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Sikorsky-Boeing Demonstrator Aircraft Carries Rocket Launcher System During Test Flight

Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary and Boeing have flight-tested the carrying capacity of a demonstrator for a helicopter designed to transport the U.S. Army’s cargo and personnel. The SB>1 DEFIANT aircraft carried a 5,300-pound Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System training load while flying at the Florida-based Sikorsky Development Flight Center, Lockheed said. SB>1 DEFIANT serves as […] More

by Nichols Martin July 26, 2021, 11:45 am
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Boeing Receives $58M Navy Award for Quickstrike Extended Range Glide Kits, Components

Boeing has secured a $58.3 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, undefinitized contract action from the U.S. Navy for Quickstrike Extended Range non-functional glide kits, prototype articles and shipping containers. The contractor will design and produce QS-ER glide kits at its facility in St. Louis, Missouri, and is expected to complete contract work by March 2024, the Department of […] More

by Angeline Leishman July 21, 2021, 12:10 pm
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Air National Guard Uses Boeing-Made KC-46 Tankers to Refuel F-35 Jets
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2 New Boeing Solar Arrays Now Installed on International Space Station

Two new Boeing-made solar arrays have been installed by astronauts outside the International Space Station to provide power for the orbiting laboratory. The company said Monday the new arrays generate twice the energy than those produced by the original ones, and feature solar cells built by Spectrolab and a Redwire-developed roll-out structure for enabling movement […] More

by Angeline Leishman June 29, 2021, 11:53 am
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Boeing, NASA Prepare for Starliner’s Second Uncrewed Test Flight

Boeing and NASA teams started fueling the company’s CST-100 Starliner crew and service modules in preparation for the spacecraft’s second flight test that is scheduled to launch on July 30 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida aboard the United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket. The Orbital Flight Test-2 mission will allow NASA and […] More

by Jane Edwards June 17, 2021, 12:08 pm
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Intel Creates Government Affairs Advisory Committee; Pat Gelsinger Quoted

Intel has formed a new government affairs advisory committee to provide a range of perspectives to company leaders on global governmental and political matters. The committee members are Gregory Smith, chair; Jon Huntsman, vice chair; Erich Clementi; Michele Flournoy; Fred Kempe; Robert Kimmitt; Janet Napolitano and Yuanqing Yang, Intel said Wednesday. “The eight distinguished members […] More

by William McCormick June 16, 2021, 11:59 am
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Navy, Boeing Demo MQ-25 Drone’s Aerial Refueling Capability; Leanne Caret Quoted

Boeing and the U.S. Navy have completed an air-to-air fuel transfer mission that demonstrated the capability of a company-built unmanned aircraft system to conduct aerial refueling in support of another aircraft, and marked the first time such activity was performed. The demonstration involved the Boeing-owned MQ-25 T1 test asset and a U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighter […] More

by Christine Thropp June 9, 2021, 12:20 pm
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Paul Lemmo: CH-53K, Combat Rescue Helicopter Among Sikorsky’s Near-Term Priorities

Paul Lemmo, president of Sikorsky, told Defense News in an interview published Monday about his near-term priorities as head of the Lockheed Martin subsidiary and one of those is transitioning the Combat Rescue Helicopter and CH-53K programs into the production phase. “Both of them are going into [initial operational test and evaluation] IOT&E and we’re […] More

by Jane Edwards May 25, 2021, 4:05 am
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Boeing-Saab Team Applies Digital Method to 1st Red Hawk Trainer Splice
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Boeing Receives Initial Redwire Solar Arrays for Space Station

Redwire has built and supplied a pair of roll-out solar arrays to Boeing for installation on the International Space Station as part of a NASA initiative to modernize the orbiting laboratory's power system. Boeing, the prime contractor for NASA ISS operations, received two of the six iROSAs after the hardware completed the acceptance testing phase, Redwire said Thursday.

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by Mary-Louise Hoffman May 7, 2021, 11:50 am
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USAF Demos New Autonomy Core System With Kratos-Made Unmanned Aircraft

The U.S. Air Force has flight-tested a Kratos Defense & Security Solutions-made unmanned tactical aerial platform equipped with a new autonomy core system to assess its navigational command response and basic aviation functions. The UTAP-22 aircraft flew at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida on April 29 to exhibit safe flight performance of the Skyborg ACS while being monitored by both ground-based and airborne control stations, Air Force Research Laboratory said Wednesday.

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by Nichols Martin May 6, 2021, 7:22 am
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Former Army Intell Officer Barbara Fast Named to Clarifai’s Public Sector Advisory Council

Barbara Fast, a former U.S. Army intelligence officer, has joined Clarifai to serve as senior adviser and member of the company's public sector advisory council. Fast is a retired Army major general who contributed 32 years of service to the military, having held intelligence-related roles with the Army Intelligence Center, Multi-National Forces-Iraq, National Security Agency and Central Security Service.

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by Nichols Martin May 3, 2021, 7:15 am