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VMETRO to support F-35 program
Published: May 16, 2008 at 9:07 PM
HOUSTON, May 16 (UPI) -- VMETRO announced it has been contracted by Lockheed Martin to support the U.S. Defense Department's next-generation strike fighter F-35 Lightning II program. -
Navy contracts BAE for TCDL tech
Published: May 16, 2008 at 9:07 PM
WAYNE, N.J., May 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy says it has contracted BAE Systems for tactical common data link technology to provide pilots with real-time sensor and targeting information. -
South African army to get wireless tech
Published: May 16, 2008 at 9:05 PM
JERICHO, N.Y., May 16 (UPI) -- Saab Grintek Communications has contracted Telephonics for wireless intercommunication technology in support of a deal with the South African army.
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Analysis: European defense contracts
Published: May 16, 2008 at 10:15 PM
By LEANDER SCHAERLAECKENS
UPI Correspondent
BRUSSELS, May 16 (UPI) -- Patria could lose Slovenian deal to bribery charges; Italian training aircraft for Philippines; Estonia opens cyberterrorism center and looks to purchase field artillery -
BMD Watch: Japan changes space policy
Published: May 16, 2008 at 9:35 PM
By MARTIN SIEFF
UPI Senior News Analyst
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- The Japanese Parliament Tuesday formally agreed to permit the deployment of space surveillance satellites as part of the country's ballistic missile defense program. -
Analysis: China boosts Jiangxi air defense
Published: May 16, 2008 at 9:10 PM
By ANDREI CHANG
HONG KONG, May 16 (UPI) -- China's air force has substantially reinforced its air defense posture in Jiangxi province in the past year. There are indications that China has completed its second-line air defense operational deployment against Taiwan centered on Fujian and Jiangxi provinces. This has greatly expanded the depth of China's air defense coverage. -
Outside View: Russia at war -- Part 1
Published: May 16, 2008 at 12:07 PM
By ILYA KRAMNIK
UPI Outside View Commentator
MOSCOW, May 16 (UPI) -- The scale of the armies engaged, the casualties suffered and inflicted on both sides, and the number of weapons systems deployed in the conflict between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany dwarfed all other theaters of World War II and all conflicts since then. -
Analysis: China copter deal -- Part 3
Published: May 15, 2008 at 7:16 PM
By MARTIN SIEFF
WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- Russia's landmark sale of transport helicopter assembly kits to be assembled in China could point the way to a vastly larger transformation in global arms production. -
Outside View: Georgia civil war -- Part 2
Published: May 15, 2008 at 12:13 PM
By ILYA KRAMNIK
UPI Outside View Commentator
MOSCOW, May 15 (UPI) -- Georgia's officer corps is said to be riddled with corruption, there are no trained sergeants, only about 50 percent of the nation's military equipment is operational, and coordinated operations in adverse conditions are impossible.
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URS to continue training rotary pilots
Published: May 2, 2008 at 8:07 PM
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army says it has awarded a follow-on contract with URS Corp. to continue supporting the training program for undergraduate rotary wing students.
San Francisco-based URS, an engineering, construction and technical services contractor for the U.S. government and several defense agencies, says its EG&G Division will continue its training of Army and Air Force rotary wing students at the Fort Rucker, Ala.-based Rotary Wing Flight Training Services program. Officials say the five-year contract is worth approximately $240 million.
"Since 1989, EG&G instructors have trained more than 20,000 student pilots, most of them entry-level soldiers with little or no flying experience," Randall Wotring, EG&G Division president, said in a statement. "We are very pleased to have been selected by the Army for this important program and look forward to continuing to help train the next generation of military pilots."
San Francisco-based URS, an engineering, construction and technical services contractor for the U.S. government and several defense agencies, says its EG&G Division will continue its training of Army and Air Force rotary wing students at the Fort Rucker, Ala.-based Rotary Wing Flight Training Services program. Officials say the five-year contract is worth approximately $240 million.
"Since 1989, EG&G instructors have trained more than 20,000 student pilots, most of them entry-level soldiers with little or no flying experience," Randall Wotring, EG&G Division president, said in a statement. "We are very pleased to have been selected by the Army for this important program and look forward to continuing to help train the next generation of military pilots."
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