The Chinese Air Force will train flight crews with older versions of H-6 bombers. Starting in early April, students at the PLA Air Force Harbin Flight Academy have been using the H-6 for bomber training
The US Navy has awarded multiple contracts worth $166 million to five firms to provide reengineering, development, and personal computer simulation services in support of Naval Education Training Commands Naval Training Products and Services program. “General Dynamics Information Technology Inc
Bell Helicopter has successfully joined the V-280 Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) wing and nacelles to the aircraft fuselage. “The V-280 wing, nacelles and fuselage are now assembled into the aircraft weve designed as the next generation tiltrotor,” said Lisa Atherton, executive vice president of Military Business Development for Bell Helicopter
LONGBOW LLC, a JV of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, has won a $57.1 million foreign military sale contract to provide the Indian Air Force with LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) systems for their new Apache AH-64E helicopters
Lockheed Martin and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) have signed an agreement to partner on the Multi-mission Combat Ship (MCS), which is based on a DSME hull design and intended for the corvette market. "DSME's MCS hull design coupled with Lockheed Martin's expertise in program and systems integration will allow the team to bring this capable ship to the international marketplace at an affordable price," said Joe North, vice president of Littoral Ships and Systems at Lockheed Martin Mission System and Training
China claims to have a number of foreign nations awaiting delivery of CH series of military drones. The CH series attracts overseas buyers searching for 'powerful, affordable' models even as the combat drone in the series, the CH-5 is awaiting government approval for export,
BWX Technologies, Inc announced Thursday two contracts worth $3.1 billion awarded by the US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program for the manufacture of naval nuclear reactor components and fuel
Lockheed Martin has won a $74 million contract to assess engineering and production challenges and evaluate cost and schedule risks for US Navys Freedom variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. The contract also includes production challenges, provide engineering and design services, and evaluate the cost and schedule risks from affordability efforts to reduce LCS acquisition and lifecycle costs for Freedom variant LCS program core LCS class services, LCS class services, and special studies, analyses and reviews, US Department of Defense said in a statement Thursday
The US Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract modification worth $109.7 million to convert 36 M88A1 recovery vehicles to the M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift Evacuation Systems (HERCULES) configuration
The Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA) has called for an immediate action on usage of unmanned aircraft after the incident yesterday involving a British Airways plane which collided with a drone on its final approach into Heathrow airport. “The fact that a passenger jet and drone collided brings into sharp focus the need for immediate legislation regarding these devices”, a statement by the association said today