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From: "Eric Squire" <ftaaalert at yahoo.com>


> http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/050927/86843.html
> EMS Technologies Receives Contract for Joint Surveillance Target Attack
Radar System (Joint STARS) Improvements
> Tuesday September 27, 2:23 pm ET
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> ATLANTA, Sept. 27, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- EMS Technologies, Inc.
(NasdaqNM:ELMG - News) announced today that its Defense & Space Systems
division is performing on a contract from Northrop Grumman Corporation's
(NYSE:NOC - News) Norden Systems business unit to provide maintenance
support and upgrades for the U.S. Air Force's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target
Attack Radar System (Joint STARS). The total value to EMS is estimated at
US$2.1 million over 12 months. As part of the effort, EMS is upgrading phase
shifter modules and control electronics to reduce power consumption and
enhance accuracy. In addition, the contract includes support services.
>
> Joint STARS features a 24-foot synthetic aperture radar antenna installed
on the underside of the aircraft, which can electronically scan to determine
the location and heading of moving targets on the ground. EMS modules and
control electronics are integral to that antenna, allowing the Joint STARS
radar to accurately map the battlefield and track targets. EMS has been
involved in the Joint STARS program since May 1987, and has delivered more
than 6,500 phase shifter modules under the program to date.
> About EMS Technologies, Inc.
>
> EMS Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqNM:ELMG - News) is a leading innovator in
the design and manufacture of wireless, satellite and defense solutions, and
focuses its unique range of advanced technologies on the needs of broadband
and mobile information users. The Company is headquartered in Atlanta, has
approximately 1,800 workers worldwide, and operates manufacturing facilities
in Atlanta, Montreal, Ottawa and Brazil.
>
> EMS Technologies' Defense and Space Systems Division develops advanced
technology systems for military and space applications. The Division
provides critical subsystems and components for airborne, commercial and
space-based communication, and radar and electronic warfare systems. For
more information, visit EMS on the World Wide Web at http://www.ems-t.com.
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> http://www.spacewar.com/news/uav-05zzzz.html (see ref. to Heroux-Devtek
Inc. near the end)
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> Northrop Grumman Nears Completion Of First Next-Gen Global Hawk
> San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2005
> Northrop Grumman has moved significantly closer to completing the first of
its next-generation, enhanced-capability RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAV) due to deliveries of two critical airframe components within
the last month.
> Vought Aircraft delivered the RQ-4B's new graphite-composite wing assembly
in July. Measuring 131 feet, the wing assembly successfully completed a
rigorous static test to 100 percent of its limit load, validating its
structural integrity. Northrop Grumman completed integration of the wings
with the fuselage in July.
> "This is a significant step forward in the manufacturing of the Global
Hawk RQ-4B," commented George Guerra, director for Northrop Grumman's Global
Hawk program. "With the wing mate, we can see the airplane taking shape."
> In late July, Aurora Flight Sciences delivered the first set of the
RQ-4B's vertical tails. With these two critical components, flight testing
of the first RQ-4B is scheduled to commence in the second half of 2006.
> Northrop Grumman is currently producing four of the new RQ-4B Global Hawks
at its Palmdale, Calif. production facility.
> With 3,000 pounds of payload capacity, the RQ-4B Global Hawk offers 50
percent more payload capacity than its currently deployed "sibling," the
RQ-4A. This added capability will allow it to carry more intelligence
sensors, enhancing its ability to simultaneously collect imagery, signals
intelligence and infrared and radar information, and transfer it to the
warfighter in near-real time.
> To accommodate the increased payload capacity, Northrop Grumman has
redesigned and strengthened Global Hawk's fuselage. The RQ-4B's fuselage is
four feet longer and just slightly taller than the RQ-4A's.
> The wingspan has also increased by approximately fifteen feet, allowing
the RQ-4B to carry more fuel. The RQ-4B also features a gross take-off
weight 5500 pounds heavier than that of the RQ-4A.
> Global Hawk flies autonomously at an altitude of at least 60,000 feet,
well above inclement weather and prevailing winds for more than 32 hours at
an average of 320 knots. During a single mission, it can travel more than
10,000 nautical miles from its take-off location, and it provides detailed
image-based intelligence on 40,000 square miles.
> The Northrop Grumman-led Global Hawk industry team comprises U.S. and
international companies. The unmanned system's primary program elements are
provided by team members as follows:
> - Integrated sensor suite and ground control elements, Raytheon Company,
Lexington, Mass.; - AE3007 engine, Rolls-Royce, Indianapolis, Ind.; - Data
communications, L-3 Communications, Salt Lake City, Utah; - Wings, Vought
Aircraft Corporation, Dallas, Texas; - V-tail and other composite
components, Aurora Flight Sciences, Manassas, Va.; - Landing gear, Heroux,
Montreal, Canada, and - Flight controls, Curtiss Wright Corporation, Santa
Clarita, Calif.
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