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1 SAS Special Show Coverage Day 1 Defense Daily Boeing s Unmanned Sub Experimenting With New Batteries By Mike McCarthy ST. LOUIS--Boeing [BA] plans to test improved lithium batteries later this year on an unmanned submarine it believes could eventually fit into the Navy s missions of persistent presence and countering anti-area access denial threats, according to the company s executive in charge of the program. The sub known as Echo Ranger, and developed by Boeing s Phantom Works outfit for advanced projects, will be tested off California s Catalina Island in July to demonstrate the effectiveness of the new lithium batteries and to experiment with payloads, said Mark Kosko, the program manager for unmanned underwater systems. The Navy has identified countering anti-area access denial (A2AD) as a top priority as it plans to expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region under the Obama s administration new global posture strategy unveiled in January. Kosko said a key challenge in developing the autonomous undersea system is coming up with adequate sources of energy to power Echo Ranger and his team is looking at solutions ranging from batteries to diesel engines that could also recharge batteries. Finding sufficient energy is hard, he Echo Ranger Photo Provided Courtesy of Boeing Echo Ranger Photo Provided Courtesy of Boeing told Defense Daily. Continued on page 3 Visit us at the SAS Show April Booth 1446 Day 1 Monday April 16, 2012 Schedule Of Events 7:30am-5:00pm Attendee Registration Exhibit Hall Level (Hall E) 8:45am-9:00am Complimentary Attendee Continental Breakfast 9:00am-9:15am Opening Ceremony Escalator Mezzanine 9:00am-5:00pm Exposition Open Exhibit Hall 9:15am-10:45am Sea-Air-Space Panel: Service Chief's Update; Potomac Ballroom AB 10:00am-4:00pm H-46 Sea Knight Helicopter Outdoor Exhibit Open 11:00am-11:30am Weapons Systems: Directed Energy Solutions; Naval Sea Systems Command Pavilion, Booth #737 Fleet Readiness Centers Initiatives; Naval Air Systems Command Pavilion, Booth #437 Foreign Military Sales, Supporting U.S. Interests Globally; U.S. Coast Guard Pavilion, Booth #1636 The Provider Enterprise: Synchronized Logistics for the Warfighter; Navy League Pavilion, Booth #1401 Title TBD; Energy Pavilion Theater, Booth #100 11:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. KNIFEFISH Unveiling; Naval Sea Systems Command Pavilion, Booth #737; Captain Duane Ashton, USN, Program Manager, Unmanned Maritime Vehicle Systems Continued on page by Access Intelligence, LLC. Federal copyright law prohibits unauthorized reproduction by any means and imposes fines of up to $100,000 for violations.

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3 April 16, 2012 Defense Daily 3 Continued from page 1 So far, Echo Ranger has been able to submerge for 40 hours and Kosko said he expects the new lithium batteries will lengthen that time. Kosko said another challenge is developing its acoustics and navigation capabilities so the sub is better able to avoid running into surface craft or ships. Echo Ranger was first envisioned as a platform for surveying commercial oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico, but the company shifted the focus to military applications about seven years ago. Echo Ranger is 18.5 feet long and weighs 10,700 pounds. It is designed to reach depths of 10,000 feet and travel at a maximum speed of 6 knots. n Boeing Expects Steady JDAM Line ST. LOUIS--Boeing [BA] expects production of the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) to remain relatively stable despite the end of the war in Iraq and the upcoming withdrawal from Afghanistan, a company official said. The Boeing s factory for the JDAM guidance kit currently produces about 42 JDAMs daily, with work split between JDAMS and Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs). Kristin Robertson, Boeing s director for Direct Attack Munitions, said the production facility has the flexibility to adapt to changes in the numbers of JDAMs ordered by the Pentagon. Currently it s fairly stable. Beyond that, nobody can predict, Robertson said. JDAMs are among the most widely used airborne munitions by the U.S. military and were prominently deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Since JDAMs came on-line in 1998, Boeing has sold more than 230,000 GPS guidance kits to the Pentagon and U.S. allies. JDAM Photo Courtesy of Boeing The kits are attached to dumb munitions so they can be precisely guided to ground targets by satellite furnished coordinates, effectively making them smart. The Pentagon