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Next-Gen Global Hawk UAV Takes FlightPalmdale CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2009 The first Block 40 configuration of the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) successfully completed its first flight on Nov. 16. Designated AF-18, the advanced capability aircraft flew for approximately two hours from Northrop Grumman's manufacturing facility in Palmdale, Calif., to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. "AF-18, the eleventh of the ... read more |
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Canberra, Australia (UPI) Dec 4, 2009 Boeing has delivered two of its "Wedgetail" airborne early warning and control aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force at its Williamtown air base. AEW&C Program Manager Air Vice Marshal Chris Deeble said the planes, based on Boeing's 737 airframe and assembled and tested in Seattle, are critical to Australia's air combat capability. "The Wedgetail aircraft is a first-of-type ... more  
Melbourne (UPI) Dec 3, 2009 Australia has given its final approval for the first group of Joint Strike Fighters, worth $3 billion for 14 aircraft to be delivered in 2014. The Ministry of Defense said the F-35 aircraft will be handed over in the United States, ready to begin initial training and test activities and are to replace Australia's F/A-18F Super Hornets. Australia's first operational squadron will ... more  
Washington (AFP) Dec 2, 2009The Obama administration sought Wednesday to win firmer backing from Islamabad in fighting extremism by pledging to sharply step up support for Pakistan, a nuclear-armed nation wary of US actions. Islamabad asked Washington to help ensure "there would be no adverse fallout on Pakistan" after US President Barack Obama announced in a speech Tuesday he would send 30,000 more troops to neighbori ... more |
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RAAF Base Williamtown, Australia (SPX) Dec 01, 2009Boeing has delivered the first two Project Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW and C) aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The aircraft were delivered during a ceremony at RAAF Base Williamtown, the main operating base for the Wedgetail fleet. Attending the ceremony were officials from the RAAF, the Defence Materiel Organisation and Boeing. Delivery of ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 28, 2009Japan on Saturday launched a next-generation spy satellite as part of efforts to beef up its surveillance system against the threat of North Korea's missiles, officials said. An H-2A rocket carrying the nation's No. 3 Information Gathering Satellite was launched Saturday morning from Tanegashima Space Centre on Tanegashima island, southwestern Japan, the officials said. "We successfully ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 30, 2009On 21 August 2009, the Montara offshore oil platform in the Timor Sea (a large sea bordering the Indian Ocean, to the northeast of Australia) started leaking oil. Over a period of ten weeks, more than two million litres of oil were lost into the sea, forming a 2000 square kilometre slick. The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X followed the growth of the slick as it occurred. The picture ... more |
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