Charles H. (Nick) Ide was appointed president of United Technologies Microelectronics Center (UTMC). He succeeds Cal Ransom, who retired after 17 years of service.
U.S. NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND will make changes in the basic requirement for the Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM) program, according to a notice in the May 16 issue of Commerce Business Daily. NavAir also said it will "modify the requirement for the high powered fiber optic decoy, and add requirements for F-15 and B-1 integration." It added that the date for IDECM "has been extended until 10 July 1995." The effort is aimed at reducing the effectiveness of RF and IR threats to tactical aircraft.
David E. Baldwin, associate director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has joined General Atomics in San Diego, Calif., as senior vice president of General Atomics' Fusion Group.
Boeing is making a big push to rescue two high-profile business deals, nearly finishing a plan to preserve some of the income from Air France's otherwise cancelled Boeing orders (DAILY, Feb. 3, page 173) and sending a team this week to Saudi Arabia to move the long-stalled Saudia fleet replacement order forward.
Alfred G. Hansen was been named executive vice president of Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Co. (LASC), replacing John McLellan who became president of the company in March.
Motorola has set up a new business unit to address information security needs of its customers that have arisen due to increased usage of electronic data transfer systems. The new Information Security Systems (ISS) unit will be based in Schaumburg, Ill., and by headed by managing director Peter Browne. Browne previously worked at Motorola Corporate.
U.S. AIR FORCE'S Rome Laboratory, Griffiss AFB, N.Y., is soliciting white papers from industry for advanced radar technology that will allow detection, tracking and identification of small targets in a high clutter and ECM environment. It laid out its plans in an April 19 Commerce Business Daily notice.
Raytheon Co. marked the first international sale of its AN/ALQ-184 electronic countermeasure system, and said it boosts prospects for further overseas sales. The company received a $105.8 million contract May 12 from the U.S. Air Force for 82 of the pods and related systems for Taiwan's F-16 fighters.
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP. is in line for Lot IX production of the AN/ALQ-135 internal electronic countermeasures set. The F-15 System Program Office U.S. Air Force's Aeronautical Systems Center said in a May 15 Commerce Business Daily notice that Lot IX covers 63 shipsets, and that production will be over six years of about ten shipsets per year. The RFP will be released on about June 1. Deliveries will begin in April 1997 and end in March 2002.
PRATT&WHITNEY delivered its 300th F100-PW-229 Increased Performance Engine (IPE) on May 9, the company said. The engine was delivered to the U.S. Air Force as part of a Foreign Military Sales contract, and will be installed in a Royal Saudi Air Force F-15. Saudi Arabia has ordered 72 F- 15s with IPE powerplants.
The U.S. government's policy to allow domestic firms to sell high resolution satellite imagery on the international market is a "double-edged sword" that poses significant threats, the deputy director of central intelligence said yesterday.
U.S. AIR FORCE'S Wright Laboratory, Eglin AFB, Fla., is soliciting industry for an anti-jam GPS technology flight test program. It said in a May 10 Commerce Business Daily notice that an RFP for the 33-month effort would be released in 30 days. "Multiple awards are anticipated, with a down select at the completion of the basic effort," it said.
A Titan IV lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Station Monday morning with a classified Defense Dept. payload. It was the booster's first mission of 1995, and its first flight since the Lockheed-Martin Marietta merger. The rocket lifted off at 9:45 a.m. EDT. The launch had initially been scheduled for Saturday but was delayed after a lightning strike six-tenths of a mile from the pad. The strike required a re-check of the Titan IV's electronics.
The Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) granted the U.S. Air Force's wish to relax key performance standards for the F-22 fighter, allowing the program to proceed without costly design changes. The JROC, which met last Thursday, deleted the subsonic range requirement for the plane and eased its sustained turning performance requirement, a spokeswoman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday.
The McDonnell Douglas DC-X "Delta Clipper" single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) subscale prototype resumed flight test yesterday with U.S. Air Force funding after undergoing lengthy repairs following a hydrogen explosion last summer.
Serge D. Buchakjian has been appointed vice president of international business development for Allied Signal Aerospace's Government Electronic Systems (GES).
Jack E. Wagner, previously vice president technical operations, was appointed senior vice president and general manager of the Calspan Advanced Technology Center (CATC) in Buffalo, N.Y.
The company has announced the following new managerial appointments: Henrik Schroder, president and CEO. Michael G. Magnusson, executive vice president, marketing and sales and COO. Mark D. Pugliese, executive vice president and general counsel. Ove Dahlen, chairman of the board of SAAI. Jack Faherty, senior vice president at Saab Aircraft AB.
Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) is considering a move in the Senate Armed Services Committee to obtain incremental funding for a seventh LHD Amphibious Helicopter Carrier in fiscal 1996-five years ahead of schedule, congressional sources said. If he succeeds, it could spell the end to the full-funding principle that has governed shipbuilding since the mid 1950s when Congress required that virtually the full cost of a ship must be funded in one defense bill before construction starts. This was done because of shipbuilding overruns.
Robert R. Rankine Jr. has been named vice president for marketing for Hughes Space and Communications Co. and director of the Washington Space Office for parent company Hughes Electronics Corp.
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP. yesterday received an $11.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for contractor technical support for the operation and maintenance of F-15S aircraft for Saudi Arabia. DOD said yesterday that the contract was awarded by Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Warner Robins
U.S. Air Force funding has benefited from more severe drawdowns in Army and Navy funding, an Army official said Friday. Keith Charles, deputy assistant secretary for plans, programs and policy in the Army's acquisition office, laid out figures comparing total obligation authority (TOA) and research and development authority (RDA) figures from the 1990s and 1970s. Charles said he picked the '70s because they marked a financially difficult period for the services, but they also revealed a discrepancy between the Air Force and the Navy and Army, he noted.
Stephen R. Hardis has been named chairman and chief executive officer, and Alexander M. Cutler has been named president and chief operating officer, effective Sept. 1, 1995.
