http://defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2008 Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:49:01 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon ordered $752 million worth of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs) from International Military and Government (IMG) yesterday, and tapped two other MRAP builders to create test versions of lighter MRAP-like... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3875.html Fri, 5 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein The Navy's third report to the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on efforts to incorporate open architecture (OA) into contracts and programs shows the Navy has made strides in processes and practices, institutionalizing OA principles and... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3878.html Fri, 5 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Calvin Biesecker SAIC [SAI] on Wednesday posted solid second quarter results led by strong organic growth and record sales and a modest increase in income from continuing operations, which was hindered by non-recurring charges related to a civil judgment... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3879.html Fri, 5 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT A recent Navy and Coast Guard experiment to demonstrate certain aspects of future sea-going sensor packages in the port security role was successful, an industry official whose firm supported the experiment told sister publication TR2. The week long... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3863.html Thu, 4 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] and L-3 [LLL] have been awarded contracts to provide replacement outer wing kits for the Navy's P-3 Orion aircraft, 39 of which were grounded last year due critical structural fatigue. On Aug. 26, the Navy announced... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3864.html Thu, 4 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The Navy's nascent Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) effort reached a key milestone last week and is now able to track hundreds of thousands of vessels as part of the push to thwart nefarious activity on the world's waterways, a senior... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3867.html Thu, 4 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it received a $61 million follow-on low rate production contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Unitary rockets. To date, more than 850 GMLRS rockets have been fired in the Global War on... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3844.html Wed, 3 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT ATK [ATK] Tuesday said that it has been awarded a $97 million contract for the design, development, integration, and test of the Multi-Stage Supersonic Target (MSST) by the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, the company reported. With... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3845.html Wed, 3 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Lockheed Martin's [LMT] new Aegis Open Architecture Weapon System came to life last month--on schedule and as planned--aboard the Navy's guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), the company reported. The Aegis open architecture configuration was... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3847.html Wed, 3 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Congress is poised to tackle the fiscal year 2009 defense spending bill when it resumes its work next week, with the House Appropriations Committee's (HAC) markup expected as soon as Monday and full House debate likely the following week... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3850.html Wed, 3 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein Fredericksburg, Va.-based SimVentions is the driving force behind a plan to develop a technology center bringing together small companies and universities to collaborate on defense contracts, according to a company official. "The main... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3801.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein The Navy today will make its first-ever deployment of an Atlantic Fleet-based ballistic missile defense (BMD) capable destroyer, as the USS Ramage (DDG-61) heads to the Mediterranean for a six-month tour, a Navy official said. "This is the... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3803.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford As the Marine Corps eyes a shift from Iraq to Afghanistan, its commandant indicated yesterday he does not favor having more of the current iteration of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles there. Commandant Gen. James Conway... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3781.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), a former three-star Navy admiral, said he hopes the service's recent decision to seek one more DDG-1000 destroyer next year will give him more time to gather the intelligence and analysis driving the Navy's... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3782.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein The Navy's first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) came through its first round of acceptance trials, receiving fewer trial cards than many first of class surface combatants get during their Navy Board of Inspection (InSurv) test. Pre Commission Unit... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3784.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Calvin Biesecker Serco Group said yesterday that its United States-based division Serco Inc., has agreed to acquire federal services provider SI International [SINT] for $423 million in cash in a deal that would create a $1 billion-plus federal contractor... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3785.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein While there has been much speculation over how many more DDG-51s the Navy might ask for in its new path forward for surface combatants, a top Raytheon [RTN] official notes the program of record still calls for seven DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class ships... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3773.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Navy Monday conducted a successful test launch of two unarmed Trident II D-5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs), Lockheed Martin [LMT] reported. The Lockheed Martin-built missiles were launched from the USS Louisiana (SSBN-743) in the Pacific Ocean. The... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3774.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein Issues with the Navy's MH-60S Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) system has led to a two-year delay in the program and landed the effort on the Pentagon's Selected Acquisition Reports (SAR) for this reporting period. But the Navy points out... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3768.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT], under HELLFIRE Services Limited Liability Company (HSLLC), will produce additional combat-proven Hellfirer II precision- strike, laser-guided air-to-ground missiles for U.S. and international armed forces under a $357... http://defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/3769.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT