Israel Will Buy 20 F-35 combat jet

JERUSALEM Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has agreed in principle on Sunday, the purchase of 20 jet fighter that can avoid radar stealth artificial United States under an agreement worth 2.75 billion U.S. dollars, according to several defense officials said.Warplanes F-35 is expected to be delivered between 2015 and 2017, said an Israeli defense official, as quoted from Reuters.Some Israeli officials have been talking about the country’s old enemy, Iran, which potentially has developed nuclear weapons in the mid-decade.Israel gives the impression that the planes F-35 will not be used for preventive action, but rather to bolster the country’s deterrence.A ministry statement said Barak “has been approved in principle the recommendations of the Israel Defense Forces and the Ministry of Defense to move forward” with the purchase.

Stealth fighter planes, made by Lockheed Martin Corp., “will provide a continuing Israeli air superiority and maintain the technological advances in our region,” said Barak was quoted as saying in a statement.The defense officials said Israel had initially planned to buy 20 aircraft, which is expected to reach full price of 2.75 billion U.S. dollars, which will be closed to the granting of annual U.S. defense amounted to 3 billion dollars.Some officials predict that the final approval of the agreement can be given at the end of September by a panel of Israeli government ministers.Israel will become the first foreign country to sign an agreement to buy F-35, or the Joint Attack Fighter aircraft, outside the eight international partners who have helped to develop the plane.

The treaty has been negotiated since September 2008, when the first Pentagon approved the sale of 25 jet fighters with more options in the coming years.F-35 aircraft is designed to avoid radar detection and can play a role in efforts to strike Israel what Israel regarded as a threat to their survival posed by Iran’s nuclear program. Tehran denies Western and Israeli accusations that the country has been trying to produce atomic weapons.

Defense Ministry Director General Udi Shani declared Israel’s incorporation of technology into the F-35 has played a role in Barak’s decision to buy the planes.Israel, widely regarded as the only country in the Middle East which has a nuclear arsenal, has also been considering a cheaper option – the purchase of fighter version of the Boeing F-15 which has modification. (AFP)

citizen of the United States Threatens to blow up Delta Air Aircraft with the Bomb

Boston A citizen of the United States (U.S.) on a flight from Paris to Atlanta threatened to blow up a plane he was traveling. He also claimed to have false passports and carrying explosives in his luggage. Effect of act of such passengers, the aircraft diverted to the nearest airport.As reported by NBC, Wednesday (28/04/2010), U.S. federal officials to identify passengers who was named acting Derek Stansberry (26). He is a Florida home contractor who was traveling alone. However, upon investigation, which is owned by Stanberry passport is genuine.

Shortly after the claims will bomb the aircraft, he was immediately drawn to the rear of the plane by a flight attendant for further questioning on the statement.Delta Air Lines plane carrying Stanberry is the Airbus A330 with 235 passengers and eight crew. “The plane eventually landed safely at Bangor International Airport,” said Delta spokeswoman Susan Elliott.Arriving at the Bangor Airport, a suitcase belonging Stansberry eventually admitted there were explosives searched. After review, there were no suspicious or dangerous items found.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said that in March next year it will spread-made unmanned aircraft /KhAI-112 aircraft

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, on Saturday (04/24/2010), said that in March next year it will spread-made unmanned aircraft in the country capable of conducting air strikes.”Super-sophisticated unmanned aircraft is made by the Revolutionary Guards and will be operated in the second half of this year,” said the Guard Commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, which refers to the end of Iranian year falling on March 20, 2011.

He did not give detailed explanation about the flight was unmanned. Iranian unmanned aircraft technology has raised concerns in the U.S..U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates recently warned they would make it harder for the military presence in Afghanistan.In February, Iran opened two production lines to manufacture the unmanned aircraft.Tehran said the unmanned aircraft will be capable of doing high-precision attack.

