Boeing KC-767 Tanker Completes First Contact With Receiver
Posted on: Wed Jan 24th, 2007 | Boeing

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 on: Wed Jan 24th, 2007 | washingtonpost.com

WASHINGTON -- The United States launched an airstrike in Somalia against suspected terrorist targets - the second such attack this month, defense officials said Wednesday.

Boeing to Compete for $1.5 Billion A-10 Wing Contract
Posted on: Wed Jan 24th, 2007 | Boeing

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 on: Wed Jan 24th, 2007 | Raytheon

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 on: Wed Jan 24th, 2007 | BAE Systems

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 on: Wed Jan 24th, 2007 | indiaprwire.com

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.