Boeing's X-48B Blended-Wing Body Plane Preps for First Tests
Posted on: Mon Mar 19th, 2007 | money.cnn.com

(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.

Lockheed confirms P-175 Polecat UAV crash
Posted on: Mon Mar 19th, 2007 | Flight Global

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.

U.S. Air Force Awards Northrop $287 Million Contract for Global Hawk
Posted on: Mon Mar 19th, 2007 | Northrop Grumman

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 vast regions to bring real-time imagery inte...

Japan considers the Eurofighter
Posted on: Mon Mar 19th, 2007 | en.rian.ru

TOKYO, March 19 (RIA Novosti) - Japan is considering the possibility of upgrading its outdated fleet of F-4 fighters with advanced European aircraft, an anonymous source at the Defense Ministry said Monday.