Lockheed Awarded $10M to Develop DARPA's Stratospheric Airship Fabric

Posted at: Tue Sep 26th, 2006

Lockheed Martin has received a contract for approximately $10 million to further develop advanced material technology and next-generation hull material for stratospheric airships under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Integrated Sensor Is Structure (ISIS) program.

US Launches Tanker Contest Between Boeing, Airbus Planes

Posted at: Tue Sep 26th, 2006

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Air Force wants a new tanker plane big enough to carry gas and cargo, the service said Monday as it released a draft request for bids. For now, the service is still leaning toward picking one company next year to design and build the new tankers. But ...

Boeing Supports Initial Operational Capability of Small Diameter Bomb on F-15E

Posted at: Tue Sep 26th, 2006

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 26, 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has met the necessary U.S. Air Force requirement to support Initial Operational Capability (IOC) of the Small Diameter Bomb I (SDB I) system, which recently served with a squadron of Boeing F-15E Strike Eagles stat...