News of March 07, 2006
France targets Saudi defence deals
Posted at: Tue Mar 7th, 2006
Dispite an agreement with Britain to supply it's air force with at least 24 Eurofighters, Saudi Arabia could still consider buying French.
Japan, US to test intercepter missile off Hawaii
Posted at: Tue Mar 7th, 2006
This week, the Missile Defense Agency will conduct a test-fire of an intercepter missile off Hawaii. The missile, to be launched from a US Aegis destroyer, is a conventional Standard Missile-3 interceptor, with a Japanese nose cone. The test, called Joint Control ...
US Air Force May Halt C-130 Upgrade Program
Posted at: Tue Mar 7th, 2006
The Air Force is rethinking its plan to upgrade its oldest Lockheed Martin [LMT] C-130 Hercules medium-sized transport aircraft and may opt instead to retire many of them and apply the savings to newer ...
Guam loses bid for Air Force 'Raptor' squadron
Posted at: Tue Mar 7th, 2006
SAIPAN, CNMI (Marianas Variety, March 6) - Although Guam is still in the running to homeport an aircraft carrier group, the island has apparently lost out to Hawaii in hosting additional submarines and the Air Force's new futuristic F-22A Raptor fighter jet.
Raytheon delivers missile-defense sensors
Posted at: Tue Mar 7th, 2006
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 6, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company has delivered the first Block 06 sensor payload for the missile-detection Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) to prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation in Redondo Beach, Calif.
