Shuttle "Go" for Dec. 6 Launch; Preparations Going Smoothly
Posted on: Tue Dec 4th, 2007 | NASA

From astronauts practicing shuttle landings to engineers and technicians running tests on space shuttle Atlantis, NASA's Kennedy Space Center is excitedly preparing for its fourth shuttle launch in 2007. The shuttle is scheduled to lift off at 4:31 p.m. EST on Thursday to begin mission STS-122.

Pentagon to push sale of fighter
Posted on: Tue Dec 4th, 2007 | theaustralian.news.com.au

THE Pentagon is expected to pressure the Rudd Government for an early commitment to buy the controversial Joint Strike Fighter, despite the project being plagued by rising costs and technical problems.

Halted since May, F-35 flight tests may resume this week
Posted on: Tue Dec 4th, 2007 | star-telegram.com

Flight testing of the first F-35 prototype could resume this week, weather and aircraft systems permitting.

Board of Inquiry published into loss of Nimrod XV230
Posted on: Tue Dec 4th, 2007 | raf.mod.uk

The MOD has today published the report of the Board of Inquiry into the tragic loss of Nimrod XV230 in which 14 servicemen lost their lives on 2 September 2006.

LITENING Targeting System Achieves Operational Availability Milestone
Posted on: Tue Dec 4th, 2007 | Northrop Grumman

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., Dec. 4, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) today announced that the LITENING Advanced Targeting (AT) has achieved more than two years of operational availability consistently above 95 percent among all U.S. customers. LITENING AT systems are curre...

"Saab offers Danish industry great opportunities"
Posted on: Tue Dec 4th, 2007 | Gripen International

In the next few years Denmark will be renewing its aircraft fleet and replacing the current F-16. The deal will cover as many as 48 fighter aircraft and Saab is offering the Gripen Next Generation, a NATO interoperable fighter that will meet, or exceed, all Danish requirements. Delivery can be from ...

Dutch Court of Audit: Uncertainties remain about the cost of JSF
Posted on: Tue Dec 4th, 2007 | rekenkamer.nl

The Court of Audit published a new monitoring report on the progress of the Ministry of Defence's F-16 Replacement project and reported on developments in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme to the Dutch House of Representatives on Tuesday 4 December 2007. The government will decide on the repl...

Russian strategic bombers conducted over 70 patrols since August
Posted on: Tue Dec 4th, 2007 | RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, December 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's strategic bombers have carried out since August over 70 patrol flights over the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic oceans, as well as the Black Sea, a senior Air Force official said on Tuesday.

AFRL, Boeing Demonstrate That UAVs Can Perform Automated Aerial Refueling
Posted on: Tue Dec 4th, 2007 | Boeing

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 04, 2007 -- Can an unmanned air vehicle be made smart enough to autonomously rendezvous with a tanker aircraft and refuel? Based on recently concluded flight tests by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and Boeing [NYSE: BA], it can.