News of June 05, 2006
Report: China's Military Space Power Growing
Posted at: Mon Jun 5th, 2006
China's escalating expertise in space is also enhancing its competence as a global military force. Along with lofting future radar, ocean surveillance, and high-resolution photoreconnaissance satellites, China's rise as a space power also includes pursuit of an offensive anti-satellite system.
Bases square off over Global Hawk
Posted at: Mon Jun 5th, 2006
A fight is brewing between North Dakota and South Dakota over a futuristic military mission that could help save the states' Air Force bases.
Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., and Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., were barely spared in last year’s round of base closings. And now b...
New Global Hawk Production Aircraft Surpass 1,000 Combat Hours
Posted at: Mon Jun 5th, 2006
SAN DIEGO, June 5, 2006 -- Two new Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance systems, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), have already flown approximately 50 missions and more than 1,000 combat hours in support of coalition forces since their deployment in the Persian G...
U.S., 8 countries meet to discuss fighter-jet project
Posted at: Mon Jun 5th, 2006
The U.S. and eight other countries will gather this week to negotiate a final road map for the Pentagon's biggest weapons program, a $276 billion fighter-jet project that has struggled to live up to its billing as a model of global cooperation.
UK closer to JSF sovereignty deal
Posted at: Mon Jun 5th, 2006
The US and UK governments are still "working out the details" of resolving technology transfer issues on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), despite an agreement by President George Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair that the UK will have "operational sovereignty" over the aircraft.
CENTAF releases combined airpower summary for June 2 to 4
Posted at: Mon Jun 5th, 20066/5/2006 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for June 2 to 4. June 4 In Afghanistan June 3, Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, a B-1B Lancer and Royal Air Force Harrier GR-7s responded to coalition forces takin...
Revealed: robot spyplanes to guard Europe's borders
Posted at: Mon Jun 5th, 2006Fleets of unmanned "drone" aircraft fitted with powerful cameras are to be used to patrol Europe's borders in a dramatic move to combat people-smuggling, illegal immigration and terrorism. The Independent on Sunday can today reveal that the tiny planes will fly at more than 2,500 fee...
