The US Congress has been notified of the proposed $1.5 billion upgrade of the United Arab Emirates' 30 Boeing AH-64A Apaches to the AH-64D Longbow standard. The deal includes 32 Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman Longbow radars, uprated General Electric T700-701C turboshafts, Lockheed Martin Arrowhead modernised target acquisition designation sight/pilot night vision system, AGM-114L3 Hellfire missiles and ITT ALQ-211 integrated radio frequency countermeasures suite.
Source: Flight International
US regulator the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will take no immediate action to address a smoke-related issue involving the CFM International Leap-1B engines that power the Boeing 737 Max.
The engine-maker says the successful demonstration involved a GE Aerospace CT7 turboshaft engine combined with internally-produced electric machine and power electronics.
GE Aerospace in 2025 plans to use two of the world’s fastest computers, both at US-government-funded research facilities, to study how its open-fan engine concept will integrate with an aircraft’s wings and other structures.
