China pressing Russia on Pak fighter project

Posted at: Mon Nov 13th, 2006

NEW DELHI, November 12: As President Hu Jintao prepares to visit Islamabad later this month, Beijing has stepped up political pressure on Moscow to let it equip Pakistani fighter aircraft JF-17 Thunder Jets with Russian engines.

Raytheon Awarded $113 Million Contract for U-2 Systems Field Support

Posted at: Mon Nov 13th, 2006

FALLS CHURCH, Va., Nov. 13, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $113 million follow-on Air Force contract for consolidated field support for all sensors, data links and ground systems related to the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft...

Predators keep insurgents in view

Posted at: Mon Nov 13th, 2006

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Moving silently high in the sky, Balad AB's MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicles patrol the landscape below scaning for any signs of insurgent activity around Iraq.

Australian Hornets upgrade a $100m failure

Posted at: Mon Nov 13th, 2006

HIGH-TECH sensors for Australia's fleet of F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets has been dumped, delaying the upgrade of the planes by two years and costing taxpayers at least $100 million.

Second Boeing EA-18G Growler Takes to the Air

Posted at: Mon Nov 13th, 2006

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 13, 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has flown the second EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack (AEA) aircraft for the first time, and like the first aircraft, the flight took place ahead of schedule.