Multiyear contract for 60 F-22s moves ahead
Posted on: Wed Jul 11th, 2007 | baltimoresun.com

WASHINGTON // The U.S. military's top weapons buyer has approved signing a three-year contract with Lockheed Martin Corp. and United Technologies Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney engine unit for 60 F-22A Raptor warplanes, engines and spare parts, a package worth as much as $10 billion.

RAF Typhoons Go Operational
Posted on: Wed Jul 11th, 2007 | raf.mod.uk

Eurofighter Typhoon, the RAF's newest and most capable fast jet aircraft, are now on readiness to respond to any aircraft acting suspiciously or intruding illegally into UK airspace.

Airborne Laser Completes Successful Fire Control Loop
Posted on: Wed Jul 11th, 2007 | mda.mil

Lt. General Henry A. "Trey" Obering, Missile Defense Agency director, announced today the successful completion of the basic steps required to complete a fire control loop (sequence of events) to engage a boosting ballistic missile for the Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft during flight tests conducted ...

Northrop Selects Honeywell MILACAS-FR System for KC-30
Posted on: Wed Jul 11th, 2007 | Northrop Grumman

MELBOURNE, Fla., July 11, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) KC-30 Tanker team is leveraging Honeywell's FAA-certified Military Airborne Collision Avoidance System - Formation Rendezvous (MILACAS-FR) for the KC-30 Tanker.

Raytheon's Cobra Unmanned Aircraft System Makes a Series of Firsts in North Dakota
Posted on: Wed Jul 11th, 2007 | raytheon.mediaroom.com

TUCSON, Ariz., July 11, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- A Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) Cobra Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) conducted the first official unmanned aircraft flight in North Dakota June 25.

Lockheed Completes C-130J Deliveries To Royal Danish Air Force
Posted on: Wed Jul 11th, 2007 | lockheedmartin.com

MARIETTA, Ga., July 11, 2007 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has delivered a fourth C-130J Super Hercules to the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF), completing the current order for Denmark. Denmark's first C-130J was delivered in March 2004 and began operational service only one month after arriving at ...