Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Gen. Anthony Zinni, the commander-in-chief of U.S. Central Command, said today that while Iraq receives the lion's share of public attention, Iran remains the United States' "longest term threat and greatest problem" in the Gulf region.
Carey Smith, a former president and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin Canada, has been named vice president for international business development for the company's naval electronics and surveillance systems group, Lockheed Martin announced today.
Marines at Camp Pendleton, CA, and Camp Lejeune, NC, will be among the first in the Corps to receive "smart cards," pocket-sized electronic tokens that safely store critical personal information, according to an administration message Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Jones issued yesterday.
Under the terms of a plan Defense Secretary William Cohen sent to President Bill Clinton today, the Navy will substantially pare back its training operations on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques.
The Navy announced today that it has taken another step toward having a vertical takeoff and landing unmanned air vehicle operate from its ships by successfully landing a UAV on the Coast Guard cutter Thetis.
Raytheon and Airbus Industries are teaming up on a tanker aircraft proposal for the Japanese Air Self Defense Forces, according to a Raytheon statement issued today.
As talks continue between the Clinton administration and the government of Puerto Rico over the Navy's use of the Vieques island training range, elements of the Eisenhower battle group and the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group left Norfolk, VA yesterday to take part in a fleet exercise prior to being sent overseas.
The Navy's Rolling Airframe Missile upgrade has passed its most recent operational evaluation test and will now be delivered to the fleet, the service said today.
A government advisory panel looking at homeland terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction will meet Dec. 13 in Santa Monica, CA, according to a notice in the Nov. 16 Federal Register.
The Air Force has begun spending slightly more than $2 billion it has received from a Kosovo emergency supplemental bill Congress approved last May, according to an Air Force spokesman.
The Navy announced yesterday it has awarded Lockheed Martin a $589.7 million contract for production of the Trident II D-5 missile.
Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile chalked up its first engine-powered flight test today, soaring 9,500 feet above the New Mexico desert, the company announced.
The fiscal year 2000 omnibus appropriations bill approved by the Senate last Saturday calls for the creation of a new State Department position for arms control verification and compliance.
Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics and Surveillance Systems today announced several new management assignments, including the naming of a senior executive to steer the company's DD-21 surface ship program bid.
The Marine Corps will host an industry day Dec. 3 to discuss the combat vehicle appended trainer program, a precision gunnery system that will train tank and light armored vehicle crews.
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA), one of the leading missile defense proponents in Congress, told DefenseAlert yesterday that the latest Welch panel report on the Pentagon's National Missile Defense program contains nothing earth-shattering, but its recommendations on program management and testing deserve the attention of Congress.
Army Secretary Louis Caldera today busted Maj. Gen. John Maher to the rank of colonel following an Army finding that Maher carried on sexual relations with the wives of two subordinate officers and tried to start a sexual relationship with an enlisted female, the Army announced.
Army officials expect to spend $13.5 million to replace a bearing assembly in the tails of about 400 Apache helicopters, a job that should take between eight and 10 months, a Defense Department spokesman said yesterday.
Sens. James Inhofe (R-OK) and Bob Smith (R-NH) are asking the Pentagon for several documents related to retired Adm. Joseph Prueher's dealings with China when he was the commander of all U.S. forces in the Pacific.