Air Force will launch the Engine Core Upgrade for the F-35
The Air Force has decided not to pursue a new engine for the F-35A in its fiscal 2024 budget request because the new engine was simply too expensive to develop, Air Force Secretary Frank...
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The next phase of the project development and the new timeline of the FCAS program
France and Germany and two of the main companies involved, Airbus and Dassault Aviation, have formally agreed on the transition to a crucial phase of the FCAS project during which a demonstration jet, which...
Experts reflect on hypervelocity systems
In October 2021, experts from 12 EDA Member States as well as Norway and Switzerland participated in an online workshop organised by the Agency to identify and discuss research & technology needs as well...
SmallSats Multi-Launch Agreement between Firefly and ALS
Firefly Aerospace, Inc and Adaptive Launch Solutions (ALS), announced they have signed a multi-year Launch Services Agreement (LSA) which includes four Alpha launches beginning in 2021. Firefly Aerospace Inc., Austin, TX, is committed to...
Future Hypersonics Program
The Department of Defense, United States Air Force (USAF), Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Armament Directorate, is currently conducting a lot of market research seeking capabilities statements from...
Airbus and Thales Join Forces to Develop the Air Combat Cloud for Future Combat Air System
As part of beginning of February awarding of the Phase 1A Demonstrators contract for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Airbus and Thales have signed an agreement for the development of the Air Combat...
AW139 helicopters will enhance Italian National Fire Corps capabilities
The contract valued at around EUR45 million also includes support and training services, with an option for 12 additional helicopters Aircraft to perform maritime and mountain SAR, medical rescue, firefighting and disaster relief/civil protection...
4 Additional M-346 Advanced Jet Trainers to Poland
The Armament Inspectorate of Polish Ministry of National Defense has exercised an option for acquiring four more M-346 Advanced Jet Trainers (AJT) as outlined by the contract signed in March 2018. By acquiring four more...
Mod Awards GBP160M Contract to Prepare RAF Lakenheath for US F-35s
The MOD has awarded a contract worth £160m to Kier VolkerFitzpatrick to deliver infrastructure to ready RAF Lakenheath for two squadrons of US F-35s. The Suffolk airbase will be the first permanent international site...
Belgium selects GA-ASI Unmanned Aircraft
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has been notified that the Government of Belgium has approved Belgian Defense to begin negotiations with the U.S. Government to acquire the MQ-9B SkyGuardian Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). “We...
Pre-flight threat simulation equipment for multiple air platforms: post-design support contract to Leonardo
Leonardo has been awarded a post-design support contract by the UK Ministry of Defence which will see the Company provide in-service support for its pre-flight threat simulation equipment, currently being used on the Typhoon,...
“Airathon”: the first hackathon on the subject of logistics for the aeronautics sector
The ITAF Airathon represents not only a great opportunity to stimulate a broader reflection on the institutional interlocutors of the aerospace sector on complex issues related to logistics 4.0, but also promotes the knowledge...
Freight Transportation with drones in non-segregated airspace
Unmanned autonomous aircraft have reached sophisticated technologies and can have security systems that allow them to be used in controlled airspace, ie civil aviation. The dimensions of these automatic aircraft range from those of...
Sustaining F-35 Electronic Warfare systems
BAE Systems has received a contract from Lockheed Martin to ensure the readiness of critical electronic warfare (EW) systems on the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. Under the five-year contract, BAE Systems will manage...
To reduce F-35 sustainment cost, focus on agile software
Predictive maintenance could significantly drive down sustainment costs – “If the Pentagon wants to decrease F-35 sustainment costs, it needs to make sure it gets its new software modernization strategy right”, Will Roper, the Air Force’s...
ESG Wins German Armed Forces Tender for the Procurement, Certification and Comprehensive System Support of a T-UAS
With the assignment for procurement and certification at the overall aircraft level, as well as the comprehensive system support of an unmanned aircraft system, the competence of ESG as an aviation company, as well...
UK and Norway Defence Ministers Plan Sub-Hunting Co-operation
Defence Minister Guto Bebb hosted Secretary Tone Skogen, State Secretary in Norway’s Ministry of Defence, on her visit aboard a US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft – equipment which both the UK and Norway will...
F-35 Joint Program Office: $1.4 billion sustainment contract to Lockheed Martin industry team
The F-35 Joint Program Office has awarded the Lockheed Martin industry team a $1.4 billion sustainment contract to support F-35fighter jets worldwide for U.S. military and international customers. The annual contract funds sustainment support...
Next-Gen Missile Warning System for Aircraft: $97.9M to BAE Systems & Leonardo DRS
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract to develop a next-generation missile warning system for aircraft that will protect pilots and crews from new and emerging threats. The U.S. Army has awarded...
34 JSF Aircrafts to Belgium
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Belgium of thirty-four (34) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take Off and Landing aircraft for an estimated cost of $6.53...