News of August 16, 2006
Rockwell, Boeing and Honeywell team to pursue KC-10 upgrade program
Posted at: Wed Aug 16th, 2006
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL), Boeing (NYSE:BA) and Honeywell (NYSE: HON) have signed an agreement to jointly pursue the KC-10 Aircraft Modernization Program (AMP). The KC-10 AMP program calls for upgrading the fleet's avionics to meet C...
BAE enters Phase III of commercial aircraft missile defense system program
Posted at: Wed Aug 16th, 2006NASHUA, New Hampshire -- BAE Systems has entered Phase III of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) program to protect commercial airliners against infrared guided-missile threats. BAE Systems’ JETEYE™ system is based on the U.S. Army’s Advanced Threat In...
B-2 Spirit exceeds mission standard
Posted at: Wed Aug 16th, 2006
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. (ACCNS) -- The B-2 achieved a milestone when it exceeded Air Combat Command's fully mission capable rate standard of 51 percent in June, a feat not achieved since September 2004.
Lockheed Eyes Unmanned F-35 Amid Push Into Drone World
Posted at: Wed Aug 16th, 2006
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) has designed ways to convert its new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter into a combat drone as part of a broad push into robot technologies, company officials said Tuesday
