Northrop Completes Successful First Flight Tests of Distributed Aperture System Sensors for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Posted on: Fri Nov 18th, 2005 | irconnect.com

BALTIMORE, Nov. 17, 2005 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has begun initial flight testing of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (EO DAS) sensors, which will surround the aircraft with a unique protective sphere of situational awareness.

Following White House meeting, DoD eyes major weapons cuts and kills
Posted on: Fri Nov 18th, 2005 | aimpoints.hq.af.mil

The Defense Department is drawing up a short list of Air Force, Army and Navy weapon system programs that could be terminated or significantly pared back in the coming weeks as the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2007 budget request takes final shape.

Eurofighter Typhoon achieves the first 5,000 hours in operational flying
Posted on: Fri Nov 18th, 2005 | presseportal.de

Hallbergmoos (ots) - The Eurofighter fleet in the four Partner Air Forces has surpassed the 5,000 flying hour mark early November 2005. The nations had started taking delivery of aircraft at the end of 2003. With production running up during 2004, the air forces introduced Eurofighter Typhoon into s...

Pentagon begins military buildup on Guam
Posted on: Fri Nov 18th, 2005 | govexec.com

With China looming as a potential adversary and thousands of Marines moving out of Japan over the next several years, the Pentagon is turning its eye to Guam, the westernmost U.S. territory and an attractive launching pad for Pacific operations.

Navy tests sea-based missile defense
Posted on: Fri Nov 18th, 2005 | cnn.com

HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) -- The Navy intercepted and destroyed a warhead as it separated from its booster rocket during a test Thursday off Hawaii -- the first time a ship at sea has shot down a multi-stage missile.