Raytheon engineers are integrating a Warfighter-Machine Interface (WMI) into PDB 8.1, a soon-to-be-fielded Patriot upgrade. This new command and control technology allows coalition operators of Raytheon’s combat-proven Patriot air and missile defence system to view complex data in a new, easy-to-understand way. WMI replaces pixelated shapes and a complex directory system with the type of 3-D visuals, ...
Meggitt has been awarded a contract for the supply of braking systems for the Eurofighter Typhoon contract with Qatar Air Force. In September 2018, BAE Systems announced a £5 billion order for the delivery of 24 Typhoon aircraft to the Qatar Air Force, resulting in a Meggitt order for braking technology ...
An RAF exercise in Croatia will see British troops training with French and American personnel to support security in the region. Members of the Air Assault Brigade and the 11th Infantry Brigade have travelled through the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Hungary to Croatia for the RAF exercise. The 600 British personnel ...
A technology kit developed by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, was used for the first time to operate a Black Hawk helicopter with full-authority, fly-by-wire flight controls. The flight, which took place at the end of May, marked the official start to the Sikorsky flight test program for the soon-to-be optionally ...