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…
IP-based System Positions the Commonwealth
General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics has been awarded a contract to develop, implement and operate the Massachusetts Next Generation (NG9-1-1) emergency communications system that will…
Navy Awards General Dynamics Bath Iron Works $100 Million Contract for LCS Planning Yard Services
The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works a $100 million contract to provide planning yard services for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. General Dynamics Bath Iron Works…
F-35 Flight Test Program Milestones Maturing Combat Capabilities
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program continued a steady path of flight test milestones in August, including weapons separation, software compatibility and flight hours, all demonstrating program…