News of October 16, 2007
Boeing Awarded Contract to Integrate F-22 into USAF Training Network
Posted at: Tue Oct 16th, 2007
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 ...
Thais may pick Swedish fighters over F-16s
Posted at: Tue Oct 16th, 2007
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 at: Tue Oct 16th, 2007More 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 Two Russian "Blackjack" aircraft like these appeared off the Norwegian coast in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday. Two Norwegian ...
Sukhoi jets for Indian skies
Posted at: Tue Oct 16th, 2007
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 at: Tue Oct 16th, 2007MELBOURNE, 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 at: Tue Oct 16th, 2007
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.
In addition to the physical manufacture of the Taranis airframe no...
Typhoon Development Continues To Move Forward In UK
Posted at: Tue Oct 16th, 2007
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 at: Tue Oct 16th, 2007
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 Na...
