Boeing will deliver the first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft – the MQ-25 aerial refueler – to the US Navy, fending off rival bids from Lockheed Martin and General Atomics. Having won the coveted $805 million contract, Boeing will undertake MQ-25 construction at a site in St. Louis, Missouri. Here, engineering and ...
Rockwell Collins will assist numerous US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft to obtain safety-critical Required Navigation Performance – Area Navigation (RNP-RNAV) capabilities via a contract issued by the Naval Air Systems Command ‘Air Combat Electronics’ programme office. Under the agreement, Rockwell Collins will provide Mission Flight Management Software (MFMS-1000) and Localizer ...
The long awaited F-35B Lightning has carried out initial air trials equipped with UK-built weaponry, Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has announced during a visit to the Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA) in Wales. From Edwards Air Force Base in southern California, the F-35B took to the skies, flown by a ...
The Royal Air Force has officially handed responsibility for the NATO Enhanced Air Policing mission over to the Royal Canadian Air Force. During a ceremony held at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Southern Romania, 135 Expeditionary Air Wing relinquished command of the NATO mission to their Canadian counterparts. Royal Canadian Air ...