UK MOD - NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE REPORT - THE DEFENCE INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE (DII) UK MoD: 04 July 2008 The National Audit Office today published its report into the Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) programme, which aims to deliver a single, secure, high quality computer infrastructure across the whole of Defence while maintaining essential operational continuity. |
UK MOD - NEW CARRIERS UK MoD: 04 July 2008 The UK MoD has signed contracts with industry to build the two future aircraft carriers. |
EADS SELECTS HCL AS PREFERRED SUPPLIER FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES HCL Technologies: 04 July 2008 HCL Technologies (HCL), the global IT services provider, today announced that it has been chosen as a key partner to provide product engineering services and technical publication services to EADS. |
DIGITALGLOBE RELEASES CITYSPHERE 2.0 WORLDWIDE IMAGE COVERAGE DigitalGlobe: 03 July 2008 Expanded World City Image Offering Adds Never-Before-Offered Views |
BABCOCK - AWARD OF CANADIAN SUBMARINE SUPPORT CONTRACT Babcock International Group PLC: 03 July 2008 Babcock International Group PLC (Babcock), the leading submarine support provider
to the Royal Navy, announces that the Canadian Government has awarded Babcock
Marine the In-Service Support contract for its four Victoria class submarines (VISSC). |
AEROSTRATEGY PROJECTS AEROSPACE RAW MATERIALS CONSUMPTION TO DOUBLE AeroStrategy: 03 July 2008 Aerospace consultancy AeroStrategy completed a comprehensive forecast of the raw materials used in aviation, spanning the air transport, military, business, and helicopter segments. The materials included both metals and non-metals, and were classified into 10 categories.
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USA DOD - CONTRACTS 3 JUL 08 USA DoD: 03 July 2008 Contract news |
BOEING 787 DREAMLINER STRUCTURE TEST A SUCCESS Boeing: 03 July 2008 Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, successfully completed destructive testing on the horizontal stabilizer of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. |
GA-ASI COMPLETES DELIVERY OF LYNX II RADARS TO U.S. ARMY General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc: 03 July 2008 Additional Radars in Production to Ensure Timely Delivery of Potential Follow-on Orders |
USA DOD - CONTRACTS 2 JUL 08 USA DoD: 02 July 2008 Contract news latest |
SAIC - DATA OUTSOURCING CONTRACT SAIC: 02 July 2008 Science Applications International Corporation announced it has been awarded a prime contract by PNM Resources, Inc. to provide data outsourcing services. |
BOEING - GPS IIF TESTS Boeing: 02 July 2008 Boeing has completed environmental tests of the first of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites, which confirm the mechanical integrity of the spacecraft. The program is on track to deliver the first satellite to the U.S. Air Force this year. |
UK RAF TYPHOONS NOW MULTI-ROLE CAPABLE UK MoD: 02 July 2008 The Royal Air Force has declared its Typhoon jets multi-role capable today. The RAF Typhoons can now carry out precision Ground Attack as well as Air Defence tasks. |
UK MOD TESTS FRESH RANGE OF HOT WEATHER MENUS FOR TROOPS ON OPERATIONS
UK MoD: 02 July 2008 Troops are to get new food rations on operations as a range of new menu trials get under way with soldiers. |
NEW PRODUCTS ON DISPLAY AT FARNBOROUGH FROM SOFTWARE PROVIDER Luciad : 02 July 2008 Luciad, the leading software provider for distribution and high performance visualization of geospatial information, will be presenting a number of new product capabilities for ATC/ATM and Air Command and Control applications at Farnborough on July 14-20. The Farnborough International Airshow in the UK is the biggest, most internationally attended aerospace event in the world. |
BOEING AND BIMAN BANGLADESH AIRLINES - BOEING NG 737 ORDER Boeing: 01 July 2008 Boeing and Biman Bangladesh Airlines have announced an order for two Boeing Next-Generation 737-800s, with purchase rights for two additional 737s. The signing ceremony, held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, was attended by dignitaries from Bangladesh and the United States and also celebrated Biman's selection of an all-Boeing jet fleet for its future operations. |
LOCKHEED MARTIN - JOINT AIR-TO-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE PRODUCTION Lockheed Martin: 01 July 2008 Lockheed Martin has received a U.S. Air Force contract valued at $107 million for a seventh production lot of the JASSM(TM) cruise missile. The contract award will bring total contracted quantities of the cruise missile to 1,053. |
UK MOD - MEDICS GET LATEST BLOOD TRANSFUSION TECHNOLOGY ON OPERATIONS UK MoD: 01 July 2008 UK Armed Forces medical staff on operations in Afghanistan and Iraq are being equipped with new blood supply kit which means badly injured troops can be treated more effectively. |
BAE SYSTEMS - THAAD SYSTEM SEEKER DETECTS WARHEAD BAE Systems: 01 July 2008 A BAE Systems seeker detected an incoming ballistic missile enabling the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system to intercept its target during testing at the Pacific Missile Range Facility. |
CEMAT ASIA – ASIA’S LEADING INTRALOGISTICS EXHIBITION CeMAT: 01 July 2008 By the time CeMAT ASIA opens its gates on 27 October, two months will have passed since the end of the year’s biggest sporting event, the Summer Olympics in Beijing. Organizing an event of this magnitude is a logistics tour de force. Without the innovations as well as the future-proof logistics systems of intralogistics providers, events like these could never be staged in the first place. |
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