Athena Technologies to Develop Flight Controls for Morphing UAV
Posted on: Wed Apr 5th, 2006 | athenati.com

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.

UK's Reid Sees U.S. Combat Jet Deal in 2006
Posted on: Wed Apr 5th, 2006 | today.reuters.co.uk

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 on: Wed Apr 5th, 2006 | flightglobal.com

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 on: Wed Apr 5th, 2006 | minotdailynews.com

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.

Air Force seeks concepts for tankers to replace KC-135s
Posted on: Wed Apr 5th, 2006 | airforcetimes.com

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.

Northrop Defines Concepts for Reusable, Rapid-turnaround Launch System
Posted on: Wed Apr 5th, 2006 | irconnect.com

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 on: Wed Apr 5th, 2006 | armscontrol.org

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...