Aero-News has learned Sikorsky Aircraft presented its final
proposal Monday to the US Air Force for the service's Combat Search
and Rescue (CSAR-X) mission requirements.
Remember when as a kid you would send that model plane gliding
as far as you could throw it, and sometimes it disappeared? Well,
the Army has somewhat the same problem.
Negotiations Underway Over Approved Airspace, Technology
Swapping
A proposal put forth by the Bush administration in June that
would allow Pakistan to buy up to 36 new F-16 Fighting Falcon
warplanes carries with it some unusual conditions... stipulations
Pakistani officials likely hope will disappear in ongoing
negotiations.
Aero-News learned Monday the Altair -- an improved,
high-altitude version of the famous Predator unmanned aerial
vehicle -- was recently awarded re-certification by the FAA to
continue tests in the high atmosphere.