Boeing Awarded US Army Contract for 191 CH-47F Chinook Helicopters
Posted on: Tue Aug 26th, 2008 | Boeing

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26, 2008 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a five-year U.S. Army contract valued at $4.3 billion for 181 CH-47F Chinooks and 10 additional Chinooks under Fiscal Year 2008 supplemental funding. There are options in the award for an additional 24 aircraft over the cours...

4th F-35 Lightning II Rolls Out As Production Line Fills Up At Lockheed
Posted on: Tue Aug 19th, 2008 | Lockheed Martin

FORT WORTH, Texas, August 18th, 2008 -- With one F-35 Lightning II aircraft in structural testing, two in flight test, six in final assembly and another 14 in various stages of production, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] added to the program’s momentum on Saturday by finishing assembly of the four...

Predator passes 400,000 hours
Posted on: Tue Aug 19th, 2008 | ACCNS

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (ACCNS) -- The MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft system surpassed 400,000 flight hours during a mission in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Aug. 18.

Navy's BAMS UAS Program Begins After GAO Ruling
Posted on: Wed Aug 13th, 2008 | Northrop Grumman

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Government Accountability Office's decision to deny the protest of the U.S. Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) source selection allows efforts to begin under Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) pri...