News of September 11, 2007
Northrop Grumman tests oblique flying wing X-plane in windtunnel
Posted at: Tue Sep 11th, 2007
Northrop Grumman is beginning high-speed windtunnel testing of the oblique flying wing X-plane it is designing for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. If built, the OFW technology demonstrator will be the first supersonic, tailless, varia...
MDA Conducts Successful Rocket Motor Test for Kinetic Energy Interceptor
Posted at: Tue Sep 11th, 2007
Lieutenant General Henry "Trey" Obering, Missile Defense Agency director, announced today the successful completion of an important Stage 1 rocket motor test for the Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) program. Conducted at the Alliant Techsystems (ATK) test facility in Promontory, Utah on Sept. 6, th...
Pratt & Whitney checks F-35 JSF engine after test anomaly
Posted at: Tue Sep 11th, 2007
Pratt & Whitney is inspecting an F135 test engine after it automatically shut down following a stall indication during ground testing for the short take-off and vertical landing variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Boeing Wins $1.1 Billion KC-135 Tanker Maintenance Contract
Posted at: Tue Sep 11th, 2007
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 11, 2007 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a 10-year, $1.1 billion U.S. Air Force contract to continue providing programmed depot maintenance (PDM) for the nation's KC-135 Stratotanker fleet. Boeing will perform the wor...
Taranis UAV Takes Big Step Nearer Reality
Posted at: Tue Sep 11th, 2007Warton, UK - The 124m Pound Taranis unmanned air vehicle (UAV) technology demonstrator programme led by BAE Systems, has moved closer to reality.
