The first retired F-16 Falcon arrived at Boeing’s Cecil Field facility in Jacksonville on April 22 to begin conversion into a QF-16 aerial drone. Boeing received a $69.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force on March 8 for the first phase of the QF-16 program. The Boeing-led team, which includes BAE Systems, will begin
Goodrich Corporation has been selected by Al Raha Group for Technical Services to supply a variety of its GRID-LOCK flight control surfaces for retrofit on the Royal Saudi Air Force
BAE Systems is to open an office in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to support its ongoing business with the Jordanian Armed Forces and collaborative activities with the King Abdullah Design and Development Bureau (KADDB). The office will complement the network of offices the company operates across the region and will be used as the
CIRCOR Aerospace Products Group and its Aerodyne Controls business unit was selected by ITT Corporation to supply the pneumatic power module for ITT’s weapons ejection racks on the Lockheed F-35 Lightning II, Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). CIRCOR Aerospace was chosen by ITT to supply this critical component for integration in the 5th generation fighter’s weapons
Airbus Military has for the first time demonstrated in flight
Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, recently carried out the first flight tests of the new sophisticated Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) system that will be fitted to the M-346 Master advanced training aircraft. The HMD system, a true interface between the pilot and aircraft systems, complements the Head-Up Display by offering the pilot to receive attitude,
Lockheed Martin completed deliveries of the four C130Js ordered by the Royal Norwegian Air Force. Lockheed Martin received a contract from the U.S. government in November 2007 for the purchase of four C-130J Super Hercules airlifters, plus initial spares and training, through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. Lockheed Martin delivered Norway’s first C-130J in
Pratt & Whitney delivered the 1,000th F117 engine powering the C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft to the United States Air Force. Four Pratt & Whitney F117 engines provide power for 100% of The Boeing Company’s C-17 Globemaster III.
As part of the Commonwealth
The Commonwealth of Australia has accepted the first two Project Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft into the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fleet. Boeing will deliver three more Wedgetail aircraft to the RAAF by the end of this year, including one upgraded in the final AEW&C configuration with Electronic Support Measures.
