All articles by Stephen Trimble – Page 153
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Air-launch interceptors back in play for US missile defence
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the US Air Force are in talks about the joint development of a new interceptor that can be launched by a fighter...
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US Navy approves ground surveillance role for P-8 Poseidon
The US Navy is to equip its P-8A Poseidons for overland surveillance tasks, expanding from the primary maritime patrol mission ...
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NewsBell withdraws AH-1Z from India's attack helicopter contest
Bell has declined an opportunity to contest India's roughly $600 million attack helicopter competition with its AH-1Z Super Cobra ...
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F-22 crash casts new spotlight on Auto-GCAS technology
The US Air Force has decided against funding a readily available technology that is supposed to prevent crashes like the one that recently killed a Lockheed...
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Among allies, USAF takes irregular warfare path alone
The US Air Force is considering buys of new light attack and light transport aircraft. We ask whether its allies might follow suit ...
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AUVSI Special: Playing catch-up
Two major contests are giving US defence planners the chance to set out what they want from tomorrow's unmanned aircraft
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F-22 crash blamed on pilot error
A Lockheed Martin test pilot died in an F-22 Raptor crash on 25 March because he lost control of the aircraft while struggling to maintain consciousness...
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Spirit Aero posts "disappointing" 2Q, charge on G250 wing
Spirit AeroSystems today posted a "disappointing" second quarter drop-off for both revenues and profit caused partly by a major charge on problems developing...
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Lockheed rolls out F-35C as US Navy interest grows
Lockheed Martin on 28 July formally unveiled the last of the three flight-test variants in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme, the heavier carrier version...
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EADS shows AS645 can meet US Army's long-distance missions
EADS North America has advanced its credentials in offering the AS645 for the US Army's future armed scout helicopter deal ...
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NewsLockheed: budgeting strategy could add billions to JSF's development costs
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme could face a series of multi-billion dollar annual cost overruns, due to a shift in US Department of Defense budgeting procedures ...
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F135 engine continues to worry US military's top F-35 executive
The US military's top executive for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has revealed new concerns about the aircraft's Pratt & Whitney F135 engine ...
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NewsLockheed Martin debuts first F-35C for US Navy
The first carrier variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been rolled out at Lockheed's Fort Worth facility in Texas ...
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WTO dispute faces changed landscape
The subsidies row between Europe and the USA flared up five years ago. But with the WTO about to rule on that dispute, the political and commercial landscape has altered dramatically. Is a full blown trade war inevitable?
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NewsUS Senate axes F-35 alternate engine
US Senators today voted to freeze spending on the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136, the second engine under development for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme.
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F-22 fight continues despite Senate vote
A backlash in the US Congress against the Obama administration's decision to end production of the Lockheed Martin F-22 will continue, despite a setback...
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Embraer defers KC-390 partner decisions to Brazilian government
Embraer will select industrial partners for its KC-390 transport based partly on the Brazilian government's economic and political priorities, says the company's...
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L-3 delivers first 7 MC-12Ws to US Air Force
L-3 Communications has converted all seven used Beechcraft King Air 350s ordered by the US Air Force as part of phase 1 of Project Liberty. The announcement...
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Boeing reveals full length 747-8
Boeing started this week to join the wing and centre section with the forward and aft fuselage sections on the first 747-8 Freighter, providing the first...