Saturday, May 08, 2004
Taiwan: No farewell to arms, but sales slowThree years after the United States approved one of its largest arms packages for Taiwan, few of the weapons have reached the island.
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Govt set to buy two WedgetailsThe Australian government is tipped to buy two additional airborne early warning aircraft as the centrepiece of defence spending in Tuesday's Budget.
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Boeing workers lauded at Chinook ceremonyBoeing Co. workers were offered the "undying thanks" of the commanding general of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, who spoke Thursday at a rollout ceremony for an MH-47G Chinook.
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U.S. Senate panel clears $422.2 billion defense billThe U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee approved a $422.2 billion bill authorizing next year's defense programs, it calls for $3.4 billion to buy 22 F/A Raptor aircraft, $2.9 billion for 42 F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft, and $1 billion for 11 C-120J and four KC-130J aircraft.
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V-22 Icing Detachment Returns from HalifaxOsprey No. 24 returned to Naval Air Station Patuxent River on the afternoon of April 29, after spending six months conducting aircraft icing tests from Canadian Forces Base Shearwater near Halifax, Nova Scotia. During the detachment, Osprey No. 24 logged 67 hours, 37 of which were in actual icing conditions.
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F-15 crashes in Virginia; crew safeThe two crewmen aboard an F-15E Strike Eagle safely ejected from their plane while flying a training mission over southwestern Virginia Thursday.
Official statement from USAF
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HMLA-167, HMM-261 squadrons change hands in Western IraqIn an unprecedented occurrence here, two USMC East Coast squadrons, attached to a West Coast aircraft group, carried out a dual change of command ceremony, April 30.
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Bulgaria to Purchase Western Warplanes: Army CommanderBulgaria, which has recently joined NATO, is looking to buy western type of warplanes for its airforce, the country’s top military commander said.
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Russian aviation to be widely represented at Berlin air showRussian aircraft and airborne weapons, dual-purpose and civil products will be represented at the seventh international aerospace exhibition ILA-2004 that will be held at the Berlin airport Schenefeld on May 10-16.
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Friday, May 07, 2004
Northrop Grumman-Built High-Energy Laser Destroys Large-Caliber Rocket in History-Making TestThe U.S. Army's Mobile Tactical High Energy Laser (MTHEL) testbed destroyed a rocket on May 4 that's larger, faster and that flies higher than previous threats destroyed by the laser weapon demonstrator. Northrop Grumman Corporation built the demonstrator for the Army and the Israel Ministry of Defence (IMoD).
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Ukraine offers NATO heavy transport aircraft RuslanThe Ukrainian Antonov aircraft factory in Kiev will demonstrate its heavy transport airplane, the An-124 Ruslan, for NATO and the German Defense Ministry, under a program to transport NATO forces to Afghanistan.
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Iraq war pilots praise satellite-guided bombs at Pensacola eventSatellite-guided weapons that let U.S. pilots bomb Iraqi targets through a sandstorm and other bad weather last year earned high praise Thursday at the annual Naval Aviation Symposium.
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First post-Columbia astronauts namedA U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot and experimental test pilot and a U.S. Air Force F/A-22 test pilot are among the 11 new NASA astronaut candidates.
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South Korean Air Force chief on visitSouth Korean Air Force chief of staff Gen Lee Han-ho made an official visit to the Malaysian Defence Ministry in Jalan Padang Tembak here yesterday.
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Maintainers target wiring problemsMaintainers from the USAF 4th Component Maintenance Squadron here have created a process that could potentially change the way the Air Force troubleshoots electronic systems.
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Lockheed Martin Wins Joint Common Missile Program, Valued at Approximately Five Billion DollarsLockheed Martin has been selected to develop the Joint Common Missile (JCM) system, the next generation air-to-ground missile that will be carried on U.S. Armed Forces rotary- and fixed-wing platforms. The contract is worth approximately five billion dollars over the life of the program. Lockheed Martin received an initial contract valued at $53 million to commence work on the program's system design and development (SDD) phase.
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Lockheed Martin and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Demonstrate Integrated Maritime Surveillance SystemLockheed Martin and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. successfully demonstrated their low-cost, low-risk, highly capable solution for the U.S. Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program at a recent flight exercise in San Diego.
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U.S. Navy-Northrop Grumman Team Demonstrates Future Warfare StrategyDuring a recent demostration, the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command and Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems sector used a Navy E-2C Hawkeye to integrate and direct a precision strike mission using information provided over a network by a Navy RQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a simulated aircraft carrier operations control center, and an F/A-18 strike aircraft.
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F-15s show off skills to mediaThe Washington Air National Guard’s KC-135 Stratotanker hit the skies May 5 with over 44,900 gallons of gasoline to fuel four Kalamath Falls’ F-15’s. The flight was scheduled for the local media at Fairchild Air Force Base.
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Thursday, May 06, 2004
Live bombs to drop for more realistic trainingA Joint Close Air Support live-fire exercise will take place at Fort Sill, Okla. Navy F-18 Hornets and Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons will be used to drop ordnance.
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Naval spending boosts sales for aircraft makerNorthrop Grumman Corp., created by the merger of two old and well-known aircraft manufacturers, said yesterday that sales rose sharply in the first quarter - largely the result of a relatively new business: Navy ships.
