First Finnish NH90 Helicopters Due by Year-End

Posted at: Thu Mar 23rd, 2006

The Finnish military is to receive the first four examples of its new NHIndustries NH90 tactical transport helicopters by the end of the year, the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) told the Finnish News Agency (STT).

5-inch metal pin does $6.7 million in damage to Raptor

Posted at: Thu Mar 23rd, 2006

One night last October in the Utah desert, an Air Force mechanic double-checked the landing gear on a gleaming new F-22 Raptor fighter jet. It was five days into the Langley Air Force Base unit's first training mission.

Scientists gear up for new scramjet tests

Posted at: Thu Mar 23rd, 2006

A new scramjet engine, shaped like a bullet, will be tested in the Australian desert tomorrow by an international team of scientists that hopes it will be more efficient than previous designs. Australian researchers from the HyShot Flight Program at the Universi...

Russian Air Force to get 24 Su-34 fighter-bombers by 2010

Posted at: Thu Mar 23rd, 2006

NOVOSIBIRSK, March 23 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's Defense Ministry will purchase a regiment of 24 newest Su-34 planes for the Air Force by 2010, Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told reporters on Thursday. "Everything has been coordinated and decided upon in a short-t...

U.S. grapples with missile defense command, control

Posted at: Thu Mar 23rd, 2006

Though the Pentagon is pushing ahead with the purchase and installation of several key components of missile defense systems, U.S. military officials are still trying to figure out critical operational details, a top U.S. commander said March 20.

Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Reaches Million Flight Hour Milestone

Posted at: Thu Mar 23rd, 2006

ST. LOUIS, March 20, 2006 -- The fleet of C-17 Globemaster III airlifters built by The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] has reached one million flying hours -- the equivalent of one of the advanced cargo jets flying every minute of every day continuously for more than 114 years.

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: next Dubai ports deal?

Posted at: Thu Mar 23rd, 2006

Officials in the US and in the United Arab Emirates are worried that the furor sparked by the Dubai ports deal may be repeated, this time over a core Pentagon program: development of the cutting-edge F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.