Berlin sources confirm German interest in unmanned jet fighter

Posted at: Tue Feb 14th, 2006

Berlin - Europe's main aerospace company is well advanced in a secret project to build a tiny but lethal unmanned fighter aircraft, sources in the German capital Berlin confirmed Tuesday. While the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) shows an artists' impression of t...

The missile that does not care

Posted at: Tue Feb 14th, 2006

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov.) - This year shows little prospect for a much needed Russian-U.S. missile defense treaty. The American ballistic missile defense system, credible though increasingly costly, is going to become operational within years. New Russian missiles...

Saab Wins Eurofighter Dispenser Order

Posted at: Tue Feb 14th, 2006

Saab Avitronics have received an order from Flight Refuelling Ltd to provide BOL 510 Countermeasures Dispensers for the Eurofighter Tranche 2 program. The order value is approximately 190 MSEK. [$24 million]

EDO to Develop Weapon-Release System for Predator UAS

Posted at: Tue Feb 14th, 2006

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2006--EDO Corporation (NYSE: EDO) has been awarded a contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to develop a weapon carriage and release system for the MQ-9 Predator B unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Th...

Barracuda UAV technology advances

Posted at: Tue Feb 14th, 2006

Images of the EADS Barracuda stealth unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) demonstrator indicate that the company's work on stealth may have outpaced that of BAE Systems, Saab and Dassault. Barracuda is a much larger, heavier and more sophisticated aircraft than the very small test vehicles that other Europ...

Italian Eurofighters Providing Air Cover for Turin Winter Olympics

Posted at: Tue Feb 14th, 2006

HALLBERGMOOS, Germany, February 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the commencement of operations in its Air Surveillance role with the Italian Air Force on December 16 2005, the Eurofighter Typhoon new generation combat aircraft has been tasked with providing ai...