About 90 Percent Of The Army's Unmanned Flying Hours Are In
Support Of Combat
The Army is fast approaching one million hours of unmanned
flight with its unmanned aerial systems. "Right now it looks like
we'll hit probably 1 million total hours sometime next month," said
Col. Christopher Carlile, director, U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft
Systems Center of Excellence.
Students Overcame Technical, Cultural, And Language
Challenges
27 Afghan Aircrew are being trained in Wiltshire as part of a
two year program run by the UK Joint Helicopter Command (JHC),
supported throughout by QinetiQ. Training of the Afghan Pilots and
flight engineers began in February 2008 at Boscombe Down under
'Project Curium'.
Issues Statement On Northrop Grumman's Decision Not To Bid On
KC-X Contract
EADS North America' Chairman of the Board Ralph D. Crosby, Jr.
released a statement Monday on the heels of the announcement that
Northrop Grumman had made good on its threat to withdraw from the
KC-X tanker competition.
Aircraft Will Be Based At NAS Whiting Field In Florida
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) this week announced the
delivery of the 500th Beechcraft T-6 military trainer to the United
States Government. The milestone aircraft, a T-6B, went to the U.S.
Navy.
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