India Raises Defence Spending 7 pct, Eyes Purchases

Posted at: Wed Mar 1st, 2006

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government raised its defence spending on Tuesday by a modest 7 percent for the next fiscal year, aiming to fund ambitious plans to modernise its 1.3 million-strong military, the fourth largest in the world.

Lockheed Delivers First C-130J Super Herc for This Year

Posted at: Wed Mar 1st, 2006

MARIETTA, Ga., February 28, 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered the first C-130J airlifter of 2006 yesterday. The aircraft was flown to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., and assigned to the 403rd Wing's 815th Airlift Squadron, Air Force Reserve Command's o...

Air Force presses case for faster replacement of tankers

Posted at: Wed Mar 1st, 2006

Air Force officials told House lawmakers Tuesday night they want to proceed this year with expensive plans to replace its fleet of KC-135 aerial refueling tankers, despite a recent analysis that found the 1950s-era planes can fly for another quarter century.

Long-Range Strike: The Future

Posted at: Wed Mar 1st, 2006

With its Fiscal 2007 budget proposal, the Air Force embraces a dramatically new approach to long-range strike. The Air Force is to launch a new, possibly unmanned, bomber program far earlier than planned, moving the in-service year from 2037 to 2018. Air Force ...

NASA aiming for May launch window

Posted at: Wed Mar 1st, 2006

Although there is still a lot of work to be done, NASA hopes to launch space shuttle Discovery in May, and wants to try 3 shuttle flights this year. The first launch window is May 10 to 22. The next opportunity lasts from the 1st to the 19th of July.

New Air Force vision is out; embraces warfighters, heritage

Posted at: Wed Mar 1st, 2006

2/28/2006 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Heritage, future innovations and focus on the joint warfighter are three key points in the newly released Air Force Vision document, "Lasting Heritage…Limitless Horizons: A Warfighter'’s Vision."

Report: Guam to get Global Hawks

Posted at: Wed Mar 1st, 2006

As we reported earlier, three to six Global Hawk UAV's will be stationed at Guam Air Force Base in the pacific.

North Korea accuses US of conducting 170 spy flights

Posted at: Wed Mar 1st, 2006

You can clearly see the United States are focussing more on Iraq and Iran. This month they conducted 'only' 170 reconnaissance missions over North Korea, according to a report by North Korean state media. Last month, North Korea ...