JOINT STANDOFF WEAPONS deployed aboard the USS Nimitz in the Persian Gulf are returning to the U.S. with the carrier. The Nimitz participated in JSOW operational testing, which allowed the ship to take the new missile on its deployment. Crews on other carriers haven't been trained to use the JSOWs, so they wasn't cross-decked.
CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP., Reading, Pa., established new headquarters facilities for its European and Asian specialty alloy business. Carpenter moved into its new European headquarters in Brussels on Jan. 30 and will open the warehouse later this spring. The Asian headquarters in Singapore opened in mid-January
With Defense Dept. approval, the U.S. Army will increase its procurement request by about a billion dollars a year through fiscal 2003, but Army Chief of Staff Gen. Dennis J. Reimer admitted uncertainty yesterday about whether the service would actually get the funds. Reimer, testifying on the Army's fiscal 1999 budget request of $64.3 billion, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that in the post-Cold War years the Army has relied on modernization accounts "as the primary bill payer."
BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE, Montreal, signed a contract with the Italy's Dept. of Civil Protection for two Canadair CL-415 amphibious aircraft and an option for four additional waterbombers. Deliveries are scheduled for this spring. Bombardier also sold a CL-215 SuperScooper to North Carolina's Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources. The purchase is valued at $4 million. Prior to the purchase, the state had leased a CL-215 for five years.
Richard A. Holloway has been named president of Teledyne Brown Engineering in Pittsburgh, Pa., effective February 16. Robert J. (Bob) Jacklin has been promoted to the position of vice president and general manager of Teledyne Continental Motors. John C. Oakley has been appointed to the position of director of manufacturing operations at Teledyne Continental Motors.
The Pentagon is asking industry for ideas on insertion of commercial technologies into fielded military equipment. Concept papers are being requested under the Commercial Operations and Support Savings Initiative (COSSI), intended to reduce operating and support costs by leveraging innovative commercial technologies that would cut costs of parts and maintenance, decrease the need for specialized equipment, and increase the reliability and efficiency of subsystems.
Rudolph E. Lang Jr. has advised the company of his intention to retire as chief financial officer and to resign from Litton's board of directors in Woodland Hills, Calif.
R. David Hoover has been elected vice chairman of the corporation. George A. Matsik was elected president. Both appointments followed the quarterly meeting of the board of directors in Muncie, Ind.
While the Pentagon's tactical aircraft programs likely will come under some added scrutiny this year, one senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee doesn't think any will be killed. "My guess is there will be more of a squeeze, but to be honest, I don't think this Congress is prepared to eliminate any of those programs," Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) told The DAILY in a brief interview yesterday.
ATLANTIC TURBINES INC. (ATI), the fixed wing repair and overhaul subsidiary of CHC Helicopter Corp., St. John's, Newfoundland, won a five-year contract from American Eagle to supply repair and overhaul services for the airline's PW100 series gas turbine engines. American Eagle, one of the world's largest operators of PW100 engines, has historically spent about $20 million per year for maintenance.
FAIRCHILD'S board of directors approved an agreement to acquire Edwards and Lock Management Corp. (Special-T) for about $46.5 million. The price will be split among $22.5 million in Fairchild common stock and $24 million in cash. Special-T distributes aerospace fasteners to both government and commercial manufacturers. The company reported sales of $29.3 million in its last fiscal year.
Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.), a Vietnam War ace and member of the House Appropriations national security subcommittee, flew an F/A-18F Super Hornet Saturday at NAS Patuxent River, Md., and gave a glowing account of its performance. The General Accounting Office has said low-rate production should be held up until a "wing-drop" problem is fixed. Cunningham, who flew in the back seat of the two-seat F model at the Navy's invitation, plans to brief members of the subcommittee.
U.S. military aircraft will participate in the Asian Aerospace Airshow, slated to run from Feb. 24 to March 1 at Singapore's Changi Exhibition Center, the Pentagon reported. Aircraft scheduled for static display include an F-16C, an F-15C, an F-15E, a KC-135, a P-3, an AH-64D, a CH-47D and a UH-60L. An F-16 also is scheduled to perform a daily aerial demonstration. A B-1, an F-117 and a KC-10 may take part, but have not yet been confirmed.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Ft. Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $41,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for establishment of a depot-level maintenance capability for the F-16C/D aircraft. This effort will include test equipment, spares, data, technical assistance and training. Contract is expected to be completed February 2002. There was one firm solicited and one proposal received. Solicitation began October 1996; negotiations were completed November 1997. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
Officials of the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Battlelab are taking a closer look at the kinds of commercial satellite imagery that could benefit soldiers in the future. "We are working really hard right now to leverage commercial imagery," said Col. Teddy Bitner, head of the Army's SMD Battlelab facilities here. "We are going out and trying to figure out what commercial imagery systems are available and what we can exploit for our own use."
The Royal Air Force will retire two veteran Westland Wessex HCC4 helicopters in the next few weeks after more than 30 years of service in The Queen's Flight and No. 32 (Royal) Squadron. The Wessex helicopters, turboshaft developments of the Sikorsky S-58, are being replaced April 1 by a single Sikorsky S-76C Plus, which will be civil-registered and operated by a civilian crew as Royal employees on a commercial lease basis by Air Hanson from Blackbushe Airport near Farnborough.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS, Sarasota, Fla., won a contract from American Airlines for Flight Data Recorders (FDRs) and Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVRs) for its new Boeing aircraft. American will also retrofit its existing aircraft with L-3's FDRs.
LOCKHEED TEST PILOT Anthony W. "Tony" LeVier died Feb. 6 of complications due to cancer and kidney failure. He was 84. Funeral services will be held Feb. 14 in Glendale, Calif.
Sabena Belgian World Airlines is expected in coming weeks to announce its choice of an engine supplier for medium-haul aircraft it ordered from Airbus in November. Sabena, in an order that was the largest in its history and that probably topped $1 billion, chose Airbus over Boeing. Thirty-four jets of the A320 family will replace Sabena's aging fleet of 737-200s (DAILY, Nov. 19).
Orbital Sciences Corp., Fairchild Defense, Germantown, Md., is being awarded a $5,771,671 modification to previously awarded contract N00163-95- C-0171 to exercise an option to procure AN/ASQ-215 Digital Data Set components for the U.S. Navy, including 314 Personal Computer Memory Card International Associate (PCMCIA) Data Transfer Module units and 662 Interface Receptacle units. Work will be performed in Germantown, Md., and is expected to be completed in March 1999. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year.
