Tanker-proposal request expected by autumn

Posted at: Fri Feb 3rd, 2006

ORLANDO, Fla. - A request for proposals (RfP) likely will go out to industry by autumn 2006 for the Air Force's contemplated purchase of tanker aircraft, service secretary Michael Wynne told reporters at the Air Force Association show here.

Canada in talks to spend $10B on stealth jets

Posted at: Fri Feb 3rd, 2006

Canada is in negotiations that could eventually lead to the multibillion-dollar purchase of the latest stealth fighter being built for the American arsenal. Canada and seven other nations involved in the talks will likely be in a position to tell the Americans by the summer how many o...

Quadrennial Review Allows DoD to Make 'Vector Changes'

Posted at: Fri Feb 3rd, 2006

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2006 - The Quadrennial Defense Review is a chance for the Defense Department to make "vector changes" on the transformation of the American military, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said during a recent interview.

Bush 'tried to lure Saddam into war using UN aircraft'

Posted at: Fri Feb 3rd, 2006

PRESIDENT BUSH had plans to lure Saddam Hussein into war by flying an aircraft over Iraq painted in UN colours in the hope he would shoot it down, a book reveals. Mr Bush told Tony Blair of the extraordinary plan during a meeting in the White House on January 31, 2003, six weeks befo...

Bush seeks $439 billion for defense

Posted at: Fri Feb 3rd, 2006

WASHINGTON -- President Bush next week will request a $439.3 billion Defense Department budget for 2007, a nearly 5 percent increase over this year, according to senior Pentagon officials and documents obtained Thursday by he Associated Press.

Lift-off as Production Starts on First STOVL F-35 JSF

Posted at: Fri Feb 3rd, 2006

SAMLESBURY, U.K.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2006--BAE Systems has started production of the first U.K. components for the Short Take-Off / Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the world's next generation stealth fighte...