Lockheed test
Lockheed Martin has windtunnel-tested its High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapons Concept, which uses the LongShot wing kit to allow a Mk54 torpedo to be launched from the P-3 Orion outside the range of ship air defences.
Thales system
Canada is flight testing a Lockheed CP-140 maritime patrol aircraft equipped with a new Thales communications management system under the Aurora incremental modernisation programme.
Warning system
The US Army has completed the deployment of BAE Systems’ common missile warning system on all rotary-wing and selected fixed-wing aircraft operation in Afghanistan and Iraq, five months ahead of an accelerated schedule.
Tooled up
Russia’s Ulan-Ude aircraft plant is tooling-up to begin production of Kamov Ka-60 military utility helicopters to replace ageing Mil-8 and Mi-17 helicopters across the CIS.
Afghan PADs
The Precision Airdrop System (PADS), developed by Qinetiq subsidiary Planning Systems, has been used in Afghanistan by the US Air Force to resupply troops from high altitude with pinpoint accuracy. PADS uses GPS technology to enable aircrews to steer a cargo pallet to the desired location.
Source: Flight International
