News of July 11, 2007
Multiyear contract for 60 F-22s moves ahead
Posted at: Wed Jul 11th, 2007
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 <a href="/page/47/F-22-Raptor.html">F-22A Raptor</a> warplanes, engines and spare par...
RAF Typhoons Go Operational
Posted at: Wed Jul 11th, 2007
<a href="/page/43/Eurofighter-Typhoon.html">Eurofighter Typhoon</a>, 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 at: Wed Jul 11th, 2007
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 ...
Northrop Selects Honeywell MILACAS-FR System for KC-30
Posted at: Wed Jul 11th, 2007
MELBOURNE, Fla., July 11, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) <a href="/page/83/KC-30-MRTT.html">KC-30 Tanker</a> team is leveraging Honeywell's FAA-certified Military Airborne Collision Avoidance System - Formation Rendezvous (MILACAS-FR) for the...
Raytheon's Cobra Unmanned Aircraft System Makes a Series of Firsts in North Dakota
Posted at: Wed Jul 11th, 2007Lockheed Completes C-130J Deliveries To Royal Danish Air Force
Posted at: Wed Jul 11th, 2007
MARIETTA, Ga., July 11, 2007 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has delivered a fourth <a href="/page/87/C-130J-Super-Hercules.html">C-130J Super Hercules</a> to the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF), completing the current order for Denmark. Denmark's first C-130J was delivered in Ma...
