News of July 03, 2006
Australia Considers Sole-Source Global Hawk Purchase
Posted at: Mon Jul 3rd, 2006
Australia's cabinet National Security Committee (NSC) is to consider the sole-source acquisition of Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned air vehicles at a meeting to be held in Canberra on 10 July.
Crack found in Discovery external tank insulation
Posted at: Mon Jul 3rd, 2006
Engineers inspecting the shuttle Discovery's external tank following Sunday's launch scrub found a crack in the tank's foam insulation near a bracket holding a 17-inch oxygen feed line in place.
Some engineers believe the crack must be repaired but senior managers say a variety of options ar...
Saab opens Bulgaria office
Posted at: Mon Jul 3rd, 2006
Swedish corporation Saab is investigating opportunities to manufacture components and spare parts in Bulgaria for the defence, aviation and space industries.
This was announced on June 22 by Daniel Boestad, marketing manager for Bulgaria and head of the SAAB and Gripen International o...
$82 Million for EA-18G Airborne Electronic Attack Kits
Posted at: Mon Jul 3rd, 2006
(DoD Contract Announcement) - McDonnell Douglas Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded an $82,360,947 cost-plus-award-fee modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract for the first production representative lot of airborne electronic...
US Army Awards EADS $3 Billion Helicopter Contract
Posted at: Mon Jul 3rd, 2006
PARIS -(Dow Jones)- The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co.(5730.FR) said Saturday it has won a $3 billion contract from the U.S. Army to supply 352 light utility helicopters.
The deal marks the first time EADS's North American subsidiary has been chosen as a prime contractor fo...
$5.2 Million for MQ-9 Predator Retrofits
Posted at: Mon Jul 3rd, 2006
(DoD Contract Announcement) - General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $5,210,170 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification.
This effort is for the retrofit of five MQ-9 Predator aircraft, with upgrade...
UND proposing radar system for UAVs
Posted at: Mon Jul 3rd, 2006
UND is working on a project to install a system of ground-based radars around Nekoma, N.D., to help finalize the bed-down of unmanned aerial vehicles in Grand Forks.
Nekoma is about 100 miles northwest of Grand Forks, in Cavalier County.
The initiative would lay the fou...
French defence co.s may opt for govt-to-govt deals with India
Posted at: Mon Jul 3rd, 2006Paris, July 2. (PTI): French defence companies, which for the past decade have emerged as third largest weapons and armament system suppliers to India, may now opt for operating under Government-to-Government umbrella to avoid controversies in mega sales deals.
Eurocopter's billion dollar push in India
Posted at: Mon Jul 3rd, 2006
Mumbai: Eurocopter, a wholly owned subsidiary of European aerospace major EDAS, and the world's largest civil and military helicopter manufacturer, is set to invest over $1 billion in India over the next two years. According to a report posted on website of the Business Standard, the company would a...
Raptors end first operational deployment
Posted at: Mon Jul 3rd, 2006
ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AP) - The last of 12 F-22A Raptors from the 27th Fighter Squadron returned Friday to Langley Air Force Base, Va., marking the end of the first operational overseas deployment for the advanced stealth fighter jets.
