http://frontierindia.net Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:38:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A joint-agency search continues for missing crew members following Monday's crash of a B-52H Stratofortress bomber 25 miles off the northwest coast of Guam. Bodies of two of the six Airmen on board the aircraft have been recovered. Identities of the crew members are being withheld pending family notification. On scene ... http://frontierindia.net/search-continues-following-b-52-crash [caption id="attachment_2134" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="crédit : STAT"][/caption]The General Delegation for Armaments (DGA) has delivered on July 16 the first Caesar cannon artillery (truck equipped with an artillery system) serially produced for the French Army. Seven additional guns will be delivered before the end of 2008. The contract for CAESAR was ... http://frontierindia.net/french-army-receives-first-serially-produced-caesar-truck-mounted-artillery-guns [caption id="attachment_2131" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Photo: EADS"][/caption]EADS Military Transport Aircraft Division advanced aerial refueling boom has confirmed its ability to support large U.S., NATO and allied air forces by performing multiple aerial refueling contacts with an operational French AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft. Performed on Friday , July 18, ... http://frontierindia.net/eads-mtad-air-refueling-boom-system-capabilities-demonstrated-on-awacs-aircraft The Boeing Company today announced an agreement to acquire Insitu, Inc., a pioneer in the unmanned air systems (UAS) market and leader in the design, development and manufacture of high-performance, low-cost UAS used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). Boeing and Insitu have partnered since 2002 and together developed the successful ... http://frontierindia.net/boeing-acquires-insitu-to-expand-capabilities-in-unmanned-systems Defence Minister A K Antony at the inauguration of the “International Technology Seminar on Future Infantry Combat Vehicle and Future Main Battle Tank” said that "a revised DPP 2008 is being released shortly that will reflect our commitment to transparency as well as encouragement to indigenous industry." In an apparent snub ... http://frontierindia.net/revised-dpp-2008-to-induce-indigenisation-bring-about-transparency-says-indian-defence-minister BAE Systems today announces a three-year programme that will fully implement and embed all 23 recommendations of the Woolf Committee Report. After a thorough review of the Report, an implementation programme has been developed that will deliver the Company’s goal to achieve benchmark standards of governance in the conduct ... http://frontierindia.net/bae-systems-to-implement-woolf-committee-recommendations AgustaWestland signed a contract to supply 18 AW139 medium twin helicopters to the Qatar Armed Forces. These aircraft will be operated by the Qatar Emiri Air Force supporting various Government Agencies to perform several roles including utility, troop transport, search and rescue, border patrol, special forces operations, law enforcement and homeland security duties. ... http://frontierindia.net/260-million-euro-contract-for-18-aw139-helicopters-with-qatar-armed-forces Airbus announced transactions covering 256 aircraft, valued at US$ 40.5 billion at the 2008 Farnborough Air Show. These transactions include firm orders for 247 aircraft and nine commitments. This also reflects a strong aerospace market despite the global economic uncertainties. The highlights of the show were two large orders from Middle ... http://frontierindia.net/airbus-announces-orders-worth-over-us-40-billion-at-farnborough-airshow Boeing and the government of Qatar signed an agreement on July 21 for the purchase of the C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to provide new strategic-airlift mobility capabilities for the Qatar Armed Forces (QAF). Qatar will sign a Foreign Military Sales agreement for contractor logistics support with the U.S. Air Force. ... http://frontierindia.net/c-17-globemaster-iii-for-qatar-armed-forces [caption id="attachment_2111" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Artist Impression"][/caption]A team, led by a number of recently qualified engineers and scientists from QinetiQ’s Cortex early career training scheme, has entered an innovative and highly versatile unmanned air vehicle (UAV) for the MOD’s Grand Challenge – a competition designed to encourage younger engineers and scientists ... http://frontierindia.net/innovative-vtol-uav-can-fly-conventionally-hover-and-acts-as-ground-sensor