Boeing KC-767 Tanker Completes First Contact With Receiver

Posted at: Wed Jan 24th, 2007

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 24, 2007 -- A Boeing KC-767 Tanker yesterday logged another major milestone when its aircrew used the fifth generation, fly-by-wire boom (a telescoping tube used to deliver fuel to military aircraft) to make a series of "dry contacts" with a B-52 bomber assigned to the Air Force Flig...

U.S. Launches New Airstrike in Somalia

Posted at: Wed Jan 24th, 2007

WASHINGTON -- The United States launched an airstrike in Somalia against suspected terrorist targets - the second such attack this month, defense officials said Wednesday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the action was carried out in secret, provided few det...

Boeing to Compete for $1.5 Billion A-10 Wing Contract

Posted at: Wed Jan 24th, 2007

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 24, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] will compete for a U.S. Air Force contract valued at up to $1.5 billion over two five-year periods for the manufacture of approximately 200 wing sets for the A-10 fleet.

Raytheon Targeting Pod Achieves 100,000 Flight Hours on F/A-18

Posted at: Wed Jan 24th, 2007

McKINNEY, Texas, Jan. 24, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Navy has confirmed that Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) advanced targeting pod achieved 100,000 operational flight hours on F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft.

F-35 Lightning II Avionics Test Bed takes wing

Posted at: Wed Jan 24th, 2007

MOJAVE, California -- The Joint Strike Fighter Cooperative Avionics Test Bed (CATB), a 737-300 aircraft extensively modified by BAE Systems, successfully completed its maiden flight Jan. 23 at Mojave, California. The flight capped a nearly three-year effort to transform a commercial airliner into a ...

India-Russia to co-develop midrange transport aircraft

Posted at: Wed Jan 24th, 2007

India and Russia Wednesday agreed to jointly develop a multi-role transport aircraft (MTA) amid indications that Moscow's proposal to co-develop a fifth generation combat jet was making progress. The two countries have also agreed to the licensed production in India of the RD-33 engin...