December 30, 2011 Military Aviation News

Marines’ F-35 Engines Costing Way More Than Other Services’

12/30/2011

There’s been lots of grumbling over the cost of the $380 billion F-35 fighter program, and some wheels squeak louder than others. On Wednesday, the Navy awarded a $1.1 billion contract for 30 F-35 engines to Pratt & Whitney Military Engines of East Hartford, Conn.

Ace Combat – Assault Horizon: Downloadable Skill-Pack Available

12/30/2011

How may gamers out there want to get a downloadable content (DLC) packs for free? Well, if you are pinning for some new skills for your Ace Combat – Assault Horizon in its multiplayer mode, you’ll be delighted to hear that this holiday season, Japanese video game developer-publisher Namco Bandai is equally pinning to sell you some Ace Combat DLC for “free”.

BAE to Help US Military, Saudi Arabia Avoid Friendly Fire

12/30/2011

BAE Systems‘ information and electronic systems integration sector has won a $13,480,910 firm-fixed-price contract to provide CXP digital transponder hardware to the U.S. Army and Navy and the governments of Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands.

Civilian contractors playing key roles in U.S. drone operations

12/30/2011

Relying on contractors has brought companies that operate for profit into some of America's most sensitive military and intelligence operations. And using civilians makes some in the military uneasy.

US aircraft carrier in drill zone: Iran

12/30/2011

A US aircraft carrier entered a zone near the Strait of Hormuz that is now being used by the Iranian navy for military drills, an Iranian official said on Thursday amid rising tensions over the key oil-transit channel. "A US aircraft carrier was spotted inside the manoeuvre zone ... by a navy reconnaissance aircraft," Commodore Mahmoud Mousavi, the spokesman for the Iranian exercises, told the official IRNA news agency.

Boeing Statement on Saudi Arabia Purchase Agreement

12/30/2011

Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney today welcomed the announcement by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that it has reached an agreement to purchase from the U.S. government 84 new Boeing F-15 fighter aircraft and to upgrade 70 of its existing F-15s.

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