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Executive Watch 2009 P7
RF power amplifiers for military radio communications system to be provided by Milpower, Elbit
SAN DIEGO, 21 Sept. 2009. U.S. Navy officials are awarding contracts to two RF power specialists to provide RF power amplifier technology for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radio (DMR) military RF system.
DRS acquires Soneticom to boost ISR, electronic warfare, and COMINT capabilities
PARSIPPANY, N.J., 20 Sept. 2009. Military reconnaissance expert DRS Technologies Inc. in Parsippany, N.J., has acquired Soneticom Inc. in Melbourne, Fla., to enhance DRS's expertise in electronic warfare, communications intelligence (COMINT) and intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities, company officials say.
General Dynamics demonstrates roll-controlled guided mortar with GPS for mil apps
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., 19 Sept. 2009. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has developed and tested a new approach for low-cost guided mortars: the 120mm Roll-Controlled Guided Mortar (RCGM). Under a cooperative research-and-development agreement with the U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., General Dynamics tube-launched and guided RCGM prototypes from a M120 120mm mortar weapon system at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds.
U.S. and France to cooperate on space exploration
WASHINGTON, 19 Sept. 2009. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and French Space Agency president Yannick d'Escatha signed four agreements in support of U.S. and French space cooperation during a ceremony Thursday at NASA headquarters in Washington.
Airline losses in 2008-2009 are worse than the aftermath of 9/11, IATA says
MONTREAL, 18 Sept. 2009. Worldwide airline financial losses will total $11 billion this year -- $2 billion worse than originally predicted -- due to rising fuel prices and exceptionally weak yields, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Montreal announced this week.
CPU board and I/O controller technology from GE Fanuc helps create reflective memory for power plant simulation
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., 17 Sept. 2009. KSG Kraftwerks-Simulator-Gesellschaft MBH of Essen, Germany, needed CPU blade and I/O controller hardware and other embedded systems technology for a D46 nuclear power plant simulator that will become operational in 2010. They found their solution from GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms in Charlottesville, Va.
Future defense funding in United Kingdom uncertain despite current market strength
LONDON, 16 Sept. 2009 Defense electronics procurement in the United Kingdom – much like in the U.S. – is subject to which way the political winds blow, said officials at Lockheed Martin UK during the Defense Systems and Equipment International Exhibition -- DSEi 2009 -- in London last week.
Radio test equipment for legacy and software defined radio provided to Marines by Aeroflex
ANAHEIM, Calif., 15 Sept. 2009. U.S. Marine Corps leaders needed radio test equipment for software defined radio, tactical radio, and other radio communications gear. They found their solution from Aeroflex Test Solutions in Wichita, Kan.
Infrared night vision sensor for enhanced vision in armored vehicles provided to Army by DRS
PARSIPPANY, N.J., 15 Sept. 2009. U.S. Army armored vehicles experts needed infrared night vision capability for enhanced vision in combat vehicles. They found their infrared sensor solution from the DRS Technologies Reconnaissance, Surveillance & Target Acquisition (RSTA) business group in Parsippany, N.J.
Special Operations Command awards $250 million contract for Expeditionary Unmanned Aircraft System (EUAS)
MacDILL AFB, Fla., 13 Sept. 2009. Officials of the U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., are awarding a $250 million contract to L-3 Communications Geneva Aerospace of Carrollton, Texas, to develop and build the Expeditionary Unmanned Aircraft System (EUAS).
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