CEV Competition Will Come Down To Cost, Northrop Says

Posted at: Thu Oct 13th, 2005

With NASA dictating most elements of the design for its Crew Exploration Vehicle, the crux of the industry competition to build the vehicle will be the price tag and production efficiencies proposed by each team, according to Doug Young, Northrop Grumman's CEV program manager.

Lockheed Debuts Revolutionary X-47B Pole Model Design

Posted at: Thu Oct 13th, 2005

Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] revolutionary full-scale pole model has completed its first round of testing at the Lockheed Martin Helendale Measurement Facility. The radar cross section testing of the vehicle will continue throughout 2006. Today, Lockheed Martin is using this po...

Russia Wants to Team With India for 5th-Generation Fighter

Posted at: Thu Oct 13th, 2005

Russia is keen that India should partner it in developing a fifth-generation fighter aircraft as the defence needs of the two countries are similar. The Kremlin firmly believes that this will speed up the process of developing such an aircraft as pooling of enormous resources will facilitate it a gr...

F/A-22 squadron deploys to Hill

Posted at: Thu Oct 13th, 2005

The Air Force’s newest fighter aircraft, along with more than 150 Airmen, will begin arriving Saturday for the first-ever deployment of the world’s first operational F/A-22 Raptor squadron, from Langley AFB, Va. The 27th Fighter Squadron, of the 1st Fighter Wing, is deploying here...