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New attack plane faces cuts as defense bill takes shapeSome members from the Senate Armed Services Air-Land Subcommittee are pressing to reduce from 24 to 22 the number of F/A-22s to be authorized for 2005.
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V-22 Surpasses 2,000 Flight HoursApril 22, during a flight by one of Tilt-Rotor Operational Test Squadron (VMX) 22’s Block A (newest model) MV-22s, the V-22 fleet surpassed the 2,000-flight hour milestone since the program’s return to flight in May of 2002.
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BAE chief denies £60m slush fund to win ordersSir Dick Evans, BAE Systems' outgoing chairman, yesterday repeatedly denied allegations in the Guardian that Britain's leading defence contractor had run a £60m slush fund to pay Saudi officials in order to win lucrative arms deals.
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Bulgaria Drops MiG-29 Fleet UpgradeBulgaria has given up the project for the upgrade of its MiG-29 fighter aircraft fleet up to NATO standards.
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Multiple UAVs fly into action, integrate battle spaceOver the next several months, U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) will conduct a series of experiments focused on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and the future of joint warfighting.
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Canadian Forces purchases mini UAV systemThe Canadian Forces recently purchased the Silver Fox mini UAV system produced by Advanced Ceramics Research of Tuscon, Arizona.
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MND communication system upgradedTo enhance Taiwan's air warning system across the Taiwan Strait, the United States has provided a revised version of the Link-16 software for the E2-T.
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IRAN UNVEILS RADAR SYSTEM The Iranian Defense Ministry has disclosed a radar system for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. The Hasib radar system can be installed on U.S.-origin Cobra attack helicopter and other air platforms deployed in the Iranian Air Force.
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Wednesday, May 05, 2004
Northrop lands Air Force radar contractNorthrop Grumman just won a Phase II contract worth up to $888 million dollars over six years to develop, integrate and test the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) radar. The Air Force plans to put the MP-RTIP on its Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance aircraft and its E-10A/Multi-Sensor Command and Control Aircraft, or MC2A.
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Anti-Katyusha laser test partially successfulThe joint U.S.-Israeli mobile laser gun designed to knock down rockets in flight successfully tracked a live target in a test in New Mexico Friday.
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Elbit Systems Subsidiary EFW Awarded Contract from Boeing for F/A-18E/F Display UnitsElbit Systems Ltd., today announced that its subsidiary, EFW Inc., based in Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a contract from Boeing, St. Louis, for the design and development of Upfront Control Display (UFCD) and Multi-Purpose Color Display (MPCD) units for F/A-18E/F aircraft.
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Germany and EADS in new jets dealThe German government and EADS, the Franco-German defence group, have agreed terms for buying more Eurofighter combat jets under a settlement that puts pressure on the other three nations building the troubled aircraft - Britain, Italy and Spain - to complete purchase negotiations.
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Spain wants Nato to fly over royal weddingSpain has asked Nato to lend it an AWACS reconnaissance plane to boost security for Crown Prince Felipe’s wedding in Madrid this month, a newspaper said today.
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Transponder hitch causes hijack alarm aboard SIA plane to USAn F-16 was scramble to fly alongside a SIA Airbus A345 which had a faulty transponder that transimitted a hijack signal.
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TURKISH F-16 FIGHTER JETS HARASSED GREEK A-7 BOMBERSTurkish F-16 fighter jets harassed Greek A-7 bombers yesterday morning over the island of Kastelorizo, southeastern Aegean, according to Athens radio station “Flash”.
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Boeing Acquires UAV Developer Frontier Systems Inc.Boeing announced Tuesday it has acquired Frontier Systems Inc., developer of the A-160 Hummingbird and Maverick unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
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Tuesday, May 04, 2004
Slow news, I'm taking a break today :-)
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Flying NASA's T-38NASA is slowly adding performance upgrades and longevity to its fleet of T-38s under tight budget constraints.
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F/A-22's Software Stability 'No Longer An Issue,' USAF SaysU.S. Air Force officials are declaring victory in their battle to fix a major technical problem with the F/A-22 Raptor: avionics software instability.
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Monday, May 03, 2004
BAE row over Eurofighter’s rising costsBAE SYSTEMS is locked in a £700m contract dispute with the U.K. Ministry of Defence over cost overruns on the controversial Eurofighter project.
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Say goodbye to the Ronald ReaganThe aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan will leave the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard, and it's not scheduled to return for a quarter-century.
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Aircraft carrier's mission expandedUSS George Washington finds itself supporting the war in Iraq more than first planned.
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Military admits cost blow-outsThe Australian Defence Department admitted last night that some of its key military hardware projects were facing cost blow-outs and delays. The latest problem concerns the $1 billion unmanned Global Hawk robot spy planes, which the Government plans to buy.
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Sunday, May 02, 2004
Squadrons, Individuals Claim Aviation AwardsCarrier Air Wing (CVW) 3, currently embarked on USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), claimed three victories out of a possible six Navywide in the Commander, Naval Air Forces Achievement Awards for 2003.
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Work On International Tankers Continues For BoeingWhile waiting to learn whether the U.S. Air Force will get the go-ahead to proceed with its controversial proposal to lease and buy 100 Boeing 767 refueling aircraft, the manufacturer quietly is proceeding with work on international orders for the wide-body tanker.
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