J-UCAS Research program restructured

Posted at: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE | The Aeronautical Systems Center opened the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems program office here Tuesday, taking the reins from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Under the new structure, the Air Force and Navy share management responsibil...

UK seeks USAF deal to extend Predator use

Posted at: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005

The UK is increasing its use of General Atomics MQ-1 Predator unmanned air vehicles under a partnership with the US Air Force, and could seek to extend the deal to also include operations of the service’s larger MQ-9 Predator B system, according to one of the Ministry of Defence’s senior...

Venezuela threatens US over F-16s

Posted at: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005

President Hugo Chavez has warned the US he could give some of his country's F-16 fighter jets to Cuba or China. Mr Chavez accused the US of breaking a contract to supply spare parts for the jets it sold to Venezuela in the 1980s. He suggested that Washington would be ...

NASA foresees shared burden

Posted at: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin yesterday said the United States will take the lead in constructing a "21st-century space highway," but that the brunt of the financial burden will not be carried by American taxpayers. Instead, U.S. officials will work with the space agencies of other nati...

Global Hawk aimed at Asia despite restrictions

Posted at: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005

Northrop Grumman aims to overturn current restrictions and secure US government approval to export its RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance unmanned air vehicle to South Korea and other Asia-Pacific countries. The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency indicated earlier this ...

Raytheon Delivers First Production ISS for Global Hawk

Posted at: Wed Nov 2nd, 2005

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Nov. 1, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN - News) has delivered the first full production Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS) for the Northrop Grumman RQ-4A Global Hawk unmanned aerial system used by the U.S. Air Force. The full production configuration includes both syn...