Rockwell Collins CEO Kelly Ortberg talks with Aviation Week about innovating for the Defense Department, warding off cockpit hackers and the aerospace IT company’s ongoing positive outlook.
The industry seeks to retain trade links and free movement of labor that have helped spur growth in the U.K.’s £62 billion aerospace sectors. Channel: defense, commercial
Seoul has plans for 1,700 ballistic missiles, including the Hyunmu 2 that has probably been developed with foreign assistance. At least one upgraded version is in service.
Senators would grant U.S. access to more Russian engines and cut additional funding for NASA’s Commercial Crew program. The TSA is in a tailspin, and a company helps leaders reach informed decisions.
To date, the air forces of Britain, Germany, Malaysia and Turkey have grounded their A400M aircraft in response to May's crash, even as France—the one nation that has continued to fly the A400M—reiterated its confidence in the airlifter’s safety and integrity.
A pioneering partnership between BAE Systems and Al-Salam Aircraft Company has succeeded in advancing local repair and maintenance capability on Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Typhoons.
With such damage, “It is likely parts will be returned to the F-35 spares inventory as appropriate,” says F-35 Joint Program Office spokesman Joe Dellavedova. “Other components of the aircraft will be evaluated for potential reuse in other aircraft or training systems.”
Fighters are weapon platforms, and adding new or better weapons is essential if an operator is to make best use of the massive initial investment in the airplane. The choice of weapons has never been wider, reflecting different national approaches to mission requirements, but as we see in the following pages, the high cost of integrating missiles means that not everything is available on every aircraft.
With commercial aircraft output continuing to rise and military aircraft production set to increase, Aviation Week looks at the pressures facing the global aerospace industry.
