The Air Force's Electronic Systems Center has awarded a $26 million initial production order to Raytheon to build the first 11 Digital Airport Surveillance Radars, the company announced yesterday.
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
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The Air Force's Electronic Systems Center has awarded a $26 million initial production order to Raytheon to build the first 11 Digital Airport Surveillance Radars, the company announced yesterday.
The House Armed Services Committee, concerned the Defense Department's attempt to bolster the ejection-seat industrial base is favoring one company over another, is refusing to provide the nearly $11 million requested by DOD in its fiscal year 2001 budget for an ejection-seat development effort.
The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee has created an airlift fund to protect the C-17 program against raids for money to pay for tactical fighter programs, Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-AK) said today.
Irked by media reports that not all of the military services are fully supportive of the Joint Strike Fighter program, Defense Secretary William Cohen told reporters today that JSF is just as important to the Navy and the Air Force as it is to the Marine Corps.
A five-man Air Force team will arrive in Sierra Leone tomorrow to inspect the country's main airport to see if it could handle more U.S. military air flights into the civil war-torn country, Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said today.
The Meteor air-to-air missile, developed by Matra BAE Dynamics in London, has been selected as the missile of choice for the Royal Air Force's Eurofighters, beating out an upgraded version of the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile offered by the Lexington, MA-based Raytheon.
Defense Secretary William Cohen has picked Maj. Gen. Robert Noonan to replace outgoing Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy, the Pentagon announced today.
Adm. Vernon Clark, President Clinton's nominee to be the next chief of naval operations, said today he will launch a new force-level study to determine exactly how large the Navy fleet should be if he is confirmed for the job.
Defense Secretary William Cohen today described the political situations in Russia and China as long-term, major challenges the Defense Department will have to monitor as department officials decide how to structure U.S. forces in the future.
Senate appropriators have selected the Army to lead the military's efforts to use biometric technologies for information security applications, a nomination that comes with a $5 million funding boost in fiscal year 2000.
Gen. Wesley Clark, the former NATO commander in Kosovo, told InsideDefense.com today that a Senate amendment aimed at pulling United States troops out of Kosovo will damage U.S. credibility in diplomatic and military circles around the world.
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Jacques Gansler this week signed a memorandum of understanding that will govern the continued development of the Multifunctional Information Distribution System.
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence says the director of the National Security Agency needs greater control over the signals intelligence budget in order to overhaul the nation's troubled SIGINT infrastructure.
The Army's controversial School of the Americas will be replaced by the Western Hemisphere Institute for Professional Education and Training if a plan approved this week by the Senate Armed Services Committee is signed into law.
The Senate Armed Services Committee's just-completed version of the fiscal year 2001 defense authorization bill includes a variety of provisions intended to improve Defense Department management and operations, including a measure that establishes a preference for using performance-based contracts for the acquisition of support services.
The Army and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have chosen the four contractors that will spend the next two years developing competing concepts for the Future Combat System, an effort that will total $65.6 million in industry and government funds, the Pentagon announced yesterday.
The Greek and U.S. governments have signed a letter of offer and acceptance providing for the sale of 50 new F-16 fighters, prime contractor Lockheed Martin announced today.
The Senate Appropriations Committee today approved a measure that cuts off all funds for U.S. peacekeeping forces in Kosovo by July 1, 2000 unless the president seeks and receives congressional approval to keep troops in the region.
The Navy has asked its senior scientific advisory board to examine quality-of-life issues for future sailors and Marines and recommend a strategy for the development of a next-generation maritime command and control capability.
Following a nine-week investigation last fall, U.S. military investigators found approximately 26 tank carcasses and enough evidentiary data to add 67 more tanks to the total number destroyed by U.S. and allied pilots during the 78-day air war with Serbia, the Air Force general in charge of the review told reporters today.