First Flight For Canada’s New Airlifter
Filed under: Canada, Lockheed Martin, Syndicated Industry News
March 4, 2010 9:06:00 AM
MARIETTA, Ga., -- The first Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] CC-130J Super Hercules for Canada completed its first flight, March 3, 2010. The aircraft is the first of 17 CC-130Js and will be delivered in summer 2010. Deliveries will be completed through 2012. The CC-130J Super Hercules will give Canada increased airlift capability with an aircraft that has greater range, power and reliability over previous C-130 models. Canada is one of 12 countries that have now ordered the Super Hercules, in demand worldwide thanks to its mission flexibility and capability.
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Australia Continues Project To Automate Logistics
Filed under: Australia, Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, Events, IT, Mincom, logistics
Australia’s Ministry of Defence awarded a follow on contract to Mincom to continue developing an automated, integrated logistics system. There was no value given for the contract. The contract is continue the work done so far for the Joint Project 2077.
This contract is for Phase 2B.2 which builds on the Phase 2B.1 where Mincom delivered the Military Integrated Logistics Information System (MILIS). The goal is for the Australian Defense Force (ADF) to have an system that supports all three services when they deploy for contingency operations overseas. Phase 2B.2 will complete in 2011 and will allow better control and tracking of supporting assets and build upon Phase 2B.1.
Automated logistics systems are becoming more-and-more sophisticated and allow better control, less waste and higher rates of supply and maintenance. For armed forces that are consistently deploying away from their central bases the better logistics control the higher the operational availability of equipment and the higher the capability.
Brazil Delays Fighter Order
Filed under: Boeing, Brazil, Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, D'Assault, Events, Military Aviation, SAAB, production program
One of the biggest contracts currently under consideration is Brazil’s buying of modern fighter aircraft. Right now bids from Dassault, SAAB and Boeing are under consideration. This along with India’s new fighter program are two of the larger aviation contracts waiting for award. Brazil as part of this contract is expecting a great deal of investment in their economy using this and a major helicopter deal with Eurocopter to increase the capability and technology of their defense industry.
Now it is being reported that Brazil will delay a final decision on this contract until early next year. The decision is related to how much investment each company is willing to make and whether Brazil will be able to use their technology in future aircraft construction. Because the contract is so important especially to Dassualt and SAAB the amount of technology transferred may be high.
Australia Moving Out On New Submarines
Filed under: ASC, Australia, Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, Events, Rand, development program, production program
The Australian government has planned an ambitious expansion of their armed forces. Several major defense contracts will be let in the next few years with a goal of local companies doing the work. The largest amongst these is to build new submarines for the Navy. The first step in this contract was taken last week with the award of a contract to The Rand Corporation of the United States to begin doing a study of Australia’s capability to build these submarines in the necessary quantity. There was no value given for the contract but the goal is to have the study done early next year.
Australia had built there last class of submarines, the Collins Class, at the ASC company’s yards. This company provides maintenance for the vessels as well. They are also the lead for a new class of destroyers being built by Australia. Earlier this year the government had expressed concern about ASC’s performance maintaining the existing submarine fleet and this contract is related to those beliefs.
Lockheed Martin To Continue IT Support For Pentagon
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Events, IT, Lockheed Martin, Services, logistics
The Department of Defense awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin to continue to provide network and IT support for the world’s largest office building, The Pentagon. The contract is worth almost $300 million. This contract is a continuation of one awarded in 2000.
The Pentagon has been undergoing renovation since the late Nineties with further work required due to the attack on 9/11. This has meant significant upgrades to the networks and capability installed in the building. At the same time the U.S. military has invested heavily in data and computer technology. This contract will have Lockheed Martin running the Network Infrastructure Service Center for the building.
U.S. Air Force and MDA To Net Sensors
Raytheon was awarded a contract last week to begin prototype development of an architecture to integrate U.S. Air Force and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) sensors. The contract is only worth $3 million so this idea is only at the very beginning of development. The Air Force operates the strategic space sensors for the United States. MDA has invested in a series of radars and other systems based on sea and land to support their mission. From the sound of it this contract is to see if a system may be built that integrates data from both sets of sensors and displays them together.
This capability exists already but it may not be in one system and may require some interface between humans. This will aid in sorting out targets and perhaps even if it works out get good enough data to support fire control solutions. Of course like with many of these kind of development programs it may prove hard to do.
U.S. Army orders warheads
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army contracted systems integration company Stanley Inc. to develop advanced-capability insensitive munition warheads.
