India, Russia to finalise $600 mn fighter deal

Posted at: Tue May 30th, 2006

India is expected to finalise a $600 million deal for swapping 18 Su-30K and Su-30MK fighters with the latest version of Su-30MKI during Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi's week-long visit to Russia beginning today.

CENTAF releases combined airpower summary for May 26 to 29

Posted at: Tue May 30th, 2006

5/30/2006 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials release the airpower summary for May 26 to 29. May 29 Coalition aircraft flew 36 close-air-support missions May 29 for Operation Iraqi Freedom. The missions supported coalition troops, infrast...

Name for F-35 will soon take flight

Posted at: Tue May 30th, 2006

WASHINGTON -- The Air Force chief of staff will name the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter by June 30, choosing from six monikers that range from the historic to the arcane, military and industry officials say. Officials at Lockheed Martin Corp., which largely builds the new multiservice stea...

BAE Systems: Eurofighter consortium could move into UAVs

Posted at: Tue May 30th, 2006

BAE Systems believes the four-nation Eurofighter consortium could evolve to serve as the industrial vehicle for a European multirole unmanned air vehicle programme if emerging national requirements could be harmonised. Nigel Whitehead, BAE Systems air systems group managing director, ...

Preliminary Information on Crash of Border Patrol Predator-B Released

Posted at: Tue May 30th, 2006

On April 25, 2006, at approximately 0341 mountain standard time, an unregistered Predator B aircraft, collided with the terrain approximately 30 statute miles northwest of Nogales, Arizona. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was registered to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency.