Military machines swoop on Farnborough

Posted at: Tue Jul 20th, 2004

Military hardware makers are taking centre stage as the aerospace industry gathers at the world's largest air show in Farnborough this week. After a low profile at last year's Paris show - thanks in part to the absence of Americans following the stand-off between France and the US ov...

Northrop Introduces Full-Scale X-47B Joint Unmanned Combat Air System at Farnborough International Airshow

Posted at: Tue Jul 20th, 2004

FARNBOROUGH AIRSHOW U.K., July 19, 2004 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) today unveiled a full-scale model of its X-47B Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems (JUCAS) vehicle during the opening of the Farnborough International 2004 air-show in the United Kingdom. The model will remain at Northr...

F/A-22 Raptor Program Operations Accelerating Toward High-Rate Production

Posted at: Tue Jul 20th, 2004

Farnborough, England, July 20, 2004 -- The F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter program - led by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] - is producing aircraft at an ever increasing rate and is on track for 2004. “During the first half of this year, we built 10 Raptors - that’s almost as many...

First Upgraded Global Hawk UAV Achieves First Flight

Posted at: Tue Jul 20th, 2004

FARNBOROUGH 2004 AIR SHOW, U.K., July 20, 2004 -- The first air vehicle in a new production lot of upgraded RQ-4A Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance vehicles made its maiden flight on July 1. Designated AF-3, the newest Global Hawk flew from Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) manufact...