Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems sector (ES3) completed live fire tests of its Wanda/Viper/Multi-Imaging Multi-Spectral (MIMS) configuration of an advanced, laser-based, directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) system, the company reported Thursday.
PRC Inc., a Litton subsidiary, has won a five-year contract from the Defense-Supply Service Washington to serve as the program integrator for the Total Army Personnel System (TAPSYS) -3, Litton reported.
Susan Stahl, director of Boeing 727 Stage 3 Market Support for Raisbeck Commerical Air Group, has been promoted to vice president marketing for all programs at Raisbeck Engineering and Raisbeck Commercial Air Group.
LB&B ASSOCIATES, Columbia, Md., has been selected by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center for a two-year facilities operations and maintenance contract worth $39,884.913. NASA said the performance-based cost-plus-award-fee contract will cover maintenance of electrical, mechanical, plumbing and utility services, as well as plant engineering and planning for utility restoration, repair and modification.
James E. (Jim) Schuster has been named to succeed Glenn Hood as senior vice president and general manager of Aircraft Integrations Systems in Arlington, Va. Hood has announced his intention to retire. Brian M. McKeon has been appointed vice president and program manager, Integrated Space Command and Control program at Raytheon Systems Company's Colorado Springs facility.
Michael J. Clayton has been appointed director, technical operations for the Commercial&Government Systems business unit. Edward J. Evenski has been named business operations director for Commercial&Government Systems. David S. Ledgerwood has been named vice president and general manager, remote sensing and space science, Commercial&Government Systems. Jeffrey A. Wynn has been named general manager, optical systems and space science, Commercial&Government Systems.
British military equipment exports took a tumble in 1998, falling from 3.3 billion pounds ($5.41 billion) in 1997 to 1.97 billion pounds ($3.24 billion). The figures emerged following presentation of evidence by Foreign Secretary Robin Cook to a Parliamentary Select Committee last week, concerning the government's new "ethical" arms export policies. Refusals had resulted from these policies for about 120 arms export licenses, including four for China, eight for Iran, eight for Pakistan and 10 for the Philippines.
The option of making an across-the-board funding cut to federal agencies, including the Pentagon, remains on the table as lawmakers scramble to shore up budget shortfalls this week. "If we can't find the offsets we may be forced to look at the across-the-board cuts," Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) told reporters yesterday. Stevens stressed he does not want to see an across-the-board cut to the fiscal year 2000 appropriations. But there may be no other alternative, he added.
British Aerospace shareholders approved the company's proposed merger with Marconi Electronic Systems (MES), BAe reported yesterday, noting that more than 99.9% of votes cast at an Extraordinary General Meeting in London were in favor of the merger. At separate meetings held on Nov. 3, Marconi plc (formerly known as GEC) also received approval for proposed merger. Completion of the deal now depends on the resolution of the outstanding regulatory issues.
James W. Griffith has been elected president and chief operating officer and a director by the board of directors. The following key executives have announced their retirement during the year 2000: Larry R. Brown, Robert L. Leibensperger, John J. Schubach and Thomas W. Strouble.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Marietta, Ga., received on Nov. 4, 1999, a $52,544,172 option to a cost-plus-award-fee contract, F33657-91-C-0006-P00406, to provide for Initial Operational Test and Evaluation Support for the F-22 aircraft through Sept. 27, 2003. Negotiation completion date was Nov. 4, 1999. Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin's financial and operational difficulties, which triggered lowered earnings expectations and the departure of President and COO Peter Teets and aeronautics chief Micky Blackwell last month, has left the company a "work in progress," according to industry analysts. "We see these as important steps to turning the company around; however, we do not believe that all the bad news is out and continue to be concerned about the company's strategy," Byron Callan, aerospace analyst with Merrill Lynch, told investors.
Lockheed Martin delivered four Block 40 F-16Cs to the Egyptian Air Force over the weekend, the first from the Peace Vector V program announced in 1996, Lockheed Martin reported yesterday. Including this purchase, Egypt has now bought 196 F-16s. The initial F-16 program for Egypt began with deliveries in 1982. In August 1999, Egypt also signed a contract for an additional 24 Block 40 F-16C/D aircraft.
General Dynamics Government Systems Corp., Thousand Oaks, Calif., received on Nov. 4, 1999, a $9,526,106 option to a cost-plus-award-fee contract, F30602-96-C-0195-P00042, to provide for FY2000 operation and maintenance support for the Imagery Exploitation Support System. Expected contract completion date is Sept. 30, 2000. Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY, is the contracting activity.
Damage to the starboard liquid hydrogen tank for the X-33 reusable launch vehicle testbed is so severe that repairing it will likely push the vehicle's first flight into 2001, according to sources who have seen the fractured composite structure in its test fixture at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Yonkers, N.Y., is being awarded a $15,737,150 firm-fixed-price contract, F09603-99-C-0417, to provide for 39 Receiver Processors applicable to the AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasures system for the F-16 aircraft. This effort supports foreign military sales to Egypt. There was one firm solicited and one proposal received. Expected contract completion date is Oct. 1, 2001. Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB, Ga., is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Marietta, Ga., is being awarded a $34,240,262 modification to a cost-plus-award-fee contract, F33657-91-C-0006-P00422, to provide for the Period 17 (April 1999 - September 1999) Earned Award Fee for performance of engineering and manufacturing development of the F-22 aircraft. Expected contract completion date is Sept. 27, 2003. Negotiation completion date was Nov. 5, 1999. Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Vought Systems, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded on Nov. 3, 1999, a $7,750,000 modification to cost-plus-incentive-fee contract DAAH01-98-C-0156, as additional funding for the Line-of-Sight Anti-Tank (LOSAT) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration Program (ACTD) for further development of mature technology of the LOSAT weapons systems. Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas (97%), and Camden, Ark. (3%), and is expected to be completed by April 30, 2004.
