Athena Technologies to Develop Flight Controls for Morphing UAV

Posted at: Wed Apr 5th, 2006

Warrenton, VA (April 4, 2006)--Athena Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has won a contract from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company to implement the flight controls for Lockheed Martin's Morphing UAV. The Morphing UAV is part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA...

UK's Reid Sees U.S. Combat Jet Deal in 2006

Posted at: Wed Apr 5th, 2006

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the United States should be able to resolve technology transfer issues by the end of this year to allow London to buy F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft as planned, Defence Secretary John Reid said on Wednesday.

Global Hawk to join Atlantic coast experiment

Posted at: Wed Apr 5th, 2006

One of two unmanned air vehicles for the US Navy's Global Hawk maritime demonstration (GHMD) is being prepared to participate in the Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment (JEFX) 2006 off the US Atlantic coast at the end of this month. The navy's first Northrop Grumman RQ-4A arrived at NAS Patuxent Ri...

N.D., Louisiana senators making the case to keep all the B-52s

Posted at: Wed Apr 5th, 2006

North Dakota and Louisiana senators are moving forward with efforts to stop the retirement of B-52 bombers and keep all of the planes flying at their respective bases. "We're about to have a meeting the North Dakota and Louisiana delegation on the B-52s," said Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., prior...

Air Force seeks concepts for tankers to replace KC-135s

Posted at: Wed Apr 5th, 2006

The Air Force will ask contractors for concepts for the next generation of tankers within "the next few weeks," the service's top officer said said April 4. The new tanker is intended to replace the fleet of 40-plus-year-old KC-135 Stratotankers. Likely contractors include Boeing Co. ...

Northrop Defines Concepts for Reusable, Rapid-turnaround Launch System

Posted at: Wed Apr 5th, 2006

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 4, 2006 -- The U.S. Air Force would be able to launch satellites or deliver special purpose payloads in as little as 48 hours using a new, rapid-turnaround launch system proposed by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC). The new concept, called a Hybrid Launch Vehicl...

Japan Embracing Missile Defense

Posted at: Wed Apr 5th, 2006

Several years of U.S.-Japanese cooperation on anti-missile systems bore fruit in a successful experiment March 8. The test marked an important milestone in the two countries' collaboration as Japan expands its missile defense activities and has emerged as the leading overseas missile defense partner...