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South Korea picked Lockheed Martin’s F-35A stealth fighter as its main combat aircraft to better respond to possible nuclear and missile attacks from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The country is the...
Listen to NASA “auralizations” of different aircraft types powered by turbofan, open-rotor, prop and electric engines&mdash tap here (from AviationWeek) — NASA and aerospace industry partners are flight testing new technologies to see...
“Microsatellites and Cubesats: technologies and solutions for safer space activities” is the title of a workshop organized by the AFCEA Rome Chapter at the ITAF Centro Sperimentale di Volo (CSV); The most innovative technologies,...
“Due to Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and Russia’s continuing aggression in Eastern Ukraine which has manufactured a tragic humanitarian crisis, the importance of further European integration and of closer transatlantic cooperation is now...
The next generation battery technology company, OXIS Energy Ltd, has delivered the third phase of a research programme to improve its Lithium Sulfur cells for Lincad Ltd and the UK MOD. The project is...
Northrop Grumman has unveiled its vertical-launch, horizontal-landing reusable booster design for the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) XS-1 experimental spaceplane program. Northrop, teamed with subsidiary Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic, is working under a 13-month,...
Lockheed Martin has received a contract through the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) for the U.S. Navy to evaluate and test two FORTIS exoskeletons. This marks the first procurement of Lockheed Martin’s exoskeletons...
The article summarized here appeared on http://spendergast.blogspot.be/ and includes a global survey of the E-3 Sentry program. AWACS upgrade achieves initial operational capability – U.S. Air Force The commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. Mike Hostage, declared...
FR MoD / new technologies / UAV / UK MoD
A version of this article appears in the August 11/18 double issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. New low-observable technologies, a highly reliable turbofan engine and multifunction radar are among the technologies that...
Around the world, threats to densely populated locations such as subways, train stations and airports underscore the need for new counterterrorism methods – especially the capability to investigate suspicious objects that may contain weapons...
Shock waves from battlefield explosions are invisible threats for U.S. Soldiers and their top-of-the-line combat helmets, but with new studies in synthetic human physiology, researchers are learning how to lessen blast wave effects on...
Raytheon Co., El Segundo, California, has been awarded a $22,000,000 modification (P00015) to FA8807-12-C-0012 for software coding and security on the military global positioning system user equipment contract. The total cumulative face value of...
DRS Technologies, Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, announced that it will provide logistics support to the U.S. Air Force’s Halvorsen 25K Aircraft Cargo Loaders around the globe. The Air Force awarded DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc....
Boeing and subsidiary Insitu Inc. today named Ryan Hartman Insitu president and CEO, effective immediately. Hartman most recently served as senior vice president, Insitu Programs. He succeeds CEO Steve Morrow, who is retiring. “Insitu...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) an $89.7 million contract option to continue operating and supporting the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) system in support of overseas contingency missions through...
North Vancouver, BC – Seaspan today announced that Tim Page has joined Seaspan Shipyards as Vice President, Government Relations. Tim will provide leadership to Seaspan Shipyards, acting as the primary representative with Government agencies and non-Government...
Air Systems / Contracts / ISR
Boeing has received a contract from NATO worth approximately $250 million to install digital flight decks and avionics on 13 of the alliance’s Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, which are based on...
Finmeccanica Chief Executive Officer and General Manager Mauro Moretti presents an overview of the “New Finmeccanica” and Group Priorities. Finmeccanica CFO Giampiero Cutillo details the 2014 Half Year Results in details (from minute 21)...
Rockwell Collins Satellite Communications Systems Inc. has been acquired by an Atlanta based private investor group and renamed DataPath Inc, reviving a brand long known for quality and innovation in remote field communications. The...
Air Systems / Contracts / UAV
AgustaWestland completed a demonstration of its Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial System / Optionally Piloted Helicopter (RUAS/OPH) to the Italian Ministry of Defence. The trials were conducted to evaluate modern remote controlled rotorcraft technology and its...
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