WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) is being awarded a U.S. Navy contract add-on worth up to $320 million for "long lead" items used in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Defense Department said Wednesday.
Work on the contract is expected to be completed in November 2011. The ...
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Written by admin on March 25th, 2009
Written by admin on March 25th, 2009
March 25 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Air Force said an F-22A fighter jet crashed today during a test mission in California, the first such accident since the newest stealth aircraft became fully operational in 2007.
The pilot, whose condition is unknown, was the only person on board, the Air Force ...
Written by admin on March 24th, 2009
(IsraelNN.com) The Israel Air Force achieved near-perfect accuracy in its attacks on targets in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead, a post-war IAF analysis has found. Formal IAF statistics show that fully 99 percent of the fire carried out by the IAF hit its targets accurately, the IDF website reported Monday.
For ...
Written by admin on March 24th, 2009
MOSCOW, March 20 (RIA Novosti) - A prototype of the advanced Su-35 Flanker multi-role fighter plane has conducted its 100th test flight, to complete testing of flight control systems, the Sukhoi aircraft maker said on Friday.
According to the company, successful flight tests involving two prototypes have confirmed the earlier-announced timeframe ...
Written by admin on March 23rd, 2009
BEIJING (AFP) – China will not remain the world's only major nation without an aircraft carrier indefinitely, state press Monday cited the nation's defence minister as telling his Japanese counterpart.
Liang Guanglie made the remarks to visiting Japanese Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada on Friday, the Oriental Morning Post said, in discussions ...
