News of December 23, 2008
Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration Program Receives U.S. Navy Test Team Award
Posted at: Tue Dec 23rd, 2008
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 23, 2008 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) RQ-4 Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration (GHMD) team was recently named Test Team of the Quarter for the second quarter of 2008 by the U.S. Navy's Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 20....
U.S. Air Force E-8C Joint STARS Takes Off With New Engines
Posted at: Tue Dec 23rd, 2008MELBOURNE, Fla., Dec. 22, 2008 -- The U.S. Air Force E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) test bed aircraft took to the air Saturday, powered by new Pratt & Whitney JT-8D-219 engines. This flight marks the start of Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) E-8C-spe...
Russia denies supplying S-300 missile systems to Iran
Posted at: Tue Dec 23rd, 2008MOSCOW, December 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is not selling S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Iran, the Russian federal service for military cooperation said in a statement on Monday.
Predators on patrol in Afghanistan
Posted at: Tue Dec 23rd, 2008
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (AFNS) -- As the demand for intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance assets in Afghanistan increases, a small group of Airmen at a base in the southern region of the country are working to meet the demand.
