Lockheed Touts Aegis BMD Weapon System
Posted on: Tue Jun 6th, 2006 | lockheedmartin.com

KAUAI, HI, June 6, 2006 -- The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System with a prototype signal processor successfully tracked several advanced ballistic missile targets in separate tests off the coast of Hawaii in April. Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] develops the Aegis BMD Weapon System a...

Boeing's ScanEagle UAV to Demonstrate Biological Warfare Agents Detection
Posted on: Tue Jun 6th, 2006 | boeing.com

ST. LOUIS, June 05, 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and a team of U.S. bio-defense companies will modify the ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to look for biological warfare agents as part of a program funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) of the U.S. Department of Defense.

Indonesian Air Force to buy six more Sukhois
Posted on: Tue Jun 6th, 2006 | thejakartapost.com

The Indonesian Air Force has unveiled a plan to upgrade its aging combat squadron by buying six Sukhoi warplanes from Russia in a trade deal worth an estimated US$1 billion.

Pentagon restructures Northrop's Global Hawk
Posted on: Tue Jun 6th, 2006 | washingtonpost.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon told Congress on Monday that national security needs made it necessary to continue a $6 billion Northrop Grumman Corp. unmanned surveillance drone program, despite major cost overruns.

CENTAF releases airpower summary for June 5
Posted on: Tue Jun 6th, 2006 | af.mil

6/6/2006 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials released the airpower summary for June 5.