The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon a $551M contract to begin production of its Patriot air and missile defense system for the Kingdom of Bahrain, the company announced on Monday.
Read More »Lockheed Reaches 500th Delivery Milestone in F-35 Aircraft Program; Greg Ulmer Quoted
Lockheed Martin has reached a new milestone in the F-35 program with the delivery of the 500th unit.
Read More »DynCorp Receives $1.7B CMMARS IDIQ Task Order from Naval Air Warfare Center to Support T-34/T-44/T-6 Aircraft; Joe Ford Quoted
The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division has awarded DynCorp International a second task order under the potential seven-year, $1.7B Contracted Maintenance, Modification, Aircrew and Related Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support T-34, T-44 and T-6 aircraft, the company reported on Wednesday.
Read More »Boeing Launches Collaborative Center for Aircraft Readiness
Boeing has opened a new facility that will support government-industry collaboration towards aircraft performance and readiness.
Read More »Northrop Honored by AFA for Airborne Communications System
The Air Force Association has recognized the Northrop Grumman-operated system Battlefield Airborne Communications Node for providing missions with communications support.
Read More »Lockheed Reaches New Delivery Milestone for F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 500th unit of its electro-optical targeting system, which utilizes infrared technology capable of tracking air or ground targets and was designed for the F-35 aircraft.
Read More »Boeing Awarded Navy Modification for Surveillance Aircraft Support Components
Boeing has secured a $40.6M modification to an existing contract with the U.S. Navy for aircraft support equipment.
Read More »Textron Subsidiary to Provide Navy Subsonic, Supersonic Aircraft Services
Textron's Airborne Tactical Advantage subsidiary has received a one-year, $55.6M contract modification to provide Type III high subsonic and Type IV supersonic aircraft to fleet customers of the U.S. Navy.
Read More »New York Air National Guard Accepts Lockheed-Made Refueler
Lockheed Martin has completed the initial delivery of a new search-and-rescue aircraft to the U.S. National Guard. The HC-130J Combat King II aircraft is the first of four to be delivered. The National Guard's 102nd Rescue Squadron will operate the aircraft from Francis S. Grabreski Air National Guard Base in New York, the company said Thursday.
Read More »DARPA Seeks Hypersonic Vehicle Leading Edge Material Research Proposals
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has begun to solicit research proposals on high-performance leading edges for hypersonic air systems under a new initiative.
Read More »Gulfstream Receives $81M USAF Transport Aircraft Support Extension
General Dynamics' Gulfstream Aerospace subsidiary has received an $80.6M firm-fixed-price contract modification to continue helping the U.S. Air Force sustain its fleet of C-20 and C-37 transport planes.
Read More »NASA Seeks Industry Support for Urban Air Mobility Integration
NASA is calling for aerospace manufacturers and researchers to submit market information on technologies and approaches that would contribute to the safe implementation of urban air mobility. The space agency is studying methods to safely integrate manned and unmanned aircraft into the urban airspace and to manage associated air traffic, …
Read More »Boeing-Safran JV Aims to Build Auxiliary Power Units; Stan Deal Quoted
A joint venture of Boeing and Safran has received clearances from regulators to kick off design, development and servicing work on onboard engines built to power aircraft while on the ground. Etienne Boisseau will serve as CEO of the new JV that will design auxiliary power units in San Diego, Boeing said Friday. …
Read More »Sierra Technical Services Completes Critical Design Review of New Target Aircraft
Sierra Technical Services has concluded the critical design review of an upcoming unmanned target aircraft. The company said Wednesday the 5th Generation Aerial Target is being designed for use in air-to-air and ground-to-air weapons evaluation, as well as in training for pilots and ground forces. The 5GAT generates propulsion through two …
Read More »Lockheed Martin Delivers 300th F-35 Aircraft to Hill AFB
Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office have delivered the 300th F-35 aircraft. The 300th Lightning II unit is an F-35A variant assigned to the U.S. Air Force‘s Hill AF Base, the company said Monday. At present, 197 conventional takeoff and landing variants, 75 short takeoff/vertical landing variants and 28 carrier variants compose the combined …
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