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1、UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE appointed Thomas Thsudy as vice president and general council, replacing Kevin MacCarey, who served since 2006.LOCKHEED MARTIN selected Korea University, Seoul National University, Ulsan National Institute for Science and Technology to receive funding as part of Republic of Ko

2、rea Science, Technology and Research program.SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS (Va.) has $13m PENTAGON contract fortechnical services, program support, assessments, special studies/systems engineer- ing supporting Trident II submarine BMD; Strategic Systems Programs arms control program; work expected c

3、omplete September 2020.LOCKHEED MARTIN has $11m U.S. NAVY contract modification for continued performance-based logistics supporting Consolidated Automated Support System; work expected complete March 2016.LOCKHEED MARTIN AERONAUTICS has $38m PENTAGON contract for Iraqi air force F-16 advanced pilot

4、 training; work performed at Balad Air Base, Iraq, expected complete Nov. 19, 2020.SpeedNews Defense & SpaceInside November 24, 2015TECHNOLOGYIndra DeveloUnmanned P2006T MRIPAGE 2PROGRAMSGamma-ray Spectrometer Gives Space Miners New EyesPAGE 3Australia To Probably UpgradeCollins SubmarinesPAGE 5

5、BUSINESSGAO Faults DOD ManagementOf Contracted ServicesPAGE 3OPERATIONS In Hurry With Ambitions, Pacom der SaysPAGE 4CONTRACTSSelected U.S. military contracts for the week of Nov. 16-20, 2015. PAGE 6The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing Defense Space and Security of St. Louis a $261.9 million contra

6、ct action for lot 19 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tailkits, the Pentagon announced Nov. 23. The contractor will provide JDAM strap-on inertial guidance kits with the capability of receiving guidance updates from GPS to increase weapon accuracy for con- ventional inventory bombs. Air Force Lif

7、e Cycle Management Center, Hill AFB, Utah, is the contracting activity.JDAM TAILKITSPROGRAMSU.K. To Buy 138 F-35s,Will Boost er SquadronsLONDON The U.K. has committed to buy its full complement of 138 F-35 Joint Strike ers and will also boost the number of front-line r squadrons as part of a £1

8、2 billion ($18 billion) increase in spending on defense equipment over the next decade.The U.K. now plans to spend £178 billion over the next 10 years on defense equipment following its blueprint to keep defense spending at the NATO target of 2% of gross domestic product announced by the govern

9、ment in July.The increase reflects the growing concerns of ministers about the spre f Islamic extremism destabilizing parts of the Middle East and aggression by Russia.After years of cuts, this years Strategic Defense and Security Review (SDSR), published on Nov. 23, more comfortable ing for the U.K

10、. military and particularly for the Royal Air Force, which has seen a decade of cuts decimate its combat aircraft capability.As part of the plans, the government pledged to purchase nine Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to fill the gap left open by the retirement of the Nimrod in 2009 an

11、d the cancellation of its replacement in 2010 as part of the last SDSR.The U.K.s Euror Typhoon force will be expanded with an additional two front-line squadrons to be formed using the Tranche 1 aircraft that had been due to exit service in 2017. The exact mix of Tranche 1, 2 and 3 aircraft is yet t

12、o be confirmed. Some reports say 24 aircraft, others say 36 of the 50 or so Tranche 1 jets delivered will be retained.F-35s, p. 2The Business Daily of the Global Aerospace & Defense Industry Since 1963 NOVEMBER 24, 2015 5 F-35s, from p. 1The Typhoons out-of-service date will also be extended fro

13、m 2030 to 2040. The U.K. also plans to fit the Tranche 3 Typhoons with the active electronically scanned array radar currently in development.The Typhoon, along with enhancements to carry air-to-ground weap- ons, will still replace the Panavia Tornado GR4 in 2019, although the Tornado fleet will not

