BAE Systems has agreed a set of exclusive agreements to lead a team comprising Gama Group Limited, Babcock Aerospace Limited and Pilatus Aircraft Limited to offer a training aircraft availability service solution for the UK armed forces. BAE Systems will lead, on behalf of its partners, the provision of a bid to Ascent Flight Training to be the Fixed Wing Aircraft Service Provider (ASP) for the UK Military Flying Training System (MFTS) programme
The fundamental building block for all future avionics software on the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter has entered flight testing on an F-35 test jet. “Block 1,” the first of three principal software-development blocks for the F-35’s mission systems, made its inaugural flight on Nov
Boeing and Lockheed Martin have submitted rival proposals to the U.S
The Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) has launched a competition to buy a new fighter plane to replace its ageing Dasault Mirage 2000-5s. Evaluation of the likely candidates has begun, the service’s commander, Brig
A Request For Information (RFI) was issued in September 2010 for Combat Search & Rescue Systems (SRS). The Indian Air Force (IAF) plans to procure personal Rescue Beacons for its Fighter, Transport and Helicopter fleet and Emergency Location Transmitters (ELT) as well as Air borne Locator Interrogators for its Transport and Helicopters fleet
A total of 60 aircrafts including MiG 21 and helicopters of the Defence forces have crashed during the last three years from financial year 2007-2008 till 8th November, 2010 in the current financial year. Forty three service personnel and five civilians were killed in these accidents
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $189,214,000 modification under contract (N00024-08-C-2110) as part of the planned increment of detailed design engineering work supporting Gerald R
Lockheed Martin Corp., Marietta, Ga
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, today announced that it has been named as the sole awardee on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for Military Sealift Command's Next Generation Wideband commercial satellite communications infrastructure and service
Lockheed Martin Corp., is being awarded a $157,699,625 contract modification (HR0011-09-C-0097)