News of May 05, 2009
Australia Signs MoU for Cooperative Development of P-8A Poseidon with US Navy
Posted at: Tue May 5th, 2009Memorandum Of Understanding Signed with United States Navy for Cooperative Development of P-8A Poseidon Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft I am pleased to announce that Defence has taken the first steps in a $A5 billion project to acquire a manned Maritime Patrol and Respo...
Russia's Medvedev welcomes new U.S. stance on missile defense
Posted at: Tue May 5th, 2009
BARVIKHA (Moscow Region), May 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev welcomed on Tuesday the readiness of the new U.S. administration to take on board Moscow's objections to the deployme...
F-35 CATBird Shows Key Avionics Capability, Reliability at Edwards AFB
Posted at: Tue May 5th, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Joint Strike Fighter Cooperative Avionics Test Bed ("CATBird") aircraft recently completed a two-week deployment to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., where it demonstrated the robust qualities of avionics systems being developed for the ...
MQ-8B Fire Scout Completes Second Test Period Onboard USS McInerney
Posted at: Tue May 5th, 2009Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) successfully completed fully autonomous flight operations onboard the USS McInerney (FFG-8) frigate. These operations marked the first time that the Navy operated an autonomous VTUAV aboard a surface combatant vessel. This follows at-se...
Test Proves Raytheon KillerBee UAS Can Be Recovered At Sea
Posted at: Tue May 5th, 2009
YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz., May 5, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's KillerBee unmanned aircraft system demonstrated it can be recovered from a net on a moving platform, simulating an at-sea recovery.