14、 begin to shrink until 2018. “It is apated that the Tornado force will start to draw down from 2018, allowing us to make a smooth transition of nel to support the introduction of our Light- ning II Force into service in 2019,” a defense ministry spokesman said.The report says the U.K. will maintain

15、its plan to purchase 138 F-35s aircraft over the life of the program. But it does not whether theU.K. will look at variants beyond the F-35B m planned for use on the U.K.s two new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. This will be decided in the next SDSR planned for 2020. In the me, orders for t

16、he F-35B will be accelerated in order to put up to 24 of the aircraft onto the new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. A further 18 aircraft will support training, test and evaluation, and periodic servicing and upgrade activity, defense officials have told Aviation Week.The U.K. has aly signed

17、 up to purchase 14 F-35s over the next five years, on top of the three alrein service and the fourth due to be delivered late this year. Six more F-35Bs were ordered by the U.K. in early November. Until now, U.K. ministers had only confirmed plans to purchase 48 F-35s.The new P-8s will be based in S

18、cotland and dedicated to the of the nuclear deterrent, the new aircraft carriers. They will also fulfill search-and-rescue missions and be used for overland reconnaissance. The first of the aircraft are due to arrive before the end of the decade, most likely through a U.S. Navy Foreign Military Sale

19、.The U.K. defense ministry sees the P-8 buy as a key element in its ever- r defense relationship with the U.S. The report says the use of the P-8 will providefor each others aircraft carriers and further improve interoperability in -submarine warfare, while also providing efficiencies in basing and

20、support.The order for nine P-8s comes just three weeks after reports in the Sunday Times that the U.K. decided to cancel a planned order for the patrol aircraft. Somewhat embarrassingly, the order is being announced at the same time that French and Canadian maritime patrol aircraft have been deploye

21、d to Scotland to support the hunt for a probable Russian submarine, the third such operation in 12 months.A decision on whether the aircraft will have U.K. weapons andsonobuoys, believed to a major sticking point, has yet to be , defense officials say. The government has also announced plans to crea

22、te two deployable army Strike Brigades, each with 5,500 nel. These brigades will be able to “self-deploy thousands of kilometers, and with a much lower logistic footprint,” officials say.The government has pledged not to cut any more nel from the armys current 82,000 complement, following significan

23、t cuts in 2010.The Royal Navy was perhaps the biggest loser in this years review. Although both of the new carriers will be retained, the government has decided to only build eight of the new Type 26 Global Combat Ships rather than the expected 13.The defense ministry says it is studying lighter, fl

24、exible and potentially more exportable general purpose frigates for the 2030s.Other key aerospace elements in SDSR 2015 include: The Raytheon Sentinel reconnaissance aircraft will remain in service into the 2020s, but will exit service before 2025. The U.K.s six Boeing E-3D Sentry airborne early war

25、ning plat- forms will be upgraded, and along with the U.K.s three newly purchased RC-135 Rivet Joints will be in service until 2035. Fourteen of the 24 Lockheed C-130J Hercules will be retained until 2030, partly to support Special Forceivities. These are likely to be the “more useful” long fuselage

26、 aircraft. One of the RAFs Airbus A330-200 Multi-Role Tanker Transports (MRTT) will be fitted out for VIP missions for use by senior government officials and the Royal Family. The Panavia Tornado GR4 fleet will still exit service in 2019, replaced by the Typhoon with the majority of Tornado air-to-g

27、round capabilities. The Beechcraft Shadow intelligence and special forces support air- craft fleet will be enlarged from the current five to eight and will exit service in 2030. The U.K. will invest further to pursue a joint development of an unmanned combat air vehicle with France. The U.K. will bu

28、y 20 new-build MQ-9 Reapers as part of the Pro- tector program to replace the existing fleet of 10 MQ-9s. The platform will be based on the Certifiable Reaper currently being worked on by General Atomics. The U.K. will invest in an unknown number of Airbus Defense and Space Zephyr 8 high-altitude ps