plans to buy 5,000 guidance kits in 2012 for a price tag of $111 million, keeping pace with the 12,500 over three orders in 2011 at a combined cost of $306 million. Robertson emphasized the Pentagon has no plans to stop producing JDAMs, noting that the government recently issued a sources sought notification that will add five more production runs to the current plans, the equivalent of about five years of work. Continued on page 4 Continued from page 1 12:00 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. Secretary of the Navy Luncheon- Potomac Ballroom AB Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy Presentation of Safety Awards Admiral Vern Clark Safety Awards General James L. Jones Safety Awards 1:45 P.M. - 2:15 P.M. Small Business Initiatives Naval Air Systems Command Pavilion, Booth #437 Navy Medicine Support to the Maritime Strategy and Expeditionary War Fighter, Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Navy League Pavillion, Booth #1401 DDG-1000 Naval Sea Systems Command Pavilion, Booth #737 3:00 P.M. - 4:15 P.M. Sea Service Roundtable Sessions Performance Based Logistics: It s All About Performance United States Navy, Potomac Ballroom AB Adaptation and Transformation: An Update on Security Cooperation Initiatives Navy International Programs Office, Potomac Ballroom C Energy Security: Small Companies, Radical Solutions, and the Primes United States Navy, Potomac Ballroom D Value & Utility of Amphibious Forces United States Marine Corps, Potomac Ballroom 1/2/3 International Engagement and Implications in the Arctic United States Coast Guard, Potomac Ballroom 4/5/6 3:15 P.M. - 3:45 P.M. Alternative Fuels Naval Sea Systems Command Pavilion, Booth #737 Coast Guard Specialized Forces, Deployable National Capability for Safety and Security U.S. Coast Guard Pavilion, Booth #1636 4:15 P.M. - 4:45 P.M. Kill Chain Updates Naval Air Systems Command Pavilion, Booth #437 Marine Engineering Naval Sea Systems Command Pavilion, Booth #737 Title TBD Office of Naval Research/ Naval Research Laboratories Pavilion, Booth #823 5:00 P.M. - 6:30 P.M. International Maritime Reception Cherry Blossom Ballroom (Invitation only) 6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. SEAPOWER Magazine Reception (Invitation only)

4 4 Defense Daily April 16, 2012 Robertson said international sales for JDAMs, which features 500- and 2,000-pound versions, will also help keep production going, and the company is also developing a new version of JDAM with wing kits that will effectively triple the range of the bombs once dropped to 40 miles. Australia has been committed to the 500-pound extended range JDAM, while a second country she would not name has shown interest in the larger extended-range munitions. n Partnering With Foreign Industries Key For F/A-18s, Boeing Says By Mike McCarthy ST. LOUIS--Partnering with industries in foreign countries to develop, and possibly build, components for the F/A-18 Super Hornet is a key aspect of Boeing s [BA] plan to market the aircraft internationally as the aerospace firm approaches completion of sales to the U.S. Navy, a company executive recently said. Looking for opportunities to work with indigenous companies in those countries plays into Boeing s international roadmap strategy for the fighter jet that was unveiled last year. The roadmap allows customers to pick among a variety of newly offered options for the aircraft, including conformal fuel tanks, enhanced engines, a next generation cockpit and an enclosed weapons bay to reduce radar signature. Mark Gammon, Boeing s program manager for F/A-18 and EA-18 Growler advanced capabilities, told Defense Daily that bringing foreign partners into the process to share technology and the production of the new options gives an added incentive to buy the airplane. Industries of international customers need to have opportunities that come along with the expenditure of billions of dollars against their national treasury, Gammon said. And one of the things in the international roadmap that it lets us do in some cases is partner with those industries and co-develop some of those things. And they may end up building them. Super Hornet Photo Courtesy of Boeing They might co-develop the conformal fuel tanks with us and end up being the supplier, he added. That s a great industrial benefit for them and it also brings forward in incremental editions a capability to the airplane. A conformal fuel tank is attached to the exterior of an aircraft to add range. Boeing has no customers for the F/A-18 once the multi-year contract with the Navy is completed in 2015 and would have to face closing the