An RAF Puma helicopter based at Kinloss has supported the NHS in Scotland with the first transfer of a critically ill patient from the Isle of Arran. Three Puma helicopters are currently based at Kinloss Barracks in Scotland as part of a new Aviation Task Force which was set up to ...
Elbit Systems Ltd has announced it has been awarded two contracts worth around $20 million from Latin American customers to upgrade the capabilities of their Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Under the contracts, which will both be performed within a 1-month period, the Company will integrate satellite communication systems and ...
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems has opened a new, modern spacecraft development, integration and test factory with state-of-the-art laboratories and secure facilities in Centennial, Colorado. The 33,514 square foot facility triples General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems’ (GA-EMS) has capacity for satellite production, integration and testing for single to constellation-sized orders, and also houses ...
Airbus has achieved the first ever fully automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) operation with a boom system. The flight test campaign, conducted earlier in the year over the Atlantic Ocean, involved an Airbus tanker test aircraft equipped with the Airbus A3R solution, with an F-16 fighter aircraft of the Portuguese Air Force ...