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UncategorizedWhile Boeing Awaits Approval For F/A-18 Multi Year, Eyes Foreign Sales
By Geoff Fein Boeing [BA] is confident that Congress will pass a bill this month making two technical changes so that the Department of Defense (DoD) and the aerospace firm […]
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UncategorizedLockheed Martin To Provide More Arrowhead Kits For AH-64Ds
The Army has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $260 million follow-on production contract for the combat-proven Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS), known as Arrowheadr, for the […]
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UncategorizedL-3 Link To Provide First UH-60M Crew Training Simulators
L-3 [LLL] Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) has been awarded a contract modification from Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC] to provide three UH-60M Operational Flight Trainers (OFTs) to support of […]
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UncategorizedBoeing, Netherlands Air Force Make History, AH-64D Flies On Blended Fuel
Boeing [BA] and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) yesterday made aviation history when a Boeing AH-64D Apache became the first rotorcraft in the world to fly using a blend […]
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UncategorizedLockheed Martin’s JAGM Completes F/A-18 E/F Wind Tunnel Tests
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday that it has successfully completed an extensive series of wind tunnel tests of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system. The tests simulated the flight environments […]
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UncategorizedSAIC Acquires Forterra Simulation And Collaboration Software
SAIC [SAI] recently said it has acquired an on-line simulation and collaboration software product line from Forterra Systems, Inc., which provides a real- time virtual world enabling interpersonal interation through […]
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UncategorizedKaminski, Lyles, Appointed To Defense Science Board
The Defense Department yesterday announced the appointments of Paul Kaminski as chairman of the Defense Science Board for a term effective immediately through Dec. 31, 2011, and retired Air Force […]
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UncategorizedMissile Defense Testing, GMD Studies Sought In Senate Bill
By Emelie Rutherford The defense policy bill the Senate is expected to debate this month calls for the Pentagon to craft detailed plans for two much-debated aspects of the Ballistic […]
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UncategorizedNavy Sticks By Plan to Terminate VH-71, Cuts MLP and F/A-18E/F Buys
By Geoff Fein The Navy reiterated its position that it is terminating the VH-71 presidential helicopter program and using leftover funding from the research and development effort for both anticipated […]
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UncategorizedEgypt Wants UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters, TOWs and 120mm HE-T
Egypt wants to buy more than $560 million in United Technologies [UTX] General Electric [GE] UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, Raytheon‘s [RTN] TOW 2A anti-armor guided missiles and General Dynamics [GD] […]