The Boeing Talon Hate pod, which is designed to provide that connectivity, was requested by Pacific Air Forces as a quick-reaction project needed to link the stealthy F-22 with legacy fighters.
The second of three 6-to-7-hr. spacewalks intended to extend power, data and heater cables to the first of the docking ports for use by Boeing’s CST-100 and SpaceX’s crewed Dragon is scheduled to get underway early Feb. 25.
Officials from the four Typhoon partner nations – Germany, Italy, Spain and the U.K. – inked an agreement at the IDEX 2015 defense show in Abu Dhabi on Feb. 22 to update the fighter with the Phase 3 Enhancements (P3E) package.
CAE, which is best known for its expertise in flight simulators, believes that integrating live flying training with its simulation products can provide a broader capability to its customers.
ShinMaywa will probably choose a private local partner to help build the aircraft for the Indian navy, and perhaps make parts for export. Local content is the key issue to be settled before a contract.
The armed version will feature the stub-winged Crashworthy External Fuel System (CEFS) and carry a range of armaments including forward-firing guns, unguided rockets and the Hellfire missile.
NorthStar Aviation, based in the UAE but employing a largely expatriate engineering team, has developed the Bell 407MRH – Multi-Role Helicopter – out of Bell’s upgraded 407GX.
Thales U.K. says it could deliver its system for Britain’s carrier organic helicopter-borne airborne early warning requirement 12 months early, eliminating a potential capability gap and reducing training costs.
With 65 hr. of flight testing performed on the Experimental Demonstrator Model (XDM), Paramount is “within six months” of flying the first of two Pre-Production Model (PPM) aircraft, which will be fully conforming to production standards and will be used to test the mission systems.
The total Ohio Replacement Program is estimated to cost a great deal more – and while the Navy and Congress say the program is really needed, no one is guaranteeing the funding for it.
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Feb. 24-Mar. 1 — Avalon 2015, Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition, Geelong, Australia. For more information go to www.airshow.com.au/airshow2015/TRADE/conferences/conf-AIHA.asp
BOEING has $591m U.S. Army contract for 35 AH-64E Apaches under full-rate production Lot 5. Estimated completion date is July 31. SLOVAKIA’s proposed purchase of 9 SIKORSKY UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related systems/support for $450m was approved by U.S. State Dept. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the sale Feb. 18.
Deployed in short order last year to bolster international operations against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria, Australia’s highly modern Air Task Group (ATG) is a compact bellwether of an air force in transition.
BAE Systems is promoting the armed version of its Hawk trainer at the Aero India air show as a possible conversion for India, which has ordered 123 of the type.
The program’s Integrated Science Instrument Module team says it has overcome a series of challenges plaguing all four of the module’s instruments, as well as a cryocooler subsystem that supports the Mid-Infrared Instrument.
Upgrades to Lockheed Martin’s workhorse A2100 satellite bus are reflected in a shrinking footprint on the ground, as the company consolidates its production facilities to meet a goal of cutting the cost of the spacecraft by 35% and delivery time by 25%.
France and Russia have signed a cooperative agreement that could see France send a life-sciences experiment into space on Russia’s next Bion capsule, set for launch in 2019, and to explore the possibility of flying a French instrument on Russia’s Interhelioprobe solar mission in 2020.
Nearly three decades after its first flight – but only three months since talks between France and Egypt began – the Dassault-built Rafale has garnered its first export sale.
