EADS in Talks With Chile About A400M Transport-Plane Order
Posted on: Mon Feb 13th, 2006 | quote.bloomberg.com

Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- EADS Co.'s Airbus Military Co. affiliate, which is building the planned A400M military transport plane, expects Chile's government to place the third export order for the aircraft soon.

Missile defense test scheduled for Alaska
Posted on: Mon Feb 13th, 2006 | armytimes.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The military plans to launch a mock missile from Alaska's Kodiak Island later this month to test radar upgrades in the national missile defense system, a Pentagon official said Friday.

France signs delayed deal for Neuron UCAV demonstrator
Posted on: Mon Feb 13th, 2006 | flightinternational.com

Dassault has at last signed a deal to co-ordinate a six-nation programme to design, build and fly an unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) technology demonstrator, with France's DGA procurement agency last week awarding the company a contract worth €405 million ($486 million).

UK air tanker contract faces fresh delays - report
Posted on: Mon Feb 13th, 2006 | forbes.com

LONDON (AFX) - Fresh doubts have emerged over Britain's biggest private finance initiative, the 13 bln stg deal to supply military refuelling aircraft, after executives working on the project warned that it could face further delays, the Financial Times reported citing industry insiders.

Global Hawk Achieves Military Airworthiness Certification
Posted on: Mon Feb 13th, 2006 | irconnect.com

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 13, 2006 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) RQ-4A Global Hawk reconnaissance system is the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to achieve a military airworthiness certification. This certification, along with the Certificate of Authorization from the Federal Aviation Admini...

Spirit Mars Rover Reaches 'Home Plate'
Posted on: Mon Feb 13th, 2006 | space.com

NASA's Spirit Mars rover has arrived at a site dubbed "Home Plate" within Gusev crater. But what the robot found has left scientists puzzled.

F-111's retirement 'unwise'
Posted on: Mon Feb 13th, 2006 | theaustralian.news.com.au

THE Defence Department has come under fire over the planned early retirement of Australia's fleet of F-111 fighter jets as part of a multi-billion-dollar replacement program that even the department admits is risky.

The temptation of remote-controlled killing
Posted on: Mon Feb 13th, 2006 | slate.com

On Nov. 2, 2003, Iraqi insurgents shot down a helicopter full of U.S. troops near Fallujah, killing 16 soldiers and wounding more than 20. It was the worst loss of American life since the declared end of the invasion. Within days, two polls showed that the public, which had previously approved of Pr...