All articles by Leigh Giangreco – Page 16
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Congress punts extra F-35s, Super Hornets in defence bill
US lawmakers couldn’t squeeze additional Lockheed F-35s and Boeing Super Hornets into their annual defense policy bill and instead reverted to the numbers stated president’s original budget request.
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Norway plans to buy five new P-8 Poseidons
Norway has proposed replacing its aging fleet of Lockheed Martin P-3 Orions and Dassault DA-20 Jet Falcons with five new Boeing P-8 Poseidons, the country's minister of defense announced Friday.
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Developmental test F-35s need service life extension
The Lockheed Martin F-35 hasn’t flown a combat mission yet, but its taxed developmental aircraft need a service life extension.
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Canada pursues interim buy of Boeing Super Hornets
The Canadian government will launch an open competition to replace its aging fleet of CF-18 fighter jets and plans to purchase 18 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets as an interim fix for its current capability gap.
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Lockheed awarded $1.2 billion for Korean F-16 upgrades
Lockheed Martin snagged a $1.2 billion award to upgrade 134 C and D-model F-16 aircraft for the Republic of Korea Air Force, the US Defense Department announced Friday.
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Korea pursuing KFX technology through future offset deals
After the US denied South Korea export licenses for active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for its future KFX fighter, Seoul is in talks with Washington over acquiring lower technologies for the jet.
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USAF completes insulation repairs on operational F-35s
Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force have finished repairs on the last of 13 F-35As affected by a faulty insulation issue earlier this year, though work continues on Lockheed’s production aircraft.
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State Department approves Kuwait and Qatar fighter jet sales
Pending Congressional approval, the sales of 72 Boeing F-15QAs to Qatar and 40 F/A-18Es and F/A-18Fs Super Hornets to Kuwait are expected to go through, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced this week.
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K-Max and SARA team up for unmanned firefighting demo
In their first collaborative demonstration since Lockheed Martin acquired Sikorsky helicopter last year, the two companies completed a fire suppression and search and rescue mission with Lockheed’s K-MAX helicopter and Sikorsky’s Autonomy Research Aircraft (SARA).
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Boeing Space and Defense continues consolidation
As part of its long term-cost cutting plan, Boeing Space and Defense is shuttering some facilities and reshuffling jobs to its St. Louis, Missouri and Huntsville, Alabama facilities.
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NewsGeneral Atomics flies extended-range Avenger
On 27 October, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems demonstrated its first successful flight of its extended range jet-powered Avenger, which the company fitted with 76-foot wings.
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Aurora Flight Sciences to develop unmanned Huey
After demonstrating its autonomous aerial cargo/utility system (AACUS) on two other rotorcraft, Aurora Flight Sciences will develop an unmanned UH-1H Huey with its Tactical Autonomous Aerial Logistics System (TALOS).
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DARPA selects BAE to develop new counter to modern radars
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BAE Systems a $13.3 million contract to continue its work on the Adaptive Radar Countermeasures project, an improved electronic warfare system that will allow pilots to react to shifting radars on the fly rather than rely on an established database of ...
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US Marine Corps investigating cause of F-35B fire
The US Marine Corps is investigating the cause of a fire on a Lockheed Martin F-35B, after a fire erupted inside the aircraft’s weapons bay during a 27 October training mission.
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FAA: Too early to write commercial space flight regulations
The prospect of commercial space flight could become a reality within the next two decades, but US Federal Aviation Administration officials are saying it’s still too early to write regulations to protect crew and passengers aboard space flights.
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Honeywell fields satcom system on specialised US Army Black Hawks
Honeywell has fielded its Aspire 200 Satellite Communications System on at least 20 UH-60 Black Hawks in a specialized US Army Aviation squadron, Tom Hart, vice-president of defence aftermarket Americas, tells FlightGlobal.
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Norwegian F-35 returns to flight following faulty insulation issue
Three F-35As at Hill Air Force Base, Utah and one Norwegian jet are flying again after faulty insulation in the aircraft’s avionics cooling lines temporarily paused flight operations.
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Air Force Scientific Advisory Board takes second look at Penetrating Counterair
As the Air Force refines its vision for its Penetrating Counterair platform, the service’s next standoff aircraft to address air superiority gaps, the USAF’s Scientific Advisory Board will undertake a separate study of the PCA.
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Turkey confirms second F-35 order
The Turkish defense industry has confirmed its second order of F-35s from US prime contractor Lockheed Martin, even as Turkey is tilting toward a ruling style that more closely resembles Russia than Western governments.
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DOD advances on swarming drone concept
The US Defense Department secretive Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) is advancing its swarming drone concept, a key asset in the department’s wider third offset strategy.