EADS reveals details of Eurofighter Typhoon offer to Norway to replace JSF order

Posted at: Thu Apr 6th, 2006

EADS Military Air Systems has confirmed that last last month in Oslo it presented a "tailored offer" for increased Norwegian industrial participation in the Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft programme tied to the Nordic nation's potential purchase of the type.

Shifting requirements scuttled B-52 stand-off jammer: Moseley

Posted at: Thu Apr 6th, 2006

Shifting requirements scuttled the B-52 Stand-Off Jammer program and pushed its projected cost from an original estimate of roughly $1 billion up to nearly $7 billion, according to Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley.

Lawmaker calls Pentagon's buying system 'terribly broken'

Posted at: Thu Apr 6th, 2006

Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has warned Pentagon officials that inefficient weapons-buying practices would lead to serious vulnerabilities in national security. The Pentagon's ability to maintain a proficient acquisition system is "goi...

Pentagon still weighing F-35 production decision

Posted at: Thu Apr 6th, 2006

WASHINGTON: The top U.S. weapons buyer said Wednesday he was still mulling whether to permit an early production start for Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, at $250 billion-plus the Pentagon's costliest planned purchase.

IAF's spyplanes to be phased out on May one

Posted at: Thu Apr 6th, 2006

Twenty five years after its induction and kept under wraps for its entire service tenure, the IAF's most secretive air platform the MiG-25 Foxbats, used for spying from near outer space is being bid adieu. However, the Foxbats are not exiting the way they came in, with the Air Force o...

India to seek bids for 126 fighter jets

Posted at: Thu Apr 6th, 2006

NEW DELHI: The tender inviting bids for the Indian Air Force (IAF)'s plan to purchase 126 multi-role combat jets will be floated later this month, a senior official said here on Wednesday. Air Vice Marshal S. Mukerji, the assistant chief of air staff for concepts and doctrine, told r...

F-22 visits Hill for modifications

Posted at: Thu Apr 6th, 2006

The excitement was intense Friday as the first of many F-22 Raptors arrived at Hill for some minor modifications. A total of 18 F-22s are expected to come through Hill to receive modifications similar to the work that will be done on the first plane.

Buy Raptor instead of JSF, says Labor

Posted at: Thu Apr 6th, 2006

LABOR wants the Government to review its plan to buy up to 100 joint strike fighters, arguing instead for the purchase of F/A-22 Raptor stealth fighters. Labor's defence spokesman, Robert McClelland, says in a speech to be delivered at ANU's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre today ...

Getting the Joint Strike Fighter off the ground

Posted at: Thu Apr 6th, 2006

The US military is the proud owner of a fleet of military fighter aircraft that is, according to some in the industry, slowly becoming out of date. According to reports, the average age of a fleet, depending on the branch, runs from seven and a half to 13 years. Retirement age for a ...