Rolls-Royce awarded $700 million contract for V-22 engines

Posted at: Mon Oct 1st, 2007

Rolls-Royce has signed a $700 million production contract with the Naval Air Systems Command to produce 370 AE 1107C-Liberty engines for the US Marine Corps' MV-22 and the US Air Force's CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.

The Big Squeeze - USAF can't buy many new large ISR aircraft

Posted at: Mon Oct 1st, 2007

The Air Force is seeking fundamental change in the field of intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance. It's increasingly clear that changes at the margin won't do. Faced with insatiable demand for up-to-the-minute information, but with limited funds to acquire new hardware, USAF knows ...

Task force readies base for Joint Strike Fighter mission

Posted at: Mon Oct 1st, 2007

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- With the next generation of fighter aircraft slated to arrive here in less than three years, the Eglin F-35 Site Activation Task Force is already working to get the base ready. Led by Col. George Ross and consisting of a 12-man joint service team, the SA...