October 2002 Intelligence News |
- Northrop Grumman Continues Successful Fire Scout Flight Tests at Patuxent River Naval Air Station Northrop Grumman 29 Oct 2002 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Integrated Systems sector last week conducted four successful flight tests of the U.S. Navy's RQ-8A Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned air vehicle system at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
- PENTAGON / INTELLIGENCE VOA 25 Oct 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has confirmed the existence of a small, high-level team inside the Pentagon that is evaluating intelligence information on Iraq and its links to terrorist groups like al-Qaida
- Rumsfeld Explains Role of Defense Group Analyzing Intel AFPS 24 Oct 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld clarified today the role of a small group that's "poring over" intelligence reports in DoD's policy wing.
- NIMA Selects Boeing Autometric to Process Elevation Data Collected by the Space Shuttle Boeing 21 Oct 2002 -- Boeing Autometric has received a $16.6 million contract from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) to produce topographic data collected during a space shuttle mission. Boeing Autometric is a unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, a part of The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA].
- L-3 Communications Joins Northrop Grumman's Aerial Common Sensor Development Effort Northrop Grumman 21 Oct 2002 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Electronic Systems sector has announced the addition of L-3 Communications (NYSE:LLL) as a key supplier on Northrop Grumman's Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) technology development program.
- Bat Submunition Released from Hunter UAV Scores Direct Hits in U.S. Army-Northrop Grumman Tests Northrop Grumman 21 Oct 2002 -- The U.S. Army's Bat submunition, supplied by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), scored four hits in four attempts against an array of moving armored targets following dispense from a Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle in tests conducted Oct. 9 and 11.
- Pratt & Whitney to develop advanced ceramic turbine for U.S. Army UAV applications Pratt & Whitney 20 Oct 2002 -- Pratt & Whitney, in conjunction with the United Technologies Research Center, will develop an advanced turbine component for potential U.S. Army unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications. Under a 39-month contract recently awarded by the Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD), P&W will develop critical ceramic turbine technologies to support a future 500 shaft horsepower (shp) engine demonstration program. The program is valued at more than $2 million.
- CONGRESS/INTELLIGENCE VOA 17 Oct 2002-- The heads of U-S intelligence and law enforcement agencies have told lawmakers there are no sure ways to prevent future acts of terror. However, the directors of the C-I-A, F-B-I and National Security Agency say important lessons have been learned from the September 11th (2001) terrorist attacks
- Fire Scout Unmanned System Demonstrates Payload, Data Link, Ground Control Capabilities Northrop Grumman 15 Oct 2002 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Integrated Systems sector has successfully conducted the first in-flight download of real-time sensor imagery from the U.S. Navy's RQ-8A Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned air vehicle.
- Northrop Grumman-U.S. Army Team Tests Feasibility of Releasing Bat Submunition from Hunter UAV Northrop Grumman 08 Oct 2002 -- The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) conducted simulant drop tests Sept. 23 that successfully demonstrated the feasibility of releasing a Bat submunition from a Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
- ATK Awarded $13 Million Contract To Produce Composite Parts for Global Hawk Unmanned Reconnaissance System ATK 02 Oct 2002 -- ATK (Alliant Techsystems, NYSE: ATK) has been awarded a $13 million contract to supply Vought Aircraft Industries, Dallas, Texas, composite parts for the Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance system. Production options could raise the total value of the contract to $92 million by 2010.
- Boeing Autometric, Teradata to Enhance Business Intelligence Gathering Boeing 01 Oct 2002 -- Data management software with geospatial capability, once used primarily for military operations, is now commercially available from Boeing Autometric and supported by the TeradataTM data warehouse. The software called Spatial Query ServerTM, or SQS, was developed by Boeing Autometric, a unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, part of The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA].
- Northrop Grumman Completes First Fire Scout Air Vehicle in Full Production Configuration Northrop Grumman 01 Oct 2002 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Integrated Systems sector, prime contractor for the U.S. Navy's RQ-8A Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned system, announced it has completed work on the first Fire Scout air vehicle built in the full production configuration.
- KH-7 and KH-9 factoids
- KH-7 and KH-9 mapping imagery declassification FAQ NIMA FAQ on the declassification of KH-7 and KH-9 mapping imagery
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