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NEW DELHI — Swedish defense, aerospace and security company Saab AB has joined with Indian ship-builder Pipavav Defense and Offshore Engineering Ltd. for a $38 million initiative for the construction and maintenance of military hardware. In addition to the Memorandum of Understanding signed on Aug. 24, the two sides also have entered into a technical partnership agreement involving further cooperation and relevant projects.
Construction of two new research ships funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) officially earlier this month in Anacortes, Wash. The design and construction of both Ocean-class Auxiliary General Purpose Oceanographic Research (AGOR) vessels will be managed by the Naval Sea Systems Command. Each is expected to be completed in the next 30 to 36 months, with delivery scheduled for late 2014 for AGOR 27 and early 2015 for AGOR 28.
The Pentagon’s massive civilian workforce will be hit hardest and fastest if potential across-the-board federal budget cuts take hold in January, a Washington-based budget analyst says.
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Aug. 28 - 29 — NDIA Joint Missions Conference, "Science and Technology to the Warfighter," Bloomington Monroe County Convention Center, Bloomington, Ind. For more information go to www.ndia.org/meetings/2280/Pages/default.aspx Sept. 1 - 3 — The Cleveland National Air Show, Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland, Ohio. For more information go to www.clevelandairshow.com
TEL AVIV — Israeli intelligence analysts are trying to create a template to predict why governments falter, when their influence fails and what then happens to their armies and weapons.
The U.S. Navy says it will cost about $450 million to repair the fire-damaged attack submarine SSN-755 USS Miami, and the service expects to complete the work by April 30, 2015. The estimate includes “10 percent variability due to the unique nature of the repair and the cost impacts of shifting the planned maintenance availabilities of other ships and submarines,” the Navy says.
While defense analysts continue to hammer the U.S. Navy’s spending practices for its ships and other large-expense items, one of the service’s initiatives has quietly been able to save the Navy an average of about $10 million annually for such items as office supplies, wireless services and global business support services. The Navy Supply Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) San Diego “strategically sourced solutions” have already saved the Navy more than $42 million in the last four fiscal years, the service estimates.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army is making headway with plans to demonstrate the utility of nanosatellites and small, low-cost, mobile launchers to provide direct support to deployed forces, bypassing the traditional data processing and dissemination system located in the U.S.
FLYING CATS: EADS subsidiary Cassidian Aviation Training Services (CATS) has selected Cirrus SR20s and SR22s to provide training services to the French air force and navy. A fleet of 13 SR20s will be used for training pilots at the Salon de Provence air base. Seven SR22s will provide navigator training and liaison flights. Another three SR20s will train students of the Ecole Navale at Lanveoc-Poulmic naval air station.
October 9, 2012 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Repair in New Generation Aircraft: Challenges and OpportunitiesLightweight composites will soon rival metals as the primary material for airframes. Are you prepared? This event will highlight the latest developments, challenges and best practices in aircraft composite repair and maintenance technology. It will allow all of the key industry players to discuss best practices and share experiences. Register now! www.aviationweek.com/events/composites
NASA scrubbed efforts to launch the twin Radiation Belt Storm Probe mission spacecraft early Aug. 24, to allow more time to troubleshoot a C-band tracking beacon problem on the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket. ULA made plans for a second attempt to launch the $686 million mission from Cape Canaveral early Aug. 25, while technicians analyzed a “frequency drift” noted late in the first countdown. The 20-min. launch window opens at 4:07 a.m. EDT. Forecasters predicted a 60% chance of favorable weather.
Just in time for the Republican National Convention, the Center for Security Policy has reissued a database of defense spending across congressional districts. Here’s a look at contracts coming to some of the House’s most influential members on defense matters.
Australia will acquire electronic attack systems for the half of its Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet fleet that is already wired for the equipment. The upgrade will cost an estimated A$1.5 billion ($1.44 billion), and the converted aircraft are scheduled to be operational in 2018.
PARIS — In the debate over whether to start work on Europe’s successor to the Ariane 5 launch vehicle, France and Germany have at least agreed on the estimated price tag — €3.8-€5 billion ($5-$6.5 billion) over a decade. Detailed in a report recently delivered to the French and German governments, the cost estimate serves as a point of departure from which the polarized partners will move forward this fall, when European Space Agency (ESA) ministers meet in Caserta, Italy, to settle the organization’s multiyear budget.
XCOR Aerospace, the suborbital commercial spaceflight company founded in Mojave, Calif., announced a second easterly expansion on Aug. 23, outlining plans for flight operations as well as manufacturing and assembly facilities for its winged, two-seat Lynx Mark II reusable launch vehicle in Central Florida.
NEW DELHI — India-based Samtel Avionics & Defense Systems is in talks with Honeywell for the supply of multiple displays for aircraft and expects business worth $100 million from the U.S. firm in the next five to seven years.
Lockheed Martin, Oshkosh and AM General all have been chosen to progress into the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program to replace U.S. Army and Marine Corps Humvees. Lockheed is receiving $66 million for the 27-month EMD phase, with Oshkosh receiving $56 million and AM General $64 million. Navistar International Corp., General Dynamics and BAE Systems also bid for EMD but were not chosen.
It is now up to the U.S. Navy to decide which contractor will get the acknowledged brass ring of radar suite contracts for the service: the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR). As expected, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon all recently submitted proposals for AMDR, a next-generation radar system designed to provide ballistic missile defense, air defense, and surface warfare capabilities.
