Experts in India’s premiere agency, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (Drdo), would chalk out a new “strategic defence” and a “self-reliance” programme for the country’s future.

“Critical priorities are those technologies such as laser weapons that will make way to traditional weapons.”

We will also focus on new emerging technologies, like nano-technology and the network enable system that needs robust communication network to transfer information.

“New technologies are needed for low intensity conflict and we have to pursue these technologies and create a new roadmap for the next 20 to 30 years,” Dr V. K. Saraswat, Drdo chief and Defence Ministry scientific advisor informed at the media Saturday.

India, which spends nearly US$32 billion (RM112 billion) for its defence budget annually, making it the world’s top 10 military spenders, is continuously modernising its defence capabilities, largely propelled by its homegrown technologies.

In Drdo’s 50 laboratories, spread across the country, about 5,000 Indian military scientists are busy developing an array of defence-related technologies, ranging from indigenous submarines, missile technologies, unmanned aerial vehicles to bombs made of chillies to combat rioters and terrorists.

At the 34th Drdo Director’s Conference next week, India’s top scientists will congregate in Delhi to chart a new research and technology development roadmap for the country, which often suffers at the hands of terrorists.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Adaptive Digital Technologies have inked an agreement to introduce Lockheed Martin’s voice compression technology Time Domain Voicing Cutoff (TDVC) to commercial markets. TDVC is a robust speech-coding algorithm that delivers superior voice quality, while operating at much lower bit rates than standard voice codecs of comparable quality. TDVC is highly suitable for voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) wireless communications as well as other markets.

“Through joint marketing, development and distribution, we look forward to working with Adaptive Digital to provide advanced voice compression technology,” informed Larry Easton, Director of Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Services-Defense’s Ventures organization. “Adaptive Digital’s expertise in all facets of voice communications offers us an opportunity to bring our TDVC technology to a wider set of customers and applications.”

Lockheed Martin’s TDVC vocoder was originally developed for military applications where it provided a much-needed low bandwidth, high voice-quality coding scheme to combat harsh communication environments. TDVC is expected to find the same success in the commercial communication arenas due to the continuing need for more bandwidth to accommodate the increasing number of users and data.

“I anticipate this technology being ported across many platforms and not only wireless and VoIP but eventually leveraged into wideband applications,” informed Brian McCarthy, president of Adaptive Digital Technologies. “TDVC is a codec that will give wireless and IP communication service providers the means to minimize bandwidth demand while continuing to provide the high quality of service their customers expect.”

Adaptive Digital is a leading developer and provider of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) algorithms and custom solutions for VoIP, telephony, audio, and video applications. Recognized internationally for its world class, carrier-grade G.168 echo cancellation, and first-rate voice communication software, Adaptive Digital’s consumers include British Telecom, Cisco Systems Inc., Cantata Technology, Digium®, General Dynamics, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, Sonus, and Texas Instruments. Adaptive Digital is a member of ARM’s Connected Community, ARM’s Solution Center for Android (SCA), and boasts twelve years as a strategic member of Texas Instruments’ Third Party Developer Network.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation informed 2009 sales of $45.2 billion.

U.S. company General Dynamics says its Information Technology unit was awarded the contract to deliver its IT services in support of the Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care Product Management Office, or MC4 PMO.

Under the $154 million Army Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems task order, General Dynamics will deliver the MC4 PMO with on site tactical medical forces systems support among other pre-deployment and deployment services.

“We will continue to support MC4’s vision for improved tactical healthcare and better decision-making through the power of information technology,” Zannie Smith, General Dynamics Information Technology Army Solutions Division senior vice president, informed in a statement.

“Our in-depth experience and thorough understanding of the program and its requirements enable us to promote, maintain and enhance the health and readiness of military personnel.”

The BPAs enable Kratos to offer services to DoED across a wide range of subject areas relating to key educational issues. The base period of performance during which purchase orders can be awarded is 24 months. At the end of the base period the BPAs can be extended on a year-to-year basis at the Department’s discretion.

