Safran Begins Automated Turbine Blade Manufacturing Plant
Safran Helicopter Engines has started its first automated helicopter engine turbine blade production line. Initiated in 2012, the line is today 100% operational
United Engine Corp Designs New Engine For Fifth-Gen Russian Fighter Aircraft
Russia's United Engine Corporation (UEC) has conducted first ground-based ignition of the engines second stage for the prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation (PAK FA T-50 aircraft). Gas generators had to be prepared for the testing, along with the demonstrator engine,
Pratt & Whitney Wins $310 Million Propulsion Systems Supporting F-35 Fighter Aircraft
Pratt & Whitney has won $310 million contract for propulsion system services in support of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. The services will be for the US Navy, US Air Force, US Marine Corps, non-US Department of Defense (DoD) participants and foreign military sales (FMS) customers, the US department...
Rolls-Royce Wins $41 Million To Provide MissionCare Support USAF V-22 Engines
Rolls-Royce is being awarded $41 million contract to provide MissionCare maintenance support for the V-22 AE1107C engines for the Marine Corps and Air Force. MissionCare is a performance-based logistics concept that includes the following: an engine hourly charge based on hours flown, program management, which covers integrated logistics support, including...
India Could Develop Combat Drone Engine With Help From Safran
Safran has offered to partner Indias Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in the development of a variant of the indigenous Kaveri engine for its combat drone, ‘Ghatak. The French company which manufactures engines for Rafale fighter jets are waiting for an approval by the Union government
Pratt & Whitney Wins $93 Million For F119 Engine Sustainment USAF Contract
Pratt and Whitney has won $93 million contract for US Air Forces F119 engine sustainment. Contractor will provide engine sustainment labor, data and combined test force operations and support
US Approves 40 F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet Fighters, Engines, Radars For $10.1...
The US State Department has approved sale of 40 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Aircraft for an estimated cost of $10.1 billion to Kuwait
Pakistani Pratt & Whitney Turboshaft MRO Facility Nears Completion
The Pratt & Whitneys PT6 turboshaft maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Pakistan is nearing completion. The Chairman of Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) in his presentation to the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), Air Marshal Arshad Malik has now invited the Pakistani private sector to invest and were offered opportunities as joint venture to augment the existing T-56 (Rolls-Royce) engine facility at PAC Kamra and develop new PT6 engines for aircraft,
Pakistan Invites Private Players To Undertake Defense-Aviation Development Projects
The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex is eyeing for new design and development programs that include parts for JF-17 Thunder, upgrading Mushshak aircraft, drones and has invited private sector to undertake these ventures in the country. “The PAC Kamra is looking for new design and development programmes like upgrading Super Mushshak aircraft, development of unmanned aerial and many more
Pratt & Whitney Wins $167 Million To Provide F135 Propulsion Systems For...
United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines is being awarded a $167 million contract for long lead components, parts and materials associated with the low-rate initial production Lot XI propulsion systems to the US armed forces
GE Wins $45 Million To Support T700 US Army Engines
GE Aviation has been awarded $45 million contract to provide support services for various General Electric T700 engines. Work is expected to be complete by Sept
HAL-Safran Helicopter Engine MRO JV To Support Global Operators
The Indian Defence Minister, Mr. Manohar Parrikar inaugurated Helicopter Engines MRO Pvt
Kazakhstan Sold 81 Soviet Era Fighter Jets to U.S. for Possible Transfer...
Belgium Inaugurates Factory to Manufacture Griffon Armored Vehicles
Boeing to Use GKN Aerospace's St. Louis Facility for F/A-18, F-15 Programs...
Sierra Nevada Bags $13 Billion U.S. Air Force “Doomsday Plane” Contract
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...