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Lockheed Martin Plans to Reduce F-35 Fighter Jet Cost To $80 Million...

December 18, 2017 @ 04:53 PM

Lockheed Martin plans to reduce per unit cost of F-35 fighter jet to $80 million by 2020. With the incorporation of lessons learned, process efficiencies, production automation, facility and tooling upgrades, supply chain initiatives and more – the F-35 enterprise has already significantly reduced costs and improved efficiency, the company said in a statement Monday
Israeli Aircraft Industries to Provide MRO Support For V2500 Engine of Airbus...

December 18, 2017 @ 10:09 AM

International Aero Engines AG (IAE) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced Sunday a 10-year agreement for maintenance of V2500 engines at IAI's BEDEK, Engine Division. The first V2500 turbofan engine which powers the Airbus A320 family has arrived today to IAI
Kuwaiti Eurofighter Typhoons will be the first to Receive E-Scan AESA Radar

December 11, 2017 @ 01:26 PM

Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft meant for the Kuwaiti Air Force (KAF) will be the most advanced produced so far and the first among the fighter jets 8 customers to receive the E-Scan AESA radar. Deliveries of Kuwaits Eurofighter Typhoons will start in 2020 and conclude in 2023, will consist of a package of capabilities on top of the previous enhancement programmes that will include the Leonardo-led E-Scan radar and a number of weapon system upgrades, a Leonardo statement said today
Northrop Grumman Wins $750 Million to Upgrade 75 US Special Electronic Mission

December 7, 2017 @ 10:44 AM

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $750 million US DoD contract to perform upgrades, modernization and integration for the US Armys Special Electronic Mission Aircraft (SEMA) fleet. This fixed- wing airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) fleet includes the RC-12X Guardrail, the Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance Surveillance System and Airborne Reconnaissance Low variants
Russian Helicopters Develops First Ka-226T Chopper Using Digital Technologies

November 30, 2017 @ 06:20 AM

Light helicopter Ka-226T, developed by Russian Helicopters has become a pilot project on the creation and production of helicopters through information technology. Digital manufacturing will greatly simplify the development of new modifications as well as upgrades and design changes according to the customers requirements
Lockheed Martin Successfully Demos PAC-3 Missile Interceptors

November 29, 2017 @ 12:51 PM

Four Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) and one PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors successfully neutralized four tactical ballistic missile targets recently in a complex test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The PAC-3 MSE intercept fulfills a requirement that supports a full-rate production decision for the MSE missile
Kelvin Hughes SharpEye Radar for Pakistan’s Second Khalid-class Submarine Upgrade

November 22, 2017 @ 07:39 AM

UK based Kelvin Hughes has won a contract to supply its SharpEye Doppler radar system to the second of the Pakistan Navys Agosta 90B-class (also known as the Khalid-class attack submarine) upgrade program. Working with Turkish defence contractor STM, the main contractor for the refurbishment programme, Kelvin Hughes will supply the SharpEye system to the first submarine in 2018 and the second in 2019
Lockheed Firm on Moving F-16 Production to India despite Growing International Orders

November 20, 2017 @ 12:43 PM

Lockheed Martin is firm on moving its F-16 fighter jet production line to India despite growing international orders for the F-16V, the latest version of its venerable military aircraft. At the Dubai Air show last week, the UAE announced an order to upgrade 80 F-16 jets in a US$1
Lockheed Martin Delivers Fifth MUOS Satellite to US Navy for Global Military...

November 17, 2017 @ 12:44 AM

The US Navy's Communications Satellite Program Office, PMW 146, and Lockheed Martin handed over full operational control of the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite to the Naval Satellite Operations Center (NAVSOC). The October 11 milestone followed the completion of the MUOS-5 satellite's on-orbit testing and delivery of all operational products needed to "fly" the satellite
Peru Continues A-37B Light-attack Aircraft Avionics Systems Upgrade

November 16, 2017 @ 09:51 AM

The Peruvian Air Force (FAP, per its Spanish acronym) carries on with the avionics systems upgrade program of its main combat, transport, training, and helicopter fleets. “New leaps in technology demand that we acquire and develop a diagnostic solution compatible with a wide range of our aerial platforms,” FAP Colonel Armando Pomar Galdós, commander of SELEC, was quoted as saying by

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