http://en.redtram.com/ frontierindia.net Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:20:37 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 233537 | SAAB AEW worth approximately 1.5 billion SEK for UAE http://en.redtram.com/go/230567475/top100/ 230567475 Saab has signed a contract for the sale of two airborne surveillance systems to the United Arab Emirates. The contract is worth approximately 1.5 billion SEK. The contract covers two Saab 340 AEW (Airborne Early Warning) systems, comprising of the Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:49:02 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230567475/top100/ 233537 | Honeywell Receives $79 Million U.S. Army Contract For Chinook Helicopter Engines http://en.redtram.com/go/230567459/top100/ 230567459 Honeywell announced on Nov 15, that the U.S. Army has finalized a contract to continue to purchase Honeywell T55-GA-714A engines and fielding kits, valued at approximately $79 million, for Chinook helicopters."The 714A engine significantly increases power for the Chinooks, enabling Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:48:54 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230567459/top100/ 233537 | Missile Defense Agency Successfully Completes Ground Test to Improve Theater/Regional Defense Capability http://en.redtram.com/go/230567443/top100/ 230567443 The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) recently completed a successful Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) theater-level ground test, conducted to integrate new capabilities into the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) architecture. This test, identified as the Fast Contingency Analysis and Activation Team (CAAT) East Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:48:49 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230567443/top100/ 233537 | Honeywell To Provide F124 Engines To Alenia Aermacchi For United Arab Emirates Advanced Jet Trainers http://en.redtram.com/go/230567425/top100/ 230567425 Honeywell announced on Nov. 15 that its International Turbine Engine Company (ITEC) has been selected to deliver more than 100 F124-GA-200 high-performance turbofan engines for United Arab Emirates' fleet of Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master advanced jet trainers.The F124/F125 family of Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:48:41 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230567425/top100/ 233537 | Second Generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Successfully Completes Target Tracking Exercises http://en.redtram.com/go/230567401/top100/ 230567401 In conjunction with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Pacific Fleet ships and crews successfully completed a series of exercises to test the second generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system, Aegis BMD 4.0.1. This set of four exercises, Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:48:26 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230567401/top100/ 233537 | Lockheed Martin Flies Optimized Conventional F-35 http://en.redtram.com/go/230567380/top100/ 230567380 Lockheed Martin's first optimized conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35 Lightning II fighter made its inaugural flight on Saturday, Nov. 14, the fourth F-35 to begin flight operations. Piloted by Lockheed Martin test pilot David "Doc" Nelson, the F-35A, called Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:48:18 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230567380/top100/ 233537 | Raytheon Completes Critical Design Review for CVN 78's Dual Band Radar http://en.redtram.com/go/230567372/top100/ 230567372 Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy recently completed a critical design review (CDR) for the Dual Band Radar, which will be installed on the Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).The DBR, produced by Raytheon Integrated Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:48:14 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230567372/top100/ 233537 | TALON Laser-Guided Rocket Team Completes Environmental Test Flights http://en.redtram.com/go/230567359/top100/ 230567359 Raytheon Company and Emirates Advanced Investments (EAI) completed a series of environmental guided test flights of the TALON Laser-Guided Rocket. The TALON LGR rounds were pre-conditioned in extreme hot and cold temperatures prior to the flights and hit targets at Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:48:07 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230567359/top100/ 233537 | Thailand's first Saab 340 Erieye AEW completes first flight http://en.redtram.com/go/230567338/top100/ 230567338 The first Saab 340 Erieye AEW, Airborne Early Warning, for Thailand completed its maiden flight together with the first Royal Thai Air Force Gripen on November 13.The Saab 340 Erieye AEW flight took two hours and 14 minutes and was Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:47:59 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230567338/top100/ 233537 | ATK Delivers Third AC-208 'Combat Caravan' Aircraft to Iraqi Air Force http://en.redtram.com/go/230567323/top100/ 230567323 Alliant Techsystems, announced that it delivered a third AC-208B "Combat Caravan" aircraft to the Iraq Training and Advisory Mission in Kirkuk, Iraq. To date, ATK has delivered 11 modified C-208 aircraft in support of U.S. Government