Defense Today 2006 Scott Nance - Abstracts

Defense Today 2006 Scott Nance
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ABL successful, 'pathfinder for directed energy'.(Airborne Laser)BusinessScott Nance
Agusta Westland to talk LUH with Army this month.(light utility helicopter)BusinessScott Nance
Alternative QDR: Kill DD(X), Raptor, more.(Quadrennial Defense Review)BusinessScott Nance
Analyst: Bioterror threat real, but don't 'cry wolf'.(bioterrorism)BusinessScott Nance
Analyst calls weapons buys 'amazing' given Pentagon mismanagement.BusinessScott Nance
Analyst: CECOM mismanages advanced comms programs.(Communications-Electronics Command)BusinessScott Nance
Analyst gives C-27J advantage in Joint Cargo Contest.BusinessScott Nance
Analyst: U.S. should arm Taiwan, not block attack by China.BusinessScott Nance
Armor Holdings to buy army truck maker.(Stewart and Stevenson Services Inc.)BusinessScott Nance
Army active protection pact due soon.(Future Combat Systems modernization program to protect army vehicles)BusinessScott Nance
Army, Air Force at work on cargo aircraft MOA.(memorandum of agreement)BusinessScott Nance
Army assesses Stryker Drones with eye to robot convoys.(Stryker Infantry Carrier vehicle been tested)BusinessScott Nance
Army cuts Lockheed Martin out of troubled ACS.(aerial common sensor)BusinessScott Nance
Army revamp portends UAV acquisition 'explosion'.BusinessScott Nance
Army to re-compete security pacts after Wackenhut lapses: Union.BusinessScott Nance
Army will use supplemental to cover program losses.BusinessScott Nance
Boeing Exec has 'complete confidence' system would work: With missile defense 'becoming reality', NATO to acquire system.BusinessScott Nance
Boeing joins GMAS team bidding for JCA.(Global Military Aircraft Systems)(Joint Cargo Aircraft)BusinessScott Nance
Boeing reports mixed bag of military aircraft sales.BusinessScott Nance
Boeing total profits jump 29.3 percent, but defense area weakens.BusinessScott Nance
Bolton blames program failure on unneeded requirements.(Claude Bolton)BusinessScott Nance
Bolton: Wider use of service contracts reflects broader U.S. trend.BusinessScott Nance
Brigades filling up, army looks for new uses for Strykers.BusinessScott Nance
Budget increases offer Army an 'opportunity,' general says.(US Army plans to restructure and modernize it's force)BusinessScott Nance
California Tech Company improves army helo readiness.BusinessScott Nance
Chertoff: DHS aims to make strategic, integrated procurements.BusinessScott Nance
Combat gear reset will face 'ongoing, long-term challenges'.(replacement or refurbishment of military weapons used in Iraq war by the US Army and Marine Corps)BusinessScott Nance
Continued supplementals will be key for Army, Sullivan says.BusinessScott Nance
Corporate paper outlines needed steps to reach net-centricity.BusinessScott Nance
Defense industry faces squeeze in looming competitiveness crunch.(Industry overview)BusinessScott Nance
Defense spending must rise to meet needs, AEI fellow says.(Frederick Kagan)(American Enterprise Institute )BusinessScott Nance
End user survey should reduce JCA risk, exec says.(Joint Cargo Aircraft)BusinessScott Nance
FCA competition to get underway soon, Raytheon official says.(Future Cargo Aircraft)BusinessScott Nance
FCS faces critical milestones in 2006: Program leader.(Future Combat Systems)BusinessScott Nance
Force protection continues to improve, lawmakers told.(Army and Marine Corps provides body armors against improvised explosive devices)BusinessScott Nance
GAO finds army trucks not armored for lack of money.(Government Accountability Office)BusinessScott Nance
General: Pentagon needs to consider downward missile spending.BusinessScott Nance
Grand jury indicts former Army official, business owner.(Jeffrey Stayton)(William Curtis Childree of Maverick Aviation)BusinessScott Nance
Harvey: Cutting FCS will just delay army modernization.(Future Combat System)(Francis Harvey)BusinessScott Nance
Honeywell FCS UAV design faces moment of truth.(Future Combat Systems )(unmanned aerial vehicle)BusinessScott Nance
House appropriators prepare emergency supplemental.(defense spending for military procurement)BusinessScott Nance
Industry covers 'The Gamut' for FCS class II, III UAVs.(Army Future Combat Systems)(unmanned aerial vehicles )BusinessScott Nance
Iran attack difficult, but U.S. maintains military options.BusinessScott Nance
Korb: FCS tech unready, so slow the program.(Lawrence Korb)(Future Combat Systems)BusinessScott Nance
Lawmakers raise questions about Marine One, other helo programs.BusinessScott Nance
Lockheed announces three successful rocket tests.(guided multiple launch rocket system )BusinessScott Nance
Lockheed long-range radar: 'Very active product line,' exec says.(Lockheed Martin Corp.)BusinessScott Nance
