by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 24, 2004 | ABM, Boeing, Domestic Security, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Raytheon, Space, USA
Interceptor at launchBoeing is already installing interceptors for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense missile shield at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Six such interceptors already sit at Fort Greely, Alaska. The Missile Defense Agency hopes to have 18...
by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 20, 2004 | Air Reconnaissance, C4ISR, European Union (EU), Intelligence & PsyOps, New Systems Tech, R&D - Contracted, Signals Radio & Wireless, Space
France launched an Ariane rocket from French Guiana Saturday to lift into space a third spy satellite payload. The Helios 2A satellite and six microsatellites successfully separated from the rocket an hour after launch. EADS and Astrium cooperated to build the...
by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 16, 2004 | Americas - Other, Contracts - Awards, France, Naval Equipment, Submarines
Chile’s O’Higgins at TrialsThe French-built Scorpene submarine O’Higgins, intended for the Chilean Navy, passed a crucial see trial recently, firing and tracking two torpedoes while submerging with a Chilean crew. The sub has already gone to its...
by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 16, 2004 | Boeing, Israel, Protective Systems - Aircraft
Flight Guard, deploying(click to view full) El Al is now installing an anti-missile system onto one of its Boeing jets. If it works, the system will be rolled out to six other aircraft, and eventually the entire fleet. The Flight Guard system, developed by Israel...
by Tig Tillinghast | Dec 16, 2004 | Budgets, Contracts - Awards, France, India, Naval Equipment, Russia, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat
India is close to giving final approval to build six Scorpene submarines, according to the head of its Navy. The $2.5 billion project has passed through the military approvals and sits at its final destination, the security cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan...
