Russia's Sukhoi to produce Su-35 fighter up to 2020

Posted at: Mon Jul 14th, 2008 | Source: RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's leading aircraft maker Sukhoi plans to produce its new state-of-the-art Su-35 Flanker-E multirole fighter plane over a period of 10 years up to 2020, the company's general director said.

BAE Systems and UK MOD Announce Mantis UAS Demonstrator Programme

Posted at: Mon Jul 14th, 2008 | Source: BAE Systems

Farnborough, UK – BAE Systems has entered into a jointly funded 1st phase of a programme with the UK Ministry of Defence to develop an Unmanned Autonomous System (UAS) that will help shape technology development for the UK’s future UAS capability.

BAE Systems Unveils Production Standard HERTI

Posted at: Mon Jul 14th, 2008 | Source: BAE Systems

Farnborough, UK - BAE Systems has unveiled the production variant of its HERTI unmanned autonomous system (UAS) at the Farnborough International Airshow. Developed by BAE Systems, HERTI is one of a new generation of UAS suitable for both military and civil operations. The production s...

Northrop Tanker Team Will Complete All Four Tanker Airframes in 2009

Posted at: Mon Jul 14th, 2008 | Source: Northrop Grumman

FARNBOROUGH, England - July 14, 2008 - Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Tanker team announced today that all four initial tanker System Design and Development (SDD) airframes are scheduled for final assembly and initial flight testing by the end of 2009. The first two SDD airframes have bee...

Raytheon Introduces new version of its AESA radar

Posted at: Mon Jul 14th, 2008 | Source: Raytheon

Raytheon Broadens AESA Product Line with Revolutionary Radar Aimed at More Aircraft EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 14, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- A new version of its revolutionary active electronically scanned array radar technology positions Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) to broa...