Seattle Times: Interview With Jim Albaugh
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Ten Simple Reasons Why Northrop Grumman Should Stay in the KC-X Competition
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There are compelling arguments for Northrop Grumman/EADS to leave this competition as well, but overall, we believe that this RFP offers some reasonable chances to NOC to win. Here are ten (very simple - we won’t elaborate more) reasons why we think NOC should stick around for the “final” round of this [...]
Official: France to Provide Four LHAs to Russia
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The first two will be built in France, and will be delivered to Russia devoid of any military systems. Each carrier reportedly has a list price of $700 million.
Les Echos:La France défend la vente de navires Mistral à la Russie
AvWeek: Boeing Bullish On Phantom Ray
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Boeing officials plan to begin taxi tests on the company’s Phantom Ray demonstrator in July, a slight delay from earlier plans, but first flight is still targeted for December 2010, according Darryl Davis, Boeing Phantom Works president.
Phantom Ray is a revived version of the defunct X-45C program. It is fully funded [...]
AvWeek: 787 and 747-8 test update
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Boeing has broken the 200 flight hour barrier on the 787 test program following successive flights today by the initial pair of workhorses - ZA001 and ZA002. The milestone was marked as ZA001 conducted its 11th flutter flight test and ZA002 performed another stability and control flight.
As of a few minutes ago, the Boeing 787 [...]
The Dew Line: War paint for Phantom Ray
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Five years ago, the Boeing X-45 and Northrop Grumman X-47 dueled for US Air Force and Navy contracts worth billions of dollars under the long-defunct joint unmanned combat air systems (J-UCAS) program.
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