Lockheed Martin hopes to stage the first flight of its morphing structures unmanned air vehicle concept demonstrator at Edwards AFB, California shortly. Initial tests will use an unmorphed, full-span configuration, to culminate in in-flight morphing in 2006-7 (Flight International, 10-16 August).
Source: Flight International
Northrop Grumman continues to seek international sales opportunities for its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and MQ-4C Triton maritime surveillance aircraft, as it simultaneously introduces upgrades to both platforms.
Amid steady demand for existing propulsion systems, the defence unit of GE Aerospace is targeting development efforts on a series of next-generation technologies, including high-powered adaptive engines and small, low-cost solutions for uncrewed fighter jets.
Northrop Grumman has built the experimental XRQ-73 hybrid-electric flying-wing that it has been developing under a secretive US military project.
