All articles by Dave Majumdar – Page 13
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Canada releases industry questionnaire on CF-18 Hornet replacement
Canada's National Fighter Procurement Secretariat (NFPS) released the final version of a questionnaire to industry on 3 March asking for detailed technical...
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F-35s cleared to resume flight operations
The US Air Force officials confirms that the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been cleared to resume flight operations ...
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Lockheed awarded $334 million contract for F-35 long lead items
The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a $334 million fixed-price-incentive advance acquisition contract for long lead components for...
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Sikorsky and Boeing to pitch ‘X-2’-based design for US Army JMR TD effort
Sikorsky and Boeing plan to submit a joint proposal to a develop and build a new prototype helicopter based on Sikorsky's X-2 high speed rotorcraft design ...
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Super Tucano beats out AT-6 for Afghan Light Air Support tender
The US Air Force has awarded Sierra Nevada and partner Embraer a $427 million firm fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply...
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Pratt & Whitney to test upgraded F135 this year
Pratt & Whitney expects to test an upgraded version of its F135 afterburning turbofan later this year, a top company official says. The engine is installed...
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Pratt & Whitney expects to test AETD adaptive fan in ‘about a month’
Pratt & Whitney expects to test a new adaptive fan design for its version of the US Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) adaptive engine technology development...
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Details emerge about Lockheed’s Cuda missile
More details are emerging about Lockheed Martin's prospective Cuda hit-to-kill missile system. According to a company product card being distributed...
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Sequestration could force USAF to reopen KC-46 tanker contract
A Congressional budgetary sequestration maneuver set to go into effect on 1 March may force the US Air Force to reopen its KC-46 fixed-price developmental...
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Lockheed awarded $6.9 billion F-22 upgrade contract
The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling of $6.9 billion to upgrade the service's...
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General Electric completes ADVENT core testing
General Electric (GE) says it completed engine core testing for its ADaptive Versatile ENgine Technology (ADVENT) demonstrator earlier this month on 6 February....
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USAF seeks information on connecting 4th and 5th gen fighters
The US Air Force is seeking information on a "communications gateway" that would one day be able to digitally link fourth and fifth-generation fighters inside...
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Lockheed recieves production contract for enhanced Apache sensors
The US Army has awarded Lockheed Martin two production contracts totaling $161.7 million to continue upgrading the Boeing AH-64D/E Apache's Modernized Target...
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Northrop Grumman awarded B-2 defensive systems modernization contract
Northrop Grumman has been awarded the second phase of a multi-year contract to modernize the B-2 stealth bomber defensive management system (DMS). Called...
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USAF refuses to reopen F-22 accident investigation despite damning Inspector General’s report
The US Air Force will not reopen the Accident Investigation Board (AIB) that examined the 16 November, 2010, crash of a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor despite...
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Raytheon and General Atomics team-up to integrate MALD onto Reaper
Raytheon and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems have joined forces to integrate the Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD) onto the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft. The...
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F-35B returns to flight
The Lockheed Martin F-35B short take-off vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the Joint Strike Fighter has returned to flight after a 25-day grounding. "F-35B...
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Lockheed F-35 programme may have to be restructured under sequestration
The entire Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme may have to be restructured if the Pentagon budget undergoes the full 10 year effects of sequestration....
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Pentagon approves E-2D Hawkeye full rate production
The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) has given its approval for the US Navy's E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, built by Northrop Grumman, to enter full-rate...
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DOD Inspector General finds USAF F-22 crash report conclusions not supported by the facts
The US Department of Defense (DOD) inspector general (IG) has found that the conclusions of an US Air Force Accident Investigation Board (AIB) report into the fatal 16 November, 2010, crash of a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor are not supported by the facts.