SAC flies first mission for ISAF
PAPA AIR BASE, Hungary, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Members of the coalition Strategic Airlift Capability flew a first mission in support of international forces in Afghanistan to supply Swedish troops.
Sikorsky highlights latest developments
DUXFORD, England, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. said it plans to increase the gross weight capability and improve offshore navigation for its future S-92 helicopter.
Anti-Submarine Warfare 2009 Conference
Filed under: Business Line, Countries, England, Events, Industry Analysis, Trade Shows and Events, development program
Clarion Events presents another must attend conference for those concerned about current capability challenges and skills in ASW. It will be held on the First and Second of December in London, U.K.
‘Submarines are decisive force projection and sea denial platforms, whose numbers, utility and impact look set to increase as geo-strategic competition re-emerges and irregular activity grows at sea in the coming years. Developed states have failed to invest sufficiently in the skills and technologies necessary to counter a wide range of modern submarines and mini-submarines, with the result that even modest submarine capabilities are likely to pose significant threats, both to the international system and to naval and other expeditionary forces.’
Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Chris Parry, Former Director General, Development, Concepts and Doctrine, UK Ministry Of Defence
There has never been a more appropriate time for the world’s key stakeholders in ASW to meet and discuss their capability challenges. With the diversion of platforms away from ASW, pressures on military spending and the continued debate over the growing underwater threat there is no doubt there is a major gap in the ability to detect and neutralise these threats. The conference will cover the key issues in ASW including:
• What are the current and emerging underwater threats?
• To what extent are we going to sustain our open ocean ASW capability?
• Do we know enough about ASW in the littoral environment?
• How do we best integrate future ASW capability and how can it be affordable?
Anti-submarine Warfare 2009 will bring together personnel from across the ASW community, technical and scientific leaders, long-term ASW commitments and requirements personnel and organisations at the forefront of ASW solution development.
At this conference you will:
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Anti-submarine Warfare 2009 will be the event that will aim to answer the central question – how must we embrace and undertake future ASW operations?
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Army contracts L-3 for ISG prototypes
NEW YORK, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has contracted L-3 Communications to develop a next-generation electrical generation capability for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle.
EADS Sells More A330 Tankers To Saudi Arabia
Filed under: Australia, Boeing, Business Line, Companies, Congress, Contract Additions, Countries, Department of Defense, EADS, England, Events, Japan, Military Aviation, Northrop Grumman Corp., Services, U.S. Air Force, UAE, United States, commercial aviation, development program, logistics, production program
EADS announced today that Saudi Arabia had doubled their order for aerial tankers by buying three more A330 MRT aircraft. This means that the Kingdom will now have six of the advanced tankers. They along with the U.K., Australia and the U.A.E. have ordered the aircraft. As part of the buy of the new aircraft Saudi Arabia has ordered logistic and parts support for the tankers although no contract value was announced.
The big contract for military refueling aircraft is the new tanker for the United States Air Force (USAF). EADS and Northorp Grumman had won the contract for the KC-X last year only to see it overturned on a Boeing protest. Now the new Obama Administration and the USAF will try again with a completely new RFP. That contract would be for over one hundred aircraft and would dwarf previous orders. There is still discussion of possibly splitting the contract between the two suppliers with a goal of maximizing the number of aircraft delivered in a short time. The USAF and Defense Department are against that as the two aircraft would require their own substantial support tail of parts, maintenance and training which would be quite expensive.
The A330 is a bigger aircraft then the 767 proposed by Boeing last time but requires larger airfields and more gas to fly a comparable mission. The bigger aircraft can carry more fuel for other aircraft so there has to be a balance struck there. It is definitely conceivable that the loser of the next contract will protest anyway so there may be further delays to the acquisition of the greatly needed capability.
U.S. And India’s Weapon Buying Relationship Moves Forward
Filed under: Boeing, Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, Events, India, Military Aviation, Proposal, development program, production program
As part of her diplomatic mission to India Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed a new agreement between the countries that will facilitate sales of U.S. weapons. This “end user monitoring” will make it possible for the U.S. to make sure that the Indian government does not sell its technology to a third party or misuse it for their economic gain. This type of agreement is fairly common among countries and allows sales to be made with some confidence.
India has embarked on a major upgrade to its military through acquisition of foriegn sourced weapons. This is a change from the past when the South Asian country tried to develop its own advanced weapons and relied on the U.K. and Russia. The decision to buy American, European and advanced Israeli technology allows India to leap forward in capability. As part of these contracts significant offsets are required of the selling companies through investment in the Indian economy.
