Goodrich has received a $40 million order for wheels and carbon brakes to retrofit Lockheed Martin F-16s operated by Belgium, Egypt, Israel, Italy, Jordan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Taiwan and Thailand, plus spares for the US Air Force. Montreal-based Adacel has delivered an air traffic control training simulator, with a 360° out-the-window visual system, to the Canadian Forces under a C$1.5 million ($940,200) contract. BAE Systems is producing 26 common missile warning systems to equip US Army special operations helicopters assigned to Operation Enduring Freedom, under a $12.7 million contract. Lockheed Martin is to develop a new airborne early radar for the Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye. Lockheed Martin has begun pre-development work on a replacement for its APS-145 under the E-2C Radar Modernisation Programme. A contract for development and production of five radars for testing is anticipated following a system requirement review in July. The US Navy plans to retrofit 75 aircraft between 2010 and 2020. Bell Boeing has received contracts totalling more than $1.05 billion to continue work on MV-22 Osprey low-rate initial production Lots 5 and 6 for the US Marine Corps, and begin work on the 11-aircraft Lot 7; build two production-representative US Air Force special operations CV-22s; and establish logistic support requirements for the tiltrotor transport. Korea Aerospace Industries has selected Evans & Sutherland's Harmony II visual system for the South Korean air force's T-50 Golden Eagle full mission simulator. Evans & Sutherland will also supply an 11m- (24ft) diameter, 320° x 130° dome display, two target projectors and a Harmony image generator for database modelling. L-3 Communications' Spar Aerospace subsidiary is to upgrade 15 Greek air force Lockheed Martin C-130s under a three-year contract worth $90 million.
Source: Flight International
