All articles by Stephen Trimble – Page 109
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NewsLockheed complains about F-35 contract switch
Lockheed Martin has aired complaints about a US government decision to change the terms of its next yearly F-35 production contract more than five months after the company submitted its proposal.
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NewsIN FOCUS: South Korea outlines strategy for indigenous fighter
South Korea's DAPA has outlined its ambitious plans to develop an indigenous, stealthy fighter by the early 2020s ...
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Alaskan F-22As resume flying but others still grounded
About 40 Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptors have returned to flight status after a fresh grounding event ...
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NewsOcean Sentrys stand guard, but more needed
Plans to phase out the US Coast Guard's Dassault HU-25 Falcon fleet are proceeding - but budget constraints could limit acquisitions of the chosen replacement
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NewsBudget outlook clouds decisions in JSTARS wars
The USAF has launched a study to consider alternatives to the E-8C JSTARS to keep new technology at the forefront of its ground moving target indication missions
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NewsKF-X flight test in 2016 or 2017
Seoul intends its KF-X fighter to enter flight tests in 2016 or 2017 in the middle of an eight-year engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase, with a seven-aircraft flight-test fleet.
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NewsSouth Korea’s pending AESA decision for F-16s to be closely watched
South Korea will launch a competition in November to select the first active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for retrofit on Lockheed Martin F-16s.
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NewsSouth Korea outlines military aircraft acquisition strategy
South Korean military officials have outlined a strategy to get indigenous military aircraft development programmes to the top of the global aerospace industry within a decade ...
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'Systems checks' ground Fort Rucker-based OH-58Ds
The US Army is performing systems checks to its Fort Rucker-based OH-58 training helicopters ...
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NewsNorthrop: France is last snag in NATO AGS contract talks
Contract award for the NATO alliance ground surveillance (AGS) system is now on track to be completed in early November, Northrop Grumman has said.
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NewsSaudis, UAE enter market for CH-47Fs
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have joined a growing pool of countries interested in buying the Boeing CH-47F Chinook, US Army and Boeing officials have said.
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NewsWill the 787 have a second or third career?
With entry-into-service (EIS) far off in the unknown distance in May 2008, Boeing felt comfortable revealing one of the 787's hidden and potentially lucrative design secrets.
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NewsBAE Systems to supply second helmet for F-35
Lockheed Martin has selected BAE Systems to deliver a helmet-mounted display (HMD) with detachable night-vision goggles for the F-35 Lightning II.
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NewsUS defence chiefs raise alarm on cost of three F-35 variants
The new chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff has raised concerns about the cost of building three variants of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II ...
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AUSA: Helicopters escape funding cuts in US Army budget review
US Army helicopter budgets have managed to escape cuts in the current sweeping defence spending reviews
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AUSA: US Army to consider alternatives to OH-58D upgrades
The US Army will consider alternatives to its plan to acquire upgraded Bell Helicopter OH-58F Kiowa Warriors.
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AUSA: Small drones, unmanned helicopters top US Army priorities
The US Army has turned acquisition efforts over the next decade towards buying micro-sized and large vertical take-off unmanned air systems (UAS) to round-out...
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NewsR-R stands by development strategy after signing GTF joint venture
Rolls-Royce is joining forces with Pratt & Whitney to apply geared turbofan (GTF) technology on next-generation engines, but the core of the UK-based manufacturer's...
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NewsRolls-Royce to deliver first F-35B lift fan from US factory
Rolls-Royce has completed the first lift fan for the Lockheed Martin F-35B to be produced at a $13 million final assembly plant opened 17 months ago.
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NewsBoeing backs away from 2012 prediction for F-15 shutdown
Boeing has backed off from previous forecasts that its F-15 production line would shut down next year, due to a number of pending orders ...