News of July 06, 2006
CENTAF releases airpower summary for July 6
Posted at: Thu Jul 6th, 2006
SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for July 6.
In Iraq July 5, Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles provided close-air support to coalition troops in contact with anti-Iraqi forces near Salman Pak.
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First F-35 Joint Strike Fighter To Be Unveiled
Posted at: Thu Jul 6th, 2006
At 11 a.m. CDT on Friday, July 7, senior government, military and industrial representatives from around the world will gather at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Fort Worth, Texas, for the inauguration and naming of the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Boeing, 418th FLTS C-130 avionics mod program under way
Posted at: Thu Jul 6th, 2006
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- 8th Flight Test Squadron's C-130 Avionics Modernization Program test team here has been actively working toward the first flight of the first modified airframe scheduled for late August.
Selected aircrew members of the Edwards test team are currentl...
Japan's defense chief wants to speed up joint missile shield with US
Posted at: Thu Jul 6th, 2006
Japan's defense chief said Thursday that Tokyo wants to speed up efforts to establish a missile defense shield with the United States to guard against the threat posed by North Korea.
"In addition to building monitoring radar networks, we would like to cooperate with the United States...
Republicans tout expansion of missile defense
Posted at: Thu Jul 6th, 2006
Congressional Republicans yesterday reacted to North Korea's series of test-firings by touting their party's support for missile defense and praising their expansion of the program's budget and scope.
It is uncertain whether Congress, on a one-week break, will take legislative action...
Docking Day Arrives for Discovery, STS-121 Crew
Posted at: Thu Jul 6th, 2006
Space Shuttle Discovery fired its engines just after 7 a.m. EDT beginning its final approach with the International Space Station. Discovery, which launched Tuesday afternoon to begin STS-121, is scheduled to dock with the station at 10:52 a.m. EDT today.
US Navy Begins Operational Evaluation of AESA Radar
Posted at: Thu Jul 6th, 2006
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Raytheon Company's ground-breaking APG-79 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet has been cleared to enter the U.S. Navy's operational evaluation (OPEVAL) program.
Lockheed Awarded $653 million for F-22 Lot 6 Production
Posted at: Thu Jul 6th, 2006
(DoD Contract Announcements) - Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $552,691,000 firm-fixed-price contract modification.
This undefinitized contract action extension period of performance is through Sept. 30, 2006, for F-22...
Boeing to Build Three Additional GPS Satellites
Posted at: Thu Jul 6th, 2006ST. LOUIS, July 05, 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a $138 million option by the U.S. Air Force to build three additional Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites under the GPS Block IIF contract. The exercised option brings to 12 the number of Block IIF satellites Boein...
Lockheed plans to lay off 135 workers
Posted at: Thu Jul 6th, 2006
About 135 Lockheed Martin employees have been given two months' notice that they might lose their jobs, and the company indicated that additional layoffs are likely later this year.
Lockheed issued layoff warning notices to 115 hourly and 20 salaried workers at the company's Fort Wort...