contracts for rebuilding the Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:47:55 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230567323/top100/ 233537 | Raytheon Awarded $20 Million for Spares to Support Upgraded Kuwait Patriot Radar Systems http://en.redtram.com/go/230415167/top100/ 230415167 Raytheon Company has been awarded a $20.5 million Foreign Military Sales contract for spares to support planned Patriot Configuration-3 system upgrades for the State of Kuwait.This sole source, not-to-exceed contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:40:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230415167/top100/ 233537 | Saab to upgrade the Swedish Armed Forces SK60 training aircraft valued at MSEK 130 http://en.redtram.com/go/230219735/top100/ 230219735 Saab will develop and upgrade the Swedish Armed Forces SK60 training aircraft to secure its use until 2017. The order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, is valued at MSEK 130. It includes the installation of a new GPS, Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:01:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230219735/top100/ 233537 | MANTIS, the UK's Largest Fully-Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft Completes Initial Flight Trials http://en.redtram.com/go/230219719/top100/ 230219719 BAE Systems has successfully flown the largest fully autonomous unmanned aircraft ever to be built in the UK. The next generation autonomous system, MANTIS, completed its maiden flight in Woomera, South Australia.During subsequent flights, MANTIS successfully completed a series of Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:01:13 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230219719/top100/ 233537 | Discovery of Top-Secret Japanese Combat Submarines Readied in WWII for Attack on U.S. Mainland http://en.redtram.com/go/230219712/top100/ 230219712 Two World War II Japanese submarines, designed with revolutionary technology to attack the U.S. mainland, have been discovered off the Hawaiian coast of Oahu. They are the I-14, which carried two aircraft while submerged; and the I-201, one of the Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:01:08 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230219712/top100/ 233537 | New cylindrical array sonar system for Spain's S-80 class diesel electric submarines http://en.redtram.com/go/230061854/top100/ 230061854 at the U.S. Navy's Underwater Test Facility at Seneca Lake, N.Y.The cylindrical array is the primary acoustic sensor for submerged operations. It consists of a special hydrophone configuration that is unique to every platform. Lockheed [...] Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:25:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230061854/top100/ 233537 | BAE Systems has entered the final phase of testing on its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System http://en.redtram.com/go/230061827/top100/ 230061827 APKWS), a technology that increases the accuracy and cost-effectiveness of airborne weapon systems. The tests seek to confirm the production readiness of the APKWS rocket and its ability to meet Navy and Marine Corps requirements, including safely launching from [...] Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:24:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/230061827/top100/ 233537 | Danish Flexible Support Ship prepares for second anti-piracy tour http://en.redtram.com/go/229771741/top100/ 229771741 Combined Task Force 150, the coalition maritime security operation, commanded by Danish Commodore Per Bigum Christensen aboard the flagship HDMS Absalon, returned from its 6 month tour in April of this year, and is now preparing to be led out Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:18:54 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229771741/top100/ 233537 | ATK Awarded $100 Million Contract for Trident II Solid Rocket Propulsion Systems http://en.redtram.com/go/229771720/top100/ 229771720 Alliant Techsystems has received a $100 million contract from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to produce solid rocket propulsion systems for all three stages of the U.S. Navy's Trident II (D-5) Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM).Under terms of the annual contract, ATK Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:18:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229771720/top100/ 233537 | Raytheon to Provide Cybersecurity Across Department of Defense Networks http://en.redtram.com/go/229533319/top100/ 229533319 A team led by Raytheon Company has been awarded a contract to help the Defense Information Systems Agency develop integrated network operations situational awareness (NetOps SA) across Department of Defense classified and unclassified cyber networks.Under the $28 million award, Raytheon Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:19:08 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229533319/top100/ 233537 | 500th Baringa Missile Warning System Test Set sold http://en.redtram.com/go/229533288/top100/ 229533288 AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced today that its United Kingdom (U.K.) based strategic business ESL Defence Ltd. has sold its 500th Baringa Missile Warning System Test Set. This milestone occurred with a Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:18:52 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/229533288/top100/