29、eudo-satellites capable of monitoring areas for months. Tony Osborne, tony.osborneaviationweek.co.ukTECHNOLOGYIndra Develo Unmanned P2006T MRIIndra of Spain is develo an unmanned version of its P2006T MRI maritime reconnaissance and intelligence aircraft, based on a twin-engine light aircraft built

30、by Italys Tecnam.An experimental demonstration has been completed under Indras Targus project and the company is working on system certification and testing. Where the P2006T MRI has an endur- ance of 6 hr., the unmanned aircraft will fly for 12 hr.The P2006T MRI was developed as an affordable way t

31、o cover maritime exclusion zones beyond the 20-30-mi. range of coastal reconnaissance systems, says Indra, with operating costs signifi- cantly lower than traditional maritime patrol aircraft.INDRA, p. 4PROGRAMSGamma-ray Spectrometer Gives Space Miners New EyesHOUSTON A NASA-funded advance in gamma-

32、ray spectrometers by university researchers could prove valuable in the detection of gold, platinum and other valuable materials locked under the surfaces of aster- oids, moons and other airless bodies.Such materials may be of interest to a future space-mining industry, traditional planetary scienti

33、sts and those involved in planetary defenses.The breakthrough is the use of recently discovered europium- doped strontium iodide (SrI2) as a high-efficiency gamma-ray detector. It offers a compact, low-power sensor for use on board CubeSats and surface rovers as well as traditional planetary orbit-

34、ers, atmospheric probes and landers, according to researchers from Vanderbilt and Fisk universities, NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the private, nonprofit Planetary Science Institute.“Space missions to the Moon, Mars, Mercury and the asteroid Vesta, among others, have included low-resolution sp

35、ectrometers. But it has taken months of observation time and great expense to map their elemental surface compositions from orbit,” said Vanderbilt astronomy professor Keivan Stassun. He is co-author of a research description, “New ultra-bright scintillators for planetary gamma-ray spectroscopy,” pu

36、blished Oct. 23 by the International Society for Optics and Photonics in its journal SPIE Newsroom. “With our proposed system, it should be possible to measure sub- surface elemental abundances accurately, and to much more cheaply because our sensors weigh less and require less power to operate. Tha

37、t is good news for commercial ventures where cost, power and launch weight are all at a premium.”Vanderbilt University linked the innovation to U.S. House andBUSINESSGAO Faults DOD Management Of Contracted ServicesThe U.S. Defense Department (DOD) continues to face challenges in ensuring it fully re

38、views its inventory of contracted services, the U.S. Government ability Office (GAO) says in a recent report.“Military departments have not developed plans to facilitate the use of the inventory for workforce planning or budgetary decisions nor have they appointed an able official to help do so, as

39、DOD previously stated they intended to do,” GAO says. “Further, DOD has not outlined the relationships between a management support office, military departments, and other stakeholders to facilitate the collection and use of inventory data in decision-making processes.Senate passage of H.R. 2262, th

40、e U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitive Act, on Nov. 16 and Nov. 10, respectively. Awaiting signature by President Barack Obama, the wide-ranging legislation extends ownership rights to resources that U.S. citizens obtain from asteroids consistent with current law and international obligations.Ga

41、mma-ray spectroscopes detect the wavelength and intensity of gamma radiation co off the surfaces of planetary objects in response to strikes from galactic cosmic rays. The spectroscopy can be logged, recorded and analyzed for concentrations of iron, magnesium, oxygen, silicon and other rock-for elem

42、ents, including precious metals such as gold and platinum, as well as diamond crystals, according to the research team.Until the asteroid-mining industry matures, the new SrI2 sen- sor technology promises to furnish new s about the chemical composition of planetary bodies that range from asteroids a

43、nd comets to minor planets, s that could shed new light on how the Solar System formed and evolved. In addition, it can help to determine whether asteroids that cross the Earths orbital track and represent a potential impact threat are comprised of rock or ice, according to researchers.The new techn

