Exelis has received a U.S
Airbus Helicopters has upgraded the AS365 Dauphin rotorcraft full-flight simulator to provide training in both day and night search and rescue (SAR) operations. The upgrade was made by Airbus Helicopters Southeast Asia at its Seletar Aerospace Park facility, by adding a CMA9000 flight management system into the AS365 motion-based flight simulator
Marotta Controls has won a contract from Lockheed Martin to upgrade the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) with multiple power conversion units. Lockheed Martin has been developing LRASM as a joint program with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; the Department of the Navy and Air Force
Turbomeca (Safran) is setting up new manufacturing capability at its facility in France for serial production of parts using the latest additive manufacturing, or 3D printing process. Bordes facility in France is one of the first of its kind to serial produce additive components for aerospace propulsion industry in France
Indias Radel Advanced Technology (RAT) is developing a series of indigenous technologies for the Indian Air Force (IAF). "An electronic Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) for the Dornier (maritime reconnaissance) aircraft is under development and has successfully undergone functional testing at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)
Elbit Systems has won a $100 million contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) to procure six new firefighting aircraft and operate the firefighting squadron. The Squadron consists of fourteen aircraft, including eight previously procured by Elbit Systems
Russian Helicopters has been asked by the Indian MoD to respond to a request for information (RFI) to procure light utility helicopters for the Indian Army and Navy along with Airbus and Bell. This is contrary to what is being reported primarily in the Russian media that the Russian side is close to a go ahead to set up a manufacturing base in India along with state owned HAL to sell in the Indian and export markets
Rheinmetall's subsidiary, American Rheinmetall Munitions (ARM) will supply M1110 40 x 46mm day/night training cartridges and 66mm vehicle-launched screening smoke grenades to the US Armed Forces. Under a contract worth a total of $127
Rockwell Collins announced Monday that it has been selected by NASA for its Single Pilot Operation program. The research is focused on exploring concepts and technology for crew capacity, ground support and automation on commercial airlines
Lockheed Martin announced today that it has set up a new radio terminal development and certification facility to help the US Navy´s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS). MUOS is expected to achieve global communications coverage next year