Textron AirLand has begun production of its self-funded, light-attack Scorpion jet ahead of a planned first flight of the production-representative version later this year, though the company is still searching for a buyer.
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE completed major upgrade of all 17 CC-130J Hercules aircraft, with final upgraded aircraft received Oct. 13. RAYTHEON has $255m U.S. Navy contract to complete development of Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS), including finalizing integration with F-35. AEROJET ROCKETDYNE delivered first set of hardware for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew transport service module propulsion system.
Stratistics Market Research says the global maritime satellite communication market will expand at a compound annual growth rate of 10.1% from 2015 to 2022, or $2.25 billion last year to $4.41 annually in six years. The increasing need for enhanced data communication and extensive use are major market movers. But “low awareness” among users and “huge” infrastructure costs are hampering the market, the group says. “Bridging satellite and cellular communication technology is the opportunity for market growth,” researchers say.
Airbus Helicopters and French naval ship builder DCNS are to partner on the development of an unmanned helicopter to meet an upcoming French navy requirement.
Textron’s Scorpion jet has completed its first weapons exercise, demonstrating the aircraft’s close air support mission capability through the employment of three weapon systems.
Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary is offering the ViDAR sensor-carrying derivative of the ScanEagle unmanned air system to meet a U.S. Coast Guard requirement for a shipborne UAV to operate off its National Security Cutters.
The U.S. Air Force plans to begin re-winging 235 Boeing F-15 Eagle air superiority fighters starting with initial production deliveries in fiscal 2022.
The European Space Agency was still waiting to hear from the ExoMars mission’s Schiaparelli lander as of 9 p.m. local time Oct. 19, while the trace gas orbiter seemed to have succeeded in entering Mars’ orbit.
Just one month out from a request for proposals, the U.S. Air Force is keeping a close hold on its draft key performance parameters for the planned successor to its outdated UH-1N Huey helicopter fleet.
Repairs are well underway on the 15 U.S. and Norwegian F-35As that were grounded in September due to crumbling insulation inside the fuel tanks, and officials anticipate some of the jets could be fixed before the end of the month.
A Royal Air Force deployment of Eurofighter Typhoons is taking personnel from three British squadrons to exercises stretching from Southeast Asia to Japan and South Korea in the next three months.
China’s Shenzhou 11 manned space mission has achieved a key objective, demonstrating new docking technology in mating with the Tiangong 2 orbital laboratory.
The Boeing Co., Seattle, is being awarded a $31,070,335 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-14-C-0067) for non-recurring engineering efforts ...
The funds announced Oct. 17 should help tide over Lockheed Martin and its suppliers as they await an anticipated $16 billion deal for Lot 9 and 10 aircraft.
