Aerospace & Defense Standards News

May 15, 2006

Marine Corps' EFV Encounters Design Difficulties, Faces Future Risks
The buying power for the U.S. Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) program has eroded due to cost increases in the System Development ... more

May 15, 2006

IATA Maps Aviation_s Environmental Agenda_ Debunks Myths
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) aimed to set an environmental agenda for the aviation sector by debunking what it calls "five ... more

May 15, 2006

NCOIC Pushes For Global Interoperability
The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) announced a few contract extensions with regard to network centric interoperability. ... more

May 12, 2006

General Dynamics, Trusted Computing Group to Develop Security for Military, Government Computers
General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, joined the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) to develop secure computing technology ... more

May 12, 2006

House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Non-Consensus Standards
The U.S. House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Workforce Protection held an April 2006 hearing on the adoption of non-consensus standards ... more

May 12, 2006

DoD Selects Fiscal 2006 Comparative Testing Office Projects
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) selected 42 new-start projects to receive fiscal year 2006 funding under the Comparative Testing Office ... more

May 12, 2006

Lockheed Martin Awarded Light Armored Vehicle Command & Control Contract
The U.S. Marine Corps awarded Lockheed Martin a $7.4M contract to integrate systems on the Light Armored Vehicle Command and Control (LAV-C2). ... more

May 12, 2006

Lockheed Martin Begins Work on Air Force Hybrid Launch Vehicle
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $2.5M contract for the Hybrid Launch Vehicle (HLV) Studies and Analysis program. Part of the Operationally ... more

May 12, 2006

Lockheed Martin Receives Contract for PAC-3 Missile Production
Lockheed Martin received a $379M contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) for the production of 112 Patriot Advanced ... more

May 10, 2006

Crash Prompts FAA to Cancel UAV Temporary Flight Restriction
Following the crash of a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) canceled ... more

May 10, 2006

Aerospace Industry Slow to Embrace New MEMS Technologies
A conventional space satellite weighs more than 10,000 kilograms and costs $150M to manufacture, $100M to launch and $62M to insure. On the other ... more

May 5, 2006

Active Protection Technology Contract Leads to Better Protection
The U.S. Army's effort to develop better protection for mounted soldiers advanced when BAE Systems signed a contract with the Raytheon Co. to ... more

May 5, 2006

Crusher Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle Unveiled
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and U.S. Army unveiled the Crusher unmanned ground combat vehicle (UGCV) in a ceremony ... more

May 5, 2006

Navy Awards Mobilisa Contract to Develop Floating Area Network
Mobilisa Inc. announced award of a contract worth nearly $1M with the U.S. Navy to create a Floating Area Network (FAN). The connected, secure ... more

May 5, 2006

NASA Scientific & Technical Aerospace Reports - May 5_ 2006
The aeronautics, astronautics, space sciences, nuclear physics, solar physics, communications and radar, cybernetics/artificial intelligence/robotics, ... more

May 5, 2006

DRS Technologies to Provide Embedded Diagnostics for Army Tanks
DRS Technologies, Inc. announced it was awarded a $34M contract to deliver new embedded diagnostics systems for installation on the U.S. Army's ... more

May 5, 2006

Carnegie Mellon Researchers Develop Method to Monitor Aircraft Lifespan
Carnegie Mellon University professor Anthony D. Rollett developed a new computational method that may help track the lifespan of U.S. Navy aircraft. ... more

May 5, 2006

AFRL Demonstrates Technologies for Zero Visibility
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Langley Research Center and Rockwell Collins collaborated under a dual-use science and technology ... more

May 5, 2006

DHS Introduces Maritime Infrastructure Recovery Plan
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the Maritime Infrastructure Recovery Plan, one of eight plans supporting the national strategy ... more

May 4, 2006

ARINC Unveils Multi-Level Airport IT Support Service Offering
ARINC Managed Services (AMS) announced a multi-level service offering designed to support airport information technology (IT) systems. Specifically, ... more