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Another First for Airbus Zephyr 7

Airbus Defence and Space has announced that the Zephyr 7 High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) has just completed its most demanding mission to date and thus set a new benchmark in…

AI3 Enhancements Showcased During Joint US Military Exercise

Raytheon Company and the U.S. Army achieved the first intercept of a cruise missile by the Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative missile. An AI3 missile also destroyed an unmanned aerial system…

Raytheon Delivers First Block 2 Rolling Airframe Missiles to US Navy

Raytheon Company delivered the first Block 2 variant of its Rolling Airframe Missile system to the U.S. Navy as part of the company’s 2012 Low Rate Initial Production contract. RAM…

AIRCRAFT SET TO BECOME MORE ‘HUMAN’ AS ENGINEERS DEVELOP SMART-SKINS

Work is underway at BAE Systems to give aircraft human-like ‘skin’, enabling the detection of injury or damage and the ability to ‘feel’ the world around them. Engineers at the…

AJW Aviation Signs Ten Year Power-by-the-hour Contract with Avion Express

AJW Aviation, the leading independent complete aircraft spares support specialist, has signed a ten year PBH extension with Lithuanian airline, Avion Express. “The continuation of this agreement recognises the dependable…

RUAG Aviation and HISS Inc. Team up for Electronic Warfare Solutions

RUAG Aviation and HISS Inc. recently signed a teaming agreement to deliver turnkey electronic warfare solutions to airborne platforms, with a focus on the integrated self-protection system ISSYS, which was…

PILATUS Announces Partnership with Tata Advanced Systems Limited

Pilatus Aircraft Ltd is pleased to announce its partnership with TASL, aTata Group Company, for the assembly of PC-12 aero structures at its facility in Hyderabad, India. The long-term contract…

New Electro-Optical Tracking Site to Complement Radar Tracking Systems

Under a new strategic cooperation agreement, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Electro Optic Systems Pty Ltd are developing a new space object tracking site in Western Australia that will paint…

BOC Aviation Places $2 Billion Order for LEAP-1B and CFM56-7B Engines

BOC Aviation announced an order for 100 LEAP-1B engines to power 50 new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, as well as 60 CFM56-7BE engines to power 30 additional Boeing Next-Generation…

Lockheed Martin Purchases Assets Of Sun Catalytix Corporation

Lockheed Martin has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Sun Catalytix Corporation of Cambridge, Massachusetts, complementing existing Lockheed Martin capabilities in the area of energy management…