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:: March 3, 2010
The U.S. Defense budget for 2011 is out. Read on for specifics about these and other news items of interest to defense executives, and be certain to visit the Defense Executive department of the Military & Aerospace Electronics Website frequently for the latest news and information. The Military & Aerospace Electronics Website is online at www.milaero.com.
DEFENSE BUDGET NEWS AND ANALYSIS
Army orders 103 Stryker armored combat vehicles in $176.2 million contract...
| | | :: The 2011 DOD budget is out, and the news is good
The Obama Administration's military budget proposals for next year are out, and I think we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief.
:: 2011 DOD budget proposes increases in procurement, cuts in research, in overall stable request
Leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) are asking Congress for $708 billion in federal fiscal year 2011 -- $549 billion in discretionary spending, and $159 billion to support the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- which the Obama Administration calls overseas contingency operations.
:: DOD proposes 3.2% spending increase on electronics and communications in 2011 budget set to reach $17.45 billion
Leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) propose spending $17.45 billion in fiscal year 2011 for procurement and research in military communications, electronics, telecommunications, and intelligence (CET&I) technologies, which would represent an increase of 3.2 percent increase from current-year enacted levels of $16.9 billion, according to Pentagon budget documents.
:: G2 Solutions: Upcoming U.S. Army tactical unmanned aerial system competitions could total $2.6 billion
A 47-page research note from G2 Solutions, "RQ-7 and Army Tactical UAS: Requirements, Scenarios and Outlook," outlines three U.S. Army acquisition scenarios: two for the RQ-7 unmanned aerial system (UAS) and another for an evolving rotary-wing unmanned system.
CONTRACT AWARDS
Laser-based firing to improve reliability, affordability, and safety in Army...
| | | :: LONGBOW LLC wins contract to support and sustain United Kingdom Apache attack helicopters
The LONGBOW LLC., a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC], won an $86 million contract from AgustaWestland to support LONGBOW FCR systems on the United Kingdom Apache AH Mk-1 aircraft.
:: Army orders 103 Stryker armored combat vehicles in $176.2 million contract
The GM General Dynamics Land Systems Defense Group LLC in Sterling Heights, Mich., will provide the U.S. Army with 103 Stryker armored combat vehicles under terms of a $176.2 million contract announced.
:: Navy asks OASYS Technology to develop multispectral sensors for unmanned aerial vehicles
Systems designers at OASYS Technology LLC in Manchester, N.H., won a $10.6 million contract Friday to develop an unmanned airborne multispectral sensor suite for advanced imaging technology in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
:: Draper Lab to extend life of Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missile guidance system
Munitions guidance experts at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., are upgrading the missile guidance systems of the U.S. Navy Trident II (D5) submarine-launched ballistic missile under terms of a $131.1 million contract awarded Tuesday.
PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES
BAE Systems considers eliminating 271 jobs in its United Kingdom defense operations...
| | | :: DARPA eyes foliage-penetrating radar signal processing workstation to detect infantry moving in forests
Radar signal processing experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are asking industry to develop a data-processing workstation to help pinpoint concentrations of foot soldiers moving in thick forests and other dense foliage.
:: Laser-based firing to improve reliability, affordability, and safety in Army artillery systems
U.S. Army field artillery experts are trying to replace primer-based firing systems with high-temperature diode-pumped lasers in heavy artillery to improve reliability, affordability, and safety, Army officials say.
:: Army to develop signal-processing interface to help blend outputs from different radar systems
U.S. Army radar specialists want to develop a generic software plug and play interface for different radar-processing algorithms to help signal processing experts easily share and blend information from many different radar systems.
:: Navy to develop nanosensor-equipped micro air vehicle for covert explosives ordnance disposal
U.S. Navy explosives-disposal experts want to develop a man-packable vertical take off and landing micro air vehicle (VTOL MAV) with advanced nanosensors that can gain access to sensitive or denied areas for reconnaissance, surveillance, and intelligence-gathering missions.
:: Future data link radio communications buy is aim of Navy survey of industry
U.S. Navy officials are surveying industry for manufacturers of a potential future multifunction data link radio buy. Details of this tactical radio project are in a request for information (RFI) issued Thursday by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md.
INDUSTRY MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, AND COOPERATION
:: Bell Helicopter acquires Aviation Service, expands service offerings in Europe
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, has acquired Aviation Service, a provider of modifications and upgrades, avionics, and special mission packages, based in Prague, Czech Republic, with annual revenues of roughly $14 million.
:: Crane Co. to strengthen RF and microwave electronics business with its acquisition of Merrimac Industries
Crane Co. in Stamford, Conn., aims to strengthen its RF and microwave electronics business with its pending acquisition of RF microwave signal processing specialist Merrimac Industries Inc. in West Caldwell, N.J.
:: Electro Technik acquires Arizona Capacitors and its subsidiaries
Electro Technik Industries Inc., an electronics manufacturing company based out of Largo, Fla., has acquired Arizona Capacitors and its subsidiaries: West Cap of Arizona, SFE Technologies, and Component Research Company.
:: Teamcenter software from Lockheed Martin helps keep hundreds of F-35 aircraft suppliers on the same page
Leaders of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program are partnering with U.S. and international aerospace leaders, including Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems. These three primary partners are supported by up to 600 suppliers. In all, the parties involved in the production of the F-35 reside in more than 30 countries, spanning 17 time zones.
ACQUISITION AND LOGISTICS ISSUES
:: Orders for printed circuit boards in January shoot up 22.2 percent over last year
Orders for North American rigid and flexible printed circuit boards shot up by 22.2 percent in January over the same month last year, while the circuit board book-to-bill ratio held steady at 1.05 percent, say market analysts at the IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries in Bannockburn, Ill.
:: VITA report: Aerospace and defense remains one of the few bright spots for the embedded computing industry
Aerospace and defense applications were among the few bright spots for the VME embedded computing industry in 2009, as many VME military embedded systems vendors posted gains in what was probably the toughest year in the history of the VMEbus industry, says Ray Alderman, executive director of the VITA open standards, open markets trade association in Fountain Hills, Ariz.
:: BAE Systems considers eliminating 271 jobs in its United Kingdom defense operations
Aerospace and defense giant BAE Systems headquartered in Farnborough, England, is considering the elimination of 287 jobs in its United Kingdom military units due to downturns in the company's maritime patrol aircraft and nuclear attack submarine businesses, company officials announced.
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