The fourth US Air Force Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite to be built by Lockheed Martin has now been encapsulated. Completion of this final milestone means that the SBIRS GEO Flight-4 satellite will meet its planned January 18th launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in ...
Cascade Aerospace has secured a contract for the avionics modernisation of one Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (FAM) L-100 (C-130) Hercules aircraft. The contract follows on the recent delivery of two modernised C-130K Hercules aircraft delivered to the FAM and fitted with advanced digital avionics from Rockwell Collins. This program will be contracted through ...
The Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has made his first visit to Iraq and took the opportunity to praise UK service personnel as British airstrikes continue to wipe out Daesh. RAF aircraft carried out operations against the terrorist group every day over the Christmas period, striking terrorist compounds, trucks, mortars and pockets ...
Viasat has been awarded a contract to upgrade the NATO UHF satellite communications (SATCOM) control stations to comply with the Integrated Waveform (IW) baseline. The upgrade gives NATO greater communications interoperability, scalability and flexibility across legacy and next-generation platforms to enhance situational awareness as the battlespace dynamically expands. As part of this ...