DARPA, Air Force award contracts for next-generation SEAD platform
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the US Air Force have endowed four Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) design contracts in April 1998, as part of their initial efforts toward the creation of future lethal suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) capability. Ten-month, $4-million contracts were awarded each to Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems, Raytheon Systems Co., Boeing Information, Defense and Space Systems, and Northrop Grumman Military Aircraft Systems Div., to undertake trade study, analysis and preliminary design phase activities. The UCAV Advanced Technology Demonstration initiative seeks to design, build and demonstrate a system that is able to undertake SEAD and strike missions which will operate in the post-2010 force-structure of the US Air Force.
Publication Name: Journal of Electronic Defense
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0192-429X
Year: 1998
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Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical to build three more Global Hawk UAVs
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Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical has received a $11.8-million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for Phase II-B of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program. The new task covers the construction of three more Global Hawk UAVs, as well as one integrated sensor suite. The first Global Hawk UAV, built at Teledyne Ryan's plant in San Diego, recently accomplished its first successful test flight at Edwards AFB, while the second Global Hawk UAV is approaching completion and will join the flight test program at Edwards AFB later in 1998.
Publication Name: Journal of Electronic Defense
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0192-429X
Year: 1998
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