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26 October 2006 Military News

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  • Analysis: Pentagon: Stalled Transformation cfr.org 26 Oct 2006 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his senior staff rarely miss an opportunity to tout "transformation," the idea that the U.S. military must move away from weapons platforms, organizational structures, and doctrines designed for the Cold War toward a more nimble, high-tech, and cost-effective future.
  • Green Lightning exercise strengthens U.S., Australian ties AFPN 26 Oct 2006 -- Two B-52 Stratofortress bombers of the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron completed a long-range training sortie from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to Australia's Delamere Air Weapons Range in the Northern Territory Oct. 24.
  • Atlantic Strike provides joint training for interdependent warfighters AFPN 26 Oct 2006 -- Airmen, Marines, Soldiers and Sailors started joint training for air and ground operations as part of Atlantic Strike IV at Avon Park Air Force Range, Fla., Oct. 23.
  • Urban warfare experiment draws many players AFPN 26 Oct 2006 -- Targeting crosshairs float across alleys and rooftops while one hand delicately nudges the ergonomic control sporting weapons toggles, and the other dances across the top of a box full of backlit red buttons and more joystick controls. Another set of hands grips a spiral bound detailed map and points out directions.
  • Virtual weapons give realistic training at Emerald Warrior AFPN 26 Oct 2006 -- The first integration of live and virtual net-centric weapons in special operations forces occurred as part of Emerald Warrior 07 on Oct. 25.
  • FCS opens test complex at White Sands Missile Range Army News 26 Oct 2006 -- Soldiers, civilian employees and media representatives got a look at the future of warfighting when a robot did the honors of cutting the ribbon at a grand opening for the Future Combat Systems Test Operations Complex at White Sands Missile Range Oct. 23.
  • Indiana National Guard heads for the border Army News 26 Oct 2006 -- Forty four Indiana National Guard soldiers climbed aboard a plane headed for Arizona yesterday morning, joining up to 6,000 National Guard members from across the nation in support of the border patrol mission, Operation Jump Start.
  • MIUWU 112 Deploys in Support of MSO Navy NewsStand 26 Oct 2006 -- Navy Mobile In-Shore Undersea Warfare Unit (MIUWU) 112 deployed from Naval Base Coronado, Calif., Oct. 25 to conduct maritime security operations (MSO) in the Persian Gulf.
  • Theodore Roosevelt Marks 20 Years Navy NewsStand 26 Oct 2006 -- A ceremony honoring the 20th anniversary of the commissioning of the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (TR) (CVN 71) took place in the ship's hangar bay Oct. 25.
  • Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet Visits Enterprise Crew Navy NewsStand 26 Oct 2006 -- Vice Adm. Patrick Walsh, commander, Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet, visited Sailors and Marines aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Oct. 24 to thank the crew for their work in Operations Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Enduring Freedom (OEF) and maritime security operations.
  • Essex Stays On Course With CONREP, VERTREP Navy NewsStand 26 Oct 2006 -- USS Essex (LHD 2) conducted two early-morning replenishment evolutions (CONREP), for training purposes, and an extensive vertical replenishment (VERTREP) for food and mail with USNS Concord (T-AFS 5) while operating off the coast of the Republic of the Philippines Oct. 24.
  • Naval Submarine School Attack Center Trainer Comes Online Navy NewsStand 26 Oct 2006 -- With a snip of the scissors Oct. 25, Naval Submarine School (SubScol) welcomed the latest addition to its attack center trainer inventory, the Submarine Multi-Mission Team Trainer Phase (SMMTT) 3.
  • NMITC Celebrates 20 Years of Training Navy, Marine Corps Intelligence Specialists Navy NewsStand 26 Oct 2006 -- The Navy Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center (NMITC) celebrated their 20th anniversary with a ceremony Oct. 20 at Dam Neck Annex.
  • England: Technological Development Critical to Outpacing Terrorists AFPS 26 Oct 2006 -- The same globalization that's created vast opportunities for economic growth and information sharing among freedom-loving people has become a favorite tool of terrorists trying to destroy their way of life, Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England told industry representatives here yesterday.
  • Boeing KC-767 Tanker Completes Test Milestone Boeing 26 Oct 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] KC-767 Tanker extends its fifth-generation, fly-by-wire boom telescoping tube for the first time during recent tests.
  • NATION'S NEWEST USAF WEATHER SATELLITE READY FOR LAUNCH Lockheed Martin 26 Oct 2006 -- The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-17 Block 5D-3 spacecraft, built under contract for the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT], is undergoing final preparation for a launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on November 4.
  • LOCKHEED MARTIN DELIVERS KEY PAYLOAD HARDWARE FOR SECOND MISSILE WARNING SATELLITE Lockheed Martin 26 Oct 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has delivered a critical payload subsystem for the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) satellite in the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program.

  • Russia: NATO Chief Holds Moscow Talks RFE/RL 26 Oct 2006 -- NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other top Russian officials at the Kremlin today as part of a two-day Moscow visit.

  • Russia concerned by U.S. air defense plans in Europe - minister RIA Novosti 26 Oct 2006 -- U.S. plans to deploy an air defense system in Eastern Europe will compel Russia to take certain precautions, the Russian defense minister said Thursday
  • Russia to adjust its military policy due to NATO transformation RIA Novosti 26 Oct 2006 -- Russia will have to adjust its military policy in response to NATO's political transformation, the Russian defense minister said Thursday.

