$120M To Lockheed From BAE For Long-Range Naval Artillery Shells

MILTECH

The 155mm LRLAP is intended to provide rapid-response, high-volume, GPS/INS guided fire up to 100 miles inshore in support of U.S. Marines and allied units.

(SPX) Jul 21, 2005
Lockheed Martin has received a five-year, $120 million cost-plus-award-fee contract from BAE Systems for further development and test of the Long-Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) for the Advanced Gun System (AGS) on the U.S. Navy's next- generation destroyer, the DD (X).

The new contract calls for additional development and tests in 2006-2008 and support to AGS qualification testing in 2009-2010. More than 100 projectiles will be delivered and tested under this contract. Full-rate production is expected to begin in 2011.

As a previous DID report has noted, the 155mm LRLAP is intended to provide rapid-response, high-volume, GPS/INS guided fire up to 100 miles inshore in support of U.S. Marines and allied units.

MILTECH

Engineers Deliver Robot to Neutralize Remote Explosives

Tyndall AFB (SPX) Jul 21, 2005
Engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate have rapidly prototyped, developed, and delivered low-cost expendable robots to disable and dispose of improvised explosive devices.

SUPERPOWERS US Feting India To Balance Power In China-Dominated Asia: Analysts US Warned Not To Ignore Chinese Military Advances	NUKEWARS Indian PM Worried Islamic Militants May Seize Pakistan's Nuclear Bomb China Plays Down Warning It Could Use Nuclear Weapons Against US North Korea Has Nuclear Bomb, Would-Be Defector Claims: Report Bush Wants Talks To Make North Korea's Kim To See "Common Sense."
MISSILE NEWS Programme To Investigate And Improve Target Accuracy For Missiles Successful Missile Test Firings From F-111 Aircraft Lockmart-Led Team Contracted By US Navy To Demo Key Technologies For Ballistic Missile System US Airliners To Test Anti-Missile Defense Systems: Report	MISSILE DEFENSE Lockheed Martin Wins Japanese Sea-Based Missile Defense Capability Contract Germany Seeks To Sell South Korea Ground-Air Missiles: Report US Has Sealed Deal On Japan's Licensed Production Of PAC-3 Missiles U.S. Navy Contracts Alliant, LockMart To Develop New SLIRBM System
AEROSPACE Rockwell Collins Applies New NASA Software Verification Technology Northrop Grumman to Help NASA Define Requirements for Quiet Sonic Boom Research Aircraft Raytheon, Cessna Receive NASA Sonic Boom Research Grants Boeing and Honeywell Sign Contract for Innovative Supply-Chain Solution	UAV NEWS US Army Adds Its Own UAV Center of Excellence Students Steer a Blimp to Test Near Space Military Technology British Government Approves 700-Mln-Pound Drones Deal For Thales DARPA Awards Funding For X-45 Portion Of Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems
IRAQ WARS Indicators Show Progress Toward Stable Iraq, DoD Report States Iraq Attacks To Peak In Six Months; US Out In A Year: Mccaffrey London Blocks Inside Account Of Iraq Envoy Iraqi Army Foils Three Attacks, Marines Hit Insurgents	MILTECH Engineers Deliver Robot to Neutralize Remote Explosives Two Contracts To Raytheon Solipsys Enhance Homeland Defense Chief Calls On Congress To Fund Stealth Destroyer DD(X) $120M To Lockheed From BAE For Long-Range Naval Artillery Shells

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