Aerospace & Defense News - Defense.Sep 24, 2007 Defense contracts worth $6 billion focus of Pentagon probe. Federal investigators are looking into allegations of criminal activity related to contracts for services and gear used by troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The suspect contracts are worth a combined $6 billion. About half the investigations are looking into suspected procurement fraud, which includes undelivered undelivered adj → no entregado al destinatario; if undelivered return to sender → en caso de no llegar a su destino devolver al, remitente undelivered or defective products, overcharges and false claims, an official said. Others involve bribery and conflicts of interest. Sep 21, 2007 Upcoming Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States contracts worth $140B. Defense companies looking to hedge against slowdowns in war spending are looking to the Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States . The agency will likely spend more than $140 billion over the next five years, and foreign orders could generate an additional $100 billion, experts say. Sep 18, 2007 Boeing A $49.2 million Air Force Electronic Systems Center contract has been awarded to Boeing. The defense contractor Noun 1. defense contractor - a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; will upgrade communications systems on Saudi Arabia's fleet of five Boeing E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System The Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) is an aircraft system designed to carry out surveillance, and C2BM (command and control, battle management) functions. aircraft. The work is expected to be complete by December 2009. Sep 21, 2007 Boeing Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems Integrated Defense Systems may refer to:
Carlyle Group  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. The Carlyle Group is a Washington, D.C. , Sequa Corporation Sequa Corporation announced that the Company's stockholders approved the adoption of the definitive merger agreement among the Company, Blue Jay Acquisition Corporation and Blue Jay Merger Corporation , affiliates of The Carlyle Group , at the Company's Special Meeting of Stockholders Sep 17, 2007 ITT ITT Initial Teacher Training (UK) ITT I Think That ITT Invitation To Tender ITT Individual Time Trial (professional cycling) ITT Intention-To-Treat ITT In This Thread (forums) EDO Edo: see Tokyo, Japan. says the Defense Department has exercised a contract option to order 2,250 of its vehicle-mounted electronic jamming Noun 1. electronic jamming - deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems jamming, jam devices, which are used to block the signals used to set off roadside bombs. The order is worth $172 million. ITT announced its pending acquisition of EDO on Sept. 17. Sep 19, 2007 Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. Lockheed Martin awarded $144.8M Marine Corps contract. Lockheed Martin has won a $144.8 million contract to develop the Embedded Platform Logistics System for the U.S. Marine Corps. Using data provided by individual vehicle sensors, the system will provide analysis and predict possible outcomes, allowing Marines to deploy the best equipment to accomplish a mission. Sep 17, 2007 Raytheon Raytheon has won a nearly $1 billion Navy contract for engineering and production work for the new DDG DDG Guided Missile Destroyer DDG Deutsche Diabetes Gesellschaft DDG Deputy Director General DDG Drop Dead Gorgeous DDG Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft (German Society of Dermatologists) 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer. The contract had been widely anticipated since 2005, when Raytheon beat out rival Lockheed Martin to become the prime contractor for the radar, sonar, communications,and electronics gear on the destroyer. It was delayed while Raytheon continued to develop needed designs. Sep 21, 2007 Raytheon Raytheon aims to help Pentagon's weapons speak the same language. The military needs weapons systems that can communicate and operate together, according to John Urias, a Raytheon executive. Most military weapons are "what we call stovepipe systems," Urias said. "They work on their own, with no interoperability. They are their own islands, and there's a lot of duplication." Urias says his company can fix that: "In short, our managers and engineers can take highly complicated systems and make them work with other highly complicated systems." Sep 17, 2007 Raytheon Missile Systems Raytheon Missile Systems Company is a subsidiary of Raytheon Company. Headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, its president is Louise Francesconi. Formerly, known as Hughes Missile Systems Company before acquired by Raytheon Company The division's products include: Raytheon Missile Systems landed a $9.6 million contract modification to provide technical engineering support for the Evolved Seasparrow Missile, a ship-defense weapon. The work is to include improvements to missiles and related equipment, software engineering, reliability monitoring, system safety monitoring, quality assurance and test equipment, according to the Defense Department. Sep 19, 2007 Raytheon, Ultralife Batteries Ultralife Batteries Inc., which makes specialty batteries and chargers, said Sept. 17 it received a contract valued at about $24 million from military contractor Raytheon Co. Sep 17, 2007 Sequa Corp, Carlyle Group Aerospace and automotive parts maker Sequa Corp. said Sept. 17 its stockholders approved a buyout by private equity firm Carlyle Group. Sep 17, 2007 ZZ Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new real-time service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status, delays, security wait times via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. |
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