Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, continues to test fly its Model 162 SkyCatcher prototype and soon will complete production of the second aircraft in the light sport aircraft's flight test program.The second airframe will be designated
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that its subsidiary Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd. was selected by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to supply new generation Head Up Displays (HUDs) for the new F-16 aircraft.The multi-year project, which will commence immediately, is a continuation
A newly released report from the U.S. Department of Defense shows that estimated acquisition costs dropped by nearly $1 billion from 2006 to 2007 for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program.The Selected Acquisition Reports estimate that F-35 program costs
Spartan Chassis, Inc., a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc. announced it has been awarded two new subcontract orders worth approximately $45 million to support the production of advanced tacticalvehicles under the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAP, program.Under the terms
Honeywell announced today that it has been chosen to supply the latest generation of its HTF7000 turbofan propulsion system family for Embraer's new MSJ and MLJ business aircraft. The contract is valued at more than $23 billion including aftermarket over
Boeing today announced a revised plan for first flight and initial deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner that includes additional schedule margin to reduce risk of further delays on the program.While significant progress has been made assembling Airplane #1, first flight
Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC)'s radar that is the prototype for Lockheed Martin's Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 counter-fire target acquisition (EQ-36) radar recently completed successful performance testing in 360-degree counter-fire mode against mortars and rockets at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in
Raytheon Company was awarded an $80 million U.S. Air Force contract March 31 for Phase II risk reduction of a radar-jamming variant of its Miniature Air Launched Decoy.MALD is a state-of-the-art, low-cost flight vehicle that is modular, air-launched and programmable.
Thales UK presented the I-Master radar in cooperation with Seabird Aviation at SOFEX 2008. Seabird Aviation and Thales are working together to study the incorporation of the I-Master radar onto the Seabird SB7L-360 Seeker to enable further joint success in
The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a Performance Based Logistics (PBL) follow-on contract to support the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (TADS/PNVS) and Modernized TADS/PNVS (M-TADS/PNVS) systems on the AH-64 Apache helicopter. The contract has a potential
ST. LOUIS: The Boeing Company's CH-47F Chinook helicopter has been fielded by Bravo Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, based at Fort Hood, Texas. This is the second U.S. Army unit to field
PARSIPPANY, N.J.: DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it received a $10.8 million contract from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., for the design, development and testing of the Internal Cargo Handling System for the CH-53K Heavy
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Denmark's defense ministry said April 8 it was sending extra helicopters and troops to Afghanistan, where it has suffered one of the highest per capita death tolls among coalition forces. "In the context of efforts aimed at strengthening
by Jim Mannion and Stephen Collinson The top US general in Iraq Tuesday called for US troop withdrawals to be frozen for at least 45 days after July, warning military gains remained fragile and accusing Iran of seeking to stoke
