Northrop Awarded $12.5M for Global Hawk operations
Posted on: Thu Jan 31st, 2008 | DoD

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. Integrated Systems Air Combat Systems of San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a contract for $12,250,000.

Unmanned Aircraft Transform Combat Operations
Posted on: Thu Jan 31st, 2008 | defenselink.mil

KIRKUK, Iraq, Jan. 31, 2008 – They are known as the "commander's eyes on the battlefield." Coalition forces have used them to find roadside bombs, track the enemy’s movement, clear convoy routes and locate key targets -- all without having to leave the relative safety of their bases.

Edwards Airman flies high as first military F-35 pilot
Posted on: Thu Jan 31st, 2008 | edwards.af.mil

NAVAL AIR STATION FORT WORTH, Texas -- An Edwards pilot became the first Air Force and government test pilot to fly the F-35 Lightning II during a test sortie at the Lockheed Martin facility here Jan. 30.

Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract for LITENING Advanced Targeting Systems
Posted on: Thu Jan 31st, 2008 | Northrop Grumman

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., Jan. 31, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has received a contract to deliver LITENING Advanced Targeting (AT) systems to the Finnish Air Force (FiAF) for its F-18 Mid-life Update 2 Program.

F-35 Program Adjusts for Transition to Production - 250 layoffs
Posted on: Thu Jan 31st, 2008 | Lockheed Martin

More than halfway through its 12-year development phase, with most engineering work complete, the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II program is transitioning from design to production. Mid-course adjustments to staffing and manufacturing will begin in April as part of the program plan to ...

Second Tranche of Eurofighter ASTA Programme Launched
Posted on: Thu Jan 31st, 2008 | Eurofighter GmbH

Hallbergmoos - Following signature of the Aircrew Synthetic Training Aids (ASTA) Supplement 5 agreement between Eurofighter GmbH and NETMA on 13 December 2007, today marks the formal launch of the contract. Supplement 5 of Procurement Contract 7 within the Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) framewor...