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Raytheon Missile Deployed On Predator

This article first appeared at Aerospace Daily & Defense Report. A small air-to-surface missile developed as a private venture by Raytheon is being deployed on the Predator unmanned aircraft by...

Boeing Rethinking Plan To Back Out Of JCA

This article first appeared in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report. Boeing is rethinking its decision to back out of a deal with L-3 Communications and Alenia North America to build C-27Js for the...

Rescue Chopper Requirements Sacrificed for Rivalries

This article first appeared in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report. Nearly a decade ago, U.S. Air Force officers formulated a list of requirements for a new combat, search and rescue helicopter...

Japan Wants Electronic Attack in Next Fighter

This article first appeared at Aerospace Daily & Defense Report. TOKYO -- Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor still appeals to Japan’s leadership, but there’s an implacable demand for Japan’s...

Helo Needs Still Unmet For Space Command

This article first appeared in Aviation Week's Aerospace Daily and Defense Report. U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) is again pushing for a program to replace its aging UH-1N helicopters, saying...

Hover and Stare: FCS Testing UAVs

This article first appeared in Aviation Week's Ares Weblog. Given Defense Secretary Robert Gates' order to the service branches to hurry up and get more unmanned aerial vehicles out to the...

NorGrum's Secret X-Bomber

This article first appeared in Aviation Week's Ares Weblog. DTI reports this month that Northrop Grumman has won a classified Air Force contract to develop a secret bomber prototype. Naturally,...

Hummingbird Hovers Into Record Books

This article first appeared in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report. SEATTLE -- Boeing's A160T Hummingbird unmanned rotorcraft flew for 18.7 hours on an overnight flight May 14-15, setting what the...

Stalled Defense Bill Could Delay Predators

This article first appeared in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report. If Congress fails to pass a fiscal 2009 defense appropriations bill -- leaving military spending at 2008 levels for the near term...

Canada Lowers Number Of Planned Fighters

This article first appeared in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report. Canada has reduced the number of new fighters it plans to purchase to 65 from 80, and stresses that it has not formally selected...