News of June 16, 2006
CENTAF releases airpower summary
Posted at: Fri Jun 16th, 2006SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for June 16. In Afghanistan June 15, French Mirage fighter aircraft conducted precision strikes on Taliban extremists near Qalat. The Mirages expended guided bomb unit-12 munitions on...
U.S., U.K. Joint Strike Fighter Stall
Posted at: Fri Jun 16th, 2006
Negotiations this week between U.S. and British officials over the transfer of sensitive technologies key to the next-generation Joint Strike Fighter reached an impasse on the eve of a high-level, bilateral meeting Thursday intended to resolve the issue, threatening to prolong a festering disagreeme...
RAAF's new fighters 'already obsolete'
Posted at: Fri Jun 16th, 2006
The RAAF's next generation of air fighters could be as outclassed as propeller-driven aircraft in the days of jets, the Parliamentary Library has found.
In a recent report into the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the library said it was likely the project would become more expensive ...
Lockheed Receives $187 Million for F-22 Lot 7 Production
Posted at: Fri Jun 16th, 2006
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $187,126,000 firm fixed price contract modification to provide for an extension to advanced buy period of performance and increase obligation amount.
The extended period is June 2006 through September 2006. This a...
