Americas * The first upgraded C-130H arrived at Eglin Air Force Base on January 11 to begin testing. Operated by the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing, testing will continue for the next several months, with the evaluations aimed at collecting data to...
Americas * Northrop Grumman were awarded Friday, a $172 million one-year US Air Force contract for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN). Under the terms of the agreement, Northrop will provide BACN payload operation and support for payload equipment and...
Americas * Aviation Week reports on Boeing's unveiling of its Mach 5 hypersonic demonstrator concept at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SciTech forum. Dubbed the 'son of Blackbird', the aircraft features a delta-wing and builds on the two...
Americas * Boeing revealed Wednesday, a new unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle prototype. Powered by an environmentally-friendly electric propulsion system with eight counter rotating blades allowing for vertical flight, the...
Hoping all of our readers are having a productive January, and that those resolutions are sticking after the end of year feasting and excess. As tomorrow is Martin Luther King Day—and the first time since 2007 the holiday falls on the great man's actual birthday—we...
Americas * General Electric will provide its services in support of F/A-18 E-F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft, thanks to a $74 million contract issued by the Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support. The six month agreement, scheduled to be...
Americas * Lockheed Martin announced the receipt of an undisclosed value US Navy development contract to provide the service's MH-60 helicopters with an enhanced electronic warfare surveillance and countermeasure capabilities against anti-ship missile (ASM) threats....
Americas * The US State Department's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has approved the potential foreign military sale (FMS) of RGM-84L Harpoon Block II surface launched missiles, Block II Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) tactical missiles and MK 54 Mod 0...
Americas * The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Boeing's MQ-25 Stingray demonstrator a US aircraft registration, the firm has told Flight Global. The unmanned carrier-based mission tanker prototype, dubbed T1, was unveiled by Boeing on Twitter...