GA-ASI Demonstrates Next Generation Ground Control Station

Posted at: Fri Jul 27th, 2007

SAN DIEGO – 25 July 2007 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a leading manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical reconnaissance radars, today announced that it has successfully demonstrated the company’s next generation Advanced Coc...

Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Completes 1,000th Fligh

Posted at: Fri Jul 27th, 2007

SAN DIEGO, July 27, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The high-flying <a href="/page/54/RQ-4-Global-Hawk.html">RQ-4 Global Hawk</a> unmanned aerial systems (UAS) built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) recently completed their 1,000th flight. The fourth production Global Hawk, ...

Japan Shopping Around Amid U.S. Stealth Jet Ban

Posted at: Fri Jul 27th, 2007

Japan said Thursday it would not rule out buying next-generation aircraft from a third country due to the U.S. ban on exporting its state-of-the-art <a href="/page/47/F-22-Raptor.html">F-22</a> stealth fighter.

UK MoD intends to purchase a new Boeing C-17 Globemaster

Posted at: Fri Jul 27th, 2007

The Ministry of Defence has announced the intention to purchase a new Boeing <a href="/page/64/C-17-Globemaster-III.html">C-17 'Globemaster'</a> as part of a number of further measures to enhance operational effectiveness.

Balad F-16s destroy terrorist training camp

Posted at: Fri Jul 27th, 2007

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- <a href="/page/45/F-16-Falcon.html">F-16 Fighting Falcons</a> from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing here destroyed an al-Qaida training camp southwest of Baghdad July 21. In a coordinated attack, joint air terminal controllers on ...

Elmendorf, coalition forces hone skills at Red Flag-Alaska

Posted at: Fri Jul 27th, 2007

ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AFPN) -- Airmen from Japan, Mongolia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey and the United States are at Elmendorf Air Force Base honing their warfighting skills as they participate in Red Flag-Alaska July 12 through 27.

Global Hawk flies first deployment from Beale

Posted at: Fri Jul 27th, 2007

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (ACCNS) -- The 9th Reconnaissance Wing's RQ-4 Global Hawk program passed a significant milestone by completing the first operational Global Hawk deployment from Beale, touching down at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, this week....