All articles by Garrett Reim – Page 59
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DARPA selects unmanned aerial vehicle to be powered by a laser 10km away
DARPA selected Silent Falcon’s namesake unmanned aerial vehicle to test the feasibility of remotely charging an aircraft with a laser.
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Boeing to open autonomy research center next to MIT
Boeing plans to open an Aerospace & Autonomy Center within a mixed-used district in Cambridge, Massachusetts that is being developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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GA-ASI completes string of tests on its proposed MQ-25 design
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has completed the fourth wind tunnel test of its MQ-25 design.
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Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney joint venture submits ITEP proposal
Advanced Turbine Engine Company, a joint venture of Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney, submitted Phase II of its proposal for the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the US Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP).
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USAF launches Rapid Sustainment Office to find quick savings
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson established the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office as a two-year test programme to reduce sustainment costs of the service’s aging aircraft fleet.
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F-35 fuselage production raises Northrop’s sales
Northrop Grumman’s Aerospace Systems sector, including its F-35 fuselage production line and restricted programmes, such as the B-21 stealth bomber, helped push the company’s second quarter sales higher, despite mixed results in its other business units.
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US defence bill cuts JSTARS
The House and Senate’s compromise 2019 defence bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), endorsed the US Air Force’s plan to replace the Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System with a new network of sensors spread across unmanned aerial vehicles and aircraft, called the Advanced Battle Management ...
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Congress moves to put 90-day hold on F-35 transfers to Turkey
A few weeks after Defense Secretary James Mattis discouraged US lawmakers from blocking the transfer of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft to Turkey, the House Armed Services Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee jointly released details of a compromise National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill that would do just ...
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USAF offers rare glimpse of VC-25B configurations
The US Air Force’s $3.9 billion contract with Boeing to modify two 747-8 commercial airliners into VC-25B presidential aircraft, commonly known as Air Force One, offered a rare glimpse into the aircrafts’ configurations.
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DOD opposes removing Turkey from F-35 programme, citing supply chain disruption
In a letter sent to US Representative Mac Thornberry, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, US Secretary of Defense James Mattis acknowledged concerns about the Turkish government, while opposing US lawmakers’ efforts to remove the country from the F-35 Lightning II programme, saying the loss of the nation from the ...
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FARNBOROUGH: Sierra Nevada, IAI to collaborate on VTOL tactical UAV
Sierra Nevada signed a collaboration agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries at Farnborough, in a move that aims to support development of a new tactical vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle for the US market.
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FARNBOROUGH: IAI and Aero Vodochody defend late pitch for light attack
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Czech aerospace manufacturer Aero Vodochody have defended pitching their F/A-259 Striker jet to the US Air Force more than a year after the service’s light attack experiment started.
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FARNBOROUGH: V-22 office urges foreign militaries to buy on shared bulk discounts
The V-22 Joint Programme Office is encouraging foreign militaries at the Farnborough Airshow to place orders for the Osprey before the end of FY2020 so as to take advantage of multi-year contract discounts that the US and Japanese military services have secured.
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FARNBOROUGH: Raytheon sells US Army Coyotes for counter-UAS role
The US Army has purchased an undisclosed number of Raytheon Coyote unmanned air vehicles, coupled with Ku-band radio frequency system fire control radars to use as counter-drone defence.
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FARNBOROUGH: Japan F-35 production headed to max capacity next year
Japan’s F-35 final assembly and check-out facility, run by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagoya, is on track to hit peak production next year when the country’s stealth fighter production tops out at six aircraft per year.
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FARNBOROUGH: US takes lion’s share of $838bn global aerospace industry
The global aerospace industry in 2017 was worth $838 billion, with US industry accounting for 49% of the total, according to a new report from the Teal Group and Aerodynamic Advisory.
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FARNBOROUGH: Raytheon to advise Jordan on aircraft cybersecurity
Raytheon has been selected to advise the Kingdom of Jordan on the vulnerability of its aircraft networks and data to cyberattacks.
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FARNBOROUGH: US offers Patriot to Turkey in place of anti-stealth S-400
In an attempt to talk Turkey out of purchasing the Russian S-400, a surface-to-air missile system with anti-stealth aircraft capabilities, US acting assistant secretary for political-military affairs Tina Kaidanow said that the US Department of State is in talks with Ankara to sell the nation the Raytheon MIM-104 Patriot.
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FARNBOROUGH: Lockheed targets F-35 reliability and sustainment costs
A few minutes after a Royal Air Force pilot flew an F-35B Lightning II several hundred feet over the Farnborough air show – in close formation with a Eurofighter Typhoon – Lockheed Martin said in a press conference that the aircraft’s availability rate is rising, while sustainability costs are projected ...
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing seeks first European sale of F/A-18 Super Hornet
Boeing comes to Farnborough eyeing its first F/A-18 Super Hornet sale to a European military after the type's production line gains a new lease of life from orders last year from the US Navy – and a $1.5 billion commitment from Kuwaiti air force last month.