Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Mothership adopts a new space planeSpaceShipOne White Knight mothership has been involved in fit and high-speed taxi checks with the X-37.
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Raytheon plays central role in anti-missile systemsRaytheon technologies already are included or being incorporated into different segments of U.S. missile defense, including those based on land and in the sea, air and space.
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NATO sends F-16s to disperse Afghan protestersNATO peacekeepers sent F-16 fighter jets to a northeastern Afghanistan province on Monday in a show of force to disperse thousands of protesters.
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Isles court aircraft carrierHawaii leaders are taking a low-key campaign to to base an aircraft carrier in Hawaii.
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IF CHINA REMOVES MISSILES, TAIWAN TO GIVE GOODWILL RESPONSE: PREMIERIf China remove its missiles targeting Taiwan, the Taiwan government will give a goodwill response to such a move, Premier Frank Hsieh said Monday.
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IAF team conquers Mount EverestA team from the Indian Air Force scaled Mount Everest on Monday.
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Iraqi Aircraft Crashes; Americans on BoardAn Iraqi Air Force aircraft crashed Monday northwest of Baghdad during an operational mission with four Americans and one Iraqi on board.
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Swedes produce eight more fighters for Czech armyThe manufacture of the last eight JAS-39 Gripen fighters for the Czech military had been completed.
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Israeli missile fails again in test-firingAn AGM�142 Raptor Have Nap/Popeye missile fired from an Indian Air Force Mirage 2000H fighter failed its validation test-firing.
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Spanish fighter jet crashes in southern GermanyA Spanish Mirage F-1 crashed while on an exercise early on Monday in southern Germany.
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Airman receives overdue honorA plaque honoring Tuskegee Airman Sherman White Jr. was unveiled yesterday.
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Former Chernobyl Pilot Soars Above His ObstaclesNikolai Melnik who as a test pilot with the Kamov, placed radiation sensors on Chernobyl's reactor in 1986, is now an instructor for Helicopteros Del Sureste in Spain.
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Monday, May 30, 2005
RAF bombing raids tried to goad Saddam into warRAF and U.S. aircraft doubled the rate at which they were dropping bombs on Iraq in 2002 in an attempt to provoke Saddam Hussein into giving the allies an excuse for war.
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Fresh row brewing over French radar contractIndia is considering re-tendering for the purchase of low-level transportable radars even though it had concluded price negotiations with Thales of France.
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Vickers Vimy Flight Relives First Atlantic CrossingSteve Fossett and Mark Rebholz will be recreating one of aviation's most famous flights, the first nonstop Atlantic crossing on June 14-15, 1919, by Royal Flying Corps in a Vickers Vimy.
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Lt. Col. sets F-15E recordLt. Col. Mark Mouw who just passed his 4,000th flight hour in an F-15E earlier this month is the only known pilot with 4,000 hours in the F-15E.
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Something to prove (Registration Required)Lockheed executives managing the F-35 program say they believe that they know how to avoid, or at least minimize, future schedule delays and cost overruns.
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U.S. Deployment of Stealth Fighters a Prelude to War: KCNANorth Korea�s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Sunday that the deployment of F-117s is a sign that indicates a prelude to war.
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Air Force F-16 Assists in Search, Recovery of Slain Helicopter CrewmenA U.S. Air Force F-16 provided close air support to troops fighting to recover two slain helicopter crewmen in the vicinity of Baquba, Iraq.
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Sunday, May 29, 2005
Decades after death, pilot brought home for burialU.S. Air Force Reserve Capt. Troy "Gordy" Cope, killed after a fierce dogfight with six MiG-15s above the Yalu River in 1952, will be buried Tuesday with full military honors at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. The ceremony will include a missing man formation by the 335th Fighter Interceptor Squadron of the 4th Fighter Group, the squadron Cope belonged to during his military career.
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Philippine Air FarceMany aircraft of the Philippine Air Force are grounded for repairs and safety reasons.
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Helicopter makes emergency landingThe Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Rotary Wing Academy�s helicopter made an emergency landing near Hoskote in Bangalore rural district on Friday afternoon.
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Students learn from military fighter pilotU.S. Air Force Maj. Kevin Kelly, who recently helped intercept the pilot who flew into restricted air space in Washington, spoke to more than 100 students at St. Andrew's Catholic School, Bucks County Pennsylvania.
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Goodyear stands firm in its defense of LukeA planned 145 homes around the Luke Air Force Base's Southern Departure Corridor are removed so that they are compatible with Luke's mission.
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Wing-mounted technology gives jet pilots crisp view of battlefieldsThe Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) gives today�s F/A-18 Hornets their ability to see targets on the ground three to five times better than earlier models of the system.
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Air National Guard may be losing outThe U.S. Air National Guard stands to take a huge hit nationwide in base closings. Of 88 Guard flying units around the country, 28 are slated to lose their planes.
