Northrop Grumman delivered the center fuselage for Australia's first F-35 Lightning II aircraft to Lockheed Martin, according to an official statement. This center fuselage will be integrated into a conventional takeoff and landing variant of the F-35 and represents the first of 100 center fuselages that will be manufactured atPalmdale for the Royal Australian Air Force, the company said
Draken International continues to rapidly build up its supersonic fleet with the delivery of twenty-five MiG-21 aircraft. With MiG-21 assembly operations taking place on both coasts, Draken is able to provide a safe, reliable, real-world "red-air" asset to the Department of Defense and Test Pilot schools across North America
General Dynamics has won several U.S
Lockheed Martin submitted a proposal for the U.S
MBDA and Lockheed Martin demonstrated the first launch of a Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) from Lockheed Martins MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) launcher using the Extensible Launching System (ExLS). This is the first test by MBDA and Lockheed Martin since the May 2013 announcement of cooperation between the two companies to offer MBDA missile systems for use with the MK 41 and ExLS family of launchers
BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce today announced that Rolls-Royce is joining the Hawk Advanced Jet Training System (AJTS) team to compete for the U.S
Bell Helicopter and Lockheed Martin will jointly work on the Bell V-280 Valor, making it the first of Bell Helicopters V-280 program tier. “We made the strategic decision to invest in a mission system and provide Bell Helicopter with this leap-ahead combat capability on the V-280 Valor, said Dale P
Lockheed Martin's paveway II Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb (DMLGB) was successfully employed with the U.S
The British Government is renegotiating a deal for two 65,000-tonne aircraft carriers with BAE systems in order to control rising cost, but the terms of deal suggests otherwise, Defense Secretary Philip Hammond was quoted by Defense News. Hammond said in a statement issued in a critical Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report, “We are currently negotiating with industry to seek to secure proper alignment between industry and the MoD over the balance of the project and so bring the costs under control, but we are doing so within the context of a contract that gives us very little negotiating leverage...
Israels Rafael plans to integrate the jointly funded US-Israel Stunner missile into a fourth-generation Patriot intercepting system with Raytheon, according to Defense News. The new Patriot Advanced Affordable Capability-4 (PAAC-4) system aims to integrate the new Stunner interceptor developed under Davids Sling program with Raytheons Patriot PAC-3 radars, launchers and engagement control stations