Rapid Fire: 2011-01-12
Jan 11, 2011 20:00 ESTRelated Stories: Americas - USA, Asia - Central, Asia - China, Asia - Other, BAE, Boeing, Britain/U.K., Contracts - Awards, Daily Rapid Fire, EADS, Electronics - General, Environmental, Europe - France, Europe - Other, Fuel & Power, IT - Software & Integration, Issues - Environmental, Laser & EM Weapons, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Policy - Procurement, Radars, Scandals & Investigations, Sensors - Aquatic, Support Functions - Other, UAVs
- The Pentagon must buy American-made solar panels, according to the FY 2011 defense authorization law; many of Nellis Air Force Base solar panels are Chinese made.
- Doling out justice: US DoJ charges former NASA employee with illegally exporting military infrared technology to South Korea without an export license; Army staff sergeant gets 7.5 years for aiding a government contractor in stealing $1.5 million in fuel from FOB Shank in eastern Afghanistan.
- South Korea installing underwater sensors near its border with North Korea. Better late than never, we suppose.
- BAE Systems thinks they’ve developed a viable anti-piracy laser weapon.
- Edwards AFB prepares to test the next generation of UAVs: Aerovironment’s Global Observer, Boeing’s X-45C Phantom Ray, and Northrop Grumman’s X-47B Pegasus N-UCAS.
- Boeing’s 787 and Airbus A380. What does their past decade teach us about requirements setting and engineering choices in other aerospace projects?
- Air France Industries and KLM Engineering & Maintenance, which joined forces following the Air France KLM merger, announce a contract with Boeing to install the French E-3F AWACS fleet’s modification kits.
- Lockheed Martin participates in joint US Navy-Royal Navy ARTIST research program to develop advanced naval radar systems.
- Up to $47 million to URS to provide software engineering services support to the US Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgen Division.
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