Articles from Armada International (February 1, 2009)

Title	Author	Type	Words
50,000 Falcons unleashed!			28
Airborne sensor platforms--the force multipliers.	Braybrook, Roy		3493
BAE Systems was awarded a $70 million contract to complete development of the Archer artillery system for the Swedish and Norwegian armed forces.			62
Big deals in short.			409
Boeing has received a contract to launch a fourth Cosmo-Skymed satellite in 2011 for Thales Alenia Space Italia.			43
Boeing will complete production of the sixth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite for the US Air Force under a $234 million contract awarded through the government of Australia.			76
Catching the smaller ones.			210
Checking vitals on the go.			102
CMC Electronics has received its first production order for the Integrated Cockpit 4000 Suite from Hawker Beechcraft for integration in 35 HBC T-6B trainer aircraft currently in production.			59
Embraer has received an order for eight Super Tucano aircraft from the Dominican Republic for its air force to perform internal security and border patrol missions.			59
Eurocopter is to deliver a further 22 NH90 TTH helicopters to the French Army Light Aviation under a 'second batch' order from the DGA made on 23 December 2008.			67
Euronaval sail strong.			990
Flir Systems has announced that the Royal Australian Air Force has exercised a contract option to acquire Flir's Star Satire HD imaging systems to be fitted on AP-3C maritime patrol aircraft.			43
Flir Systems has received a $ 30.4 million delivery order from the US Army Missile and Space Defense Command for its Star Satire III stabilised multi-sensor systems to be employed in the army's Base Expeditionary and Surveillance Systems--Combined (Betss-C) and Ground Based Operational Surveillance System (Gboss) programmes.			56
Focus on sensors: since our last drone update, activities seem to have been more predominant in the field of payloads than in that of new airframe developments. Nat that this should surprise anyone, really: when reading through our past issues, some sort of pause had to be expected in that department.	Biass, Eric H.		924
General Atomics has received a $ 43 million contract from Darpa to develop an algae-derived version of JP-8 jet fuel for the US Department of Defense.			60
Guilty as charged! From satellites to submarines, the Joint Strike Fighter, Boeing and SAIC's family of Manned Ground Vehicles, an experimental hybrid fuel- cell/electric aircraft; Saft batteries give a charging testimony to the company's experience and innovation in renewable energy sources and systems.	Keggler, Johnny		564
Harris has reported that its Bid-2370 cryptographic modernisation device had been approved for Top Secret-Eyes Only certification by the Communications--Electronics Security Group information security arm of the British Ministry of Defence.			51
Hope glides for Diehl.			74
Horus Vision has announced a second contract award from the US Marine Corps Systems Command to provide corps snipers with the company's Advanced Ballistic Calculators that can be customised to individual weapons to provide precise accuracy at extreme distances.			92
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft has received a contract covering the delivery of six material packages to build six Class 214 submarines for the Republic of Korea Navy.			64
ITT Communications Systems has received a five-year contract from the US Navy to provide field and systems engineering support services for the service's Fleet Systems Engineering Team, which provides C4ISR support to afloat strike groups and shore-based commands.			57
ITT has received a $ 33.2 million award to produce AN/SQS-53C Unit 717 sonar transducer array shipsets for the US Naval Surface Warfare Center.			45
Kaya on the Otakar display.			82
L-3 Communications was awarded a $ 28 million contract option to supply Prophet signals intelligence platforms to the US Army.			48
L-3 Electron Technologies was chosen to develop a high-efficiency Ka-band communication helix travelling wave tube under a one million dollar contract.			29
Navistar Defense has received a C$ 275 million contract award to provide the Canadian Department of National Defence with up to 1300 Milcots (Military Commercial off-the-Shelf) vehicles.			53
New Nomad with WWAN.			97
Northrop Grumman has received orders to outfit the US Marine Corps' CH-53D and CH-46E helicopters with Directional Infrared Countermeasures (Dircm) systems.			40
On 6 January 2009 Boeing reported its selection as provider of eight P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare' aircraft to the Indian Navy.			83
Oto's Hitfact on Pandur II.			291
Penning a clean drink.			200
Protecting the sniper's eye.			174
Put a Foot into a Haix.			89
Ram-air Gigafly GPS Fly-by.			106
Saab has received an order from the Finnish Defence Forces valued at SEK 200 million to supply additional Nlaw anti-tank weapons during 2009.			35
Shorads on the move: vehicle-mounted, short-range air-defence systems that are able to be operational within seconds of pulling the vehicle's hand brake are evolving to counter a broad range of threats, particularly to protect convoys from air attacks.	Kemp, Ian		2479
Tetra THR9 from Eads.			101
The EGV Consortium, which consists of Lurssen Werft, Flensburger Schiffbaugesellschaft, Peene Werft and TKMS Blohm + Voss Nordseewerke.			48
ThyssenKrupp Technologies has acquired the remaining 25% stake in ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, thereby becoming the sole owner of the European shipyard group.			42
Weight lifters.	Biass, Eric H.; Kemp, Ian		13562