After publishing 13 posts during the past two years about the battle over the contract to produce new inflight refueling aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, today I’m pleased to report good good news in the form of a statement from Wes Bush, chief executive officer and president of Northrop Grumman Corporation [Editor's Note: Click [...]
Northrop Grumman Ends Bid for Tanker Contract
March 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Claim: Ethiopian Airlines Crash Caused by Al-Qaeda
February 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment
On the day that an Ethiopian Airlines jet crashed after takeoff from Beirut, Israel’s YNET News reported that Lebanon’s president had ruled out terrorism as a possible cause. Today, however, an intelligence and security news service is reporting otherwise. The DEBKAfile is reporting this morning that the 92 deaths aboard that Boeing 737-800 were caused [...]
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Tanker Contract Must Be National Security Priority
May 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Under the headline, U.S. Air Force’s tanker fleet showing its age, writer Molly McMillin of the The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle shared a story Sunday about the Air Force’s aging fleet of KC-135 air refueling tankers and the $35 billion contract battle between Boeing and Northrop Grumman that has immense national security implications. At the same [...]
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Will Missile Defense Successes Be Short-Lived?
December 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Almost 16 weeks after The Boeing Company successfully completed a successful test of airborne laser technology, the company announced today that is had completed yet another, leading me to wonder whether President-elect Barack Obama will view these successes and deem them “proven” in light of his campaign-trail statements that he wants to “cut investments in [...]
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Boeing Successfully Tests Fuze for Heavy Bombs
October 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Have you ever wanted to propel an 1,800-pound penetrator warhead at more than 2,300 feet per second through high-strength reinforced concrete? The folks at Boeing have. Today, they announced their efforts have succeeded. In a news release today, Boeing reported it has successfully tested a fuze well (the area where the fuze is installed) and [...]
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Boeing Laser JDAM Demonstrated on B-52H
September 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Above, an airman at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., loads a Boeing Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition onto a B-52H aircraft for a recent demonstration flight. It marked the first time the LJDAM had been carried and delivered from a B-52H. Click here to read the Boeing news release about the LJDAM milestone.
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You Might Be a Redneck Soldier If…
August 19th, 2008 · No Comments
“You might be a redneck soldier if you mount a high-energy laser weapon system on the back of your government-issued pickup truck.” I wouldn’t be surprised to hear comedian Jeff Foxworthy say this one day in the near future. Until then, we’ll count on the folks at Boeing to put together the mobile laser weapon [...]
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