News of March 26, 2009
Lockheed Awarded $320M for F-35 LRIP Lot III
Posted at: Thu Mar 26th, 2009
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $320,000,000 not to exceed modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N00019-08-C-0028).
This modification provides for long lead materials and efforts associated with...
USS Bataan Set to Deploy With MV-22 Ospreys
Posted at: Thu Mar 26th, 2009
USS BATAAN, At Sea (NNS) -- Sailors and Marines aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) will have their chance to make history later this spring as the first ship to deploy with the MV-22B Osprey in an amphibious environment.
Airmen demonstrate unmanned aircraft not merely 'drones'
Posted at: Thu Mar 26th, 2009
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFNS) -- The door to the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron features a drawing of an MQ-1 Predator armed with Hellfire missiles underscored with the words "We're not drones - we fire back."
Taiwan seeks advanced U.S. jet fighters
Posted at: Thu Mar 26th, 2009
BEIJING, March 26 (RIA Novosti) -- Taiwan is looking to buy U.S. "fifth-generation'' fighter jets featuring stealth and vertical takeoff capabilities, a Chinese daily reported on Thursday. "Taipei has plans to buy an F-35 modification...
U.S. return to Kyrgyzstan not on agenda - foreign minister
Posted at: Thu Mar 26th, 2009MOSCOW, March 26 (RIA Novosti) - Kyrgyzstan is not considering the possibility of U.S. troops returning to the Manas airbase in the north of the country, the Kyrgyz foreign minister said on Thursday. Kyrgyzstan has officially informed Washington of the ...
AESA radar for Gripen NG
Posted at: Thu Mar 26th, 2009
Saab and SELEX Galileo will enter co-operative development of an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar for the Gripen Next Generation (NG) programme. The two companies have signed a Heads of Agreement which outlines the w...
F-22 crash claims life of Edwards pilot
Posted at: Thu Mar 26th, 2009EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) -- An Air Force F-22 Raptor crash March 25 near here claimed the life of an Air Force veteran and Lockheed Martin test pilot.