Air Force Begins New Space Tracking System
Filed under: Australia, Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, Events, IT, Military Aviation, Northrop Grumman Corp., S&T, Satellites, Services, U.S. Air Force, United States, development program, missile defense, production program, space
The United States Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to begin development of a ground based radar to conduct surveillance of space objects. The initial contract is worth about $30 million. The current Air Force system was installed back in the early Sixties.
The need for an upgrade to this capability has become more critical in recent years as the amount of near earth objects, space junk and satellites has increased. This system while primarily used to support missions in space will also provide some aid in missile defense. Identifying and tracking space junk will allow better detection of new objects including possible missile launches. The proliferation of objects has also affected launches and operations in space as the threat of collision to manned vehicles is especially dangerous.
Australia Reportedly To Buy F-35
Filed under: Australia, Boeing, Business Line, Companies, Congress, Countries, Events, Lockheed Martin, Military Aviation, Proposal, Restructuring, development program, production program
Two days after the roll out of their first F/A-18 aircraft necessary to provide an interim air capability until the nation moves out on its fifth generation buy of either the F-35 JSF or the F-22 Raptor the Government announced that they would invest in the F-35. While the F-22 was attractive due to its longer range and greater payload up to seventy F-35 aircraft will be purchased.
Australia plans to now review their defense procurement plans every four years and readjust as necessary. Australia has been a partner in the F-35 development effort but recently had looked at buying the F-22. This would require an act of Congress as current law bans the sale of the modern aircraft. Japan and Israel have also inquired about the availability of the F-22. With the Obama Administration planning on ending procurement of the F-22 foriegn sales are now attractive to Congress as a way to keep production going.
Budget Woes Affecting Key Canadian Modernization Program
Filed under: Boeing, Business Line, Canada, Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, Events, Military Aviation, Proposal, Restructuring, production program
Canada has suffered from a shortage of internal lift capability both strategic and tactical. The government had decided to purchase sixteen CH-47F Chinook helicopters to provide the tactical lift capability needed in Afghanistan. Operations there require substantial helicopter forces and the high and hot conditions need big, powerful aircraft.
Now there is a report that Canada may look at reducing the number of aircraft procured due to the budget problems facing all of the world’s governments. The contract with Boeing is still in negotiation so a change like this of cutting two aircraft bringing the total to fourteen is certainly easier then after the award. The total cost savings though may not be that much unless other customers can be found for the two aircraft. The more you buy of something the cheaper they are so reducing the buy to save money may cause a slight cost increase in the ones remaining.
Unfortunately Canada is now joining Britain with its Typhoon problems were the lack of money available is starting to affect military procurement programs. Discretionary spending in budgets is limited and weapons spending is one area that may be cut. If the world’s economy doesn’t turn around soon we will see more of these program changes. The start will be nibbling around the edges and then whole programs finally being ended.
Earmark Proposed For Elbit To Upgrade CH-53D Aircraft
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Congress, Editorial, Elbit, Events, Federal Budget Process, Military Aviation, Services, States, Texas, U.S. Marine Corps, production program
The U.S. Marines like the Army have been heavily stressing their helicopter fleet in Iraq and Afghanistan. That service has begun to upgrade their lift capability with the procurement of CH-53K and V-22 aircraft. At the same time they have refurbished their older CH-53D aircraft to maximize their use.
Elbit makes a display that has been fitted into many Army and Marine helicopters already called the ANVIS-HUD. The Marine Corps did not have the money available in their budget to add this to the CH-53D as part of their refurbishment. Now the local Congressional Representative, Kay Granger (R-TX), has proposed a $22 million earmark to do this.
This illustrates one of the issues with earmarks. Sometimes they can be used for good things that the services may not have available funds for. Not all earmarks are for blatant waste or fraud like those that make the headlines. There are also cases where the company or the Service have lobbied Congress to include these kind of marks.
Ideally the budget would be planned by the Services, OSD and the President and Congress would do little to change it. That is not possible as the Constitution gives the House the authority to start all funding bills. What is in the bill is what is given to the Executive Branch at the end. Earmarks are a part of this process. As this example shows though not all earmarks are bad and they can buy useful capability for the military that might not be able to fit in the regular budget.
CH-53 photo by Flickr user Obskurantist.
Finland Lets Large Contract For Air Defense System
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Events, Finland, Konsberg, Military Aviation, Raytheon, missile defense, production program
The Country of Finland awarded a team of Kongsberg and Raytheon a contract worth about three billion Norwegian Kronor for a complete air defense system. Defpro.daily reports that the system will be based on NASAMS IIs system. This $460 million contract is the largest by the country since it purchased F/A-18 aircraft in the early Nineties.