production line if there aren t subsequent orders. With Lockheed Martin s [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in line to serve as the next generation fighter for Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force, Boeing has been aggressively pursuing international sales. The multi-year deal with the Navy calls on Boeing to provide 90 F/A-18 E and F Super Hornet variants as well as 58 EA-18Gs, which are reconfigured versions of the airplane designed to carry out electronic attack. The Navy has the option of extending the buy to 196 aircraft under the contract awarded in Boeing lost Super Hornet bids in competitions held by India, and most recently by, Japan, which selected the F-35 in December. Boeing is currently entering the F/A-18 in competitions with Brazil and Malaysia as well as with potential customers in the Middle East. The U.S. government has not authorized foreign sales of the EA-18G, Continued on page 6

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Carl Levin (D-Mich.) says on April 15 the committee delayed the hearing because careful 50 Years scrutiny of the new command was needed. He notes that while combatant commanders By Ann Roosevelt usually respond to attacks that affect their forces in theater, responses and initiatives in cyberspace could FORT WORTH, Texas--EADS North America yesterday announced that with team members have extremely broad and damaging consequences, and in the future may require rapid decision-making. American Eurocopter and Lockheed Martin [LMT] it will build on its successful UH-72A Lakota helicopter In this context, he adds, some have expressed concern about an officer without strong career experience and fund and develop three Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) 72X technology aircraft. in commanding combat forces serving as a sub-unified combatant commander. Faced with that complex At the Army Aviation Association of America Defense annual conference here, EADS NA CEO Sean O Keefe situation, the said such a move is not the norm for a company of this size--eads is the largest aerospace company in the Daily committee proceeded methodically to gain an understanding of what the Congress is being The asked Daily to approve of Aerospace and what the and key Defense cyberspace issues are that need to be addressed. world. This is unusual--the entrepreneurial spirit of a company this size, he said. At the same time, EADS TueSdAy, APril 20, 2010 Page...Appropriate 1 Proceeding. 53rd year, SASC Volume staff 246, held No. numerous 13 meetings with Pentagon officials on a host of takes such steps in its wide range of areas. policy and operational issues associated with Cyber Com and military and intelligence operations in The technology demonstrators would be built on the UH-72A Lakota, which in March delivered its Hill Scrutinizing Push To Fix cyberspace, Humvees Over Levin Buying says. The Anewpanel has been assured the Obama administration is committed to rapidly 100th aircraft to the Army. By Emelie Rutherford closing the cyberspace policy gap and the Pentagon is proceeding with appropriate caution and care The technology demonstrators would be used to fulfill Lawmakers the Army s are weighing armed aerial a new scout Pentagon helicopter request regarding to reprogram military operations hundreds of in cyberspace, millions of dollars he adds. SASC Ranking Member John McCain (R-Ariz.) requirements that remain unfilled in the wake of two initially terminated pegged for programs: buying new the Bell Humvees Helicopter to instead Textron refurbish says since existing Cyber copies Command of the was trucks. created last year he also has had concerns about ensuring that the role, [TXT]-Boeing [BA] RAH-66 Comanche helicopter and Bell s Some Armed lawmakers Reconnaissance are said to have Helicopter reservations (ARH). about mission, approving legal authorities the Pentagon s and rules request of engagement to reprogram that Cyber Command will employ are well thought out Comanche was killed because it was considered a $560 Cold million War relic within and the ARH Army s was coffers a casualty to recapitalize of cost and and nearly understood. 