Boeing Awarded Contract to Integrate F-22 into USAF Training Network
Posted on: Tue Oct 16th, 2007 | Boeing

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 16, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a $46 million contract by F-22 prime contractor Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to integrate the air dominance fighter into the U.S. Air Force Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) training network.

Thais may pick Swedish fighters over F-16s
Posted on: Tue Oct 16th, 2007 | news.com.au

THAILAND'S air force is expected to pick Sweden's Gripen over US F-16s in a $1 billion plan to replace its ageing 12 F-5E fighters, a member of the selection panel said.

Russian flights set off new defense scramble
Posted on: Tue Oct 16th, 2007 | aftenposten.no

More Russian bombers flew off Norway's coast on early Tuesday, prompting the military to scramble once again, just hours before a bomb threat kept them

Sukhoi jets for Indian skies
Posted on: Tue Oct 16th, 2007 | RIA Novosti

MOSCOW. (Nikita Petrov for RIA Novosti) - India has signed a contract with Russia for the licensed assembly of 40 multi-role Su-30MKI (Flanker-H) fighter jets, news agencies reported last week.

Northrop Actively Pursuing MP-RTIP Radar Enhancement for Joint STARS Platform
Posted on: Tue Oct 16th, 2007 | Northrop Grumman

MELBOURNE, Fla., Oct. 15, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The capabilities of the U.S. Air Force's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) platform may be enhanced with the addition of a Wide Area Surveillance (WAS) Multi-platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) radar....

BAE Systems Led UCAV Programme Breaks New Ground
Posted on: Tue Oct 16th, 2007 | BAE Systems

Warton, UK - The cutting of first metal for the UK's 124m Taranis UCAV (unmanned combat air vehicle) technology demonstrator programme means that the BAE Systems led team remains well on track for first flight in 2010.

Typhoon Development Continues To Move Forward In UK
Posted on: Tue Oct 16th, 2007 | BAE Systems

Warton, UK. - Following the announcement that Royal Air Force Typhoons have formally taken up operational duties in the UK, development of the world's most advanced swing role combat aircraft continues apace at BAE Systems.

BAE Systems to Upgrade Situational Awareness on A-10A Aircraft
Posted on: Tue Oct 16th, 2007 | BAE Systems

JOHNSON CITY, New York — The Air National Guard and Air Force Reserves have selected BAE Systems to upgrade the A-10A Thunderbolt II for increased situational awareness and targeting control. During 2008, BAE Systems will modify more than 100 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve A-10A airc...