As it has done in the past Finland is replacing older, Russian equipment with more modern, NATO compliant systems. The new air defense network will offer a significant upgrade in capability over the existing one used by the Finnish military. The NASAMS IIs is based around the AIM-120 air-to-air missile and a Raytheon made radar. It has been purchased by a variety of NATO and Scandinavian countries and was originally developed for Norway.
The contract will allow some of the work to be done in Finland offsetting some of the cost.
BRAC Moves Air Force Unit to Aberdeen Proving Ground
Filed under: Battelle Memorial Institute, Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Events, Maryland, S&T, Services, States, Texas, U.S. Air Force, development program
The U.S. Air Force under the last round of BRAC is moving its chemical, nuclear and biological defense development unit to the Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) in Maryland. Battelle was given a $32 million contract to aid in moving the 649th Aeronautical Systems Squadron from Texas. This round focused on concentrating the various parts of the services that carry on like roles. The Army has used APG for most of their chemical and biological research and the Air Force unit will move there to gain benefits from co-location. The Air Force bases in Texas though are gaining Army and Navy units related to medical research and training so that state will not suffer with this move.
Unlike a lot of contracts related to BRAC this is not for construction of facilities. Battelle will provide analysis and support so that not only with the Squadron be able to continue their programs and research without interruption; but also so that the unit can receive improved equipment and processes as part of the move. This is also a benefit of the BRAC process. By moving an organization or unit it is possible to upgrade and modernize their capability through improving facilities. The combining of like abilities from various services and organizations will also aid in sharing and exchanging experience and knowledge.
Despite Gates’ Proposed Reforms New Satellites to go Forward
Filed under: Business Line, Congress, Department of Defense, Events, Federal Budget Process, NGIA, Proposal, Satellites, Services, U.S. Air Force, development program, space
As Federal Computer Week writes the Obama administration has decided to go ahead and begin development of a new spy satellite. In the past these black space programs have been heavily criticized for not only cost and schedule growth but the fact that due to their secret nature that there is no public oversight. Part of the impetus for this system is the recent North Korean missile launch. For monitoring programs like this and the Iranian nuclear one satellites are the most efficient way of doing so. This system will also utilize commercial imagery systems that are available. Of interest an earlier attempt at upgrading the U.S. capability, the Future Imagery Architecture project, was not successful. Perhaps this program will be able to demonstrate that Secretary Gates has been able to reform some aspects of acquisition at the Pentagon.
U.S. Department of Defense Still Not Sold on Split Tanker Buy
Filed under: Boeing, Business Line, Companies, Congress, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, EADS, Events, Federal Budget Process, GAO, Proposal, Protest, Services, U.S. Air Force, development program, logistics, production program
Responding to growing pressure from Congress and some in industry to the idea of splitting the KC-X tanker procurement between Boeing and EADS Secretary of Defense Gates said that the idea would be bad policy. The Hill reports that any cost savings from more rapid production would be offset by the increased logistical tail of having two separate systems. In this day and age when the quantities of equipment purchased is minimal the U.S. cannot afford a dual source for one mission. While some have said that this proposal would more rapidly field capability a split fleet would require two supply chains, training networks and support networks. More will be found out when the Obama administration releases its FY10 budget proposal in the near future.
U.S.M.C. Buys Tactical Trailers
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Congress, Contract Awards, Events, Federal Budget Process, Services, U.S. Marine Corps, logistics, production program
Recently the U.S. government purchased tactical cargo trailers from Mercedes Benz and Oshkosh. The U.S.M.C. just announced that they bought 724 trailers from the Native American firm Choctaw Manufacturing. The McAlester News-Capital reports that this contract is worth over $60 million. Native American owned companies receive priority when it comes to winning contracts. Some tribal organizations partner with existing contractors to develop capability and get work. Others, like the Choctaws here, invest in a facility and then use that to get contracts.
Army Buys Cargo Parachutes
Filed under: BRS, Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Events, Services, U.S. Army, logistics, production program
The U.S. Army awarded Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS) a contract to manufacture twelve hundred cargo parachutes. The $4.1 million contract has an option to for a further fifteen hundred which would make the contract value over $9 million. MSNBC has the press release from the company. BRS has invested recently in staff to help it win such contracts. A few weeks ago they won one from the Air Force. This contract will also allow them to increase the staff at their manufacturing plant in North Carolina. The Army still has the ability to deliver the troops of the 82nd Airborne Division and supporting supplies and equipment by parachute and seems like it will continue to invest in this capability.
