Air News & Articles

New Fixed-wing UAS For Enhanced Tactical Mapping

The eBee TAC from senseFly offers field personnel access to accurate and reliable location data and maps, delivering the intelligence and situational awareness needed to act with confidence and precision across changing environments

Jul 23, 2021
Engineering Support for Army Aviation Engine Program

Avion will perform business and operations, engineering, acquisition logistics, and integrated product support functions to support Improved Turbine Engine (ITE), T700, T55, and Power Generation efforts

Jul 23, 2021
Lean-Agile Methods for F-16 AESA Radar Integration

The Northrop Grumman Active Electronically Scanned Array AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar program has been harnessing Lean-Agile methodologies for software development for the F-16 Viper aircraft

Jul 22, 2021
First F-35 Pilot Readiness Center Launched Outside the U.S.


Located in The Netherlands, the center will provide services including helmet fitting, calibration, centrifuge, flight simulators and altitude chamber training for the Royal Netherlands Air Force and its international customers

Jul 22, 2021
New Training Provider for UK-Qatar Hawk Squadron

BAE Systems will deliver live and synthetic training to Qatar Emiri Air Force and British Royal Air Force pilots at RAF Leeming

Jul 22, 2021
Advanced Augmented Reality System for Pilots

SA Photonics' PilotVision system interfaces wirelessly with the Adventure Pilot iFly GPS electronic flight bag, providing a head-up display that contains information on altitude, attitude, speed, terrain, traffic, airspaces and other important flight data

Jul 22, 2021
Remote Air Traffic Control Tower for The Royal Navy

The installation at Royal Navy Air Station Predannack, the first of its kind for the U.K. Ministry of Defence, is planned to go live in April 2022

Jul 22, 2021
New Robotic Process to Clean Fiber Optic Cables

The U.S. Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center East Advanced Technology and Innovation Team have been evaluating a robotic fiber optic inspection and cleaning system that has been used in an aircraft manufacturing environment

Jul 21, 2021
U.S. Air Force to Develop Digital Twin of F-16 Aircraft

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s F-16 Program Office is sponsoring the project through which Wichita State University’s National Institute of Aviation Research will disassemble and scan two F-16s to create the ‘digital twin’

Jul 20, 2021
Northrop Grumman Continues as Minuteman III Support Contractor

As prime contractor since 2015, Northrop Grumman will continue to provide engineering and field services to sustain Minuteman III through to the end of its service life later next decade

Jul 20, 2021
U.S. Air Force Funds Development of Versatile Air-Launched Platform

Wave Engine Corp.’s VALP is a multi-mission, air-launched vehicle that leverages the company’s proprietary engine technology to demonstrate high-performance, low-cost propulsion for future generations of high-performance aerial vehicles

Jul 19, 2021
Advancing Defense Capability Through Strategic Collaboration Defense Advancement works with major OEMs to foster collaboration and increase engagement with SMEs, to accelerate innovation and drive defense capabilities forward.