All articles by Stephen Trimble – Page 158
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Pratt & Whitney selects Canadian supplier for F135
Ottawa-based Gastops is to supply fan eddy current sensors for the Pratt & Whitney F135, the first engine selected to power Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint...
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Canada cancels unmanned air system industry day on eve of defence and security show
Canada's Department of National Defence has abruptly cancelled an industry day for a major new contract for high-end unmanned air systems ...
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Boeing, Eurofighter bid to usurp F-35 for Canadian fighter deal
Boeing and Eurofighter have launched a public challenge to Lockheed Martin's widely presumed control of a next-generation fighter contract in Canada. Both...
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X-51A WaveRider moves closer to Mach 6.0 first flight
The hypersonic X-51A WaveRider has completed its first technical review in a process that will lead to a first flight of almost Mach 6.0 in the fourth quarter...
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Boeing confident of Australian Wedgetail review
Boeing is confident that a review of Australia's delayed Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system programme will support the technology...
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Boeing begins talks on C-130 AMP expansion
Boeing has begun talks with the US Air Force on a potential plan to dramatically expand the scope of the C-130 Avionics Modernization Programme (AMP). The...
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NewsBoeing nearing flight tests for all-new AH-64 engine
Boeing has outlined plans to integrate and test the power upgrades at the heart of the Block III upgrade programme for the US Army AH-64D Apache Longbow. Manned-unmanned...
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NewsBoeing's Super Hornet seeks export sale to launch 20% thrust upgrade
Boeing is seeking an international launch customer for a 20% higher thrust version of the General Electric F414 turbofan that powers the F/A-18E/F Super...
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Boeing: Airborne Laser test aims to defy 'stunt' and 'one-shot wonder' labels
A Boeing official says the YAL-1 Airborne Laser (ABL) will seek to pre-empt critics of the programme's first shootdown test scheduled later this year by...
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DOD reform agenda intact with $663.8 billion request
The Department of Defense on 7 May unveiled a Fiscal 2010 budget request that still preserves all of the most controversial budget decisions announced a...
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NewsUS budget contains $800 million mystery for F-35
About $800 million has been slashed without explanation from next year's spending plan for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike...
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Manned turboprops may switch hands between USAF, Army
The US Army and Air Force may exchange control of two manned turboprop aircraft programmes as the Pentagon re-clarifies the airborne roles and missions for...
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Radical response
If Karem Aircraft's AeroTrain takes off, short-range air transport will be a vastly different proposition in the future.
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Rockwell Collins to show automatic recovery from
Rockwell Collins has won a contract to show that it can use software algorithms to automatically stabilize an operational unmanned aircraft system (UAS)...
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US Army remains undecided on cargo re-supply by UAVs
US Army officials remain divided on using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for the re-supply mission despite a recent move by the US Marine Corps to immediately...
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NewsPiasecki to flight test air-launched, maritime UAV
Piasecki Aircraft will soon stage a test flight for a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) demonstrator designed to reduce airframe fatigue levels for the US...
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NewsUS Army aviation faces possible budget squeeze
The new chief of US Army aviation acquisition has warned that he has few options to respond to a potential round of budget cuts after more than five years...
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Raytheon pursues new orders for CSP to fill ARH loss
Raytheon will offer the US Army common sensor payload (CSP) for several emerging...