News of January 27, 2006
$76M in Block III Radar Units for AH-64 Attack Helicopters
Posted at: Fri Jan 27th, 2006
The Lockheed Martin/ Northrop-Grumman joint venture Longbow L.L.C. in Orlando, FL received a $76 million increment as part of a $100 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for Apache Block III Radar Electronics Units. Work will be performed in Baltimo...
Air Force Plans Flight Tests Of Hypersonic Vehicle
Posted at: Fri Jan 27th, 2006
A joint U.S. Air Force and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project is moving speedily along-intended to fly to Mach 20, plus some.
The Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle program is exploring high-speed air vehicles des...
Airborne laser aims for 2008 shoot-down
Posted at: Fri Jan 27th, 2006
The Airborne Laser (ABL) program is on track to produce an aircraft that can shoot down a just-fired enemy missile with a laser, provided that budget cuts don't shoot down ABL first.
That is the essence of the message, and the warning, presented by senior-level advocates of ABL, speak...
Pentagon tanker study leaves time frame in air
Posted at: Fri Jan 27th, 2006
WASHINGTON - After a year's wait, the Pentagon's study on options for replacing the Air Force's aging refueling tankers was presented in several closed briefings Thursday to select members of Congress.
The good news, said Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Bremerton, was that it focuses on adapting m...
Missile Defense will cost $247 billion by 2024: CBO
Posted at: Fri Jan 27th, 2006
The annual cost of the Bush administration`s missile defense plans could more than double to $19 billion by 2013, and total $247 billion from 2006 through fiscal 2024, according to a recent report.
The report, 'The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans and Alternatives: Det...
Bell's Eagle Eye Tilt-Rotor UAV Achieves First Flight Milestone
Posted at: Fri Jan 27th, 2006
Fort Worth, TX - January 26, 2006 - Bell Helicopter, a unit of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), has announced that its TR918 Eagle Eye Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) lifted off the ground for the first time today when it achieved the first flight milestone in this ground breaking, vertical-lift unmanned ai...
