News of March 19, 2007
Boeing's X-48B Blended-Wing Body Plane Preps for First Tests
Mar 19 - (Business 2.0) -- -- It would be a dream come true for the airline industry: A plane that uses up to 30 percent less gas to reach its destination, compared with today's jets.
That's the promise of the blended-wing, a radically new kind of aircraft …
Lockheed confirms P-175 Polecat UAV crash
Mar 19 - Lockheed Martin has confirmed that its P-175 Polecat unmanned air vehicle crashed in December on the Nevada test range after the unintentional activation of its flight termination system.
The Skunk Works-built private-venture high-altitude UAV demonstrator,…
U.S. Air Force Awards Northrop $287 Million Contract for Global Hawk
Mar 19 - SAN DIEGO, March 16, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a $287 million contract for the next production lot (Lot 5) of RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial systems. The Global Hawk system can survey …
Japan considers the Eurofighter
Mar 19 - TOKYO, March 19 (RIA Novosti) - Japan is considering the possibility of upgrading its outdated fleet of F-4 fighters with advanced European aircraft, an anonymous source at the Defense Ministry said Monday.
Japan currently has about 60 F-4 Phantom …
