22 May 2001 Military News

Lockheed Martin Training Awarded MILES XXI Contract Worth Over $400 Million Lockheed Martin 22 May 2001 -- Lockheed Martin Information Systems (NYSE: LMT) this week was awarded the U.S. Army's Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement Systems XXI, or MILES XXI, task order to produce and field laser based training systems for live force-on-force training. MILES XXI is a family of infantry, vehicle, anti-tank and independent target systems tested and proved in the field by the armed forces of numerous countries.
Lockheed Martin And USAF Demonstrate First Successful Closed-Loop Infrared Countermeasure Against Live-Fire Missiles Lockheed Martin 22 May 2001 -- The U.S. Air Force performed the first successful laser-based threat adaptive jamming of live-fired, surface-to-air heat-seeking missiles at the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range Aerial Cable Range (ACR), N. M.
Global Hawk Achieves 1,000 Flight Hour Milestone During Tandem Thrust Exercise Northrop Grumman 22 May 2001 -- The U.S. Air Force's Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance system, developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Integrated Systems Sector (ISS), passed the 1,000 cumulative flight hour mark over the coastal waters of eastern Australia during its 81st flight.

Rocketdyne Receives $65 million from NASA for Next-Generation Space Propulsion Development Boeing 22 May 2001 -- The $201.5 million dollars that The Boeing Company was awarded by NASA through the Space Launch Initiative (SLI) last week includes more than $65 million to the Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power unit of the company.

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