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Friday, September 21, 2012

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated September 21, 2012

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated September 21, 2012
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Thursday, July 05, 2012

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated July 5, 2012

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated July 5, 2012
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Thursday, April 26, 2012

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To ITT Corp For The Procurement Of 15 AN/ALQ-211(V) Related To Royal Air Force Oman F-16 C/D Model Production Aircraft

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS:  U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To ITT Corp For The Procurement Of 15 AN/ALQ-211(V) Related To Royal Air Force Oman F-16 C/D Model Production Aircraft
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources DTN News / U.S. DoD issued No. 307-12 April 25, 2012
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 26, 2012:  ITT Corp., Clifton, N.J., is being awarded a $47,530,000 firm-fixed-price contract to procure 15 AN/ALQ-211(V); four airborne integrated defensive electronic warfare suites; and two sets of antenna couplers for support production.  

The effort is in support of the Royal Air Force Oman F-16 C/D model production aircraft.  The location of the performance is Clifton, N.J.  

Work is to be completed by Dec. 31, 2014.  WR-ALC/GRWKB, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8540-12-C-0014).     

Royal Air Force Oman F-16

On October 4th, 2001, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale of F-16C/D fighters and associated weapons, equipment and technical and logistical support to Oman. The Government of Oman wanted to purchase 12 F-16C/D Block 50 aircraft. The estimated cost of the total deal is $1.1 billion, if all options are taken.

In May 2002, the Sultanate of Oman signed an agreement with the U.S. government to purchase 12 Advanced Block 50 F-16s in the Peace A'sama A'safiya (Clear Skies) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The agreement includes eight single-seat F-16Cs and four two-seat F-16Ds, powered by the General Electric F110-GE-129 engine.

On August 4th, 2005, the the Royal Air Force of Oman accepted the first F-16 at Lockheed's Fort Worth facilities. The first Oman F-16 is a two-seat F-16D model and was accepted by the U.S. government (as agent for Oman in the FMS process) on July 19, 2005, one month ahead of schedule. The first single-seat F-16C version flew in August 2005 and was accepted in September. These two aircraft were ferried to Oman in mid- October 2005 to support the 35th National Day celebrations on November 18th. The remainder of the aircraft will be ferried to Oman during 2006.

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On August 3rd, 2010 a new order for another 18 F-16s was announced. Final contract negotiations have to be concluded before this order gets a green light. Eventually, on December 14th, 2011 it was announced that a further order of 12 F-16s was imminent, compromising 10 C-models and 2 D-models. The program is worth $600 million and will be concluded by 2016.


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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated February 14, 2012

DTN News: Aerospace/Defense Headlines - News Dated February 14, 2012
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Monday, August 23, 2010

DTN News: U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin Team Complete GPS III Design Phase Ahead Of Schedule

DTN News: U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin Team Complete GPS III Design Phase Ahead Of Schedule * Next Generation GPS III Program Shifts to Production Phase Source: DTN News / Lockheed Martin (NSI News Source Info) NEWTOWN, Pa., - August 23, 2010: The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team developing the U.S. Air Force’s next generation Global Positioning System, known as GPS III, has successfully completed the program’s Critical Design Review (
CDR) phase two months ahead of the baseline schedule. CDR completion, the program’s most significant milestone to-date, validates the detailed GPS III design to ensure it meets warfighter and civil requirements, and allows the program to begin the production phase. More than 350 representatives from the U.S. Air Force Global Positioning Systems Wing, the GPS III contractor team, as well as user communities from the Department of Defense, Air Force Space Command, the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration participated in a four-day Space Vehicle CDR at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company’s new Patriot Center in Newtown, Pa. Completion of the CDR phase represents the culmination of many rigorous assembly, subsystem, element, space vehicle and system level CDR events and validates the overall design maturity of the GPS III Space Vehicle and Lockheed Martin’s readiness to enter production. "With a focus on strong systems engineering and program management fundamentals, the team successfully executed a high-quality design review, which included 65 detailed CDR events,” said Col. Bernard J. Gruber, U.S. Air Force GPS Wing Commander. “Having completed the milestone ahead of schedule with excellent results, the program is on firm footing, and I am confident the team will successfully deliver this critical next generation system to enhance GPS capabilities for millions of military and civilian users around the globe.” GPS III will improve position, navigation and timing services and provide advanced anti-jam capabilities yielding superior system security, accuracy and reliability. The next generation GPS IIIA satellites will guarantee signals three times more accurate than current GPS spacecraft and provide three times more power for military users, while also adding a new civil signal (L1C) that is designed to be interoperable with other global navigation satellite systems. The GPS IIIA flexible design will allow for low-risk, reliable and affordable capability insertion for the future GPS IIIB and IIIC spacecraft. “This successful review demonstrated with high confidence that our low-risk GPS III design will meet warfighter and civil user requirements and that we are fully prepared to enter the production phase of this vitally important program,” said Joe Trench, Lockheed Martin's vice president of Navigation Systems. “Working in partnership with the Air Force, we look forward to building on our momentum to achieve our customer's cost, schedule and performance requirements for this essential program." Lockheed Martin, Newtown, Pa., along with teammates ITT of Clifton, N.J., and General Dynamics of Scottsdale, Ariz., is working under a $3 billion Development and Production contract awarded by the Global Positioning Systems Wing of the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles, Calif., which includes production of up to 12 GPS IIIA satellites. The team is on track to launch the first GPS IIIA satellite in 2014. “ITT's strong commitment and support of the recent successful CDR affirms the strength of the Lockheed Martin GPS III team," said Mark Pisani, vice president and general manager of Positioning, Navigation and Timing Systems, ITT Geospatial Systems. "ITT looks forward to working with the entire GPS III team to develop and integrate the navigation payloads for the next generation of navigation satellites.” The GPS constellation provides critical situational awareness and precision weapon guidance for the military and supports a wide range of civil, scientific and commercial functions - from air traffic control to navigation systems in cars, cell phones and wristwatches. GPS is increasing productivity in areas as diverse as farming, mining, construction, surveying, package delivery and supply chain management. The system is also enhancing public safety by reducing response times for ambulances, firefighters and other emergency services. Air Force Space Command's 2nd Space Operations Squadron (2SOPS), based at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., manages and operates the GPS constellation for both civil and military users. Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 136,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation’s 2009 sales from continuing operations were $44.5 billion. Media Contact:
Michael Friedman
303-971-7255
michael.1.friedman@lmco.com Videos and high-resolution JPEG image files of GPS satellites are available at: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/GPS/ Related Info:

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GPS Fact Sheet from the Global Positioning Systems Wing of the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center
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