“Kratos has a successful, long-standing relationship with the Department of Education, and we are pleased to once again have the opportunity to support the Department’s efforts to foster educational excellence and ensure that all Americans have equal access to educational opportunities,” commented Phil Carrai, President of Kratos IT Solutions Division. “Kratos has a significant Department of Defense focused Workforce Training, Management and Performance business, including a large practice with the United States Navy, and these Department of Education contracts are a strong complement to our overall Strategic Communications, eLearning, and Workforce Performance services with the Federal Government.”

For more than 14 years Kratos has served numerous agencies within the DoED, including the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, and the Office of Postsecondary Education. Kratos DoED initiatives have included the National School-to-Work Office, the Smaller Learning Communities Program, America’s Career Resource Network, Student Achievement in Reading and Adult Basic Education to Postsecondary Education.

About Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) provides mission critical engineering, IT services, strategic communications and warfighter solutions for the U.S. federal government and for state and local agencies. Principal services include C4ISR, weapon systems sustainment, military weapon range operations and technical services, network engineering services, information assurance and cybersecurity solutions, security and surveillance systems, and critical infrastructure design and integration. The Company is headquartered in San Diego, California, with resources located throughout the U.S. and at key strategic military locations. News and information are available at www.KratosDefense.com.

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This news release contains certain forward-looking statements including, without limitation, expressed or implied statements concerning the Company’s expectations regarding the amount of revenue that will ultimately be recognized under the contract described in this release. Such statements are only predictions, and the Company’s actual results may differ materially. Factors that may cause the Company’s results to differ include, but are not limited to: risks that the customer will curtail or delay the work under the contract; risks of adverse regulatory action or litigation; failure to ultimately settle ongoing litigation; risks associated with debt leverage; risks that changes or cutbacks in spending by the U.S. Department of Defense may occur, which could cause delays or cancellations of key government contracts; failure to successfully consummate acquisitions or integrate acquired operations and competition in the marketplace which could reduce revenues and profit margins. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. These and other risk factors are more fully discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 29, 2008, the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 28, 2009, and in other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“We are encouraged by the early interest this new product suite is generating from a broad cross section of customers,” stated Paul Briggs, president and CEO. “Our digital audio line offers significant advantages over older analog-based technology that predominates throughout the U.S. law enforcement community. We expect significant demand could come from both existing customers seeking to upgrade their current surveillance tools, as well as various federal law enforcement agencies that work exclusively with digital equipment.”

Jay Becker, LEA’s sales manager, informed, “In addition to the technological advantages of our PDT line, we have entered the market at a very competitive price point and our product offering is manufactured entirely in the United States. We believe we have a distinct competitive advantage over offshore manufacturers.”

LEA intends to begin product shipments from the new line once final product certification has been received from the Federal Communications Commission. Management expects to receive FCC certification in the near future.

Becker said the Company’s new digital audio line and a vast array of related undercover surveillance devices will be prominently featured in the Company’s forthcoming 2010 product catalog, which will be shipped to consumers in the coming weeks.

About Law Enforcement Associates Corporation

LEA is a leading security and surveillance technology Company that produces and markets a diverse product line to the worldwide law enforcement, military, security and corrections markets. The Company’s Audio Intelligence Devices (AID) division has been serving the law enforcement sector for more than 30 years and is one of the most respected names in the surveillance equipment industry. LEA’s products are used by a wide variety of government and non-governmental agencies, as well as public and private companies. These include military bases, nuclear facilities, embassies, government installations, oil refineries, United Nations and NATO locations. LEA’s products have been used at high-profile events such as the Summer & Winter Olympics, Super Bowl, U.S. Golf Championship, and the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. Its products include the Under Vehicle Inspection System (UVIS), EDK123 (Explosive Detection Kit), Bloodhound and Birddog GPS Tracking Systems, Graffiti Cam, Letter-bomb Visualizer Spray, and a wide variety of Audio & Video Surveillance Equipment. Headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., the Company has been featured in many industry publications and websites.

