Andrews Space Wins Two DARPA FALCON Contracts

SPACEWAR

The stated goal of the Falcon Hypersonic vehicle project is to have the capability to bomb anywhere on Earth in less than two hours using forces launched from the continental United States

Seattle - Dec 03, 2003
Andrews Space said Monday it has received two awards from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the United States Air Force to develop systems as part of the Force Application and Launch from CONUS (FALCON) Technology Demonstration Program. Andrews was selected to develop and validate technologies enabling affordable, responsive launch and both near-term and far-term capabilities to execute prompt global strike missions.

Under Task 1 of the FALCON Program, Andrews will develop a Small Launch Vehicle capable of taking off from a conventional military runway and deploying small satellites into orbit or munitions designed to strike targets 9,000 nautical miles distant in less than 2 hours.

Andrews is committed to developing a system for DARPA and the Air Force that provides effective, reliable, responsive, and affordable launch capabilities with planned flexibility that accommodates the broadest range of payloads, insertion azimuths, and launch locations.

Andrews will work with respected industry partners, including Vought Aircraft Industries, Aerojet -- General Corporation, Scaled Composites, XCOR Aerospace, Athena Technologies and Automated Control Environments Inc. to develop this innovative, affordable access to space vehicle system.

Under Task 2 of the FALCON Program, Andrews will concentrate on a Common Aero Vehicle (CAV) munitions delivery system integrated with a low-cost, operationally responsive, rocket booster. Andrews will develop its Enhanced CAV (ECAV) system to provide a revolutionary ability to execute responsive, effective, and affordable global strike.

These efforts will produce technologies essential to future development of Hypersonic Cruise Vehicle (HCV) systems capable of high mach number flight over extended distances. Supporting Andrews on the project are leading aerospace firms, including Raytheon Company (Advanced Programs Product Line, Raytheon Missile Systems), Alliant Techsystems (formerly Allied Aerospace -- GASL Division), Aerojet -- General Corporation and the University of Maryland.

"Andrews is extremely pleased with the opportunity to work with our DARPA and Air Force customers to field critical transformational technologies such as the Hypersonic Cruise Vehicle and CAV systems," said Marian Joh, Andrews Space co-founder and CEO. Livingston Holder, Andrews Space's FALCON Program Manager, adds, "We are committed to DARPA's efforts to develop a Small Launch Vehicle capable of launching spacecraft at a fraction of today's costs."

The Andrews FALCON programs bring together a diverse set of complementary, industry leading talents to design and develop innovative systems that will work towards providing a revolutionary operational global force projection capability.

SPACEWAR

They Are Our Defence Bulwarks

Singapore - Dec 01, 2003
Learning from bees and ants, researchers at DSO National Laboratories (DSO) are figuring out how they can send a swarm of robots to the battlefield.

SUPERPOWERS US Warned Not To Ignore Chinese Military Advances	NUKEWARS The Gravest Danger: Nuclear Weapons The Indo-Israel Phalcon Radar System Deal: Pakistan's Likely Response Raytheon To Replace Russian Plutonium Reactors With Coal Fired Plants Titan Wins $300 Million Defense Threat Reduction Agency Contract
MISSILE NEWS DRS Technologies Receives $521 Million in New Orders For Helicopter Targeting Systems U.S. Army Awards Compact Kinetic Energy Missile Contract Huntsville To Be Production Site In Joint Common Missile Competition Powell Presses Nicaragua To Destroy Anti-Aircraft Missiles	MISSILE DEFENSE Lockheed Martin Delivers First Aegis Weapon System to Norway Missile Defense Agency Selects OSC For Target Launch Vehicle Contract Keppel Wins $73 Million Missile Radar Station For Pacific Ocean OmniCorder Wins Contract From Missile Defense Agency to Develop Infrared Sensor
AEROSPACE National Consortium Picks Aviation Technology Test Site Wright Flyer Takes To The Sky In Las Vegas Aurora Builds Low-speed Wind Tunnel Yeager To Retire From Military Flying After October Airshow	UAV NEWS Elbit Teams With ADI For Australian Unmanned Airborne Vehicle Project Northrop Grumman Hunter UAV Achieves 3,000 Combat Hours in Iraq Opal-RT Unveils RT-LAB UAV Engineering Simulator X-45A J-UCAS Begins Block 2 Flight Demonstrations
IRAQ WARS	MILTECH

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2006 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA PortalReports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additionalcopyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement