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The U.S. Navy has successfully demonstrated the Autonomous Aerial Cargo and Utility System (AACUS), which allows current, full-size helicopters to be remotely controlled by a tablet device. Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, USN, chief of naval...
Drones are popular with law enforcement in part because they are smaller and less costly alternatives to manned aircraft. They also are a growing business for companies such as Boeing Co, Northrop Grumman Corp,...
“Negligent liability , warranty positions and profiles to complex activities of organizations at risk allowed. Two experiences in comparison , the airline industry and the health sector.” was the title of a study day...
The bids are in. Poland opens the tenders for their AJT competition, and reveals the amounts of the bids. Only Alenia Aermacchi fell within the PZL 1.2 billion ($387.5 million) budgeted, but the contract also...
A major new Development Contract which will pave the way for continuous capability enhancements of the Eurofighter Typhoon has been signed by Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH and the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA)....
The results obtained by research and technology concerning the technical solutions for Defense needs have gradually allowed to replace direct human intervention with mechanical systems, computerized, cybernetic . In this context, the remote control...
State-of-the-art RAF Typhoons and French Air Force Mirages were involved in the air component of Exercise Joint Warrior, a twice-yearly, multinational, tri-service military exercise, one of the biggest of its kind in Europe. see...
Thirteen British companies and the U.K. Minister of Defence Equipment, Support and Technology participated in a Lockheed Martin Industry Recognition Event during the DSEI tradeshow today. Over the next 40 years, British industry will...
Canada’s aerospace industry could lose about $10.5 billion worth of contracts over several decades if the federal government ultimately decides not to purchase the controversial F-35 Stealth Fighter, says a senior executive at Lockheed...
The Close Air Support of attack helicopters has made the most significant impact in Afghanistan, ensuring troops on the ground are not left vulnerable to drawn-out and clouded hostile engagements. That experience continues to press...
Gen. Domenico Esposito, Chief of Armaereo, summarizes the key stages of the genesis and development of the Italian participation in the Program F35, highlighting the reasons for the choices made as regards the Joint-forces...
BAE Systems PLC involvement in the programme: Along with being responsible for the design and delivery of the aft fuselage and empennage for each of the three F-35 variants, BAE also play a key...
Less than two years after a new Pentagon leadership team adopted a new integrated master schedule (IMS) for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program—which in 2010 plans was to have been declared operational by...
Eurofighter (EADS, BAE, Finmeccanica, INDRA) offered a $2.0 billion investment sweetener as it seeks to edge out US rivals for a contract to provide 60 advanced fighter planes to South Korea. The consortium announced...
A small team of UK personnel are learning all about the fifth-generation stealth aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. So far, Britain has taken delivery of 2 Lightning II multi-role Joint Strike...
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Italian Center of AirForces Military Studies (CESMA), May 14, at the Aviator’s House, in Rome, organized a conference with prof. Michele Nones on the theme: “F35: a scapegoat.” The debate was moderated by Gen...
Ten Turkish companies participated in the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Industry Recognition Event during the IDEF tradeshow today. Turkish companies are major contributors to the current international production of the F-35 Lightning II...
Involving more than 40 warships, 40 fixed-wing aircraft and 30 helicopters from the UK, the Netherlands, Canada, France, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Germany, over 12,000 personnel took part in Exercise Joint Warrior....
The 2014 budget request from the Air Force includes funding for 19 additional F-35 fighter jets and cuts active-duty personnel by 1,900 airmen, according to an article in DoD Buzz. The Air Force is...
Connecticut-based market research firm Forecast International recently issued study projects that request for military rotorcrafts growth will continue in 2013, forecasting production to reach 615 rotorcraft. Roughly 4,796 medium/heavy military rotorcraft, having an estimated...