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General Dynamics will provide the full spectrum of pre-deployment, deployment, on-site, re-deployment and garrison support to MC4 PMO system activities at as well as worldwide training events, including combat areas and contingency operations use. General Dynamics also provides on-the-ground support for Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom with fielding, training and sustainment of MC4 medical information systems for tactical medical forces that have been deployed to serve warfighters.

“General Dynamics is proud of our partnership with the MC4 PMO for the past five years,” informed Zannie Smith, senior vice president of General Dynamics Information Technology’s Army Solutions Division. “We will continue to support MC4’s vision for improved tactical healthcare and better decision making through the power of information technology. Our in-depth experience and thorough understanding of the program and its requirements enable us to promote, maintain and enhance the health and readiness of military personnel.”

MC4 integrates, fields and supports a comprehensive medical information system, enabling lifelong electronic medical records, streamlined medical logistics and enhanced situational awareness for Army tactical forces. Since 2003, MC4 has fielded 35,000 systems to combat support hospitals and deployable medical assets with the Army, Air Force, Navy and Army Special Operations Forces in 14 countries. More than 44,000 users, commanders and systems administrators have been trained through the program on how to use and support the system.

As a trusted systems integrator for more than 50 years, General Dynamics Information Technology delivers information technology (IT), systems engineering, professional services and simulation and training to customers in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, health, federal civilian government and commercial sectors. With approximately 17,000 professionals worldwide, the company manages large-scale, mission-critical IT programs providing IT services and enterprise solutions. More information about General Dynamics Information Technology is available at www.gdit.com.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 91,700 people worldwide. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about the company is available on the Internet at www.generaldynamics.com.

These compact solutions deliver state-of-the-art technology to meet both high performance and low-cost architectures, depending upon the interface requirements. By providing a comprehensive RF switch portfolio based on both technologies, Skyworks is able to augment its already broad portfolio of world-class switches currently used in the company’s front-end modules.

“Skyworks is pleased to be supporting such a broad range of next-generation wireless broadband and mobile handset applications with our new family of antenna switch modules,” stated Dr. Gene A. Tkachenko, Skyworks’ senior director of engineering. “These solutions highlight the breadth and depth of our technology as we look to best serve our customers’ needs on multiple fronts and with highly integrated architectures.”

The SKY13362 is a single-pole ten-throw (SP10T) ASM with an integrated complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) decoder and dual low pass harmonic filters. The small 3.0 x 3.8 mm switch has five 3/4G transmit-receive (TRx) ports, three receive (Rx) ports, and two global system for mobile communications (GSM) transmit signal low-pass harmonic filters that make it the flexible choice for multiple combinations of 2/3/4G multimode cellular applications. Using advanced switch technologies, the ASM maintains low insertion loss and high isolation on both transmit, transmit-receive and receive switching paths. Additionally, the switch was designed to meet or exceed system requirements for 2nd and 3rd harmonics into an antenna mismatch up to 5:1, while delivering linearity (excellent triple beat ratio), and second and third order (IP2, IP3) intermodulation distortion performance to provide manufacturers with sufficient margin in the certification process.

The Navy has awarded Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions company, a $71.8 million task order to deliver acquisition management support to the Program Executive Office for Ships, Acquisition Management (PEO Ships AM) Directorate.

Under the five-year-contract, Alion will deliver program management, business and financial planning, acquisition and configuration management, and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation support to the Directorate. Alion will help PEO Ships AM acquire and manage Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE) and Government-Furnished Information (GFI) for several ship classes, including the DDG 51, DDG-1000, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Sea Frame, Cruiser Modernization, Destroyer Modernization, LCS Mission Module program and the Egyptian Fast Missile Craft (EFMC) programs.