ESRI co-sponsors DGI 2009 – Europe’s Premier Defence GIS Conference – Press Release
Filed under: Business Line, ESRI, England, IT, Press Releases, Satellites, logistics
ESRI Inc is the Co-Sponsor of DGI 2009, being held 19-22 January in London, which has become Europe’s largest annual gathering dedicated to high-level discussion addressing the major challenges of the defence and government geospatial intelligence community. ESRI is the world’s leading supplier of COTS GIS capability to the defence and security community and will be contributing two presentations to the conference as well as exhibiting its ArcGIS system:
Government Information Sharing: The challenges and opportunities of Enterprise GIS
Jeff Peters
Director of Federal Programs
ESRI
GIS companies are traditionally good at delivering high-level visions for geospatially centric information systems, high-level system concepts, and COTS software. The challenge for defence and intelligence organizations is often in the implementation of these visions and related architectures where the gap between them and the COTS software is too large. This presentation will explore the concept of “solution templates” which help solve this problem. A solution template answers specific questions like: What is the actual information model for the system? What is the actual workflow for the system? Who are the actual users of the system? We hope that this will be a thought provoking presentation looking at improved ways of implementing an enterprise GIS to better enable government information sharing.
GIS in Defence & Intelligence – What next?
Chris Dorman
European Defence Business Coordinator
ESRI (although he works for ESRI Inc, Chris is based at the ESRI (UK) office in Aylesbury)
Whilst the GIS community knows the power of GIS it is only now becoming pervasive throughout defence and intelligence organisations. It is only just being accepted as a key technology for collaboration, visualisation and dissemination of ideas, plans and decisions. So how is defence adopting GIS technology today and how will it be used in the future? This presentation will show the potential value of GIS in a defence-wide services-oriented architecture and discuss various challenges faced during implementation. It will also look at some of the ways GIS will impact defence capabilities by geospatially enabling procedures and exploiting the power of geospatial analytical techniques. The presenter will propose an answer to the question “GIS in Defence & Intelligence – What next?”
Exhibition
ESRI Inc is exhibiting at the conference (stand number 15-18) with ESRI (UK) representatives on hand to handle UK based interests. They are presenting ArcGIS as a complete Geographic Information System Serving the Defence and Intelligence Community:
· An integrated software suite for desktop, server, web and mobile geospatial applications.
· Integrates with commercial, military and IT standards
· Used by DoD, NATO and coalition partners globally
· Tools for intelligence Analysis and Dissemination:
o Common Operating Picture – Situational Awareness is disseminated to a variety of people and locations to provide a common operating picture
o Data Management
o Planning and Analysis – The fusion of time-sensitive, dynamic data with geographic information allows for quicker and more intuitive action
o Field operations – ESRI’s mobile response tool for use with desktop, tablet and handheld devices provides more timely and accurate information to field personnel, intelligence analysts and commander.
About ESRI (UK)
Established in 1989, ESRI (UK) is a British company that is part of the ESRI network, the world’s leading supplier of commercial off the shelf (COTS) GIS capability to the defence and national security community for almost 40 years. As the UK’s leading authority on GIS, ESRI (UK) works with the MOD, DE&S, business partners and the Systems Integrator community to provide best of breed solutions across the land, air, sea and joint domains. See www.esri.com and www.esriuk.co.uk.
DGI 2009 http://wbresearch.com/DGIEurope
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Celia Turner Public Relations
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USCG Cutter Contract Protested
Filed under: Contract Awards, Protest, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, production program
One of the losing bidders on a contract to build new cutters for the US Coast Guard, Marinette Marine, protested the award to Bollinger Shipyards for a new class of small ships the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports.. The initial contract is for $80 M and will begin a program that might see up to 34 ships procured. This program arose out of a failed attempt to upgrade existing USCG ships by extending the hull and adding capability. Bollinger was heavily involved in that program, and some feel that the past performance there should have disqualified them from participating in this contract. Marinette Marine has previously built other ships for the USCG as well. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has 100 days to rule on the protest. Normally the contract is put on hold while the protest is resolved.
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- US Navy: Flag Officer Announcement
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- Contracts for March 10, 2010
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- House Armed Services Committee: Skelton Statement on Earmark Changes
- Today in the Department of Defense, Thursday, March 11, 2010
- Today in the Department of Defense, Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- Press Release — Statement on US Refueling Tanker Program Announcement
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