Rapid Fire 2010-09-24: CF-5 Refurbishing

Sep 23, 2010 20:56 UTC by Defense Industry Daily staff

It’s one thing to read it, another to hear and see it. On C-SPAN, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Undersecretary Ashton Carter discuss motivations and plans for their new military acquisition and procurement guidelines.
US GAO looks at Iraq’s budgetary surpluses, and asks questions about American aid.
No S-300s for Iran: Russian President Medvedev signs decree prohibiting the sale of the long-range, high-altitude S-300 air defense systems to Iran; Iran vows to make its own system.

Canadian Fighters: Tactical Air Defense Services in Carson City, NV acquires right to purchase and refurbish 6 Canadian CF-5 fighter jets, 45 GE J85-15 jet engines, and spare parts for less than $6 million; the CF-5 is the Canadian version of Northrop Grumman F-5 fighter.

USAF Research Laboratory and Xilinx, Inc. prepare to launch a the Virtex-5 QV Field-Programmable Gate Array computer chip, which aims to reduce costs, improve satellite circuitry, and survive space’s thermal vacuum and radiation.

US Army deploys 4 specialized new UH-72A helicopters to the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll, Pacific Ocean. Good thing it isn’t the Dick Cheney site – the helicopters are painted orange like a hunting vest, and equipped with skid-mounted floats, integrated life rafts, and jettisonable cockpit doors.

Iraq gets 3 more T-6A advanced turboprop trainers, graduates more pilots.

Line in the Cyber Sand: The first line of defense against a cyber attack on US networks would come from commercial industry, but an attack of unknown origin and effect could involve a role for the US DoD, Gen. Alexander, commander of the US Cyber Command, told the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday.

Good Night’s Sleep: Actus Lend Lease, a public-private community development, will implement the $600 million second phase of the US Army’s Privatized Army Lodging (PAL) hotel renovation program at 11 additional Army installations in the US.

ATK secures a $50 million US Army order to produce the following variants of 20mm PGU ammunition: PGU-27A/B Target Practice (TP), PGU-30A/B Target Practice-Tracer (TP-T), PGU-28A/B Semi-Armor Piercing High Explosive Incendiary (SAPHEI) ammunition, a PGU-28A/B SAPHEI and PGU-30A/B TP-T linked configuration, and a PGU-27A/B TP and PGU-30A/B TP-T linked configuration.

CACI gets $35 million task order to improve budget and staffing processes at the US Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, VA.

Australian shipbuilder Austal’s American CEO resigns, just after his firm submits its Littoral Combat Ship bid. Austal USA also makes the Army/Navy JHSV catamaran.

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Rapid Fire 2010-09-24: CF-5 Refurbishing

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