By TOM KINGTON and ANDREW CHUTER
ROME - As the industrial consortium behind the Eurofighter Typhoon presses customers to commit to an electronically scanned radar, the Italian Air Force has confirmed its doubts that the radar can be ready in time for the next tranche of the combat jet. ... full story
20 Nov 13:59 EST (18:59 GMT)
By TOM KINGTON and ANDREW CHUTER
ROME - As the industrial consortium behind the Eurofighter Typhoon presses customers to commit to an electronically scanned radar, the Italian Air Force has confirmed its doubts that the radar can be ready in time for the next tranche of the combat jet. ... full story
20 Nov 13:59 EST (18:59 GMT)
By PIERRE TRAN
Dubai - Thales has won a contract to supply the Indian Air Force 19 low-level transportable radar systems based on the Ground Smarter (GS) 100 sensor, the defense company announced at the air show here. ... full story
20 Nov 09:15 EST (14:15 GMT)
By THOMAS NEWDICK
BERLIN - Germany's coalition government has confirmed that the Luftwaffe will not receive its final batch of Eurofighters. To date, Germany has firmly committed to 143 aircraft; now Tranche 3B, covering the final 37 jets originally planned for the Luftwaffe, will instead be made available for export. ... full story
19 Nov 12:45 EST (17:45 GMT)
By BART JANSEN, GANNETT NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON - The U.S. will maintain its leadership in space exploration only if it treats other countries as partners rather than rivals, industry and academic witnesses told a U.S. House of Representatives panel Nov. 19. ... full story
19 Nov 16:31 EST (21:31 GMT)
By ANTONIE BOESSENKOOL
With the final request for proposals for the next U.S. Air Force refueling tanker expected next month, more than a dozen senators and congressmen on Nov. 18 reiterated their position that DoD must consider a preliminary ruling by the World Trade Organization (wto) that EADS subsidiary Airbus received illegal subsidies. ... full story
18 Nov 18:57 EST (23:57 GMT)
By ANTONIE BOESSENKOOL
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17 Nov 16:05 EST (21:05 GMT)
By PIERRE TRAN
Dubai - Thales has won a contract to supply the Indian Air Force 19 low-level transportable radar systems based on the Ground Smarter (GS) 100 sensor, the defense company announced at the air show here. ... full story
20 Nov 09:15 EST (14:15 GMT)
By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
NEW DELHI - Officials from Iran and India discussed cooperative training of troops and the possible Indian launch of an Iranian commercial satellite during Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki's visit here Nov. 16-17, sources in the Iranian Embassy here said. ... full story
18 Nov 15:16 EST (20:16 GMT)
By Vivek Raghuvanshi
NEW DELHI - In a setback to India's indigenous long-range endurance UAV program, a technology demonstrator of the Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UAV, named Rustom, crashed during the first trials Nov. 16. ... full story
17 Nov 10:45 EST (15:45 GMT)
By Barbara Opall-Rome
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19 Nov 18:20 EST (23:20 GMT)
By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
NEW DELHI - Officials from Iran and India discussed cooperative training of troops and the possible Indian launch of an Iranian commercial satellite during Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki's visit here Nov. 16-17, sources in the Iranian Embassy here said. ... full story
18 Nov 15:16 EST (20:16 GMT)
Staff report
U.S. Air Force F-16s and F-22s have deployed to the United Arab Emirates, the service announced Sunday. ... full story
17 Nov 14:26 EST (19:26 GMT)
The Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program is ready to test a few components that soldiers may have in their hands by 2010.
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