Lockheed Martin has won a contract with the US government worth around $1.2 billion to produce 16 new F-16 Block 70 aircraft for the Royal Bahraini Air Force. The award represents the first F-16 Block 70 sale and the first F-16 production program to be performed in Greenville, South Carolina. The Kingdom of Bahrain is ...
Northrop Grumman has agreed a deal worth $429m with the US Air Force to provide highly protected communications for warfighters. The contract was awarded by Space and Missile Systems Center, Military Satellite Communications Directorate, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California and will see the company provide two Extremely High Frequency eXtended Data ...
A newly published report from Accenture has shown that six in seven aerospace and defence companies plan to integrate blockchain into their business within the next three years. For those unaware, blockchain is an emergent digital ledger that maintains and records data in a way that enables stakeholders to confidently and ...
Lockheed Martin has selected Raytheon to develop and deliver the next generation Distributed Aperture System (DAS) for the F-35 fighter jet. The F-35’s DAS collects and sends high resolution, real-time imagery to the pilot’s helmet from six infrared cameras mounted around the aircraft, allowing pilots to see the environment around them – day ...