“Alion provides an experienced, well-integrated team solution to ensure PEO Ships AM delivers its products on time, on budget and without technical risks,” informed Kevin Lees, Alion Senior Vice President and Manager of the Acquisition Programs Management Group. “Alion understands that the DDG 113 and Aegis Cruiser and Destroyer Modernization efforts will be a major thrust for PEO Ships and PEO Ships AM and will significantly impact their already tremendous workload. The Alion Team will play a critical industry leadership role in working with senior military and government personnel to provide programmatic and technical details regarding these critical programs to ASN RDA and DASN. We are directly involved in and knowledgeable of every aspect of PEO Ships AM’s mission and we will leverage our expertise to ensure the Directorate has continued success in the future.”

Alion leads a team of contractors on the PEO Ships AM program. Partners include TASC, The Columbia Group, Delta Resources and Triumph Enterprises, Inc. The contract runs until December 16, 2014.

PEO Ships AM is responsible for GFE and GFI acquisition for ship classes. This includes, but is not limited to, acquisition strategy, budgeting, procurement, preparation of ship project directives and establishing appropriate procedures and controls.

About Alion Science and Technology

Alion Science and Technology (pronounced: ah-LYE-un) is an employee-owned technology solutions company delivering technical expertise and operational support to the Department of Defense, civilian government agencies and commercial consumers. Building on 70 years of R&D and engineering experience, Alion brings innovation and insight to multiple business areas: defense operations; modeling & simulation; wireless communication; industrial technology; chemical, biological, nuclear & environmental sciences; information technology; and naval architecture and marine engineering. Based in McLean, Va., Alion has employee-owners at major offices, customer sites and laboratories worldwide. For more information, call 877.771.6252 or visit Alion online at www.alionscience.com.

This press release contains information about management’s view of Alion’s future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of risk factors and uncertainties discussed in documents periodically filed by Alion with the SEC. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.

Fortress Technologies is the leader in secure tactical wireless communications. They design, develop and produce secure wireless networking products for government markets. With a proven history of delivering reliable, policy-compliant solutions, Fortress’ industry-leading security and wireless technologies extend the reach of networks bringing applications and information to warfighters and agency personnel on the front lines around the world.

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“We see potentially strong synergies between our companies and the combined support they could bring to the Danish Maritime Helicopter Program,” informed Leonard Wengler, Vice President, Navy Programs for Sikorsky. “The MH-60R helicopter, dubbed the ‘Romeo,’ is the most advanced multi-mission naval helicopter available today with demonstrated effectiveness during deployment with the U.S. Navy in 2009. Terma’s aerospace experience and expertise, including the production of advanced aerostructures and electronic warfare equipment, provide promising opportunities for collaboration.”

“We identify a substantial match between the two companies and are happy and proud to announce the signing of an MOU,” informed Jorn Henrik Levy Rasmussen, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Terma. “We look forward to combining Sikorsky’s and our core capabilities in respect of the maritime helicopter program and to investigating a shared number of exciting business opportunities in the international market.”

The multi-mission MH-60R helicopter is built by Sikorsky, with Lockheed Martin delivering stems integration, and is crafed to perform anti-submarine and surface warfare, search and rescue operations, vertical replenishment, medical evacuation, communications and data relay. The U.S. Navy plans to purchase a total of 300 MH-60R helicopters, and in July 2009 completed a highly successful six-month deployment of an MH-60R squadron with the U.S.S. John C. Stennis carrier strike group in the western Pacific.

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., based in Stratford, Conn., is a world leader in helicopter design, manufacture and service. United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Conn., delivers a broad range of high technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries.

Headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark, Terma provides products and systems for a number of defense and non-defense applications, including command and control systems, radar systems, electronic warfare systems, space technology, and aeronautic structures for high-performance military aircraft. The company realized 2008/09 sales of approximately USD 200 million and employs approximately 1,250 people worldwide.