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• OSD Committed To Current KC-X Strategy

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 440
  Ashton Carter the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD (AT&L), who is the head “weapons buyer” at the Pentagon had a press availability recently. At this he stated he is committed to the current plan for the KC-X program with a final RFP coming out by the end of the year ...
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• A330 Tanker Refuels Two Aircraft for the First Time

  
  Flight Image of the Day — Authority: 470
  Airbus Militarys A330-based multi-role tanker/transport (MRTT) has for the first time conducted thesimultaneous in-flight refuelling of two aircraft, by hooking up with apair of Spanish air force Boeing EF-18A fighters. Conducted using the first of five tankers on order for the RoyalAustralian Air Force, the ...
  2 days ago

• A330 MRTT Tanker Simultaneously Refuels Two Fighters

  
  DefenceTalk | Defense & Military News - Forums - Pictures - Weapons — Authority: 578
  ARLINGTON, VA: The A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (A330 MRTT), an Airbus Military program, has performed the first simultaneous fuel transfer with its all-digital hose-and-drogue system, fueling two fighter aircraft at the same time. The hose-and-drogue fuel transfers occurred on November 18 during a flight test ...
  2 days ago

• KC-767 to benefit from 787 “surge” line

  
  Leeham News and Comment — Authority: 422
  Key points: The ability to increase production rates to sell more 767s in the coming years; Lower production costs, which will be built into the KC-X bid in the hot competition with the expected Northrop Grumman KC-30 submission. Boeing’s proposed KC-767 refueling tanker will benefit from plans to establish a ...
  4 days ago

• Crazy Kids Jump Off Oil Tanker

  
  Funny Videos - Funny Commercials - Stupid Videos - Crazy Videos — Authority: 155
  These kids jump off the top of an oil tanker into the ocean. After hearing the sound of them hitting the water I think its a safe bet that going to leave a mark. Technorati Tags: crazy , fall , funny , hurt , jump , oil , Pain , Stupid , Tanker , Videos Related posts: “So incredible” NEW Crazy jump ...
  4 days ago

• Three-year-old run over by water tanker

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) A three-year-old girl was killed Sunday after she was run over by a water tanker in the national capital, police said.Roshini was playing outside her house in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar Phase-III area when the incident took place, a police officer said. “The Delhi Jal Board tanker ran over ...
  5 days ago

• Oil Spill Closes Alameda Beaches, 30 California Beaches Get an “F” This Week

  
  California Beaches Blog — Authority: 148
  Before you enter the Pacific Ocean, do you know what you are stepping into? Most people don’t. Reporters interviewing beach attendees have shown time after time that even when there are postings at a closed beach, the warning signs are hard to see and visitors continue to swim and play. And, when beaches get an ...
  6 days ago

• Pro-Boeing Legislators Want Air Force To Penalize EADS

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 440
  Several Representatives and Senators from states where Boeing (BA) would do much of the work if they won the KC-X tanker contract are pushing the Air Force to either exclude outright EADS (EADS.P) or place a cost factor on their bid . This is all due to the World Trade Organization (WTO) draft ruling that the ...
  1 week ago

• Palin’s Exxon Valdez account draws guffaws

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 693
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sarah Palin’s new memoir, “Going Rogue,” already has been strongly criticized by John McCain’s aides for her account as a vice presidential candidate on the ticket with him in their unsuccessful 2008 race for the White House. Now, add Alaskan experts who were involved in the case over ...
  1 week ago

• Iranian Tanker Firm to Cut Fuel Use 28%

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 635
  As the world seeks a consensus on cutting maritime emissions, an Iranian tanker company is making concrete promises to reduce its own emissions and fuel use.National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) aims to cut energy use 28 percent, to be achieved by improvements in operational efficiency, fleet management, traffic ...
  1 week ago

• Déjà vu All Over Again – Maersk Alabama Fends off Pirate Attack

  
  Old Salt Blog - a virtual port of call for all those who love the sea — Authority: 503
  With the end of the monsoons and the resulting calmer seas, pirate season has returned with a vengeance off the Somali coast.  Pirate attacks have risen from the Gulf of Aden and in the Indian Ocean as far as 1000 miles off the coast of Somalia in the Indian Ocean. As pressure on the pirates has been ...
  1 week ago

• Boeing Confirms Use Of Wichita Facility If KC-X Won

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 440
  Boeing’s (BA) Wichita , KS plant has supported may of their military programs over the years. In their last bid for the KC-X proposal the 767 aircraft would have been modified to become the new tanker there. In October the company would no longer make that commitment to using the Wichita plant . The company ...
  1 week ago

• Pirates seize N Korea tanker crew

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 168
  A chemical tanker with a crew of 28 North Koreans has been hijacked by pirates in waters off Somalia, the EUs naval force (Navfor) says.
  1 week ago

• Somali pirates seize tanker with 28 North Korean crew

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  London/Nairobi, Nov 17 (DPA) Somali pirates have captured a tanker with 28 North Koreans aboard - but failed in an attack to seize a Ukrainian vessel following a firefight, the European Union’s anti-piracy mission off Somalia NAVFOR said Tuesday.NAVFOR said that Virgin Islands-owned chemical tanker MV Theresa VIII ...
  1 week ago

• Pirates seize N Korea tanker crew

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  A chemical tanker with a crew of 28 North Koreans has been hijacked by pirates near Somalia, the European Unions naval force says. The MV Theresa VIII, a Singaporean-operated tanker, was taken on Monday in the south Somali Basin, 180 nautical miles north west of the Seychelles. The vessel had been heading for the ...
  1 week ago

• Pirates seize N Korea tanker crew

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 164
  A chemical tanker with a crew of 28 North Koreans is hijacked by pirates near Somalia, the EU’s naval force says. Go here to see the original:  Pirates seize N Korea tanker crew
  1 week ago

• Headline typo sends "NG" tanker to Wichita - briefly

  
  The DEW Line — Authority: 603
  My Google alert for KC-X caused me a few moments of wild panic this morning. The headline for the Wichita Eagle story on my blackberry screen read: "ng would finish tankers in Wichita". Stop the press! Briefly ignoring the weirdly lower-case "ng", my mind instantly translated the headline as, "Northrop Grumman ...
  1 week ago

• 16 bogies of oil tanker train goup in flames in Assam

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Mariani (Assam), Nov 17 (ANI): Sixteen bogies of an oil tanker train have caught fire near Mariani in Upper Assam. The tanker train had left the Numaligarh refinery for Uttar Pradesh and was between the Bhilgaon and Borpathar stations when it caught fire.The fire is still raging on the tanker train. The track has been ...
  1 week ago

• Wave Knight abandons chivalry in Somali hijack incident

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 489
  This is the Royal Navy’s 31,000 tonne tanker, RFA Wave Knight. She is almost 200 metres long with a beam of over 28 metres.She has a crew of up to 100 - 72 Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel with provision for another 26 Royal Navy personnel for helicopter and weapons systems operations.She has two 30 mm [...]
  1 week ago

• Tanker DRFP may violate law: former procurement official

  
  Leeham News and Comment — Authority: 422
  Inside Defense, a subscription-only publication, today reported that a former defense procurement official believes the current KC-X tanker Draft RFP may violate the law. Here is what Inside Defense sent out in the public domain: Former Top Procurement Official Questions KC-X Compliance with New Acquisition Law ...
  2 weeks ago

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