By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] Maritime Systems and Sensors (MS2) was the only company capable of performing the requirement of three Navy solicitations for Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense work and awarding the contracts to another company would result in "unacceptable delay and a ...

By Dave Ahearn The score was one hit, one miss, in an Aegis system ballistic missile defense (BMD) test in the Pacific where the Navy for the first time ran the BMD test itself, without oversight by the Missile Defense Agency, the Navy's 3rd Fleet said. That 50-50 result comes as some Democrats in ...

By Geoff Fein In the ongoing debate over whether to keep DDG-1000 alive beyond the first two ships or to build more of the venerable Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, Raytheon [RTN] says it has demonstrated to the Navy a case for turning future Zumwalt ships into light cruisers. Earlier this year, ...

The score was one hit, one miss, in an Aegis system ballistic missile defense (BMD) test in the Pacific where the Navy for the first time ran the BMD test itself, without oversight by the Missile Defense Agency, the Navy Third Fleet announced. That 50-50 result comes as some Democrats in Congress ...

Updated -- October 30, 2008 - 6:30 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Nov. 14 Mission: STS-126 Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A Launch Time: 7:55 p.m. EST Landing Date: Nov. ...

Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] delivered its 25th Aegis guided missile destroyer to the Navy. Truxtun (DDG 103), built by Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, recently completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico, the final milestone prior to ship delivery. The ship was delivered 10 weeks ahead of ...

By Geoff Fein Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) has asked the Navy to provide him data comparing costs between the DDG-51 and DDG-1000 as well as documentation supporting the Navy's assertion that the plan to restart the Arleigh Burke class of destroyers would be budget neutral. Because of the ...

France's SAFRAN Group this month agreed to acquire the biometrics business of Motorola [MOT] in a deal that would expand its already robust fingerprint matching business in the U.S. and globally. Terms of the pending transaction were not disclosed. SAFRAN, which is doing the deal through its ...

By Marina Malenic Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday expressed confidence in Air Force plans to reorganize and strengthen its nuclear capabilities but said modernization of the U.S. nuclear arsenal as a whole should be an urgent priority for the next administration. "Let me first say very ...

Real Russian Worry Isn't European Missile Defense Interceptors In Poland, But Rather U.S.-Run Radar: Vershbow Russians Act Out Of Anger Over Perceived Slights, But Can Be Brought Around By Giving Them Role In EMD System: Experts Russia is exaggerating when it vows to use nuclear weapons to ...