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Rolls-Royce charts tighter ties to militaryRolls-Royce Corp. plans to boost the $40 million annual budget for its scientific arm to as much as $100 million by 2010.
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Coyotes and Foxes and 'Big Eyes' ... Oh My!Coyote: a compact, battery-operated unmanned surveillance plane built to launch from the P-3 is one of the technological wizardry being shown at New York Harbor for the U.S. Navy's annual Fleet Week.
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Orbital Sciences facilities said searchedOrbital Sciences Corp., which makes launch vehicles used to get satellites into orbit, said Friday that U.S. government agents had conducted searches at two of its facilities.
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U.S. Set to Test Missile Defenses Aboard AirlinesAn American Airlines Boeing 767 and two jets owned by Northwest Airlines and FedEx will be install with infrared laser-based systems designed to find and disable shoulder-fired missiles.
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Saturday, May 28, 2005
Russia To Submit UN Resolution On Weapons Ban In Outer SpaceRussia is preparing to put forward a draft resolution to the United Nations General Assembly on measures to ensure that the outer space is free of weapons.
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Marines honor two pilots killed in IraqTwo U.S. Marine pilots who died when their jets collided in Iraq were honored Thursday at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
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Roanoke firm works on cruise missile componentRoanoke-based Synchrony won a $1.4 million contract to design and develop an electric starter-generator that will be part of the engine of RATTLRS (Revolutionary Approach to Time Critical Long Range Strike). A U.S. Navy-sponsored supersonic cruise missile under development.
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In France, The Doors Are Open For Female PilotsThe French French Air Force is considering the possibility of allowing more females to train as fighter pilots.
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Edwards in line for millionsEdwards Air Force Base will get a new runway, additional housing and rocket technology testing under a $441.6 billion defense authorization bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.
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F-15s intercept small plane near EdwardsA small plane that repeatedly ventured close to restricted air space at Edwards Air Force Base was intercepted by two F-15 fighter jets Thursday and escorted to a local airport.
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Babcock confident of winning Navy aircraft carrier contractBabcock International, operator of the Rosyth dockyard, remains "confident" that the yard will win the contract to assemble and integrate the Royal Navy's two new aircraft carriers.
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Attack of the DronesWired Magazine looks at the various UAVs operated by the United States.
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Son of Minn. State Lawmaker Killed in IraqThe son of a Minnesota state senator was killed in Iraq when his helicopter was shot down.
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Speedy UUNS process cuts wait for needed materielThe Scan Eagle UAV is a product of the Urgent Universal Need Statement Process for Operation Iraqi Freedom II.
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Moldova Defence Ministry special commission flies to Air Force plane crash siteA special investigative commission of the Moldovan Defence Ministry is investigating a Vilga-35 aircraft crashed during a training flight at the Markuleshti Air Force base of Moldova on Friday noon.
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2nd ANGLICO long arm of allied air powerThe U.S. Marines of 2nd Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force recently participated in Multi-National Maritime Engagement-2, or MNME-II, a NATO exercise held off the North Carolina coast.
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F-14 Tomcat revs up engines for flight to new DeLand homeOn Tuesday at 1pm, an F-14 Tomcat will fly into the DeLand Municipal Airport to take its place near the DeLand Naval Air Station Museum. Along the way to its final landing, the F-14 will do a flyover along Woodland Boulevard, then "showboat" in front of a bandstand at the airport.
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No pressure from US to buy F-16, says Air Force ChiefIndian Air Force Chief Air Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi said denied there was any pressure from Washington to buy the F-16.
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Finmeccanica may have 25-30 pct in Thales in defence alliance - reportFinmeccanica SpA may end up controlling 25-30 pct of Thales following a Franco-Italian link up in the defence sector.
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Algeria to buy Russian tanks and fightersAlgeria may buy one or two squadrons of Sukhoi Su-30-MKI fighters and three or four squadrons of cheaper Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29-SMT air-superiority fighters.
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Kennedy Kicks Off Fleet Week New YorkThe aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (JFK) (CV 67) pulled into New York City May 25 to participate in Fleet Week 2005.
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Charleston Air Force Base volunteers create mini C-17 replicaVolunteers from the Charleston Air Force Base's reserve 315th Airlift Wing build a 13.5-foot-tall C-17 replica.
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Friday, May 27, 2005
Ike, French Carrier Work Together During Multinational Maritime ExerciseA Rafale M jet performed landings, and an E-2C Hawkeye from the French aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle trapped and launched from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower�s deck May 25 during Multi-National Maritime Exercise (MNME) 05-1. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Peter Carnicelli.
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India to order 200 choppers from IAIIndia's security establishment will be ordering at least 200 Dhruv advanced light helicopters.
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Israel formally inducts DhruvThe Dhruv Helicopter is formally inducted in the Israeli defence forces to ferry VIPs and defence officials.
