Boeing and the U.S. Army announced the opening of the newly renovated H-47 Chinook manufacturing facility on September 21. The event coincided with the 50th anniversary of the H-47 Chinook’s first flight. The factory renovations will allow Boeing to increase Chinook production rates to six aircraft per month, up from the current rate of four per month.
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 flight test program moves closer to reaching year-end milestones since the last update issued July 26. Since then, the F-35 Lightning II 5th Generation multirole fighter conducted 124 test flights, bringing the total number of flights for the year to 642. Overall, the F-35 system development and demonstration (SDD) flight test remains on
Bombardier Aerospace released that its Global Express XRS (BD-700-1A10) aircraft was granted the new military designation E-11A from the United States Air Force. The Global Express XRS (BD-700-1A10) aircraft will be used as an overhead communications-relay platform in Southwest Asia. The aircraft carries Northrop Grumman’s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, or BACN, which allows disparate battlefield communications
Airbus Military has obtained military and civil certification for the Future Strategic Transport Aircraft (FSTA) version of the A330 MRTT for the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom. This paves the way for first delivery of the aircraft to the RAF in the coming weeks. The approval was granted by Spanish military certification authority
Boeing has selected BAE Systems to provide its Interior Control Panel for the U.S. Air Force’s KC-46A tanker. The panel leverages touch-screen technology and a user-friendly interface that allows an aircrew to efficiently control a variety of interior functions such as lighting, potable water, and waste tanks on the new aerial refuelling and strategic transport
AmSafe Industries, a leading provider of engineered restraint systems to the aviation, defense and specialty vehicle markets, has been awarded a $45 million contract from Boeing. Under this new contract, AmSafe will supply barrier nets for the new KC-46A aerial refueling tanker aircraft, recently selected by the United States Air Force to replace the older KC-135 Stratotanker.
Boeing has been awarded a one-year, $2.9 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to develop and validate a modification of the A-10 aircraft’s Digital Video Audio Data Recorder (DVADR). The modification will provide a near-term solution to supportability issues with a major subcomponent in the DVADR system. The contract is a task order under
The application of AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings’ Aerowave to the first Eurofighter EF2000 recently took place at Cassadian in Germany. The usage of the water based and chrome free system Aerowave 2002 and Aerowave 5001 at Cassadian follows several years of preparation and shop trials to qualify. Aerowave 5001 is a two-component, waterborne polyurethane finish which
The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Boeing and Bell Helicopter – Textron, has received a $34 million order from the U.S. Air Force for three new CV-22 training devices and an upgrade to an existing device. The new contract will upgrade a CV-22 Cabin Part Task Trainer (CPTT) and two fuselage aircrew/maintenance
Astronics Corporation, a leader in advanced, high-performance lighting, electrical power and automated test systems for the global aerospace and defense industries, reported that its wholly owned subsidiary, Astronics DME Corporation, was awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide LED airfield lighting for the U.S. Air Force, with a maximum value of $7.4 million.
