Americas * Following Northrop Grumman, L-3, General Dynamics and Gulfstream's lead, a competing team of Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Bombardier are now positioning to compete for the Air Force's JSTARS recap program. Raytheon and Lockheed Martin had previously...
QEAF C-17(click to view full) In 2008, Qatar's military air transport assets would have involved pressing the Qatar Emiri VIP Flight at Doha into service, with its mix of Boeing aircraft (707, 727, 747), small Airbus models (320 family), and a Falcon 900 business jet....
Americas * In news that will surprise few, United Technologies Corp. has formally announced that the company will divest the Sikorsky Aircraft company, exiting the helicopter sector in the process. The manufacturer of the Black Hawk helicopter was put on the chopping...
Americas * A US Senate committee approved a bill funding dozens of new aircraft, including Super Hornets, Growlers, F-35s and Reaper UAVs, passing an appropriations spending bill last week. The Navy listed Super Hornets, Growler EW aircraft and F-35s in a list of...
Americas * Raytheon has been awarded a $152.9 million contract for 53 AN/APY-10 radar systems, which equip the P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, with this contract partially fulfilling a Foreign Military Sale to Australia. * Also announced on Thursday, McKesson...
Fresh off of a win to build fiber-optic multiplexing systems for American Arleigh Burke Class DDG 110-112 AEGIS destroyers, DRS Technologies Inc.’s EW & Network Systems unit in Buffalo, NY won a $9.2 million contract to build a fiber-optic network system for the Republic of Korea Navy’s KDX-III AEGIS destroyer….
Americas * Raytheon has completed lab testing of the Advanced, Medium Range Air to Air Missile - Extended Range (AMRAAM-ER), a ground-based air defense missile based on the AIM-120D and designed to be integrated with the Kongsberg NASAMS launcher. These latest tests...
Americas * NAVAIR has been slamming missiles into the side of its KC-46 tankers as part of Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division survivability testing at the Weapons Survivability Laboratory. The tests used - among other sensors - ten high-speed cameras to capture...
Americas * The cost of the F-35A engine fire last June has been calculated as $50 million by the investigation board responsible for looking into the failure of the third-stage rotor of the engine fan module, with the fire resulting in significant damage to the...