Air Force seeks technologies to enhance Airborne Laser project
Posted on: Tue May 8th, 2007 | mae.pennnet.com

KIRTLAND AFB, N.M., 8 May 2007. Air Force researchers are asking industry to develop new enabling electro-optic technologies for the Airborne Laser system (ABL), which is designed to destroy ballistic missiles in flight.

General Atomics Awarded $68M for MQ-9 Reaper & MQ-1B Block X
Posted on: Tue May 8th, 2007 | DoD

General Atomics, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $58,976,370 firm-fixed-price contract. This effort is for the manufacture, test and delivery of four Predator B Reaper MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicles and associated equipment to include initial spares, ground support equipment, and 30-day pack-up...

EADS advances the RAAF’s KC-30B MRTT to next test phase
Posted on: Tue May 8th, 2007 | eadsnorthamerica.com

EADS has successfully completed ground vibration testing of the Royal Australian Air Force's first KC-30B Multi-role Tanker Transport (MRTT), advancing the world’s most capable military aerial refueling tanker/transport program closer to the flight test phase.

Air Force officials evaluating KC-X proposals
Posted on: Tue May 8th, 2007 | AFPN

WASHINGTON (AFNEWS) -- The Air Force source selection evaluation team is poring over industry proposals for the KC-X program, the replacement for the Air Force's aging KC-135 Stratotanker strategic refueling aircraft.