Headlines of: Tuesday 31 July, 2007
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Tue Jul 31st, 2007 | Northrop Grumman

MELBOURNE, Fla., July 31, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) first KC-30 Tanker aircraft completed initial airframe assembly in July, illustrating an efficient and low-risk approach for quickly replacing the U.S. Air Force's KC-135 tanker fleet.
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Tue Jul 31st, 2007 | edwards.af.mil

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Combined Test Force for the C-5 modernization program concluded a series of testing on July 23.
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Tue Jul 31st, 2007 | AFPN

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- An Air Force MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle crashed off base Tuesday at approximately 8 p.m. local time. This was the second Predator to crash in Iraq in two days. Hostile activity does not appear to be a factor in either crash.
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Tue Jul 31st, 2007 | Boeing

ST. LOUIS, July 31, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a three and one half-year, $18 million U.S. Marine Corps contract to provide additional ScanEagleŽ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support services to the Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF). Boeing, in partnershi...