IEEE 1394b Playing Pivotal Role in F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter

Posted at: Wed Sep 5th, 2007

DALLAS and Fort Worth, Sept. 4, 2007 – The successful deployment of the IEEE 1394 networking standard in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter development program demonstrates the standard’s reliability and flexibility, the 1394 Trade Association sai...

General Dynamics Awarded $48 Million Contract for F-22 Raptor Components

Posted at: Wed Sep 5th, 2007

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a $48 million multi-year contract by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company to produce components of the F-22 Raptor fighter...

Search Continues For Missing US Adventurer

Posted at: Wed Sep 5th, 2007

Officials and volunteers in the western U.S. state of Nevada will resume their search Wednesday for missing American adventurer Steve Fossett.

B-52 mistakenly flies with nukes aboard

Posted at: Wed Sep 5th, 2007

A B-52 bomber mistakenly loaded with five nuclear warheads flew from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30, resulting in an Air Force-wide investigation, according to three officers who asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to discuss the incid...