Taiwan's F16 purchase plan on hold until MND budget gets cleared

Posted at: Wed Nov 29th, 2006

The country's plan to purchase F-16C/D fighter jets from the US will not proceed until next year's defense budget is cleared by the Legislative Yuan, Ministry of National Defense (MND) spokesman Wu Chi-fang said yesterday.

Eurofighter Offers Turkey Fighter Deal With $9B Work Share

Posted at: Wed Nov 29th, 2006

The four-European-nation Eurofighter consortium, maker of the Typhoon fighter aircraft, has offered Turkey a new industrial participation package worth $9 billion, company officials said.

Boeing Delivers Second EA-18G Growler to U.S. Navy

Posted at: Wed Nov 29th, 2006

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 29, 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has delivered the second EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack (AEA) aircraft to the U.S. Navy test site at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Md. The second EA-18G, known as aircraft EA-2, made the flight from St. Lo...