Aerospace & Defense Standards News

July 29, 2006

NASA Scientific _ Technical Aerospace Reports - May 30_ 2006
issue of NASA's Scientific & Technical Aerospace Reports. For the full issue, please visit NASA's Scientific And Technical Information web site. ... more

July 25, 2006

ECSS Publishes Space Project Management Standard
The European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS) issued the ECSS M-60B: Space project management - Cost and schedule management standard, ... more

July 25, 2006

NASA Publishes Load Analyses Training Module
NASA introduced the NASA-STD-5002 – Load Analyses of Spacecraft and Payloads training module. ... more

July 20, 2006

Cross Match Fingerprint Capture Stations Compliant with HSPD-12
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) approved Cross Match Technologies' fingerprint capture stations to comply with Homeland Security ... more

July 20, 2006

GAO: DoD Should Toughen Policies for Assessing Technical Data Needs
The U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force encountered limitations in their sustainment plans for some fielded weapon systems because they lacked needed ... more

July 20, 2006

DARPA Awards Focal Plane Array Contract to Lockheed Martin
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Lockheed Martin $1.5M to validate and investigate focal plane array technology ... more

July 20, 2006

DHS Invests in Next-Generation Radiological Detection Equipment
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded Advanced Spectroscopic Portal (ASP) program contracts totaling $1.157B to enhance the ... more

July 19, 2006

EC Adopts Proposal to Modernise Single Aviation Market
The European Commission (EC) recently adopted a proposal to modernise the "single market" legislation for aviation. The proposal will ensure ... more

July 19, 2006

EC, FAA Agree to Cooperate to Modernise Air Traffic Management
The European Commission (EC) and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently signed a cooperation agreement that will ensure coordination ... more

July 19, 2006

Manufacturing Program Reduces B-2 Bomber Fleet Maintenance Time
The U.S. Air Force B-2 Systems Group is working to improve the B-2 fleet mission capability (MC) rate by cutting maintenance time. The effort ... more

July 19, 2006

DoD Faces Vulnerabilities to Contracting Fraud, Waste, Abuse
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) faces vulnerabilities to contracting fraud, waste and abuse due to weaknesses in five key areas, according ... more

July 18, 2006

ATA Calls for Air Traffic Modernization
The Air Transport Association (ATA) announced air traffic control (ATC) modernization is an essential part of making advances in industry-wide ... more

July 17, 2006

GAO: US-VISIT Program Contract Management, Oversight Not Effective
U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT)-related contracts for a computerized border control system are not effectively ... more

July 15, 2006

Air Force Awards Next Generation GPS Contract to L-3 Communications
L-3 Communications was awarded a $37M contract to develop global positioning system (GPS) technology for the U.S. Air Force. L-3's Interstate ... more

July 13, 2006

DHS Completes National Infrastructure Protection Plan
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) completed the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), a risk management framework that ... more

July 12, 2006

Boeing Demonstrates TSAT Next-Generation Processor Router
The Boeing Co. completed a series of live tests demonstrating the interoperability of the Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) next-generation ... more

July 12 2006

EC Moves Forward on Interoperability of European Air Traffic Management Systems
EC Moves Forward on Interoperability of European Air Traffic Management SystemsJuly 12 2006 The European Commission (EC) recently adopted two ... more

July 12, 2006

U.S. Air Force Awards Rockwell Collins GPS Development Contract
The U.S. Air Force selected Rockwell Collins to develop next-generation global positioning system (GPS) technology as part of a modernized user ... more

July 8, 2006

ASTM Int'l Standard Developed for Collection of Suspicious Powders
ASTM International announced the approval and availability of a new standard for collecting, packaging and transporting visible powder samples ... more

July 5, 2006

AIAA Supports Building Alaskan Unmanned Aircraft Systems Base
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) issued a white paper to the Senate Subcommittee for Commerce, Science and Transportation ... more