Air News & Articles

Key Production Milestones Achieved for F-35 Aircraft

BAE Systems has delivered its 3,000th Vehicle Management Computer (VMC) and 1,000th Active Inceptor System (AIS) for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft

Feb 08, 2022
AI Assistant for Blackhawk Rotorcraft Pilots

Northrop Grumman will develop an Operator and Context Adaptive Reasoning Intuitive Assistant (OCARINA) prototype that will be embedded in an Augmented Reality (AR) headset to support UH-60 Blackhawk pilots

Feb 08, 2022
Aquila to Maintain Falklands and UK Air Defense

The company will provide surveillance and communications services to the Ministry of Defence at air defense radar sites in Cornwall and mountain locations in the Falkland Islands

Feb 07, 2022
First F-16 Sustainment Completed for USAF

The first jet arrived at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Greenville, South Carolina for work in spring 2021

Feb 07, 2022
First F-Model Chinook Delivered to Spain

Boeing’s CH-47F features a digital automatic flight control system, common avionics architecture system and advanced cargo handling to meet the Spanish Army’s modernization needs for increased operational capacity

Feb 07, 2022
Airbus and Kongsberg to Support Norwegian Armed Forces

The companies will work to strengthen the deployment of local maintenance capabilities with the objective to optimize the availability of the NH90 helicopter

Feb 04, 2022
New Self-Destruct Technology for Hypersonic Rockets

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems’ Autonomous Flight Termination Units will command the vehicle to destruct if the flight profile rules or boundaries are violated

Feb 04, 2022
New Mission System for US Army Air Launched Effects

The RapidEdge Mission System from Collins Aerospace includes radios for communication, solutions for handling multiple levels of classified data, mission computing, and autonomous behaviors for Air Launched Effects (ALE)

Feb 02, 2022
Stratolaunch to Research Feasibility of Hypersonic Testing for AFRL

The company plans to augment existing Department of Defense (DoD) flight test resources through affordable, commercially contracted, rapid-turnaround hypersonic flight testing for the DoD and its prime contractor partners

Feb 01, 2022
First CV-22 Nacelle Modification Completed

Bell and Boeing completed the modification as part of an ongoing upgrade program to improve the wiring components within the nacelles and to change the structure to improve maintainability

Feb 01, 2022
Autonomous Re-Supply Solution for British Armed Forces

HORIBA MIRA will re-supply front line forces using an intelligent just-in-time ordering capability delivered by unmanned air and ground vehicles

Jan 31, 2022
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