http://www.ddn.com Defense Daily en-us 2008 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:24:20 EDT L-3 Communications [LLL] yesterday reported solid second quarter earnings and sales aided in part by some one-time gains and to a lesser extent some acquisitions. Net income increased 48 percent to $278 million, $2.24 earnings per share (EPS), from $188... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3419.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) yesterday said that next week it will officially end the pilot status of the ongoing Registered Traveler (RT) program, a move that essentially will allow the program to expand beyond the... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3420.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The Navy will have a new acquisition chief soon, because the Senate on Wednesday approved the nomination of congressional staffer Sean Stackley to the post. Stackley will assume his new duties as assistant secretary of the Navy for... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3421.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein A overlooked point in the debate whether to end the DDG-1000 program is that the ship is the most capable vessel and most successful shipbuilding program the Navy has ever had, according to a top industry official on the contractor team... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3422.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Ann Roosevelt Raytheon's [RTN] Surface Launched Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) recently successfully completed system field integration testing at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., demonstrating interoperability with both Patriot and Avenger... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3423.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Integrated Common Electronics Warfare System (ICEWS) - a single enterprise solution designed to scale across all ship classes in the Navy's surface fleet - completed a series of successful Navy-run demonstrations, the company reported... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3424.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Calvin Biesecker Raytheon [RTN] yesterday reported strong second quarter financial results driven by strong earnings at its missiles, and mission and training support businesses coupled with improved operating performance, lower pension expenses and growth... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3425.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Marina Malenic Boeing [BA] yesterday announced its first foreign sale of a laser-guided variant of the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), currently in service only with the U.S. Air Force and Navy. Germany has purchased the Laser Joint Direct Attack... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3426.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein The Navy yesterday acknowledged that it would seek to buy eight DDG-51s and cease any further acquisition of DDG-1000 beyond the two already planned. "The Department of the Navy has submitted the FY '10 POM (program objective memorandum)... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3427.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The lengthy $3 billion reprogramming request the Pentagon sent to Congress last week seeks to shift funding to cover 10 "new-start" efforts, including buying communications- relaying aircraft and developing gunships for use in... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3428.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein The Block II F/A-18F active electronically scanned array (AESA)-equipped Super Hornets are providing a significant advancement in technology over legacy systems, according to a Navy official. "The radar is unlike anything I have ever seen... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3406.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Army is ready to begin strenuous turret testing of the Future Combat Systems (FCS) Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV) Mounted Combat System, marking a major milestone in hardware development for the next generation of combat vehicles. BAE Systems is partnered... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3407.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Calvin Biesecker Streaking along so far this year, General Dynamics [GD] yesterday reported strong second quarter financials driven by higher earnings, sales and margins at each of its operating segments. The strong results, coupled with an equally... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3408.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein While concerns that recent findings from a F-18 assessment program show a number of Hornets might not reach the goal of 10,000 flight hours, thus increasing the Navy's strike fighter gap, the actual impact won't be known until further studies... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3409.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Key lawmakers on defense panels said yesterday they were not sold on the Navy's new plan to stop the DDG-1000 destroyer program at the two ships already funded and build more of the older and cheaper DDG-51 combatants. Senate... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3410.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Calvin Biesecker Boeing [BA] yesterday posted weak second quarter financial results, driven in part by a previously disclosed charge on an international military aircraft program but also on an unexpected dip in commercial aircraft profits as company wide... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3411.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Marina Malenic Nuclear security lapses and a pattern of poor management of weapons contracts topped the list of concerns senators expressed yesterday during a confirmation hearing for top Air Force leaders. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3395.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Calvin Biesecker Boeing [BA] yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Insitu, Inc., a small firm that developed and built the ScanEagle unmanned air system and with which it has teamed for the past six years, in an effort to secure a stronger position in... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3396.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Navy gave Alliant Techsystems [ATK] $16.4 million of orders for the AAR-47 A(V)2 warning system that protects aircraft against incoming enemy surface-to-air missiles. The system protects both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3397.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The chances of the Senate taking up the fiscal year 2009 defense authorization bill before Congress' August recess appear to be dimming, even though leading defense authorizers continue to seek support for a quick vote with restricted... http://www.ddn.com/publications/dd/3398.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT