News of October 28, 2007
No extra F-22s, C-17s for USAF in 2009
Posted at: Sun Oct 28th, 2007
The fiscal 2009 budget will not include any funds for the U.S. Air Force to buy F-22 Raptors or C-17 cargo lifters, according to a source with knowledge of internal Pentagon budget discussions.
Testers time Reaper's ability to deploy
Posted at: Sun Oct 28th, 2007
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 5 and the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron recently tested the MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system's ability to deploy to a forward operating location i...
Northrop Grumman Achieves Two Major F-35 Production Milestones
Posted at: Sun Oct 28th, 2007
PALMDALE, Calif., Oct. 26, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) today completed the center fuselage for the first weight-optimized Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircraft -- a conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) variant desi...
