Boeing wins contract for refueling tanker

"In an announcement that took industry experts by surprise", Boeing wins the KC-X contract to build tankers basedd on its 767 passenger jet.

Wes Bush was correct in his assessment that bidding on th KC-X was a no-win.

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Report says human error led to state computer outage

Northrop Grumman is in the news again. 

The state of Virginia is going to sue N-G for the state-wide computer outage and loss of data that resulted from failure to follow two industry best practices. Failure of equipment owned and operated by N-G contributed to the problem. 

The state of Virginia expected more for  the $2.5 billion thirteen year contract it has with Northrop Grumman. 

What do they want? Stuff that works all of the time? It not like life-or-death, as in building aircraft. 

Report says human error led to state computer outage - Richmond Times Dispatch

GOOD NEWS: US Air Force truncates Northrop unmanned plane

Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Block 4 buy is being reduced from 22 to 11.

This is GOOD NEWS! Looks like a 50% cut.

Recall that the B-2 Stealth bomber was reduced from 132 to 21. This was an 84% cut.

US Air Force truncates Northrop unmanned plane - Reuters

Rise of the machines

Nice article about the X-47B in the Mail Online - the Brits seem to think unmanned, automated killing people and breaking things without human intervention is a good thing.

Rise of the machines: Un-manned X-47B robot stealth bomber tested by US Navy | Mail Online

Chinese company wants to sell aircraft to U.S. military

I'm reading about 'China Maneuvers for U.S. Defense Contracts - FoxNews.com' on Fluent News.

Here is the link: http://fluentnews.com/s/26437695

SEE:
"They say the two companies have also been discussing putting forward AVIC's new L-15 trainer jet as a candidate to replace the U.S. Air Force's fleet of Northrop T-38s, which entered service 50 years ago and on which American fighter pilots learn skills such as how to fly at supersonic speeds."

The Chinese can build stuff cheaper.

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F/A-18 fighter jet and Northrop Grumman: Aging fighter jet gets new lease on life - latimes.com

See the story about how the delays of the F-35 program is prolonging the life of the F/A-18 program.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fighter-jet-20110204,0,2947856.story

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A Gurkha soldier, EPIC badass

See this link A Gurkha soldier, who fought 40 train robbers, to be felicitated in the Republic Day of India

EPIC badass.

Article: Australians to supply F-35 parts

Australians to supply F-35 parts - UPI

The Australians get to learn the technology to build parts for the F-35.

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