Russian Navy resumes constant presence in world's oceans

Posted at: Wed Dec 5th, 2007

MOSCOW, December 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Navy has resumed its continual presence in different regions of the world's oceans, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov told the president at a meeting in the Kremlin on Wednesday. "There are plans to dispatch ships to the northeast Atlantic...

Teal Group Predicts Worldwide UAV Market Will Reach Nearly $55 Billion

Posted at: Wed Dec 5th, 2007

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are the most dynamic growth sector of the world aerospace industry, report Teal analysts in their latest integrated market analysis. Teal Group's 2008 market study estimates that UAV spending will more than double over the next decade from current world...

Eurojet Succesfully Completes Tranche 2 EJ200 Engine Flight Test

Posted at: Wed Dec 5th, 2007

Hallbergmoos, 5 December 2007. On Thursday, 29 November 2007, the first Eurofighter Typhoon with a full Tranche 2 Propulsion System configuration (two Tranche 2 engines) completed a successful 50 minute test flight from Caselle di Torino Airport (Italy...

Northrop gets $19.6M for Global Hawk development

Posted at: Wed Dec 5th, 2007

The Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a contract for $19,615,786. This action will provide engineering, manufacturing and development activities in support of the Global Hawk Program. At this...

Lockheed Awarded $35.5M for development of JSF logistics system

Posted at: Wed Dec 5th, 2007

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Ft. Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $38,500,000 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-02-C-3002) to provide for the design, development, integration and testing the ...

Eurofighter Consortium Signs up for Saudi Arabia

Posted at: Wed Dec 5th, 2007

Eurofighter GmbH has signed the contractual documents with its shareholder BAE Systems for the supply of 72 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Aloysius Rauen, Chief Executive Officer Eurofighter GmbH, comments:...