Former Beechcraft executive John Gibson II has been named chief executive officer and president of XCOR Aerospace in place of co-founder Jeff Greason, who is transitioning to chief technology officer.
Based on the Russian Kh-55, the Soumar is believed to have a range of at least 2,000 km. “This missile represents a significant leap in the Middle East arms race,” says Col. Aviram Hasson of Israel’s Missile Defense Organization.
U.S. Air Force crash investigators probing the loss of a two-seat F-15 in England last year have found the accident was prompted by imperfections in the nose cone of the aircraft. Post-crash analysis of the nose cone of the Lakenheath, U.K.-based F-15D that crashed onto farmers’ fields outside the town of Spalding, Lincolnshire, on Oct. 8 revealed a large gap between the radome and the nose cap, and that excessive amounts of sealant to close that gap had “extruded behind the nose-cap creating an uneven aerodynamic surface.”
Controllers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center are beginning a complex set of 44 deployments on four scientific spacecraft launched late March 12 to study what happens when clouds of space plasma collide with an explosive release of energy.
The U.K. defense ministry says it wants a vanilla fleet of upgraded AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to replace its existing fleet of WAH-64D Block I aircraft – but it is facing a difficult choice about who to approach for the upgrade.
Chinese rocket builder CALT has assembled the airframe of the first Long March 5, a new type of space launcher that will loft the country’s heaviest loads into space.
The submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) has completed repairs and other work on an assortment of U.S. Navy ships supporting multiple U.S. naval assets.
Five E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 are set to make their first deployment as part of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 aboard the aircraft carrier CVN 71 USS Theodore Roosevelt.
GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS and THALES AUSTRALIA signed MOU to submit a bid in response to Australia’s Land 400 Phase 2 - Mounted Combat Reconnaissance Capability Request For Tender. GENERAL DYNAMICS ELECTRIC BOAT laid keel of the submarine Colorado, 15th Virginia-class sub. Delivery date is August 2017.
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/03/asd_03_12_2015_dossierspecs.pdf B-52H Stratofortress Specs (See pp. 6-9 for full B-52 Program Dossier) Designation: B-52H Name:
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/03/asd_03_12_2015_dossier11.pdf Definition: The B-52 "Stratofortress" is a U.S. long-range, heavy bomber. It was produced by Boeing and continues to be maintained by the company.
“The future is bright for Sikorsky,” says the CEO of the rotorcraft maker’s parent company, United Technologies Corp. (UTC) – but it is not bright enough to keep it inside UTC.
The global aerospace materials market is expected to increase at a 6.6% compound annual growth rate through 2019, reaching $18.5 billion in value, a new study shows.
