40th anniversary of SAAB SK60 in Austria
40 years operation of the SK60 aircraft in Austria was celebrated during the summer with up to 400 invited guests. Attendees included representatives from government…
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Contract Extended for Israel Aerospace Industries UAVs Serving Australian Air Force in Afghanistan
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), part of the NATO forces in Afghanistan, will continue to utilize Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Heron unmanned aerial vehicles…
The UH-72A Lakota makes first flight with U.S. Army Security and Support Battalion Mission Equipment Package
Arlington, Virginia, 12 August 2010 Major milestone underscores EADS North America’s ability to develop, integrate and deliver complex mission systems for U.S. warfighters The first…
Peleliu Helicopters Launch for Pakistan Relief
INDIAN OCEAN, Aug. 12, 2010 – Two Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit launched from the flight deck of…
Polar Mission Pushes Crews, Planes to Limits
NORTH GREENLAND EEMIAN ICE DRILLING CAMP, Greenland, Aug. 12, 2010 – A packed LC-130 Hercules cargo plane lurches forward across the snowy ice sheet here,struggling…
RAF test pilot on Lightning II
The radical F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is set to become the future of air combat according to the RAF test pilot putting the…
U.S. Air Force Ready to Launch First Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite Built by Lockheed Martin
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., August 12th, 2010 — The U.S. Air Force’s first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite, designed and…
Super Hornet takes stage at FIAS
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Members of the F/A-18 and EA-18G Program Office (PMA-265) here, as part of a Naval Air Systems…
Lockheed Martin Hypersonic ATACMS Motor Boosts Experimental Scramjet in First Flight
DALLAS, TX and SACRAMENTO, CA, August 10th, 2010 — Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced today that its Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) rocket motor successfully…
Kuwait – MIM-104E PATRIOT Guidance Enhanced Missile-T (GEM-T)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2010 – The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Aug. 10 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Kuwait of 209 MIM-104E…
Thales secures helicopter simulator contract with Eurocopter
Neuilly-sur-Seine, 10 August 2010 – Thales today announced that it has been selected by Eurocopter to produce a second N3 Dauphin flight simulator for its…
U.S. Air Force Selects Raytheon's GBU-53/B for Small Diameter Bomb II Program
The U.S. Air Force selected Raytheon Company’s (NYSE: RTN) GBU-53/B for the Small Diameter Bomb increment II program. The SDB II is an air-launched, precision-strike…
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