Collins Aerospace, part of Raytheon Technologies, has secured a decade-long, $34 million contract for resources that would help the Defense Logistics Agency repair gearboxes of the U.S. Air Force's F-16 and B-2 aircraft. The contractor said Wednesday it will perform supply chain management and manufacturing services for the gearboxes, which allow an aircraft's transmission system to shift rotational speeds.
Read More »State Department OKs Potential $60M Deal With Jordan for Lockheed F-16 Air Combat Training Hub
The State Department has approved the government of Jordan's request to obtain an air combat training center for F-16 aircraft pilots as well as associated equipment and services under a potential $60 million foreign military sales transaction. Lockheed Martin's rotary and mission systems business will serve as the primary contractor for the potential FMS deal.
Read More »Lockheed Gets $64M USAF Contract to Update F-16 Software for Foreign Countries
Lockheed Martin has received a $64.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to update F-16 mission planning software used by foreign military sales customers. The company will develop, integrate, test and deliver software updates for the F-16 aircraft's Mission Planning System Unique Planning Component/Mission Planning Environment, the Department of Defense said Friday.
Read More »Boeing Inks 25-Year Lease Deal for Expanded MRO Ops in Jacksonville
Boeing plans to expand the operations of its maintenance, repair and overhaul site near Cecil Airport in Florida through a 25-year lease agreement with the Jacksonville Aviation Authority.
Read More »Pratt & Whitney, Derco Sign Distribution Pact for F-16 Aircraft Engine
Lockheed Martin's Derco subsidiary has agreed to support Pratt & Whitney-built engines for the F-16 aircraft under an exclusive distribution agreement.
Read More »Lockheed, USAF to Offer F-16 Base Model With Standardized Price to FMS Customers
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force plan to offer a base model of the F-16 fighter jet to speed up foreign military sales of the aircraft, FlightGlobal reported Saturday.
Read More »Kaman to Supply Weapon Fuzes to 25 Foreign Military Clients
Kaman has received a $57.3M order under Option 15 of a U.S. Air Force contract to manufacture programmable aerial bombs for 25 foreign military customers.
Read More »USAF, Boeing Convert F-16 Aircraft Into Aerial Target Drone
Boeing has converted a retired F-16A/C aircraft into an unmanned configuration for weapons training use as part of a public-private partnership agreement with the U.S. Air Force's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group.
Read More »Lockheed Orders CPI Aero Components for F-16 Production
CPI Aerostructures has secured a $1.2M follow-on order to supply structural assemblies Lockheed Martin will incorporate into Block 70/72 configuration of the F-16 aircraft platform.
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 of warfighters in contested environments.
Read More »Airbus Performs Automated Aerial Refuelling
Airbus has demonstrated automatic air-to-air refuelling in a flight test that took place above the Atlantic Ocean earlier this year.
Read More »USAF to Seek Airborne Aircraft Refueling Services From Industry
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 »Michele Evans, EVP of Lockheed’s Aeronautics Business, Named to 2020 Wash100 for Advancing Aircraft Tech Capabilities, Production & Forming Partnership with Airbus
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 forming partnerships and advancing technology capabilities and production of Lockheed Martin aircraft.
Read More »Air Force Installs Northrop Radar Tech on Air National Guard F-16s
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 Maryland feature the AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar technology that the service branch procured to meet a "joint operational need" identified by U.S. Northern Command, Northrop said Thursday.
Read More »Top Aces Chief Commercial Officer Russ Quinn Assumes President Role
Russ Quinn, chief commercial officer at Top Aces, has been promoted to the position of president.
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