  • German military to undergo biggest restructuring since 1945 IRNA 26 Oct 2006 -- Germany's military will undergo its biggest shake-up since the end of World War II, transforming the Bundeswehr into a global intervention force under a new strategy paper titled `The White Book on German Security Policy and the Future of the Bundeswehr' which was appproved by the cabinet on Wednesday.

  • Daily Press Briefing US Dept. of State 26 Oct 2006
  • Press Gaggle by Dana Perino The White House 26 Oct 2006

Defense Industry

  • DoD News: Contracts for October 26, 2006
  • General Dynamics Awarded $18 Million for Production of M2HB Machine Guns General Dynamics 26 Oct 2006 -- General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was awarded an $18.4 million contract from U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command, Rock Island, Ill., for the production of M2HB machine guns.
  • SAIC Wins Geospatial Research, Integration, Development and Support Contract SAIC 26 Oct 2006 -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) announced today that it has won a contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide engineering services and geospatial support for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center -- Topographic Engineering Center (ERDC-TEC).
  • General Dynamics to Support NAVAIR Program Offices General Dynamics 26 Oct 2006 -- The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has selected General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), to provide acquisition logistics support to the F/A-18 Program Director for Logistics, the H-53 Assistant Program Manager for Logistics and H-60 Assistant Program Manager of Logistics.
  • CACI Awarded $91.7 Million Logistics Contract to Support U.S. Army Tactical Radio Communications Systems CACI 26 Oct 2006 -- CACI International Inc (NYSE:CAI) announced today that it has been awarded a new task order, with an estimated $91.7 million value, under the Strategic Services Sourcing (S3) contract with the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command that CACI was awarded in March 2006. CACI is one of just seven prime contractors on the S3 program, which has a total estimated ceiling value of $19.25 billion. The new award, which has a 24-month base and two 12-month options, calls for CACI to provide logistics support services to a new client for the company, the U.S. Army Project Manager, Tactical Radio Communications Systems (PM TRCS). CACI has now been awarded an estimated $225 million in S3 task orders in just the first six months of the contract.
  • Poland purchases another two (2) EADS CASA C-295 military transport aircraft EADS 26 Oct 2006 -- Polish Secretary of State of Defence, Marek Zajakala, Chief of Staff Polish Air Force, Lt. Gen. Stanislaw Targosz and Polish Air Force Lt. Gen. Magensky, on the Polish side, and Antonio R. Barberán, Vice President Sales at EADS Military Transport Aircraft Division, have signed today, in the presence of Spanish Ambassador in Warsaw, Rafael Mendivil Peydro, a new contract to provide Polish Air Force with two additional C-295 military transport aircraft.
  • IAI's Elta Systems Group Selected to Provide EL/M-2248 MF-STAR Multi-Function Phased-Array Naval Radar Israel Aerospace Industries 26 Oct 2006 -- EuroNaval 2006, Paris, France - Elta Systems Group, a subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), has been selected to provide its EL/M-2248 Multi-Function Surveillance, Tracking and Missile Guidance (MF-STAR) radar to upgrade an undisclosed customer’s naval flagships. The contract includes several radars and is estimated to be worth $200 million.
  • IAI's Elta Systems Group Awarded $80 Million Contract to Supply EL/M-2238 3-D STAR Surveillance and EL/M-2221 Fire Control Radars Israel Aerospace Industries 26 Oct 2006 -- EuroNaval 2006, Paris, France - Elta Systems Group, a subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), has been awarded an $80 million contract to provide its EL/M-2238 Three-Dimensional Surveillance, and Threat Alert (3-D STAR) and EL/M-2221 Search, Track and Guidance/Gunnery Radar (STGR) radars to upgrade an undisclosed customer’s frigates.
  • IAI's Elta Systems Group Awarded $20 Million Contract to Supply EL/L-8248 RWJ Early Warning Self Protection Suite Israel Aerospace Industries 26 Oct 2006 -- EuroNaval 2006, Paris, France - Elta Systems Group, a subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), has been awarded a $20 million contract to supply its EL/L-8248 Radar Warning & Jammer (RWJ) Electronic Warfare (EW) self-protection suite to an undisclosed customer.
  • IAI’s Elta Systems Group Awarded $28 Million in Contracts to Supply EL/M-2022A Airborne Maritime Surveillance Radars to the Australian Defence Force and NATO Israel Aerospace Industries 26 Oct 2006 -- EuroNaval 2006, Paris, France - Elta Systems Group, a subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), has received orders from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and several NATO countries for its’ EL/M-2022A airborne maritime surveillance radars. The contracts are estimated at $28 million.
  • Rafael and GD Release Thor in the US Rafael 26 Oct 2006 -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS), a leading provider of ammunition, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), and ordnance DEMIL products and services has partnered with Rafael Armament Development Authority in Israel to bring a dual mode, standoff ordnance neutralization system into the US.
  • IAI’s ELTA Systems Group Receives a $15 Million Contract for its EL/I-3310 Coastal Surveillance System Israel Aerospace Industries 26 Oct 2006 -- EuroNaval 2006, Paris, France - Elta Systems Group, a subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), has been selected to provide its EL/I-3310 coastal surveillance system to a customer in Central America. The contract is estimated to be worth $15 million.

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