Northrop Demonstrates Weapons Drop from New Med-Altitude UAV Prototype

Posted at: Fri Mar 4th, 2005

SAN DIEGO, March 3, 2005 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) successfully demonstrated the ability to release a weapon from a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) demonstrator during flight-testing conducted Feb. 24 over Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.

Boeing’s Newest Fighter Aircraft Makes First Flight

Posted at: Fri Mar 4th, 2005

ST. LOUIS, Mar. 3, 2005 – The Boeing [NYSE: BA] Company's reputation for delivering the most lethal fighter aircraft to militaries around the world continued today when their newest fighter aircraft, the F-15K Strike Eagle, made its first flight in St. Louis.

Fossett makes history - Pilot completes first nonstop, global flight without refueling

Posted at: Fri Mar 4th, 2005

(CNN) -- Flying from horizon to horizon, Steve Fossett completed the first nonstop, flight 'round-the-world without refueling on Thursday afternoon, landing gracefully in Kansas at 2:49 pm ET. A cheering crowd gathered to usher the GlobalFlyer and its 60-year-old pilot into the record...