Boeing Delivers First Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System to Australia

Posted at: Wed Aug 30th, 2006

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 30, 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has delivered the first Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) to the Royal Australian Air Force, increasing the number of international customers using the system to 10.

CENTAF releases airpower summary for Aug. 30

Posted at: Wed Aug 30th, 2006

SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summary for Aug. 30. In Afghanistan Aug. 29, an Air Force B-1 Lancer provided close-air support for coalition troops in contact with Taliban extremists near Qalat. The aircraft expended a Gui...

New intel squadron turns aerial eye on terrorists

Posted at: Wed Aug 30th, 2006

Terrorists and their supporters around the world soon will be under the gaze of a powerful "unblinking eye" providing information on their whereabouts to a "brain" here. The reactivation of the 11th Intelligence Squadron here marks a milestone for Air Force Special Operations Command...

AWACS awaits essential upgrades

Posted at: Wed Aug 30th, 2006

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (ACCNS) -- "The U.S. Air Force JOVIAL Program Office has closed due to lack of funding." To some, the announcement posted on the Web site may have little or no significance, but for those familiar with the E-3 Sentr...

Atlantis Back At Launch Pad

Posted at: Wed Aug 30th, 2006

Atlantis has returned to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to weather Tropical Storm Ernesto in place. Mission managers are confident in the ability of the rotating service structure to protect the vehicle on the pad.

High cost may slow Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor

Posted at: Wed Aug 30th, 2006

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Neighbors of this history-laden airfield are getting used to a new sight: a plane roughly the color and shape of a giant arrowhead that takes off with a throaty roar and disappears in a hurry. Built partly in Fort Worth, the Lockheed Martin Corp. ...

Raytheon Delivers Warrior UAS Sensors, Completes Verification Flight Testing

Posted at: Wed Aug 30th, 2006

McKINNEY, Texas, Aug. 29, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Raytheon Company completed EO/IR/LD (electro-optical/infrared/laser designator) sensor verification flight testing for the U.S. Army Warrior unmanned aerial system (UAS) this month.

CENTAF releases airpower summaries

Posted at: Wed Aug 30th, 2006

SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials have released the airpower summaries for Aug. 28 and 29. Aug. 28 In Afghanistan Aug. 27, Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and a ...