http://defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2008 Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:56:02 EDT General Dynamics [GD] this week said that David Heebner, who is president of the company's Land Systems division, will succeed Michael Toner as chief of the Marine... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4207.html Fri, 3 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Brazil is looking to spend upward of $525 million for 15 Sikorsky [UTX] UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters as well as associated equipment and services, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The Black Hawk helicopters will be equipped with... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4210.html Fri, 3 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein General Dynamics [GD] and Israel's Elbit Systems' [ESLT] are hoping their Skylark II Long Endurance (LE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will capture the contract for the joint Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS Tier II program. The... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4190.html Thu, 2 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein QinetiQ Tuesday put on display their latest low-cost, lightweight robotic systems designed for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) teams. The company had the units on display at the Modern Day Marine expo at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. Built... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4192.html Thu, 2 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT Lockheed Martin [LMT], Boeing [BA], Pratt & Whitney [UTX], Raytheon [RTN], General Dynamics [GD] and their military branch partners were recognized Sept. 30 as winners of the 2008 Performance-Based Logistics Awards. The Fourth Annual Secretary of Defense... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4180.html Wed, 1 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Navy last month awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $32.9 million contract for the second year of low rate initial... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4181.html Wed, 1 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Israeli government is seeking to spend upward of $15.2 billion for 25 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighters with an option to purchase 50 additional aircraft, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The initial request is... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4184.html Wed, 1 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein The Navy is expecting to issue a request for proposals in spring '09 to develop the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN), the follow-on to the Navy Marine Corps Internet (NMCI). The Navy last week posted responses to roughly 35 questions it... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4185.html Wed, 1 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein After months of delays and disappointments, ATK [ATK] on Monday successfully fired its Ballistic Trajectory Extended Range Munition (BTERM), with one of the rounds hitting the target at range, according to the Navy. ATK's BTERM was an... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4186.html Wed, 1 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT L-3 Communications [LLL] yesterday said it is realigning its Sensors and Simulation Group to form the Integrated Sensor Systems business to better serve its government and industrial customers. The new group is comprised of the following business units... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4187.html Wed, 1 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein In the past 60 days, the Marine Corps has bought almost 2,000 unmanned air vehicles (UAV) from the Army and Air Force, in response to a warfighters' urgent needs requests, a Navy official said. In order to quickly get systems to Marines in... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4106.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Calvin Biesecker Boeing [BA] on Friday said it has agreed to acquire Tapestry Solutions, a small California-based firm specializing in real-time logistics visibility and logistics modeling and simulation, opening a new product and service for its defense... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4108.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT NASA needs technology, design and components that will cut weight and costs in Constellation Program systems such as the Orion space capsule and Ares rocket, the next- generation space hardware for missions to the moon and beyond, according to speakers at an... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4115.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT European Missile Defense Receives $465 Million In Defense Authorization, $246 Million Under Budget Request Congress, rushing to wrap up work for the year ahead of the Nov. 4 general election, produced a compromise House-Senate defense authorization measure... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4116.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT An emergency $700 billion financial industry bailout package that a worried, hurried Congress wrote to stave off a global economic disaster may serve to further tighten finances of many federal programs, including missile defense and NASA. Even before action... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4118.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT The United States needs to accelerate forming its missile defense shield now, more than ever, as enemy threats, worrisome capabilities and hostile actions mandate swift U.S. protective action, Riki Ellison, president of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4121.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Launch Is A Win For Both SpaceX And NASA, Which Needs Commercial Transport Capabilities To Space Station Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, yesterday finally attained success in launching a Falcon 1 rocket that soared into space and achieved... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4122.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Sea Launch is poised to launch the Intelsat Galaxy 19 satellite on Wednesday, Sea Launch announced. A 72-hour countdown... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4126.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT A Galaxy 19 satellite for Intelsat was lofted to orbit by a Zenit-3SL rocket that lifted off the Sea Launch Odyssey platform at the Equator, Space Systems/Loral, the satellite provider, announced. That is a unit of Loral Space and Communications [LORL]. The... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4127.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Space Coast Launch Services Receives $40.2 Million Air Force Contract Change The Air Force gave Space Coast Launch Services a $40.2 million contract change for launch operations support. Space Coast will provide operations maintenance and engineering support... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/business/4133.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT