News of July 18, 2006
Virgin Galactic on track to begin space flights
Posted at: Tue Jul 18th, 2006
LONDON, England (AP) -- Former "Dallas" star Victoria Principal, "Superman Returns" director Bryan Singer and designer Philippe Starck have booked their flights for tourist trips into outer space, an executive for Virgin Galactic said Monday.
Agile limbers up to replace Euromale
Posted at: Tue Jul 18th, 2006
Germany's "Agile unmanned air vehicle in a networked environment" demonstration may evolve into a common European long-endurance UAV development project if enough nations join, says Wulf Hausen, head of UAV programmes in the German federal office of defence technology.
BAE Herti UAV plans revealed
Posted at: Tue Jul 18th, 2006
BAE Systems is exploring potential development of a catapult-launched version of its Herti tactical unmanned air vehicle.
Fit checks were carried out at the end of June at BAE's Warton facility in northern England using the company's new Rotax-powered version of Herti - which will be ...
Australian F-111 makes emergency belly landing
Posted at: Tue Jul 18th, 2006A Royal Australian Air Force jet bomber that crash-landed at its south-east Queensland base was being flown by a pilot who had graduated from flight school only a fortnight ago, the RAAF says. Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd said the pilot was one of the most junior with the F-111s, having...
IAF pilots to evaluate Boeing's F-18 warplanes
Posted at: Tue Jul 18th, 2006
FARNBOROUGH (UK): Indian Air Force pilots are expected to test fly Boeing's F-18 fighter aircraft to evaluate the American war machine as the company is one of the main bidders in the race to sell 126 frontline jet planes to India.
Eurofighter Typhoon at SBAC Farnborough 2006
Posted at: Tue Jul 18th, 2006
Farnborough/Hallbergmoos – 13th July 2006. As business deals and aircraft take off at Farnborough 2006 this week the emphasis for the Eurofighter Typhoon programme team is ‘delivering value’ to its customers. According to Eurofighter ...
Pratt and Whitney Awarded $17 Million for F135 Engine Modification, Testing
Posted at: Tue Jul 18th, 2006
(DoD Contract Announcements) - Pratt and Whitney, Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded an $11,999,724 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract to incorporate revised roll post bay ventilation changes into the F-135 propulsion system.
Lockheed Presents F-22 and F-35 Fighters at Farnborough
Posted at: Tue Jul 18th, 2006
FARNBOROUGH, England, July 17, 2006 -- With the F-22 Raptor reaching U.S. Air Force Initial Operational Capability last December and the scheduled first flight of the F-35 Lightning II later this year, the 5TH Gene...
Accident report released on Predator crash
Posted at: Tue Jul 18th, 2006
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- Pilot error caused an MQ-1L Predator unmanned aerial vehicle to crash March 20 during a reconnaissance mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, according to an aircraft accident investigation report released today.
