Field Aerospace has won a potential $18.5 million contact to update the avionics suite of 208 T-1A Jayhawk aircraft and trainers for the U.S. Air Force. USAF asked the company to replace avionics of 16 flight trainers, 14 part task trainers and 178 standard aircraft in the service branch’s T-1A fleet, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The AF Life Cycle […] More

The Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Research Laboratory has opened a new field office in Colorado as the organization looks to establish a presence in the aerospace hub. The office will host staff members tasked to directly engage with stakeholders in Colorado Springs, including government contractors and U.S. Space Force commands, amid increasing interest in space, […] More

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense will work to increase its capacity to produce printed circuit board assemblies for use in hypersonic weapons after being awarded $11.7 million by the Department of Defense. The award is the latest issued within fiscal year 2024 by the Defense Production Act Investment Program, the Department of Defense said Friday.

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Ball Aerospace will manage a concept study for the NASA Explorers Program to understand the magnetism of the sun and how it affects space, Earth and other planets. The company said Tuesday the Chromospheric Magnetism Explorer mission concept would use a near ultraviolet spectropolarimeter to make novel observations of the solar magnetic field in the chromosphere to learn how magnetic energy buildup leads to solar flares and coronal mass ejections.

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Kenneth Bedingfield has been selected to serve as senior vice president and chief financial officer of L3Harris Technologies, effective Dec. 11. In his new role, Bedingfield will guide the company’s financial strategy while overseeing its global finance team, L3Harris announced from its Melbourne, Florida headquarters on Monday.

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Albers Aerospace’s mission is to provide superior goods and services to the public and private sectors while contributing constructively. Leaders, founders, and executives at the company draw on years of military experience to benefit clients and employees.   Albers Aerospace Leaders, Founders, Execs: Who are they?   Read on and get to know Albers Aerospace’s […] More

Ball Aerospace and NASA’s team at Goddard Space Flight Center have assembled the primary camera system for the space agency’s next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space telescope. The Wide Field Instrument is constructed to be capable of providing a field of view over 100 times larger than Roman’s Hubble Space telescope predecessor while retaining the same resolution, […] More

Ball Aerospace and NASA's team at Goddard Space Flight Center have assembled the primary camera system for the space agency's next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space telescope. The Wide Field Instrument is constructed to be capable of providing a field of view over 100 times larger than Roman’s Hubble Space telescope predecessor while retaining the same resolution. More

MAG Aerospace and L3Harris Technologies have won a U.S. Army competition to develop and deliver a pair of high-altitude aircraft with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. The team will equip two Bombardier Global 6500 aircraft with ISR payloads to support the service branch’s mission to advance long-range precision fires under the Theater-Level, High-Altitude Expeditionary Next […] More

RTX’s Collins Aerospace business demonstrated the capability of its artificial intelligence-based communications systems, gateway technology and cross-domain platform to link coalition partners to a data network during the second round of a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command multinational exercise at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. “Our automated communications powered by AI securely provided mission data to […] More

Aerospace and defense leaders are indispensable in bolstering national security and safeguarding the well-being of United States citizens. They are at the forefront of supplying cutting-edge equipment, advanced weaponry, and sophisticated systems to maintain aerial supremacy and assert dominance in the face of imminent threats. Their unwavering commitment to innovation and expertise empowers the nation’s […] More

A Griffon Aerospace unmanned aerial system equipped with a computing device from Parry Labs has flown at a Huntsville, Alabama, private airfield. The recent flight of Valiant, Griffon’s tactical UAS offering for the U.S. Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System competition, included the Edge Compute Micro technology, Parry Labs said Monday. EC Micro is powered […] More