Americas * United Technologies has won a contract for services in support of the F135 propulsion system on F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. The deal was awarded by the US Navy and is valued at more than $239.6 million. Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, a subsidiary...
Americas * General Atomics has been awarded a USAF contract for software development on the MQ-9 Reaper UAV. Valued at $49.3 million, the agreement provides for software development, in addition to sustaining the current MQ-9 Reaper force operated by the Air Force...
Americas * Aviation Week reports on Boeing's unveiling of its Mach 5 hypersonic demonstrator concept at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SciTech forum. Dubbed the 'son of Blackbird', the aircraft features a delta-wing and builds on the two...
Americas * Boeing revealed Wednesday, a new unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle prototype. Powered by an environmentally-friendly electric propulsion system with eight counter rotating blades allowing for vertical flight, the...
Americas * Draken International announced November 9 that they have successfully acquired 22 Mirage F1M and F1B fighters from Spain. The acquisition now brings Draken’s fleet size to over 100 fighter jets and will go towards enhancing its adversary air services...
Americas * Embraer's first KC-390 prototype has temporarily stopped flying after stall tests conducted last month pushed the military transporter beyond its operational limits. While no work is needed on the “primary aircraft structure,” the firm does need to repair...
Americas * Brazilian aerospace giant Embraer has announced the firm order for six of its A-29 Super Tucano aircraft. The unnamed customer will start to receive the light attack, surveillance, and advanced trainer planes from 2018, however, no further details of the...
Americas * The US Navy's newest America-class amphibious assault ship has been christened the USS Tripoli (LHA7). During a ceremony in Pascagoula, Miss., on Saturday, acting Undersecretary of the Navy Thomas Dee said the vessel "will be a force multiplier, and her...
Americas * In a littoral combat ship (LCS) first, the US Navy successfully used a UAV to provide over-the-horizon targeting information and damage assessment for a missile that was launched from an LCS vessel. The ship in question, the Independence-class LCS USS...
Americas * US Special Operations Command's C-130J aircraft are scheduled to receive new electronic warfare systems aimed to enhance the aircrafts' survivability equipment to detect, identify, locate, deny, degrade, disrupt and defeat various threats. BAE Systems will...