BAE SYSTEMS To Convert 20 F-4 Phantoms into Target Drones for U.S. Air Force

Posted at: Fri Jun 9th, 2006

MOJAVE, Calif. -- BAE Systems has received a $25.1 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide 20 QF-4 full-scale aerial targets and associated technical support. The QF-4 is an F-4 Phantom aircraft modified for remote-control operation.

Indian president in Su-30MKI fighter plane

Posted at: Fri Jun 9th, 2006

The 74-year-old Indian President, APJ Kalam, has taken to the skies in a fighter jet, officials say. Mr Kalam was a co-passenger in a two-seater Sukhoi-30 jet that flew for 30 minutes above an air force base near the city of Pune in western India. He becomes India's o...

Tech-export deal holds up Israeli role in F-35 jet

Posted at: Fri Jun 9th, 2006

TEL AVIV, June 8 (Reuters) - Israel's full participation in a U.S.-led advanced warplane project has been held up as both sides hammer out a deal on limiting the transfer of sensitive military technology, a senior Israeli official said on Thursday.

Alenia North America Submits C-27 for Joint Cargo Aircraft Proposal

Posted at: Fri Jun 9th, 2006

WASHINGTON --- Alenia North America announced today that the C-27J JCA Team of L-3 Communications Integrated Systems (L-3 IS), a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, Alenia North America, Inc. (a Finmeccanica company), Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, and Global Military Aircraft Systems (GMAS) perso...

Raytheon/EADS offers two aircraft for Joint Cargo Aircraft Program

Posted at: Fri Jun 9th, 2006

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. --- The Team Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) partnership of Raytheon and EADS CASA North America today submitted to the Army two intratheater lift proposals for the JCA requirement based on EADS CASA's family of combat-proven military transport aircraft -- the C-295 and CN-235. Both pr...

Lockheeed Offers C-130J for Joint Cargo Program

Posted at: Fri Jun 9th, 2006

MARIETTA, Ga., June 7, 2006 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] officials said today that they have proposed their in-production short-fuselage variant of the combat tested C-130J for the Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) program. JCA requirements call for an aircraft capable of short-field performance, able t...