Italian Eurofighters Providing Air Cover for Turin Winter Olympics

Feb 14 - HALLBERGMOOS, Germany, February 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the commencement of operations in its Air Surveillance role with the Italian Air Force on December 16 2005, the Eurofighter Typhoon new generation combat aircraft has been tasked with providing ai...

Barracuda UAV technology advances

Feb 14 - Images of the EADS Barracuda stealth unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) demonstrator indicate that the company's work on stealth may have outpaced that of BAE Systems, Saab and Dassault. Barracuda is a much larger, heavier and more sophisticated aircraft than the very small test vehicles that other Europ...

EDO to Develop Weapon-Release System for Predator UAS

Feb 14 - NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2006--EDO Corporation (NYSE: EDO) has been awarded a contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to develop a weapon carriage and release system for the MQ-9 Predator B unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Th...

Saab Wins Eurofighter Dispenser Order

Feb 14 - Saab Avitronics have received an order from Flight Refuelling Ltd to provide BOL 510 Countermeasures Dispensers for the Eurofighter Tranche 2 program. The order value is approximately 190 MSEK. [$24 million]

The missile that does not care

Feb 14 - MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov.) - This year shows little prospect for a much needed Russian-U.S. missile defense treaty. The American ballistic missile defense system, credible though increasingly costly, is going to become operational within years. New Russian missiles...

Berlin sources confirm German interest in unmanned jet fighter

Feb 14 - Berlin - Europe's main aerospace company is well advanced in a secret project to build a tiny but lethal unmanned fighter aircraft, sources in the German capital Berlin confirmed Tuesday. While the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) shows an artists' imp...