8,000 of the McCain AM General-built says the SASC vehicles, has made which progress in achieving greater clarity in this regard and scheduling problems. the Army plans to stop buying. Alexander is well-qualified for this new assignment. The requirement still remains to fulfill an armed aerial The scout request role to able reallocate to cope the with Humvee evolving monies mission is part of a 34-page proposal from the Pentagon to scenarios now and in future conflicts. Such a new helicopter reprogram would $2.8 billion also allow in already the retirement appropriated of the fiscal aging year 2010 and 2009 funding. The Pentagon sent the April OH-58 Kiowa Warriors, which have been receiving performance 8 reprogramming upgrades action over to the the past Senate few and years. House armed LHD services Escalation. committees A March and 30 defense Pentagon appropriations internal reprogramming shifts $6 million within the Navy s Operational later this year, the first AAS-72X subcommittees will be used for last mission week. equipment Any of the and four weapon panels system can deny shipbuilding portions account of the money-shifting to cover escalation request. charges with the USS Makin Island (LHD-8) amphibious ship, integration, performance testing and survivability validations. The request seeks to reduce the Army line item which for procuring Northrop Grumman Humvees by Shipbuilding $573.3 million, built and in Pascagoula, to Miss. In accordance with the terms of the O Keefe said the approach is low-risk, combining instead mature, allocate developed $560 million technologies to two existing with the programs current LHD-8 to recapitalize construction soft-sided contract, and the up-armored Navy is responsible Humvees. to pay contract escalation incurred through the month production Lakota. Funds are required to support the recapitalization that the to contract rebuild reaches and upgrade contract approximately ceiling price, 7,700 the Navy says in a statement. Because of a recent indices Taking the Lakota base aircraft and moving High to an Mobility armed scout Multipurpose role is no leap Wheeled of faith. Vehicles (HMMWVs)--consisting revision by the Bureau of both of utility Labor (non-armored) Statistics, our and liability increased to pay for an additional two months This is the next logical step, said David Haines, up-armored vice president variants of that Rotorcraft will remain programs, in the EADs inventory NA. of for contract 20 years escalation. and can be Shipbuilder distributed escalation throughout costs the are attributed to Hurricane Katrina because of the The Lakota is a very capable, technologically advanced Army, aircraft. the reprogramming document states. More than associated 5,000 non-armored schedule impact. Humvees The are $6 intended million was to go initially to intended for DDG-51 destroyer construction that Team partner American Eurocopter will assemble the Army the AAS-72X National Guard in Columbus, and Army Miss., Reserve, where it Lakotas notes. was impacted by the hurricane. Actual DDG-51 Program Hurricane Katrina impacts were less than initial are currently being built. The Army determined it exceeded its Humvee requirement estimates, the after Navy conducting says. a portfolio review of its Lockheed Martin will supply and integrate acquisition the mission of equipment the vehicles, package. service It Secretary has also John created McHugh a said last month. high-fidelity systems integration lab for the mission equipment So we ve package just at executed is Orlando, a termination Fla., facility. to that contract, not an immediate termination but a drawdown No New Ice. The Coast Guard will call for rehabbing existing Great Lakes icebreakers in a forthcoming that will exercise the option of the contract, McHugh told the House Appropriations Defense subcommittee report to Congress, outgoing Commandant Adm. Thad Allen tells the SAC-HS April 14. Our position is on March 23. We ll procure several thousand more, 2,662 in fact, in the coming months and then some Cyber Intrusions Into Critical Infrastructure Growing, Official Says By Geoff other-than-army Fein sales, about 8,995. And after that we expect the Humvee to still be a part of our vehicle Determining how best to defend against the increasing fleet, but it number will be of much probes adjusted and attacks in its activity the Department based on what we ve experienced in Afghanistan. of Defense is seeing, particularly this year, was one of the big The issues April that 8 reprogramming led to establishing request a United states States the $573.3 million can be taken from the Humvee Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), according to a procurement top military line official. item because of lower than expected battle losses and the need for fewer replacements. One of the underlying principles that the Secretary The of Defense Army estimates (Robert Gates) AM General s had for Humvee standing production up line can stay open until at least the end of 2013, McHugh said last month, adding that date could be extended if the company is tapped to recapitalize the vehicles. The service is considering creating a new Humvee recapitalization program, distinct from the two current efforts, that would have AM General and other companies compete to recapitalize up-armored Humvees and outfit them with enhanced explosive-deflection features. The Army sought $1.3 billion in FY 10 for buying 8,120 Humvees, but requested no monies for buying any of the vehicles in FY 11, which starts Oct. 1. Defense-spending watchers said the Humvee reprogramming request is not a surprise. 