All articles by Dave Majumdar – Page 20
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Lockheed awarded $207 million contract to incorporate Israeli-specific F-35 systems
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $207 million contract modification to incorporate unique Israeli equipment into the F-35 ...
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GE amasses 2300 test hours on GE38
General Electric has amassed 2300 test hours on the GE38 turboshaft engine it is developing for the Sikorsky CH-53K helicopter. The test hours were...
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Mi-38 sets new world altitude record
The Mi-38 has set a new world altitude record for a helicopter in its class, reaching a height of over 28,000ft ...
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Cessna Citation Ten max Mach increased to 0.935
Cessna has increased the speed of its Citation Ten business jet, which the company claims will make it the fastest civil aircraft in the world. The...
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Eglin F-35s fly 200th sortie
Pilots at Eglin AFB, Florida, have completed their first 200 sorties with the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ...
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US Navy to supply Australia with refurbished jammers for EA-18Gs
The US Navy (USN) will dip into its own inventory to supply Australia with the ALQ-99 jammer pods it needs for its future Boeing EA-18G fleet. The southwest...
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Australia to convert 12 Super Hornets into EA-18G Growlers
Australia will convert 12 of its Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets into EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft ...
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India's FGFA stealth fighter set for 2014 roll-out
India's fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA), which the country is co-developing with Russia, is set to be rolled-out in 2014, the Indian air force's...
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First non-pilot unmanned aircraft operators graduate from USAF's MQ-9 Reaper course
The first group of US Air Force student operators who have not completed the service's undergraduate pilot training (UPT) programme have graduated from the...
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US Army awards Lockheed $64 million to continue JAGM effort
The US Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to extend the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) technology development effort worth $64 million. The...
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Morocco USMC MV-22 Osprey crash due to pilot error
The 11 April, 2012, crash of a Bell-Boeing MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor in Morocco belonging to the US Marine Corps's VMM-261 squadron was not due to a mechanical...
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USAF plans F-15 modernization, but pilots want better displays
The US Air Force is planning a host of upgrades for its fleet of Boeing F-15Cs and F-15Es, but pilots say that without upgraded displays, they will not be...
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US Navy expects fall approval for UCLASS requirements
The US Navy expects formal approval of its unmanned carrier-launched surveillance strike (UCLASS) aircraft requirements in the early fall. "The UCLASS...
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First Dutch F-35 flies around Fort Worth
The first Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter built for the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has been spotted flying near the company's plant in...
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X-51A Waverider test flight ends in failure
The US Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) third test flight of the Boeing/Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne X-51A Waverider hypersonic test vehicle on 14 August...
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Settlement reached in Haney F-22 crash lawsuit
The court case of the widow of US Air Force Captain Jeff Haney versus the contractors who built the F-22 Raptor and its life-support systems has been settled....
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F-35 flight training accelerates at Eglin AFB
Flight training on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) continues to accelerate at the US Air Force's 33rd Fighter Wing. "During our...
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General Electric to test ADVENT core later this month
General Electric (GE) is set to undertake the first core test of its version of the US Air Force Research Laboratories' (AFRL) adaptive versatile engine...
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AUVSI: Insitu evaluates sensor balls for ScanEagle
Insitu (booth 4046) is evaluating two new sensor balls for its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft.
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AUVSI: Northrop Grumman pitches smaller STARLite radar
Northrop Grumman (booth 3639) is pitching a smaller, lighter active electronically scanned (AESA) variant of the STARLite radar to the US Army.