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Articles in April-May, 2009 issue of Armada International

• Boeing and SAIC have reported that the US Army's FCS has completed preliminary design reviews for all unmanned vehicle systems
• Northrop Grumman delivered the payload module for the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency military communication satellite to Lockheed Martin on 27 February
• Boeing has launched a joint research and development effort with the US Army's Space and Missile Defense Command/ Army Forces Strategic Command to meld multiple types of sensor data for missile defence and space situational awareness concept exploration
• BAE Systems US Combat Systems has delivered two nine-tonne Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles prototypes to the US Government in February for testing and evaluation
• BAE Systems received a $ 21 million contract from the Office of Naval Research to develop an advanced Electromagnetic Railgun for the US Navy
• Dsit Solutions has received a $1.7 million contract order to provide its Aquashield underwater security system to an undisclosed location in Asia
• Thales Land and Joint Systems will deliver a new satellite communication system for installation on the five Norwegian Nansen class frigates
• Of special note
• Big deals in short
• Boeing and Insitu have completed sea trials of the Scaneagle long-endurance drone from a Republic of Singapore Navy frigate and a Landing Ship, Tank
• Qinetiq has received a 3.5 million [pounds sterling] contract designed to research how, through using 610 Volt technologies, the generation and distribution of electrical power on defence vehicles can be improved
• Boeing Defence Australia has reported its Modernised High Frequency Communications System has successfully completed 44 tests of two mobile high-frequency systems covering more than 200 requirements
• Bell Aerospace Services has begun organisational-level maintenance work on a multi-year, $173 million US Marine Corps Reset Project contract for Lot 3 and 4 of the corps' rotary-wing aircraft
• Lockheed Martin and Australian Aerospace have signed a $292 million, through-life maintenance contract with the Royal Australian Air Force for its fleet of C-130J Super Hercules aircraft
• ITT has received a $ 317 million order to produce an additional 4501 Crew 2.1 Vehicle Receiver Jammers—vehicle-mounted systems that prevent detonation of improvised explosive devices for the US Marine Corps
• Lockheed Martin has received a ten-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from the US Special Operations Command to provide full-scope logistics to special operations troops and teams scattered across the globe
• Boeing has reported fitting the outer skin to the forward fuselage of the first F/A-18F Super Hornet being built for the Royal Australian Air Force
• ITT received a $ 99 million award from the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center to provide its Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Systems and countermeasures dispensing systems for the Turkish Air Force's 30 new F-16 Block 50M aircraft
• Ballistic Recovery Systems was awarded a $4.1 million contract from the US Army to deliver 1200 G-12 cargo parachutes through August 2010
• Boeing has transferred the third KC-767J tanker to Itochu, Boeing's Japanese partner, for delivery to the Japan Ministry of Defense and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force
• Tognum has received an order for four large, 9100-kW engines for the first Joint High Speed Vessel building for the US Navy and Army
• Eurocopter's Japanese distributor, Euroheli, has signed a contract with the Japanese Ministry of Defense for two EC135 training helicopters with a further three on order for 2010
• Thales Communications has completed multiple deliveries of its new 50-watt dual vehicular adapter/power amplifier to the US Air Force's Tactical Air Control Party Modernization Office, which has received more than 700 AN/VRC-111 systems
• Selex Galileo has been selected to integrate its Airborne Tactical Observation and Surveillance mission system with the Seaspray 7300 Aesa radar on four ATR72 Italian maritime patrol aircraft
• Nexter has received an order from the French DGA for 800 Sit V1 battle management systems to equip 400 infantry combat vehicles, raising to more than 1200 the number of French Army vehicles equipped with the Sit V1 information system
• Silent guard on duty
  by Paul V. Alpo
• Safe troop travelling
  by Ian Kemp
• Top it up, please! Air-to-air refuelling extends the endurance of patrolling aircraft, increases the radius of strike aircraft and makes passible safer, longer-range deployments. Today more than ever, the latter consideration is taking all its significanc
  by Roy Braybrook
• Bon voyage: since the first post-Cold War operations, escorting convoys has become a routine for the military. However, because units are now spread over much wider areas compared to conventional operations, along with the lack of well-defined battle line
  by Paul V. Alpo
• Preparing for Cybergeddon
  by Johnny Keggler
• Command on light wheels: historically, successful commanders have always chosen a powerful mount to carry them onto the battlefield, and insisted that their staff officers also be well provided. This remains true today
  by Ian Kemp
• European combat drone shaping up
  by Eric H. Biass
• Steyr v. powerful v. sturdy soon v. shaped!
  by Eric H. Biass
• Aasm has brothers
• Italian Army gets Freccias
• Infrared info from space
• Codan modem
• GD rugged laptop 8000
• EPLRS breaks ground
• The Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Leguan armoured bridge layer has been upgraded to provide two 14-metre sections of bridge, this in place of its standard one 26-metre bridge
• A-Darter starts darting
• Use a Lasso for protection
• Naval comms quantum leap
• Willie pete over green
• Do you have a computer?
  by Eric H. Biass
• Future is now
  by Paul V. Alpo