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A Year 2000-related computer problem that impaired a critical U.S. satellite intelligence network over the weekend has been repaired and the system is operating at its normal capacity, according to the National Reconnaissance Office.
The United States Commission on National Security, an independent review group headed by former Sens. Gary Hart (D-CO) and Warren Rudman (R-NH), will hold a classified meeting on Jan. 10 and 11 to review several option papers drawn up by the commission's staff and begin writing portions of its Phase II report, due to be delivered to Defense Secretary William Cohen by April 14.
AAI Corporation has won a contract award for the production of new Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, the Army announced last week.
Lockheed Martin Federal Systems announced today the first test flight of the remanufactured SH-60R multimission helicopter and the successful demonstration of its primary cockpit avionics.
The Air Force announced today the results of two separate unmanned aerial vehicle accident investigations.
The Army's Aviation and Missile Command has awarded Lockheed Martin's Dallas, TX-based missiles and fire control division a $69.7 million contract for the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) Block IA missile, the company announced today.
The Pentagon's long-range budget planning process has become so large and complex it is no longer able to efficiently forecast the most likely strategic environment and provide U.S. forces with the resources they need to fight in those expected conditions, a soon-to-be-released report concludes.
After receiving a performance rating of 97 out of a possible 100, Raytheon has been given a $1.4 million performance bonus from the Navy for the Rolling Airframe Missile Weapon System helicopter, aircraft, and surface mode development contract, the company announced today.
Defense Secretary William Cohen and his counterpart from Kazakhstan last week signed a "defense cooperation plan for 2000" that outlines the two countries' intent to broaden their military-to-military relationship.
Defense Secretary William Cohen has decided to defer the implementation of Army reserve component cuts mandated by the 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review, the Pentagon announced today.
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems is preparing for a joint services acceptance evaluation next month of its Theater Battle Management Core Systems, a review that could lead to DOD-wide implementation of the next-generation air combat command and control network.
Raytheon's British subsidiary today signed a contract to produce an airborne ground surveillance radar for the British ministry of defence in a ceremony at the MOD's Defense Procurement Agency in Bristol, England, the company said in a statement.
The United Nations Security Council today established a new weapons monitoring system for Iraq that could pave the way for the suspension of long-standing economic sanctions if Baghdad cooperates.
Following an 18-month, $3.6 billion effort, the Defense Department is ready for the year 2000 date rollover with 99.9 percent of its mission-critical systems Y2K compliant, Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre said today.
The Air Force has told Congress the Airborne Laser program is on track and a prototype version of the missile-killing platform is ready for extensive modifications.
The Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $72 million contract to build 12 P-3C anti-surface warfare kits and to install eight previously procured kits into the long-range support aircraft, the Defense Department announced yesterday.
Workers at an Army logistics management site in St. Louis, MO, have asked a federal court to block the service's plans to outsource its wholesale tactical logistics systems, claiming in a complaint the Army has violated federal law and their union contract, Defense Alert has learned.
The General Accounting Office has told Congress the Air Force's depot maintenance activity lost $623 million between 1994 and 1998 even though the service raised labor costs 39 percent.
The Pentagon last week awarded $120 million worth of contracts to two companies picked by the Navy to develop a replacement for current aircraft carrier catapult systems.
A penetrating warhead developed by a European consortium lost out to an American candidate in a recent competition because the requirements were watered down by the Air Force, Britain's top defense acquisition official suggests in a letter sent last week to Jacques Gansler, the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.