Military & Defense

Pratt & Whitney has signed a fixed-price, fleet management program (FMP) contract with the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD), in support of the Israeli Air Force (IAF), designed to provide 100% daily propulsion readiness for the entire Israeli fleet of F-15I and F-16I aircraft for the next 15 years. Starting Jan. 1st, 2016, Pratt & […]

The final Boeing [NYSE: BA] C-17 Globemaster III military airlifter at the company’s plant in Long Beach, Calif. departed on Sunday, Nov. 29, marking the official end of aircraft production in Long Beach. The airlifter flew over a crowd and the facility before heading to the company’s San Antonio location, where it will remain until

Swedish defence and security company Saab has awarded RUAG a contract for the series production of payload mountings for the Gripen E/F fighter aircraft to Sweden and Brazil. The contract is worth more than CHF80m in total. This further strengthens the solid industrial partnership between Saab and Swiss company RUAG and secures their long-term collaboration.

Fokker Technologies, a division of GKN Aerospace, signed an agreement with Northrop Grumman Corporation for the delivery of the in-flight opening doors for the F-35 Lightning II (JSF). The contract is valued at approximately €100m. Under this agreement, Fokker will be responsible for the manufacture of the in-flight opening doors for the next batch of

Spirit AeroSystems has begun production of the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) first production P-8A aircraft. Spirit started production on the 737 military derivative in October. With major assembly now underway, the first unit is scheduled to deliver to Boeing in early 2016. The P-8A program is using a first-in-industry production process and its existing

Lockheed Martin received a US$262.8m contract from the U.S. Air Force for sustainment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s F-15 sensor suite. The sensor suite includes Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP), LANTIRN Extended Range (ER) navigation pods and Infrared Search and Track (IRST) systems. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will collaborate with Advanced Electronics Company

The Republic of Lebanon confirmed the acquisition of six A-29 Super Tucano turboprop aircraft from Embraer Defense & Security and Sierra Nevada Corporation. The contract includes logistics support for aircraft operation as well as a complete training system for Lebanese Air Force pilots and mechanics. The sale was approved in June by the U.S. State

Jeppesen, a part of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, and the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command signed an agreement to provide iPad-based electronic flight bag (EFB) services for approximately 1,160 Mobility Air Force aircraft, and more than 16,000 related Air Force iPad users. The Mobility Air Force aircraft will be equipped with Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro,

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation has successfully completed the VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program Preliminary Design Review (PDR), completion of the integration and performance testing of mission communications system (MCS) components, and Sikorsky’s acceptance of the second S-92A aircraft for the program. On May 7th, 2014, the Navy awarded a US$1,244,677,064 fixed-price incentive engineering and manufacturing development