Raymond W. Boushie has been named to the company's board of directors. Boushie has retired as president and CEO of Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a business segment of Crane Co., Stamford, Conn.
DRS Technologies Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., has been awarded $30 million in new orders to provide engineering services, spares and production for the U.S. Navy's AN/UYQ-70 Advanced Display Systems and related computer equipment, the company said Jan. 26. Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors Tactical Systems of Eagan, Minn., awarded the contracts. The systems will be installed on the Navy's new Aegis destroyers, cruisers and other surface ships, as well as E-2C Hawkeye aircraft and USS Los Angeles class SSN 688 attack submarines.
The House and Senate armed services committees are preparing for painful cuts to current and future defense weapon systems and military bases due to budget deficits and Bush Administration proposals to reform Social Security and Medicare, according to statements from the House committee chairman and a Senate committee staff member.
Precision Castparts Corp., which produces aerospace metal components and products, intends to acquire the shares of Air Industries Corp. (AIC) and the assets of Air Tuf Products Inc. for $194 million in cash, Precision Castparts said Jan. 25. AIC, located in Garden Grove, Calif., manufactures airframe fasteners, which include bolts, pins, and screws made from titanium and nickel-based alloys. Precision Castparts said the acquisition will enhance PCC's presence in the aerospace fastener market.
Adelaide, Australia-based Saab Systems has won a 620 million Swedish kronor ($89.3 million) contract to provide the Dutch army with Universal Tank and Anti Aircraft System (UTAAS) fire control systems for its CV9035 combat vehicles, the company said Jan. 25. The order includes fire control systems built on third-generation Thales infrared systems, along with upgraded software and data communications.
Donald Green has resigned from the board of directors. Henry Pankratz will replace Green on the board. Pankratz is president of CavanCore Capital, Toronto, a private investment and corporate advisory firm. Bob Monette has been named director, international military sales/marketing for the company's subsidiary, Atlantis Systems International Inc. Karl Morgan has been appointed director, commercial sales/marketing for ASI.
General Dynamics reported a revenue increase of 17% for 2004, boosted by its information technology and combat systems units. Revenue reached $19.2 billion, compared with $16.4 billion in 2003, the company said Jan. 26. Net earnings for 2004 were $1.23 billion, compared with $1 billion for 2003, a 22% increase.
The U.S. Navy's new San Antonio-class LPD 17 amphibious warship suffered "shortcomings" in its command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems and is missing three other systems deemed necessary, the Defense Department's Director for Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) said in a fiscal 2004 report.
Gulf Helicopters of Doha, Qatar, has signed a contract to buy a Sikorsky S-92 aircraft to carry high-ranking officials. Delivery is scheduled for 2006, Sikorsky said Jan. 25. Financial terms were not disclosed. Turkey and Turkmenistan also have selected the S-92 for head-of-state missions. Turkey has contracted for one and Turkmenistan for two S-92s.
John R. Woodhull has resigned from the board of directors. Robert Rodin will replace Woodhull. Rodin is founder and CEO of RDN Group, a management consulting firm. Douglas A. Moore has been appointed vice president and account executive. Mark F. Werny has been named vice president and account executive.
David R. Beachley has been named media relations manager. George M. Smart has been elected to the board of directors. Smart is former president of Sonoco-Phoenix Inc.
Lockheed Martin has successfully conducted the fourth flight-test of a Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rocket at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., the company said Jan. 25. This was the first flight of the GMLRS Unitary rocket with the enhanced capability fuze architecture. The warhead will have a tri-mode fuze, which allows airburst, point-impact and delay modes for penetrating capability, the company said.
NASA and the International Space Station (ISS) partners have agreed on a plan to complete the orbital facility by 2010 and accommodate all the hardware modules built by the international partner countries that have yet to be launched. The new plan will finish the station "with the fewest number of flights we can," NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe said during a press conference following the ISS Heads of Agency (HOA) meeting in Montreal Jan. 26. "We have developed a dynamic plan to achieve that goal."
Transformational capabilities achieved by the U.S. Air Force during Operation Iraqi Freedom included techniques that allowed more than 90% of sorties to receive updated information en route to targets, and enhanced weather forecasting that permitted more effective strikes against time-sensitive targets, according to a new report from the service.
Lt. Gen. Joseph "Keith" Kellogg (USA-Ret.) has been appointed executive vice president of the company's Research and Technology Systems business group. Kellogg most recently was senior vice president of homeland security solutions for Oracle Corp.
LASER LEADER: U.S. Air Force Col. Ellen Pawlikowski, director of the Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser program for almost five years, is scheduled to leave the program at the end of February, an MDA spokesman said Jan. 26. Pawlikowski, whose successor has not been announced, will replace civilian Christine Anderson as director of the Military Satellite Communications joint program office. Anderson has been reassigned as special assistant to the commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif.
