Lockheed Martin has appointed Rodney A. Makoske as senior vice president, Corporate Engineering, Technology, and Operations and corporate officer and Dana Jackson as vice president and chief technology officer (CTO)
Boeing has won a $29.5 million contract to design and develop a beam control system that could provide exceptional accuracy for laser weapons on U
IRKUT Corporation today announced its plans to produce MC-21-300 airliner by the end of 2015. A maiden flight of this new plane is scheduled for 2016, while deliveries of first batch to customers are being planned for 2018
Tail sections of C-130 aircraft for Lockheed Martins global customers are being made in India, Phil Shaw, chief executive of Lockheed Martin India told defenseworld.net
Harris Corporation will acquire Exelis for an approximate $4.75 billion at $23
Thales simulation system has connected the two French Army simulation centers located more than 150 km apart to operate as a network, with a total of 12 simulated helicopters interacting in the same tactical scenario. The simulation centres involved were at Phalsbourg (1st Combat Helicopter Regiment) and Etain (3rd Combat Helicopter Regiment) in Eastern France, according to Thales press release on February 4
Brazilian Air Force announced last week that it has been developing homemade air-to-air missile, A-Darter by partnering with South Africa's Denel Corp. The missile is said to be 90% ready and is expected to be ready for manufacturing in 2016
Sim-Industries, a leading provider of commercial aviation training solutions, has changed its name to Lockheed Martin Commercial Flight Training (LMCFT). Sandy Samuel has been appointed to lead the organization as vice president and general manager
Turbomeca has received EASA type-certification for its Arriel 2N turboshaft. The new engine delivers 17% more take-off power (986 shp/735 kW compared to 840 shp/626 kW) than the current Arriel 2C and it also offers lower operating costs, increased reliability and superior performance over its predecessors
Indra has closed a $103 million deal to work on developing the new radar system Captor-E for Eurofighter, the company announced Monday. Last November, on behalf of the secretaries of defense of all four member countries of the Eurofighter consortium (United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain), NETMA signed an agreement with representatives of the European industry to develop and integrate the most technologically advanced radar system in the world