The first Airbus Military A330 MRTT for the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) has successfully completed its maiden flight lasting 4hr 15min. The crew reported that the aircraft, its systems and two General Electric CF6 engines performed entirely satisfactorily. Following the 15th March flight the aircraft now enters the final certification and qualification phase for
The first Airbus Military A330 MRTT for the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) has successfully completed its maiden flight lasting 4hr 15min. The crew reported that the aircraft, its systems and two General Electric CF6 engines performed entirely satisfactorily. Following the 15th March flight the aircraft now enters the final certification and qualification phase for
Elbit Systems of America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems has been awarded a contract from Boeing for the development of the C-17 Replacement Head Up Display ("RHUD") for the United States Air Force. The contract also contains options for Recurring Production, Depot Support and Repairs.
Cascade Aerospace has delivered its first-ever C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to prime contractor Lockheed Martin, the OEM responsible for the long term In Service Support (ISS) of Canada
Pratt & Whitney will deliver its first reconfigured JT8D-219 engine, to Northrop Grumman later this month as part of the U.S. Air Force’s re-engined E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft program. This delivery comes on the heels of FAA certification of several modifications to the engine. If the U.S. Air Force chooses
On March 3rd the first flight of the 2nd prototype of the fifth generation aviation complex (PAK FA) took place in Komsomolsk – on – Amur. The plane was piloted by distinguished test pilot of the Russian Federation Sergey Bogdan. The aircraft spent in the air 44 minutes and landed on the factory airfield runway.
Pratt & Whitney’s F135 conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) production engine powered the successful first flight of a production F-35 aircraft on Friday, Feb. 25. This milestone marks the introduction of Pratt & Whitney’s F135 production engines into service. Pratt & Whitney has designed, developed and tested the F135 to deliver the most advanced fifth
GE Aviation will provide advanced technologies in mission control systems for the Boeing KC-46A aircraft, which was selected by the United States Air Force (USAF) for the tanker replacement program. The initiative calls for 179 tankers to replace the current USAF tanker fleet. GE Aviation was selected for the mission control system, which includes flight
Boeing has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to build the next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft that will replace 179 of the service
Lockheed Martin has successfully delivered the 300th Common Cockpit, the nerve center for every multi-mission helicopter in the U.S. Navy fleet, aboard an MH-60S. The Common Cockpit is the hub of all activity aboard MH-60R and MH-60S aircraft. Four large, flat-panel, multi-function, night-vision-compatible, color display screens provide the crew with instant information on everything from
