News of December 18, 2008
Northrop Grumman Rolls Out First E-8C Joint STARS With New Engines
Posted at: Thu Dec 18th, 2008MELBOURNE, Fla., Dec. 17, 2008 -- The U.S. Air Force E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) testbed aircraft was unveiled today by the U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) with its new engines prior to beginning military certification flight tests. ...
Boeing A160T Unmanned Rotorcraft Shifts Gears in Flight, Passes 100 Flight-Hours
Posted at: Thu Dec 18th, 2008
VICTORVILLE, Calif., Dec. 18, 2008 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that its A160 Turbine (A160T) Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft has achieved two key milestones: using its two-speed transmission to change gears in flig...
Netherlands: JSF scores best in candidate comparison
Posted at: Thu Dec 18th, 2008
The F-35, better known as the Joint Strike Fighter, best meets the requirements drawn up by the Netherlands for the successor to the F16. This emerges from the findings of the candidate comparison that the State...
