Australian Global Hawk trial successfully completed

Posted at: Fri Nov 3rd, 2006

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Senator Sandy Macdonald, today announced the successful completion of the recent Defence trial which assessed the capability of unmanned aerial systems performing maritime surveillance over Australia's North West Shelf.

Volvo Aero Norway To Be Supplier to the GE F136 Engine for the JSF

Posted at: Fri Nov 3rd, 2006

Volvo Aero Norway has signed an agreement with General Electric to produce two key components for the F136 engine in the US F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft. The agreement covers the development phase and that Volvo Aero Norway will be the exclus...

BAE Systems Nimrod under ice before design freeze

Posted at: Fri Nov 3rd, 2006

Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. - BAE Systems' Nimrod MRA4 development aircraft PA2 is seen here undergoing environmental trials at -40C at the McKinley Climatic Laboratory at Eglin US Air Force Base in Florida. Having spent around ten days at temperatures down to -40C, the aircraft a...

Raytheon Receives FAA Experimental Airworthiness Certificate for Cobra UAS

Posted at: Fri Nov 3rd, 2006

TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 2, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Cobra Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) is the third unmanned aircraft and the first of its size to receive an Experimental Airworthiness Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Lockheed Awarded $1.2bn extra for F-22 Lot 7 Procurement

Posted at: Fri Nov 3rd, 2006

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $1,233,164,599 firm-fixed-price contract modification. This is a funding modification to the ongoing undefinitized contract action supporting the F-22 Lot 7 Long Lead Procurement.