Lockheed offers last proposed revision for Army munition.(Lockheed Martin Corp.)(Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II)BusinessScott Nance
Lockheed, Raytheon win Australian Naval deals.(Lockheed Martin Corporation)BusinessScott Nance
Lockheed trumpets its offering in upcoming APKWS II Contest.(Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II)BusinessScott Nance
Lockheed wins $45.6 million army missile order.(Lockheed Martin Corp)BusinessScott Nance
Made in America: EADS would build LUH at Miss. plant.(EADS North America)(Light Utility Helicopter)(Mississippi)BusinessScott Nance
" Major investment" needed to meet 100 percent cargo screening.BusinessScott Nance
Military programs help drive strong UTC growth.(United Technologies Corp.)BusinessScott Nance
Mundt: Aircraft survivability has come a long way.BusinessScott Nance
Northrop chief predicts continued defense growth following acquisitions, time for consolidation.(chief of Northrop Grumman Corp., Ronald Sugar)BusinessScott Nance
Northrop Grumman Fire Scout 'out front' in Army FCS.(Future Combat Systems)BusinessScott Nance
Northrop says Airborne Communications system tests successful.BusinessScott Nance
Not pleased with Lockheed's alternatives, Army may fill troubled ACS.(Aerial Common Sensor )BusinessScott Nance
Now joint, cargo aircraft a 'much broader' opportunity.(Joint Cargo Aircraft)BusinessScott Nance
Official: Despite accident, Bell remains committed to UAVs.(Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. plans to develop unmanned aerial vehicles)BusinessScott Nance
Oshkosh demonstrates new robotic truck.(Oshkosh Truck Corporation )BusinessScott Nance
Pentagon pursues network centric operations at low cost.BusinessScott Nance
Possible LCS, international sales: BAE eyes expanded markets for ship protection gun.(BAE SYSTEMS PLC plans to sell Mk 38 to other markets)(Littoral Combat Ship)BusinessScott Nance
Pratt, Hamilton Sundstrand see quarterly growth: UTC earnings jump 18.75 percent despite Sikorsky strike.BusinessScott Nance
Proxy to offer advanced UAV capabilities at 'substantially lower cost'.(unmanned aerial vehicles: Proxy Aviation Systems Inc)BusinessScott Nance
Raise outlook for 2006: Lockheed Martin's first quarter profit soars 60.2 percent.BusinessScott Nance
Rand: China's defense sector 'emerging from the doldrums'.BusinessScott Nance
Raytheon promotes its support accumen in bid for Army FCA.(future cargo aircraft )BusinessScott Nance
Research firm sells mine-clearing drones to Marines.(Marine Corps.)BusinessScott Nance
Research opportunities for Industry: Army open to 'Any Idea,' but make sure you prove it.BusinessScott Nance
Rumsfeld: DOD must fund both existing, new assets.(Donald Rumsfeld)(United States Department of Defense)BusinessDave Ahearn, Scott Nance, Richard Mullen
Secret tunnel underway; time has come for Iran regime change.(Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps )BusinessScott Nance
Services hope to move forward on FCA procurement soon.(Future Aircraft Cargo)BusinessScott Nance
Services work to protect aircraft in combat with advanced gear.(installation of aircraft survivability equipment in the helicopters)BusinessScott Nance
Sessions: Hill likely supports repair supplementals, new ships.(Capitol Hill)BusinessScott Nance
Ships sales down 25 percent: Katrina continues to hit Northrop Grumman results.BusinessScott Nance
Short on money, Coast Guard plans Deepwater changes.(military procurement)BusinessScott Nance
Sitting on big backlog, Boeing defense chief sees harder times ahead.(restructuring of Boeing Co.'s Integrated Defense Systems )BusinessScott Nance
Sugar: Navy shows 'New Resolve' to control DD(X) costs.BusinessScott Nance
Team selects mobile for JCA site.(Joint Cargo Aircraft)BusinessScott Nance
Tech called JTRS surrogates; Raytheon, ITT team to meet army comms needs.(Joint Tactical Radio System)(ITT Industries Inc.)BusinessScott Nance
Tech firm uses mesh networking to tie together UAVs, more.(Machine Talker Inc.)(unmanned aerial vehicles)BusinessScott Nance
Test flights to decide if loiter attack Munition advances.(Netfires L.L.C.)BusinessScott Nance
Toolkit to make small round robots more adaptable.BusinessScott Nance
Top marine warns against over-reliance on supplementals.BusinessScott Nance
University has new tech for contractors.(University of Maryland)(port security)BusinessScott Nance
U.S. needs new ways to understand enemy use of space: But funding not a priority.BusinessScott Nance
Watchdog opposes foreign Raptor sales in letter to McCain.(Project on Government Oversight )BusinessScott Nance
WIN-T, JTRS among key Army net enablers, CIO says.(Warfighter Information Network-Tactical)(Joint Tactical Radio System)BusinessScott Nance
With strong quarter, Raytheon raises earnings outlook.BusinessScott Nance
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