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6 6 Defense Daily April 16, 2012 Continued from page 4 which contains sensitive jamming technology and equipment. Australia is the only country other than United States with F/A-18s, having bought 24 of the Super Hornets. Gammon said he believes the F/A-18 has promise in future competitions because of its affordability compared to the F-35. He said countries will need to ask whether they can get a functional airplane at a cost that will allow (them) to have a force structure that supports (their) national needs. Boeing has faced similar dilemmas in the past following the final delivery of F-15s to the U.S. Air Force in The line has since been kept alive by foreign orders to South Korea, Singapore and Saudi Arabia, Growler Photo Courtesy of Boeing which is buying 84 of the aircraft under a contract issued by the Pentagon in February. The Saudi deal will keep the F-15 line going through 2018, and the company s F-15 executives continue to look for other international opportunities. Boeing is offering the F-15 in another South Korea bid expected to take place this year. Lockheed Martin plans to offer the Joint Strike Fighter. n Submarine Mississippi Completes First Open Seas Voyage General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat s attack submarine Mississippi (SSN-782) returned to its shipyard last week after completing its first open seas voyage, according to a company statement. During its first open seas voyage, also known alpha sea trials, the Mississippi submerged for the first time and conducted high-speed runs on, and under, the surface to demonstrate that the submarine s propulsion plant is fully mission-capable, according to a statement. Mississippi is the ninth ship of the Virginia class, according to a statement. Electric Boat and its major subcontractor, Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII], have received contracts to build the first 18 submarines of a planned 30-ship Virginia class under a teaming agreement, according to a statement. n Boeing Pitching Flight Simulator For Carriers ST. LOUIS--Boeing [BA] says it has developed portable flight simulators that can be used by the Navy to make real training missions more efficient. The simulators have been deployed to ground stations, but Boeing is aiming to persuade the Navy to put them on aircraft carriers, said John Keeven, the company s flight simulator for Navy programs at its facility here. The simulators are small enough to occupy small areas, Keeven said. Keeven said the simulators could be assigned to carrier air wing squadrons, which could use them while stationed on land bases and transfer them to carriers before deploying. Rehearsing training missions in the simulators would maximize the use of valuable flight hours once pilots take to the skies, Keeven told Defense Daily during a visit to the facility last week. n Defense Daily (ISSN ) is published each business day by Access Intelligence, LLC. Managing Editor: John Robinson, jrobinson@accessintel.com Army/Missile Defense/International: Ann Roosevelt, aroosevelt@accessintel. com Defense Business/Cyber Security/Homeland Security, TR2 Editor: Calvin Biesecker, calvinb21@aol.com Congressional Reporter: Emelie Rutherford, erutherford@accessintel.com Navy/ OA Reporter: Mike McCarthy, mmccarthy@accessintel.com Air Force/Missile Defense/ IT Reporter: Patrick Host, phost@accessintel.com General Assignment: Phil Bednarczyk Editor Emeritus: Norman Baker Director, Marketing Production: Tracey Lilly Director of Marketing: Nat Parsons, nparsons@accessintel.com Manager, Business Development: Amy Russell, arussell@accessintel.com Sales Representative: Daniel Chase, dchase@accessintel.com Publisher: Jennifer Green- Holmes, jgreenholmes@accessintel.com SVP: Joe Rosone Divisional President: Heather Farley SVP Information Technology: Rob Paciorek President & CEO: Don Pazour To advertise contact Daniel Chase at dchase@accessintel.com or To subscribe, contact Amy Russell at arussell@accessintel.com or 1(301)

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