http://en.redtram.com/ frontierindia.net Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:23:07 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 289631 | Boeing Awarded Initial Phase of Estimated $3 Billion Contract for C-17 Support http://en.redtram.com/go/161281522/top100/ 161281522 The Boeing Company has been awarded the initial phase of a new three-year U.S. Air Force contract to continue the C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership (GSP) program following a decade of comprehensive logistics support of C-17 fleets around the world. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:11:05 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/161281522/top100/ 289630 | F-35A deploys to Edwards Air Force Base for Expanded Testing http://en.redtram.com/go/161281523/top100/ 161281523 The F-35A successfully flew from Fort Worth, Texas, to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Oct. 1 to begin expanded flight testing and initiate test activities at Edwards. Flying non-stop for more than 1,000 nautical miles, this was the aircraft's Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:11:05 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/161281523/top100/ 233537 | Boeing Receives Contract for 3rd Mach 6 Hypersonic Missile Test http://en.redtram.com/go/160585908/top100/ 160585908 Boeing has been awarded an $18.3 million follow-on contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to conduct a third powered flight of the HyFly hypersonic missile. HyFly is powered by a Dual Combustion Ramjet (DCR) engine."The DCR Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:34:02 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160585908/top100/ 233537 | NATO Consortium Completes Agreement to Acquire Boeing C-17s http://en.redtram.com/go/160585905/top100/ 160585905 Boeing on October 1 announced that an international consortium of 10 NATO members — joined by Partnership for Peace nations Sweden and Finland — signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Sept. 24 to acquire three Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:34:00 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160585905/top100/ 289630 | National Symposium on Towed Array Sonar Systems at NPOL http://en.redtram.com/go/159619653/top100/ 159619653 As a part of the DRDO Golden Jubilee Celebrations, the Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Thrikkakara, Kochi is organizing a two day national symposium on 'Towed Array Sonar Systems: Engineering & Technology (TASSET - 2008)' from 03 to 04 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:39:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159619653/top100/ 289631 | Boeing Delivers 1st Standard Missile-3 Kinetic Warhead Kit Built in Huntsville http://en.redtram.com/go/159619652/top100/ 159619652 Boeing last month delivered on schedule the first production Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) kinetic warhead kit built in Huntsville, Ala. The delivery came almost one year to the day after Boeing's announcement that it would transfer its missile defense production work Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:39:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159619652/top100/ 289631 | Boeing, US Air Force open F-15E Training Center in UK http://en.redtram.com/go/159619647/top100/ 159619647 The Boeing Company and the U.S. Air Force yesterday opened a new F-15E Mission Training Center (MTC) at Royal Air Force Lakenheath in Suffolk, United Kingdom. The center began operations in April 2008 and has supported approximately 350 training missions Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:39:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159619647/top100/ 289631 | F-22 Raptor surpassed more than 50,000 total flight hours in August http://en.redtram.com/go/159619649/top100/ 159619649 while establishing new standards in capability and maturity.Pilots and crews at six U.S. bases achieved this maturity level. Operational, frontline Raptors are assigned to the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley AFB, Va.; the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman AFB, N.M.; Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:39:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159619649/top100/ 233537 | F-35B Prepares for Transition to STOVL Flights http://en.redtram.com/go/159619613/top100/ 159619613 The conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35A Lightning II notched its 50th flight last week in preparation for testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., while the F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant began a planned modification interval that will Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:39:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159619613/top100/ 233537 | Flight trial demonstrates JASSM's anti-jam GPS http://en.redtram.com/go/159522829/top100/ 159522829 A Lockheed Martin Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) successfully completed a Product Upgrade Verification (PUV) flight test on September 18 atWhite Sands Missile Range, NM. The missile successfully navigated through a preplanned route and struck its intended target.The PUV