Marketwire - Weapons

Airship Surveillance Appoints Mangold Vice President and Member of the Board

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:32:00 EDT

LAS VEGAS, NV and CAPE CANAVERAL, FL--(Marketwire - May 9, 2008) - Airship Surveillance, Inc., a Nevada-based high technology airship company, with whom WENR Corp. (PINKSHEETS: WNRC) has a letter of intent, formally announced today Sandy Mangold has been appointed as Vice President of the Company and has been elected to its Board of Directors.

"Sandy brings an exceptional background to Airship Surveillance (AirSur) and has already met on behalf of AirSur with staff of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, NASA, and multiple private companies and institutions," stated Paul Adams of AirSur. "He will be responsible for generating sales, business strategy, and overall growth of Airship Surveillance."

Cubic Announces First Foreign Military Sale of P5 Combat Training System to Polish Air Force

Thu, 08 May 2008 07:30:00 EDT

SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - May 8, 2008) - Cubic Defense Applications, a defense subsidiary of Cubic Corporation (AMEX: CUB), has received a potential $9.5 million contract from the 675th/689th Armament Systems Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to supply Cubic's latest air combat training system to the Polish Air Force. The Poland Autonomous Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (AACMI) program represents Cubic's first Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of the new P5 system, currently operational at 10 U.S. military bases.

Cubic Corp. (AMEX: CUB) Reports Earnings and Sales for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2008

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:54:00 EDT

SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - May 7, 2008) - Cubic Corporation (AMEX: CUB) today reported earnings and sales for the second quarter ended March 31, 2008. Earnings were $9.6 million in the second quarter ($.36 per share) versus $11.2 million last year, while for the six-month period, earnings increased from $19.5 million last year to $20.3 million ($.76 per share) this year.

Sales for the second quarter, although higher than the first quarter, were $210.3 million this year compared to $230.0 million in the same quarter last year. Lower sales in defense were partially offset by increased sales from transportation. Last year's second quarter included sales of $3.2 million from the corrugated box business the company sold in the fourth quarter of 2007. For the first six months of the fiscal year, sales were $413.0 million compared to $433.0 million a year ago.

Kentucky Fuel Associates, Inc. and Their Strategic Partner Fuel Frontiers, Inc. Plan Announcement With 15th District State Representative Brent Yonts for Two 'Coal to Liquid' Plants to Be Built in Western Kentucky

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:53:00 EDT

WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - May 7, 2008) - Today, Nuclear Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB: NSOL) issued the following statement: An announcement is to be made on Monday, May 12, 2008 by 15th District State Representative Brent Yonts at the Muhlenberg "One Stop" Retraining Center located in Powderly, Kentucky. This will be the formal announcement signaling the awarding of the $625,000 grant from a local government and the start of the engineering of two "Coal to Liquid" plants to be built in Western Kentucky by Kentucky Fuel Associates, Inc. and their strategic partner Fuel Frontiers, Inc.

Security With Advanced Technology Reports Developments With Its Less-Lethal and Technology Group Business Segments

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:42:00 EDT

Veritas Tactical Receives Initial Mark-IV Rifle Launchers for Agency Evaluations and Commences Shipping; Technology Division Contract Back-Log Increases and Hires Experienced Security Industry Sales Executive

OSI Geospatial Signs US$10 Million Contract With the U.S. Army

Wed, 07 May 2008 09:25:00 EDT

OTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwire - May 7, 2008) - OSI Geospatial Inc. (TSX:OSI)(OTCBB:OSIIF) announced today that its U.S. Systems Operations has signed a five year, US$10 million contract with the U.S. Army. Under the terms of this contract, the company will provide its land based command and control products and engineering services in support of U.S. Army operational requirements. "We are very pleased to be signing this significant contract with this valued, long term customer, the U.S. Army. Our relationship has allowed for the exceptional progress in the development of our land based command and control products and, specifically, our Small Unit Situational Awareness system. The development of relationships and products such as these is critical to our growth strategy and this contract underscores the progress that we are making," said Ken Kirkpatrick, president and CEO of OSI Geospatial. "We strongly believe that we are well positioned to leverage this contract to develop future op

Acquisitions and Increased Profit in the NAMMO Group

Tue, 06 May 2008 19:09:00 EDT

RAUFOSS, NORWAY--(Marketwire - May 6, 2008) - In 2007, Nammo Group increased sales by 38%, of which 8% was organic growth and 30% represented by acquisitions. Sales totaled MNOK 2,745 compared with MNOK 1,991 in 2006. The operating profit increased from MNOK 270� to MNOK 390 . and the EBITDA-margin increased from 16,7%� to 19,0%.

Pre-tax profit for 2007 amounted to MNOK 361 compared with MNOK 270 in 2006. �

As a result of the acquisitions, there was a relative decline in sales to the domestic market, from 46% to 29%. The North American market increased from 22% to 37%, and the remaining European markets remained stable at 29%. Markets in other countries saw an increase from 3% to 5%.

NAMMO ACQUIERS MTH SA (Micro Technology Heremence)

Tue, 06 May 2008 08:00:00 EDT

RAUFOSS, NORWAY--(Marketwire - May 6, 2008) -

On Tuesday April 8th Nammo Raufoss AS, a daughter company of Nammo AS, signed the Sales & Purchase Agreement to acquire 100% of Micro Technology H�r�mence SA (MTH) in Switzerland.

The new name of the company will be Nammo MTH SA.

MTH was established in 2002 and is a specialized fuze development and production company.

Total turnover in 2007 was 4 Mill Euro and the number of employees was approximately 30.

Cubic and Decisive-Point Introduce "On-Demand" Game-Based Tactical Simulation for Squads and Platoons

Tue, 06 May 2008 07:00:00 EDT

SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - May 6, 2008) - Cubic Applications, Inc., the government services business of Cubic Corporation (AMEX: CUB), has joined with military game maker Decisive-Point to introduce a new concept in tactical- level training called the Small Unit Immersive Training Strategy, or SUITS.

SUITS combines a range of effective training tools ranging from web-based interactive multimedia instruction to podcasts, digital training support packages, digital doctrine linkages, 2D and 3D games, automated after- action reviews, interactive video, and real-time collaborative learning technologies. These components work together to enable troops to develop cognitive skills related to tactical situations "on demand" anytime, anywhere -- even in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Cubic Expands Business at U.S. Army Quartermaster Center and School

Mon, 05 May 2008 07:30:00 EDT

SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - May 5, 2008) - Cubic Applications, Inc., the government services division of Cubic Corporation (AMEX: CUB), today announced its training and education support contract with the U.S. Army Quartermaster Center and School (QMC&S) at Fort Lee, Virginia, has been expanded. Cubic has received a new $6.1 million task order from the Northern Region Contracting Center to provide 95 additional personnel, bringing the total number of Cubic employees or subcontractors at the site to nearly 200 people.

IBM Joins the Lockheed Martin Team for FBI's Next Generation Identification Program

Fri, 02 May 2008 15:09:00 EDT

BETHESDA, MD--(Marketwire - May 2, 2008) - Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today announced that IBM (NYSE: IBM) will join its industry team to develop and maintain the Next Generation Identification (NGI) system for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) -- the new multi-modal, state-of-the-art biometrics system to be used by state, local and federal authorities.

As the prime contractor on the FBI's NGI program, Lockheed Martin will provide program management and oversight as well as biometric and large systems development and integration expertise. Joining the NGI team as a subcontractor, IBM will provide some information technology services, as well as specific software and hardware to be used in the NGI system.