News of January 31, 2007
New GR9A Harrier Takes Up The Fight Against The Taleban
Posted at: Wed Jan 31st, 2007
Two Harrier GR9A aircraft have arrived in Afghanistan from the UK after a journey of more than 3500 miles - and just under two hours later they were ready for action flying over UK ground forces combating the Taleban.
The 2 Harrier GR9As are r...
Changes planned for ISR community
Posted at: Wed Jan 31st, 2007
WASHINGTON (AFNEWS) -- The Air Force director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, or ISR, recently discussed his plans for improving the service's ISR capabilities.
During a recent roundtable with members of the press, Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula laid out his plans for ov...
Tanker recapitalization proposal released
Posted at: Wed Jan 31st, 2007
WASHINGTON (AFNEWS) -- Air Force leaders officially released a request for proposal for a replacement tanker aircraft Jan. 30.
The RFP is the official invitation to manufacturers to begin making offers to build a replace...
BAE Systems HERTI UAV completes successful Woomera trials
Posted at: Wed Jan 31st, 2007
BAE Systems has confirmed the successful completion of a new series of trials for its fully autonomous HERTI UAV (unmanned air vehicle) system.
In November and December 2006 the BAE Systems HERTI flight test and deployment team successfully completed fully autonomous flight trials at...
Air Force tanker request gives Boeing edge, for now
Posted at: Wed Jan 31st, 2007
After a behind-the-scenes battle in which politics counted as much as procurement goals, the Pentagon on Tuesday unveiled its rules for a potential $100 billion contract to replace the Air Force fleet of refueling tankers - and the bala...
