By Calvin Biesecker Boeing [BA] said recently it has successfully completed a series of tests using modified ship-based ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to track simulated biological plumes, collect the airborne agents, return the craft to the ship to retrieve the samples and then ...

By Calvin Biesecker Boeing [BA] said yesterday it has successfully completed a series of tests using modified ship-based ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to track simulated biological plumes, collect the airborne agents, return the craft to the ship to retrieve the samples and then ...

The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Ready for a Fight. Army readiness shortfalls are worsening, HASC Chairman Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) and Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas) last week wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates. "This situation presents the Untied ...

Inclusion in New Products does not imply endorsement by IPR. Multi-Sensor Handheld Chemical Identifier Smiths Detection, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, has launched its multi-sensor handheld Hazardous Gas and Vapor Identifier (HGVI™) to the U.S. first responder market. ...

By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] has entered into a licensing agreement with Netherlands-based Stork-Fokker to explore ways in which the two companies can combine efforts on the extended range variant of the Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW), according to a Raytheon official. "One of the exciting ...

In an "incident of security concern" at the Energy Department's highly sensitive Y-12 plant, unauthorized laptop computers were repeatedly brought into the restricted area of the Tennessee high-enriched uranium facility--raising the risk of classified information breaches--and the plant operator ...

By George Lobsenz In an "incident of security concern" at the Energy Department's highly sensitive Y-12 plant, unauthorized laptop computers were repeatedly brought into the restricted area of the Tennessee high-enriched uranium facility--raising the risk of classified information ...

By Calvin Biesecker BAE Systems last Friday said it has received a $29 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to install its JETEYE aircraft missile defense system on three 767-200 passenger aircraft operated by American Airlines [AMR] to test the suitability of the system ...

The Army awarded a $221.2 million contract to expand the Von Braun Complex in Redstone Arsenal at Huntsville, Ala., the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said last week. That will mean constructing a roughly 840,000 square foot building to house 2,248 MDA employees, people who now work in or near ...

The Bush administration loosened restrictions on exporting sensitive-technology items to China, to help U.S. companies sell more advanced goods to the Chinese, according to a report by a group advocating arms control. That move comes as some U.S. companies, and trade organizations including them, ...