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US denies deadline on arms purchasesThe Pentagon has denied imposing a deadline on Taiwan's decision on whether to purchase 12 P-3C anti-submarine reconnaissance aircraft.
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Exercise � and weather � test Kadena's battle preparednessA weeklong war exercise was held at Kadena Air Base, Japan recently.
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Former first lady opposed to moving planes to Arkansas baseU.S. senator Hillary Rodham Clinton doesn't want more C-130s moved to the Little Rock Air Force Base from the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station in New York.
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Hawker de Havilland Awarded F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Work by Northrop GrummanAustralian firm Hawker de Havilland has signed a $70 million, long-term agreement with Northrop Grumman Corporation to produce composite parts and subassemblies for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter center fuselage.
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Plans to Boost Military Strength DetailedThe South Korean Defense Ministry plans to get hold of airborne warning and control systems and acquire or develop high or mid-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles by 2010. The next-generation surface-to-air missile project (SAM-X) will start next year.
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Northrop Grumman Helps U.S. Air Force Develop Technologies for More Efficient Supersonic FlightNorthrop Grumman Corporation is helping the U.S. Air Force develop propulsion technologies that could enable aircraft to routinely fly more than twice the speed of sound without the drawbacks of supersonic flight.
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ACT asks for Super HornetsAllies for Cherry Point's Tomorrow formally asked the Base Realignment and Closure Commission for F/A-18 Super Hornets based at Virginia Beach, be realigned to Cherry Point.
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Former Cannon commander promotedFormer Cannon Air Force Base commander Robert �Rowdy� Yates was promoted to the rank of brigadier general Wednesday at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia.
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Northrop Grumman Selected to Provide Link Middleware Software for Navy MH-60 HelicoptersNorthrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide communications software for the U.S. Navy's new MH-60R and MH-60S multimission helicopters.
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IAF wants LCA programme to be faster: Air ChiefThe Indian Air Force is concerned over the slow pace of the development of Tejas and hope the supersonic aircraft programme could be speeded up.
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Kitty Hawk, CVW-5 Depart for Summer Underway PeriodUSS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), after completing almost two months of scheduled maintenance and three days of at sea training, departed its forward-deployed operating port of Yokosuka, Japan, May 23, for its summer underway period.
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National Historic Landmark Dedicated on Naval Air Weapons Station China LakeThe Navy held a dedication ceremony for the Coso Rock Art National Historic Landmark May 20 at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake.
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Boeing, Lockheed Martin Proceed With DARPA/AF ISAT ProgramBoeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. have been chosen to proceed to the next stage of the Innovative Space Based Radar Antenna Technology (ISAT) program.
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Scotland's RAF helicopters get infra-red technologyThermal imaging cameras are being fitted to the fleet of Sea King helicopters at the RAF Lossiemouth.
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Major Milestone Completed on Turkey's First Peace Eagle AircraftBoeing workers in Seattle, Wash. have installed a reinforced upper section of the fuselage on the first 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft for Turkey's Peace Eagle program.
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Russia Successfully Tests Newest Cruise MissileThe Russian Air Force have successfully conducted a test of the X-555 cruise missile.
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UAV air demonstration set for JuneA day-long demonstration of unmanned aerial vehicles will be held June 27 at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River's Webster Field Annex.
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Two Dead in U.S. Chopper Crash in IraqA OH-58D helicopter crashed in Iraq after being attacked by small arms fire Thursday killing both crews.
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Thursday, May 26, 2005
Northrop Grumman Delivers Enhanced Radar for F/A-22 RaptorNorthrop Grumman Corporation has delivered a next-generation variant of the active electronically scanned array (AESA) fire-control radar for the U.S. Air Force's F/A-22 Raptor.
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Base-closure information still withheldInformation from the Pentagon on how it decided to close Ellsworth Air Force Base remained classified on Tuesday when it was supposed to be released May 20.
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Sling-load training a blast � of windTroops from the U.S. Army's 2nd Infantry Division underwent sling-load training at Camp Mobile, South Korea.
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India's defence far stronger than Pak: US ReportA report prepared by the U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) said that India has stronger air defense capabilities than Pakistan.
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AgustaWestland awarded �194M M-TADS Apache modernisation contractThe U.K. Ministry of Defence has awarded AgustaWestland, a �194m contract to upgrade the Apache AH MK1 sighting and targeting system.
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Laughlin�s U-2 pilots reuniting in Del RioU-2 pilots and their families from the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing are gathering in Del Rio and Laughlin Air Force Base this weekend to get reacquainted and to reflect on their place in history.
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Data on F-16 decision lackingA committee charged with keeping Springfield�s 183rd Fighter Wing in St. Louis are concerned about the lack of data provided by the Pentagon on its decision.
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Keeping an eye on the goalThree U.S. senators recently urged the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to keep its eye on the goal -- the near-term deployment of missile defenses.
