BREAKING NEWS:Northrop Grumman/EADS…the KC-45/A330. Huge win for US/EU team. – Christian MORE: Pentagon picks EADS/Northrop for tanker contract: report (AFP) The Pentagon has chosen Europe’s EADS, parent of Airbus, and US partner Northrop Grumman for a massive refueling tanker aircraft contract, the Wall Street Journal said Friday. The newspaper, citing a person familiar with the […]
February 2008
Be sure to check out first impressions from the annual Association of the U.S. Army Winter Symposium on the unveiling of BAE Systems/Navistar’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle prototype.
You can look this one up. See FY 09 budget request, justification materials, US Air Force, Aircraft procurement-Vol. 2, page 71. You’ll find on that page a detailed description for not one, but two potential mechanical problems that could cause a B-2A to crash. Here’s a sampling (read highlighted text): The problem is caused by […]
Killing off your [erstwhile] allies…? Our friend Aharon Etingoff sends me this from the JP: ‘Arabs helped Mossad kill Mughniyeh’ Syrian sources claim that several Arab nations conspired with Mossad to assassinate Hizbullah chief of operations Imad Mughniyeh earlier this month, the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi daily stated on Wednesday. According to the report, which could […]
Something told me this would happen. Saw a great report last night from Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin who’s been traveling with Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway in Iraq. She knew news when she saw it and reports that Marines are complaining mightily about their new body armor vest, the Modular Tactical Vest or MTV. […]
