Martin Marietta and Westinghouse have received $31 million from the US Army for long-lead production items for 15 Longbow fire-control radar. Options to the contract total an additional $10 million. The team is developing the millimetre-wave fire-control radar and fire-and-forget radar-guided Hellfire missile for use on the McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems AH-64D Apache and Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche.
Source: Flight International
Germany has awarded Qinetiq an Aerial Training Services contract to support its armed forces by operating a fleet of two turboprop-powered types.
Stockholm’s selection of a new-generation tactical airlifter will be a “political decision”, says Swedish air force chief Major General Jonas Wikman.
The January incident at Ellsworth AFB resulted in the destruction of the $450 million bomber and a rare quadruple ejection of the crew, who were attempting to execute an instrument landing during poor weather.