44、ology would replace detectors using bismuth germanate and a highly pure form of germanium semiconductor found on successful planetary missions that include NASAs Lunar Prospector, Dawn, Mars Odyssey and Messenger spacecraft.“The gold standard for gamma-ray spectroscopy is the high- purity germanium

45、(HPGe) detector,” said Fisk physics professor Arnold Burger, developer of the new SrI2 detector. “However, it requires cryogenic cooling so it is very bulky. It also needs vacuum- tube technology so it consumes too much energy to run on batter- ies. SrI2 isnt quite as good as HPGe, but it is more th

46、an adequate to do the job and it is compact enough and its power requirements low enough so that it can be used in spacecraft and even placed on robotic landers.” Mark Carreau, mark.carreauInternal control standards state that management should define key areas of authority and responsibility to ach

47、ieve management objec- tives and to comply with laws.”DOD is the governments largest purchaser of contractor-provided services, GAO reports.As of September, 35 of 37 offices involved in managing the service deals certified they had conducted the inventory reviews and generally addressed more of the

48、review elements required by DOD guidance than in prior years, GAO says. “For the second consecutive year, however, the U.S. Air Force did not submit a certification letter.”Further, GAO says, the offices, “may be inaccurately reporting on the extent to which contractors were providing services that

49、are ly associated with inherently governmental functions, a key review objective to help ensure that DOD has proper oversight in place. The Office of Federal Procurement Policy indicates that certain contractedGAO, p. 4OPERATIONSIn Hurry With Ambitions,Pacom der Saysappears to be growing more impati

50、ent in its geopo- litical ambitions, says Adm. Harry Harris, the Pacific Com- mandder.“For decades, embraced (former leader) Deng Xiaop- ings formula for addressing disputes: essentially, be patient,” Harris said during his Nov. 21 address during the Halifax International Security Forum. “And this f

51、ormula arguably served well. Deng said that his generation was not wise enough to find common language on disputes involving the East Sea and , so he deferred these vexing issues to later generations.”s recent actions appear to be walking away from Dengs desire to find “a solution acceptable to all,

52、” Harris says. “In fact, Chas transi- tioned from a patient nation to a nation in a hurry. This was demonstrated in 2014, when this generation ofleaders suddenly launched a massive building spree I called a great wall of sand in the disputed waters of the South Sea shared waters where $5.3 trillion

53、of unimpeded global sea-based trade traverses every year.”Harris notes, “Longtime U.S. policy is clear that we dont take sides in disputes over sovereignty. That said, we are also clear about our strong stance that all claims be based on international law and that these dis- putes be addressed throu

54、gh diplomatic or legal means without coercion or threat.”The principles that are the foundation of the rules-based order the peaceful resolution of disputes; dom of navigation and overflight, including for military ships and aircraft; and unimpeded lawful commerce “are not abstractions, nor are they

55、 subject to the whims of any one country,” Harris says. “They are not privileges to be granted or withdrawn. They make sense because they have worked for decades to keep the peace while creating prosperous economic conditions to lift more than a billion people out of poverty.”Regional tensions were

56、significantly heightened when Ccreated more than 3,000 acres of artificial islands on disputed features and started building runways and port facilities to support possible militarization of an area vital to the global economy, Harris says. “As Assistant Secretary of State Danny Russel recently said

57、, this move infuriated other claimants, and raised concerns amongst other Indo-Asia-Pacific nations including the United States and Canada.”He points out, “ military units are now warning ships and planes operating in accordance with international law near these man- outposts these sand castles in t

58、he sea that they should not enters so-called security zone, a zone that does not exist in internationallaw.”He says, “We will not give or any nation apass to fray the rules-based security architecture that has benefited all of us, including. This is a message I conveyed to PL (Peoples Liberation Army) leaders earlier this month while I was . I appreciated the hos- pitality of my hosts and our