All articles by Garrett Reim – Page 24
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NewsUS Air Force produces first 3D-printed metal part for aircraft engines
The service reverse engineered and reproduced an anti-ice gasket for the Pratt & Whitney TF33-P103, a turbofan engine which powers the Boeing E-3 Sentry, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and the Northrop Grumman E-8.
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NewsJoint Helmet Mounted Cueing System II starts flight testing in Lockheed Martin F-16V
The helmet has already passed safety qualification testing, including sled, tower and windblast tests.
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NewsRussia orders S-70 Okhotnik ‘Hunter’ UAV deliveries accelerated to 2024
The accelerated delivery schedule was acknowledged publicly for the first time when Russian President Vladimir Putin met with UAC chief executive officer Yuri Slyusar for an update on the company’s product development plans.
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NewsWhy Embraer Defense is investing in two cybersecurity companies
For an undisclosed amount, the airframer took a majority stake in Tempest Security Intelligence, a cybersecurity services firm for civilian businesses. Embraer also invested R$20 million ($3.86 million) in Kryptus, a cybersecurity and cryptology firm, through Brazil’s Aerospace Investment Fund.
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NewsNorthrop Grumman to offer electromagnetic pulse counter-UAV weapon
Northrop Grumman has signed a distribution agreement with Epirus to sell the start-up’s electromagnetic pulse counter unmanned air vehicle weapon.
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NewsWhy Tempest might need more international partnerships
Without a defence budget large enough to self-finance development of its next-generation fighter, the BAE Systems Tempest, the UK will have to forge partnerships with foreign countries to help shoulder the cost.
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NewsLockheed Martin to sell 40% stake in AMMROC to Abu Dhabi’s Edge
Lockheed Martin plans to sell its 40% stake in Advanced Military Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Center (AMMROC) to state-owned Edge of the United Arab Emirates.
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NewsFirst US Air Force KC-10 Extender tanker retired
The 33-year-old aircraft is the first of 59 Extenders planned for retirement.
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NewsHow Sweden’s austere basing system influenced the Gripen
The Bas 90 system, which often nestled air strips amid forests and used highway roads as back-up runways, was partially dismantled after the end of the Cold War. However, in recent years the ideas behind the system are receiving renewed focus as Stockholm again has to face the specter of attacks by Russia.
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NewsWhy Boeing thinks F-15EX will help it win the Digital Century Series fighter programme
Boeing says the revamp of the F-15 makes the -EX variant into a “pathfinder” for future fighter aircraft development.
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NewsCH-47 Chinook flight tests with more powerful GE T408 engine could begin within weeks
Boeing could start flight tests of a US Army NCH-47D Chinook with the more powerful GE Aviation T408-GE-400 turboshaft engine within a couple of months, if not several weeks.
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NewsBoeing sees T-7 as combat replacement for Northrop F-5 and Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet
Boeing has long touted the “growth potential” of the T-7, noting that the jet trainer could be retrofitted with weapons, such as missiles or bombs, to serve as a light attack aircraft.
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NewsNorthrop Grumman to demonstrate 30h endurance for Firebird UAV
Northrop Grumman put its optionally-piloted Firebird aircraft through 45h of total flight testing in April and is preparing for a 30h continuous, unmanned flight test by the end of this summer.
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In depthWhat aerospace technologies will survive looming US defence cuts?
Expect a shrinking Pentagon budget in the mid-2020s. Though the USA might have tamed coronavirus and started to see its economy grow again by the middle of the decade, Washington will have to face up to the hard fiscal and economic realities of years of lost revenue
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NewsPentagon invests $13.4m to boost drone start-ups during coronavirus slump
“Funds across five companies saved 14 jobs, created 20 new positions, and will support continued advancement of capabilities providing the companies additional paths for recurring revenue”, says the US Department of Defense.
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NewsBoeing finishes deliveries of AH-64E and CH-47F to Indian air force
The US manufacturer delivered the final five of 22 Apaches ordered by New Delhi in June, it says. The remaining five of 15 Chinooks ordered by the air force were delivered in March. Boeing now eyes requirements for nearly 200 fighters from the Indian air force and navy.
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NewsJapan cleared to buy 105 Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters for $23bn
The potential F-35 deal is the second largest foreign military sale approved by Washington in history, behind a $29.4 billion sale of Boeing F-15SA fighters and associated weapons to Saudi Arabia in 2010.
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NewsUS Air Force gets colour TV upgrade for Litening targeting pods
Northrop Grumman says colour video footage should help pilots make sense of the battlefield faster.
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NewsDARPA awards contract to retrofit L-39 Albatros jets for AI dogfighting tests
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Calspan Corporation a $14.1 million, four-year contract to retrofit up to four Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatros jet trainers for artificial intelligence-controlled flight experiments.
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NewsWhy the F-35 is a good deal judging by cost-per-effect: think tank
Fifth-generation aircraft, such as the Lockheed Martin F-35, Lockheed Martin F-22 and Northrop Grumman B-21, deliver much more bang for the buck than current measurement systems show, says the Mitchell Institute.