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Raytheon Awarded $72 Million Radar Equipment Contract for Australia's Air Warfare Destroyer
Raytheon Company has been awarded a $72.8 million U.S. Navy contract for the advanced procurement of radar equipment for the Royal Australian Navy's Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD). Under the contract, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) will provide system transmitters, associated hardware and spares for AN/SPY-1D(V) radar for the first three Australian ships. IDS' SPY-1 radar transmitters and MK99 Fire Control Systems are onboard the U.S. Navy's fleet of cruisers and destroyers and are in-service onboard Japanese Kongo-class destroyers and Spanish F-100-class frigates. Work will be performed at IDS' Surveillance and Sensors Center in Sudbury, Mass., the Integrated Air Defense Center in Andover, Mass., and the Maritime Mission Center in Portsmouth, R.I.
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General Dynamics Awarded $23 Million Contract for MK47 'STRIKER40' Weapon Systems
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics on June 7 was awarded a US$23.5 million contract from the U.S. government for production of the MK47 MOD 0 Weapon System, a lightweight 40mm grenade launcher. The award is part of a five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract with a total potential value of $82 million.
The MK47, also known as STRIKER40, is a lightweight grenade launcher capable of firing airbursting munitions. Its integrated Fire Control system provides a decisive technological advantage over enemy forces equipped with older crew-served weapons.
Work will be completed at General Dynamics’ facility in Saco, Maine. General Dynamics is partnered with Raytheon ( Dallas, Texas/ Forest, Miss.) to build the Lightweight Video System (LVS) Fire Control. Program administration will be conducted at General Dynamics' Vermont-based Burlington Technology Center.
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, located in Charlotte, N.C., provides a broad range of system solutions for military and commercial applications. The company designs, develops and produces armament systems; a full range of advanced composite-based products; biological and chemical detection systems; and mobile shelter systems.
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Boeing Projects $2.6 Trillion Market for New Commercial Airplanes
Boeing forecasts a $2.6 trillion market for new commercial airplanes over the next 20 years. Strong market demand for new airplanes will lead to a world fleet with significantly improved environmental performance.
These new airplanes will accommodate a forecasted 4.9 percent annual increase in passenger traffic, and a 6.1 percent annual increase in air cargo traffic.
The Boeing Company released its 2006 Current Market Outlook this week in London. The report is Boeing's world outlook for the future of commercial jet airplanes.
Boeing projects a need for approximately 27,200 new commercial airplanes (passenger and freighter), doubling the world fleet by 2025. The vast majority of these new airplanes will be in the single-aisle (100-240 seats) and twin-aisle (200-400 seats) categories.
On a delivery-dollar basis, the largest market is projected to be the Asia-Pacific region, with 36 percent of the $2.6 trillion total — a result of the demand among Asian carriers in that market for more twin-aisle airplanes. North America will make up 28 percent of the delivery dollars and Europe will make up 24 percent. Deliveries to airlines in Latin America, the Middle East and Africa will represent a total of 12 percent of the delivery dollars between 2006 and 2025.
Over the next 20 years, airlines will take delivery of approximately:
- 3,450 regional jets — 90 seats and below
- 16,540 single-aisle airplanes — 100-240 seats, dual class
- 6,230 twin-aisle airplanes — 200-400 seats, tri-class
- 990 airplanes 747-size or larger — more than 400 seats, tri-class
Combined with the retained fleet, these new deliveries will result in a world commercial airplanes fleet of nearly 36,000 airplanes by 2025.
The Current Market Outlook projects that single-aisle and twin-aisle airplanes in the 100 to 400-seat categories will account for almost all of the growth in air travel over the next 20 years. The Boeing product strategy centers on this growth market, offering a family of airplanes that allows customers to maximize their efficiency, increase profitability, and provide the nonstop, point-to-point flights and frequency choices passengers want.
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ntl:Telewest Chooses Ericsson for Voice Network Capability
ntl:Telewest has selected Ericsson as a technology and services partner to help with developments to its telephone network using VoIP technology. ntl:Telewest is the UK's largest cable operator and a leading UK provider of broadband and communications services.
A 5-year agreement has been signed by the two companies. The initial phase of the agreement is to help build a Residential Voice-over-Broadband service utilising the Ericsson IMS platform which has been installed and is undergoing testing ahead of launch.
Under the agreement, Ericsson will also be involved with upgrading ntl:Telewest voice network from circuit-switched technology to IP using Ericsson's IP-based Telephony Softswitch solution. Planning for the network transformation is currently underway and will involve the migration of circuits across the network from TDM to IP thus utilizing the current IP network more effectively and producing cost savings through out the network.