Mexico Cargo Aircraft Falling , Killed Five Crew

Monterrey, A cargo plane fell into the street while trying to land in the city of Monterrey in northern Mexico. Accident that killed five crew and someone at the scene.Local civil defense Director Jorge Camacho Rescue, Wednesday (14/4/2010), said that all the crew were killed and one more person died in a car crushed the aircraft. He said only three bodies were found Wednesday the crew that night. Emergency teams still seeking two other crew.

According to Camacho, the Airbus A300 plane was trying to land in the middle of the rainy weather at about 11 pm, local time Tuesday, when the accident happened on the road to the international airport in the city’s third-largest in Mexico. The plane belongs to Aerotransportes de Carga Union, based in Mexico City that take off from Mexico City.Wreckage strewn around the scene. Nose and both wings were torn, while the remaining portion of the fuselage lying in between two lanes of the road.

Boeing Co. aircraft manufacturers will accelerate the increase in the production of two of his wide-body aircraft

CHICAGO Boeing Co. aircraft manufacturers world number two, will accelerate the increase in the production of two of his wide-body aircraft. This step is done in order to fill orders Boeing has entered the last two years. “Improved market and conservative management approach to production has put us in a position to accelerate the increase of production aircraft,” said chief executive officer (CEO) Jim Albaugh Boeing was quoted as saying by Reuters on Saturday (20/3/2010).

Boeing explained, the production of the Boeing 777 aircraft will be increased to seven per month from the previous five per month. Previously, Boeing plans to accelerate the production of this aircraft in early 2012 but brought forward to mid-2010.

United States aircraft producers are also increasing production of two Boeing 747 aircraft per month from the previous 1.5 aircraft per month. In the initial planning, the acceleration of the Boeing 747 production will be performed in mid-2013 but then became mid-2012.

Acceleration of the production increase will affect the 2010 financial statements. Boeing said the year 2010 was a year of global economic recovery and the company will return to record profits in 2011. Improving the condition of the airline industry made a plan to cut production of Boeing Boeing 737 was canceled. Global airline industry was shaken by the weakening global economy triggered by the crisis. Travel demand plummeted so airlines cancel or postpone orders aircraft.

Last week, the International Airlines Association (IATA) estimates of 2009 the airline industry suffered a loss to USD9, 4 billion. However, flights have been recovered from the crisis with the return of passengers and higher spending power. “We see the outlook for improved commercial flights. Demand is back. We see increased traffic,” said Alex Hamilton, senior aerospace analyst CK Cooper & Co..

Airbus will reduce its exposure to the troubled A400 military transport plane project

MADRID Airbus will reduce its exposure to the troubled A400 military transport plane project unless the governments that ordered it reach a decision soon on financing cost overruns, an official said Thursday.Airbus Military spokesman Jaime Perez-Guerra said time is of the essence because Airbus parent company EADS presents its 2009 earnings on March 9.He said EADS needs a decision so it can book its share of the cost overruns in its 2009 financial results, rather than carry over uncertainty into the first quarter.”We are squeezed, absolutely squeezed,” Perez-Guerra told The AP.

Perez-Guerra said EADS is not setting a new deadline for a decision but insists one must be all but completed very soon. If not, he said the company will take measures that could include diverting money, personnel and equipment to other projects.”EADS really has to see that an agreement is practically sealed,” he said.Airbus CEO Tom Enders gave the warning Wednesday as he met with union leaders during a visit to an Airbus plant outside Madrid, the spokesman said.

France said this week the seven nations that have ordered the plane have agreed to commit an extra euro2 billion ($2.75 billion) in funding. France is proposing that governments make available an extra euro1.5 billion in reimbursable loans. The project is nearly four years behind schedule.EADS has reduced its demands for extra funding to euro4.5 billion – but the government proposal still falls euro1 billion short.The four-engine turboprop military plane had its maiden flight in December. The price tag for the 180 planes ordered was fixed at almost euro20 billion in the initial contract in 2003. Germany is the biggest costumer with 60 aircraft ordered, and France wants 50.The A400M is seen as occupying an important niche market between the Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules, which carries only half the payload, and Boeing’s C-17 Globemaster III, which is larger, costlier, and less tactically versatile.The countries that have ordered the planes are Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain and Turkey.(AP)