Multi-national agreement to advance high-speed flight

Posted at: Wed Nov 15th, 2006

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The U.S. Air Force and Australian Department of Defence signed a multi-national research partnership Nov. 10 in Canberra, Australia, which will explore and develop fundamental hypersonic technologies, and experimental methodologies that could enable the next...

Boeing X-45A unmanned combat vehicle on display

Posted at: Wed Nov 15th, 2006

DAYTON, Ohio (AFPN) -- The Boeing X-45A unmanned combat air vehicle was officially inducted into the National Museum of the United States Air Force collection during a ceremony Nov. 13. "The X-45A is a prime example of an air vehicle that points ...

Boeing ScanEagle Achieves Major Flight Milestones

Posted at: Wed Nov 15th, 2006

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 15, 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and its ScanEagle unmanned aerial system (UAS) team member Insitu, Inc., have achieved two program milestones. First, the team recently logged the longest continuous flight of its UAS by flying a preproduction prototype Block D ScanEagle ...

Major Retrofit For Early Eurofighter Typhoon Aircraft Begins

Posted at: Wed Nov 15th, 2006

Hallbergmoos – All Tranche 1 Eurofighter Typhoon shall have the same capability. That is the objective of the substantial retrofit programme R2 that has now begun for 115 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft of earlier capability standards.