Air News & Articles

Marshall Aerospace installed the lightweight high-tenacity polyethylene cockpit armor from QinetiQ on a fleet of C-130J-30 airlifters

The company will support the German Air Force at the Laupheim and Holzdorf-Schönewalde bases, conducting pre-flight inspections and operating a total of three service bays for partial work phases at the 64th Helicopter Squadron

In the first of two tests, the Army intercepted a high-performance, high-speed tactical ballistic missile target using Northrop Grumman’s Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS)

Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems have laid the keel beam for New Zealand’s first P-8A, marking a major production milestone

SNC’s Mission Enhancement Kit (MEK) provides increased safety and enhanced performance and mission capabilities for the Army’s Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS) fleet

Sentient Vision Systems’ Visual Detection And Ranging (ViDAR) systems will be used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, integrated into an unmanned aerial system operated by the Marine Corps

Insitu Pacific will provide its Integrator unmanned aerial systems as well as associated Ground Systems and Prime Systems Integrator services, with the majority of manufacture and all assembly to be completed in Australia

Northrop Grumman’s RQ-4B Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) departed from Palmdale, California, U.S. and landed 18.7 hours later at Misawa Air Base, Misawa, Japan

With its MILDS Block 2 missile defense system HENSOLDT is supplying a total of 35 sensors (five per aircraft and five units for lab use) to Terma A/S, which is managing the integration of the systems at Lockheed Martin through Terma Inc.

BIRD Aerosystems will purchase the King Air 350 aircraft and transfer it to a Maritime Patrol Aircraft using its Airborne Surveillance, Intelligence and Observation (ASIO) solution

Elbit Systems UK will supply a joint-air version of its TORCH-X based Battle Management Application that will provide situational awareness by constantly displaying a local or recognized air picture enabling effective co-ordination of air assets