Test of Atmospheric Dispersion 
Washington (SPX) May 04, 2004The Department of Defense is conducting an atmospheric dispersion survey will be held in and around the Pentagon from April 19 to May 15, 2004. The survey will advance knowledge about the weather conditions and movement of simulated airborne contaminants around and inside the Pentagon. The resulting data will be used to improve, refine and verify a computer model that simulates the atmospheric transport of potential contaminants around the Pentagon. J-UCAS X-45A Destroys Target 
Arlington (SPX) May 04, 2004Target confirmation, arm and cleared to release. With those three commands from its human operator, an X-45A technology demonstrator for the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (J-UCAS) program made aviation history by releasing an inert (non-explosive) Global Positioning System-guided Small Smart Bomb and hitting a ground target Sunday at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Range, China Lake, Calif. This marks the first time that an unmanned aircraft has released a GPS-guided weapon. Student-Built Projectile Could Help Soldiers Detect Bombs, Chemicals
by Aaron HooverGainesville FL (SPX) Apr 29, 2004 Infantry soldiers suspicious that a truck or box may contain explosives or chemical weapons may soon be able to find out for sure by shooting the target with a sticky little projectile that can detect the danger and report it from afar. |
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