EADS reveals details of Eurofighter Typhoon offer to Norway to replace JSF order
Posted on: Thu Apr 6th, 2006 | flightglobal.com

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 on: Thu Apr 6th, 2006 | aimpoints.hq.af.mil

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 on: Thu Apr 6th, 2006 | thehill.com

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.

Pentagon still weighing F-35 production decision
Posted on: Thu Apr 6th, 2006 | defencetalk.com

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 on: Thu Apr 6th, 2006 | outlookindia.com

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.

India to seek bids for 126 fighter jets
Posted on: Thu Apr 6th, 2006 | timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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.

F-22 visits Hill for modifications
Posted on: Thu Apr 6th, 2006 | hilltoptimes.com

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 on: Thu Apr 6th, 2006 | theaustralian.news.com.au

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.

Getting the Joint Strike Fighter off the ground
Posted on: Thu Apr 6th, 2006 | isn.ethz.ch

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.