By Michael Sirak The Air Force has tasked Boeing [BA] to develop sensor technologies for the air-launched dual-role missile that the service envisions to deal both with hostile aircraft and ground targets in coming decades, the company said last week. Under a $600,000 contract with the Air Force ...

By Ann Roosevelt Theater security cooperation is a major thrust at U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army to build relationships and help build partner capability, according to the commander. "We are missioned by OSD [Office of the Secretary of Defense] to help build partner capacity--those are the exact ...

By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) yesterday began using a walk-through whole body imaging based on active millimeter wave technology developed by L- 3 Communications [LLL] for secondary screening as an alternative to pat down searches at the security checkpoint at ...

Lockheed Martin [LMT] Oct. 9 announced the delivery of the first PAC-3 missiles to government and military representatives of the Netherlands recently in a ceremony held at its manufacturing facility in Camden, Ark. The Netherlands became the "launch," or first international customer, to buy the ...

Saudi Arabia is looking to buy a variety of Light Armored Vehicles (LAV) and 50 Humvees, as well as associated equipment and services, potentially worth as much as $631 million, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). In addition to the Humvees, Saudi Arabia has requested a ...

Egypt is seeking 139 RIM-116B Block 1A Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM) with Mk 44 Guided Missile Round Packs (GMRP) as well as associated equipment and services, worth upward of $125 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) reported. Along with its planned RAM purchase, Egypt has ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is looking to spend upward of $428 million for 300 AGM-114M3 of Blast Fragmentation Warheads and 900 AGM-114L3 Hellfire II Longbow missiles as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) reported. Additionally, UAE is ...

Australia is looking to spend upward of $617 million on weapons for its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft as well as associated equipment and services, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The sale includes 43 AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles, 50 AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapons (JSOW) ...

By Jen DiMascio The Army needs resources to recover from war losses, make up for historic budget shortfalls and invest in its future, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Association of the United States Army yesterday. "How those resources are used and where those investments are made ...

By Michael Sirak FT. WALTON BEACH, Fla.--The Air Force wants to move out more aggressively in the fielding of lasers and high-powered microwaves and, to support this, intends to increase markedly the amount of funding that it earmarks for them its program objective memorandum (POM) for FY '10, the ...