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By Sean Broderick
Safran is in talks to acquire parts of Raytheon Technologies’ flight controls and actuation business lines, the French supplier confirmed June 5.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has selected Airbus’ H225M Caracal transport helicopter as the future rotary-wing mount of the country’s special forces.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Boston-based Fortify specializes in 3D printers that use composite materials and high-temperature photopolymer resins to make a variety of parts.
Supply Chain

By Molly McMillin
Raytheon Technologies introduces new cabin connectivity hardware and service for all cabin sizes of business jets to provide passenger connectivity in the air.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Steve Trimble
Raytheon will demonstrate an improved version of the tube-launched, swarming Coyote Block 3 for the Office of Naval Research.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Kongsberg is currently at the LIMA Airshow.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
Aerospace and defense metals specialist IBC Advanced Alloys warned on May 18 that it faced a debt payment crunch.
Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris, Christine Boynton, Jens Flottau
A large number of Airbus A320neos, A220s and Embraer E2 aircraft are parked as Pratt & Whitney struggles with retrofits and engine supply.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup RapidFlight has emerged from stealth mode to launch the M2, a Group 3 uncrewed aircraft system that is 3D-printed.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Raytheon's PhantomStrike was one of several AESA radar sets being considered for Poland’s future FA-50PL fleet being built by KAI.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The electronic attack payload adds to the Army’s evolving plans to acquire high-altitude platforms.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force expects to move its next-generation air-to-air missile into production next year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Sean Broderick
While both PW1000G and CFM Leap customers are seeing issues, the problems are far more widespread in the Pratt fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Top executives see midterm relief from supply chain issues by 2024 but a lot of work in the near term.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
Engine unit and aftermarket sales have been brisk, particularly to China, where commercial air traffic has grown since Beijing ended its zero-COVID policy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Raytheon is rolling out a new AI-powered electro-optical sensor it is targeting for integration on the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
With the ability to continue feeding battery power to the guidance system, the AIM-120D-3 has a longer effective kinematic range, Raytheon says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The Nordic nation will become the first foreign customer for the David’s Sling ground-based air defense (GBAD) system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The ALQ-249 replaces one of the three ALQ-99 tactical jamming system pods now used by the EA-18G.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman on April 3 outlined its full team of subcontractors for its U.S. Navy E-XX Take-Charge-and-Move-Out (Tacamo) offer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Raytheon installed a software upgrade on the SM-6 Dual II since a May 2021 setback, and it worked.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The awards come nearly seven months after the U.S. Air Force selected Raytheon for the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) operational prototyping program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The industry team will build and test an airbreathing propulsion subsystem for the proposed DeepStrike-Extended Range concept.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The agency’s fiscal 2024 budget request includes funding for 27 Raytheon SM-3 Block 1B missiles, but then production will stop as upgrades continue.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
KHI began research and development of its high energy laser in 2018 at the request of the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare