Airbus has demonstrated automatic air-to-air refuelling in a flight test that took place above the Atlantic Ocean earlier this year. Read more
The U.S. Air Force has expressed its intention to award contracts for third-party refuelling tanker aircraft for tests, training and other flights, FlightGlobal reported Saturday. Read more
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Michele Evans, executive vice president for Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics business, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 Award for... Read more
The U.S. Air Force has equipped Air National Guard F-16 jets with Northrop Grumman-built radars in a move to address a homeland defense requirement. Select F-16s at Joint Base Andrews in Mar... Read more
Russ Quinn, chief commercial officer at Top Aces, has been promoted to the position of president. Read more
Honeywell’s aerospace business has awarded KBR a 10-year, $77M subcontract to carry out logistics services at Hill Air Force Base Depot in Utah. Read more
Boeing delivered three KC-46 tanker aircraft to the U.S. Air Force this month, with a total of 16 units delivered so far, Puget Sound Business Journal reported Tuesday. Read more
Forecast International has predicted that fighter aircraft manufacturers will produce a total of 3,401 jets from 2019 to 2028 and estimated that industry's overall production value will... Read more
General Electric’s aviation business has received a potential five-year, $79.7M contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide aircraft engine support services to the U.S. Air Force a... Read more
A Leonardo-built active expendable decoy has been chosen by the Department of Defense to conduct foreign comparison tests with the U.S. Air National Guard, AIN Online reported Monday. Read more
Lockheed Martin celebrated the opening of an F-35 aircraft production line at a newly refurbished hangar facility in Greenville, S.C. with ribbon-cutting ceremony held Tuesday. Read more
Raytheon received a potential six-year, $70.5M contract to support the production and engineering of center display units for the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 aircraft. Read more
The U.S. Air Force has chosen Rockwell Collins to equip the F-16 jets with an updated receiver technology designed to counter GPS threats. Rockwell Collins said Friday it will provide Digita... Read more
Executives from Lockheed Martin and Boeing have discussed how their companies could help the Defense Department increase readiness of fighter jets, Defense News reported Wednesday. Defense S... Read more
Lockheed’s Skunk Works Arm, Air Force Demo AI-Based Autonomous ISR Tech in Contested Environment
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force have demonstrated the capability of an artificial intelligence-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform to support the operations o... Read more