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Year 2003

Vol. 27 Nbr. 3, June 2003

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General Dynamics Decision Systems.

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Harris has received a $ 3.7 million production contract from the US Navy to provide Tactical Airborne Moving Map Capability (Tammac) Digital Map Computers for US Navy, Marine Corps and Army aircraft.

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Thales Communications.

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Ultra Electronics.

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Virtual Technology.

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AgustaWestland.

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Alvis Hagglunds.

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Harris received a $ 22 million contract award from Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control for the production of electronics for the Improved Fire Control Systems used in the US Army's Multiple Launch Rocket System M2701A and the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (Himars).

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Intergraph Solutions.

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Northrop Grumman has selected Marconi Selenia Communications to supply the back-up radio for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme.

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Northrop Grumman.

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Rohde & Shwarz.

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Saab Training Systems.

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Textron Marine & Land.

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Thales Communications.

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In control of the sky: aerial dominance--the ability to employ assets with impunity in the airspace above enemy territory and forces--depends not only on achieving a high kill ratio in air combat (which increasingly relies on situational awareness provided by off-board sensors), but also on destroying the enemy's airfields, radars, Sam systems and control centres.

Fixed-wing

GPS proves jam resistant: type the phrase 'GPS jammer' into any Internet search engine, and you'll find dozens of sites assuring you that anyone with a modest degree of hobbyist electronic construction skills can build a jammer able to disrupt the Global Positioning System, an essential navigation aid in modern combat. But as the Iraqi armed forces learned in March 2003, GPS isn't so easy to knock out.

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Drones turn nasty: the successful firing of laser-homing Lockheed Martin Hellfire anti-armour missiles from CIA-operated General Atomics MQ-1B Predators against ground vehicles in Afghanistan from 2002 (reportedly over 40 rounds) and in Yemen in 2003 opened the eyes of the leading armed services to the possibility of avoiding the use of expensive manned aircraft in some ground attack missions.

Armed UAV

Military aircraft market: who, why, when? As the commercial transport market remains depressed, aircraft manufacturers are looking urgently for growth in the military sector to maintain sales volumes and profit margins. However, current military operations will in the short-term boost spending on guided missiles and bombs, rather than on aircraft replacements.

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