Boeing has received a $7.5 million contract for long-lead items to convert another three Spanish navy AV-8BHarriers. NLX has selected Seos to supply up to eight 220° x 45° field-of-view cross-cockpit displays for the US Navy's Lockheed Martin P-3C simulator upgrade programme. Simula Safety Systems is to supply cockpit airbag systems for 75 US Army Sikorsky UH-60A/LBlack Hawks under a $26.5 million contract. Aurora Flight Sciences has received two follow-on contracts from Northrop Grumman to build composite V-tails, aft fuselages, nacelles and fairings for the Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle. Northrop Grumman is to begin low-rate initial production of the large aircraft infrared countermeasures (LAIRCM) system under a $23.3 million US Air Force contract for four to equip Boeing C-17s. General Electric will build 30 module kits to improve the reliability of T58 engines powering US Marine Corps Boeing CH-46Es under a $15.5 million low-rate initial production contract. The kit replaces the engine's gas path. The University of Mississippi is working on the fusion of seismic/acoustic and high-resolution ground-penetrating radar sensors to detect buried land mines under a $15.7 million US Army research contract. L-3 Communications' Link Simulation and Training division has received a $10 million US Navy contract covering Boeing F/A-18A/B/C/D aircrew trainer upgrades and training system products. Lockheed Martin is to produce 1,332 GBU-10 Paveway II laser-guided bomb kits under a $18.6 million US Air Force contract. L-3 Communications is to supply the tactical common datalink (TCDL) for the US Army's Hunter Standoff Killer Team technology demonstration. The TCDL will be installed in the Boeing AH-64D attack helicopter, AAI/IAI Hunter unmanned air vehicle and Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter for the four-year military utility assessment and two-year extended user evaluation.
Source: Flight International
