Four Republican Senators have wrote a letter to the Secretary of Defense asking him to consider Georgia as a location to host a ballistic missile defense radar instead of Turkey.
Bulgaria receives Gripen offer from Saab
Saab has submitted its offer to supply Gripen fighters for Bulgaria’s fighter competition. The information was passed to Bulgaria’s Defense Minister Anyu Angelov when he visited Saab on Thursday.
India lost another MiG-21
The Indian Air Force lost another MiG-21 on Friday.
F-15E AESA radar upgrade affected by stalled FY2011 budget
The USAF will have to ground some of its F-15Es due to a shortage of parts for its radar if the AESA radar upgrade contract is not awarded this year. A stalled FY 2011 budget is the root cause of the problem as the Air Force lacks funds to carry out the upgrade.
Second X-37B being prep for liftoff
If everything goes according to plans, the second Boeing X-37B space plane will lift off from Cape Canaveral, Florid on Mar. 4.