Two firms get defense contracts. (Media & Technology).Thousand Oaks-based Rockwell Scientific Co. and Litton Systems Inc.'s Guidance and Control Division in Woodland Hills have been awarded new defense contracts recently. Rockwell, a privately owned unit of Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation NYSE: ROK is an industrial automation company. Its products include Allen-Bradley controls and engineered services and Rockwell Software factory management software. The company headquarters are located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Inc., received a $23 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop goggles goggles, n the protective eyewear worn by dental personnel and patients during dental procedures. goggles see periocular leukotrichia. that would protect aircrews from laser beams. Rockwell said lasers are used to affect the vision of aircrews during combat The goggles, to be developed under the Aircrew Laser Eye Protection/Systems Development and Demonstration Program, will provide aircrews with protection against several kinds of laser devices meant to damage their eyes. Bill Gunning William Angus Manson Gunn, known as Bill Gunn, (1920-2001) was elected to the Queensland Parliament in 1972 for the Seat of Somerset, representing the National Party of Australia.He had served as a member of the First Cavalry Mobile Vetinary Service during World War II. , executive director of Rockwell's Optics Division, said the goggles will allow aircrews to see without distortion both day and night. Meanwhile, Litton's Guidance and Control Division has received an $11.9. million contract from the U.S. Navy for aircraft navigation equipment. The equipment will be used on the Navy's single-seat F/A-18 Hornet The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F/A-18 Hornet is a modern all-weather carrier-capable strike fighter jet, designed to attack both ground and aerial targets. Designed in the 1970s for service with the U.S. Navy and U.S. attack fighter; the E-2C E-2C Hawkeye; Navy Airborne Warning and Control System Aircraft Hawkeye, an aircraft carrier-based radar plane; and the AV-8B aircraft, better known as the Harrier harrier, breed of dog harrier, breed of medium-sized hound whose origin is obscure but whose existence in England dates from the 13th cent. It stands from 19 to 21 in. (48.3–53.3 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 40 to 50 lb (18.1–22. which takes off and lands vertically. The contract includes about $2 million for work on aircraft belonging to the governments of Egypt and Japan. The work will be done in Salt Lake City and Woodland Hills, with completion scheduled for June 2004. Business Journal reporter Carlos Martinez may be reached at (818) 676-1750 ext. 17 or by e-mail at cmartinez@sfvbj.com. |
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