flight Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:05:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159522829/top100/ 289631 | Boeing Awarded Contract for B-52 Advanced Targeting http://en.redtram.com/go/159020245/top100/ 159020245 The Boeing Company on 24th September announced a $15 million contract award from the U.S. Air Force to develop advanced targeting capabilities for the B-52 Stratofortress. The software upgrades will include improvements for transmitting video and targeting information from the Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:08:56 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159020245/top100/ 289631 | ROSOBORONEXPORT to attend Africa Aerospace and Defence 2008 http://en.redtram.com/go/156928895/top100/ 156928895 The Africa Aerospace and Defence 2008 (AAD) international arms show will be held at Air Force Base Ysterplaat, Cape Town, South Africa, from 17 until 21 September, 2008. A scientific conference will be convened within the framework of AAD 2008.The Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:09:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/156928895/top100/ 233537 | Russian North naval fleet leaves for 1st joint Russian-Venezuelan naval exercises http://en.redtram.com/go/156928896/top100/ 156928896 A group of ships from the Russian North Fleet led by the nuclear missile cruiser "Pyotr Velikiy" (Peter the Great) departed to Atlantic Ocean to take part in the first joint Russian-Venezuelan naval exercises. Russia`s airplanes is also reported to Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:09:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/156928896/top100/ 289631 | F-35 at least 400% better in air-to-air combat against Russian Sukhois says Lockheed Martin http://en.redtram.com/go/156326472/top100/ 156326472 U.S. Air Force analyses show the F-35 Lightning II is at least 400 percent more effective in air-to-air combat capability than the best fighters currently available in the international market.The Air Force's standard air-to-air engagement analysis model, also used by Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:35:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/156326472/top100/ 233537 | Indian and UK soldiers participate in Exercises "Lions Strike" and "Wessex Warrior" http://en.redtram.com/go/156181778/top100/ 156181778 For the first time in over 60 years soldiers from the Indian Army have been training with British troops on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. Nearly 140 men from the Punjab-based 16 Mechanised Infantry Battalion (16 Mech Inf Bn) are currently Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:49:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/156181778/top100/ 289631 | Raytheon AIM-9X Block II Missile Completes First Captive Carry Flight http://en.redtram.com/go/156181777/top100/ 156181777 A U.S. Air Force F-15C completed the first captive carry test of Raytheon Company's AIM-9X Block II air-to-air missile.The infrared-guided AIM-9X Block II missile faced the same stressors -wind, vibration and altitude — that it would encounter during an operational Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:49:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/156181777/top100/ 289631 | First UK Tranche 2 twin-seat Typhoon in final assembly http://en.redtram.com/go/156037763/top100/ 156037763 The first UK Tranche 2 twin-seat Typhoon is now in the final stages of assembly at BAE Systems Warton. The Tranche 2 Typhoon will provide the customer with an increased capability thanks to the improved speed and power of the Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:16:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/156037763/top100/ 289631 | BAE launches new variant of South Africa's export Mine Protected Vehicle http://en.redtram.com/go/155638055/top100/ 155638055 BAE Systems has launched the newest version of its acclaimed RG series of mine resistant personnel carrier vehicle, the RG31 Mk6E, which will make its debut at the African Aerospace & Defence 2008 show in Cape Town (17-21 September).Since receiving Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:27:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/155638055/top100/ 289631 | Boeing Delivers Software-Defined FAB-T Radio Prototype http://en.redtram.com/go/155638053/top100/ 155638053 Boeing has moved a step closer to linking military ground, air and space assets with the delivery of its next-generation Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) prototype to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Mass.The delivery Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:27:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/155638053/top100/ 289631 | Thales unveils a new reconnaissance sub-system for combat vehicles http://en.redtram.com/go/155638051/top100/ 155638051 Thales Suisse has unveiled a bi-sensor reconnaissance sub-system on the tactical vehicle EAGLE IV by General Dynamics / Mowag. The recce sub-system includes a tactical radar as well as an optical camera on a 10 meter mast. This sub-system will Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:27:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/155638051/top100/