Boeing Selects Pratt & Whitney Engines for KC-767 Advanced Tanker

Posted at: Mon Mar 12th, 2007

ST. LOUIS, March 12, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has reached an agreement with Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corporation [NYSE: UTX], for the price and terms under which it will supply engines for the KC-767 Advanced ...

India to upgrade MiG-29 jets to boost fighter fleet

Posted at: Mon Mar 12th, 2007

NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force has inked a major deal to upgrade its 78 MiG-29 fighters as part of urgent measures to compensate for a rapid depletion of its fighter fleet. Under the $800-million deal, signed recently with a consortium of R...

Third C-5M Super Galaxy Test Aircraft Flown for the First Time

Posted at: Mon Mar 12th, 2007

The third fully modernized Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) C-5M Super Galaxy test aircraft made its first flight today from Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. This is the third of three test aircraft that are being used to test and demonstrate the improved reliability, m...

Global Hawk UAV Supports Border Ops In Iraq

Posted at: Mon Mar 12th, 2007

With the arrival of the first production Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Middle East last year, the program transitioned from a mere concept demonstration project to a fully operational weapon system supporting the Iraq war. Though the ...