The first E-2D to come equipped with aerial refuelling capabilities has received a successful in-flight fuel transfer from a tanker aircraft as part of Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Hawkeye program. The pilots performed ten “dry plugs” and two “wet plugs” during the four hour test flight, with more than 1,700 pounds of ...
L3 Technologies has received a production contract for multiple awards amounting to £97M as part of the U.S. Army’s Apache ‘Manned/Unmanned Teaming – eXpanded Capabilities’ (MUMT-X) helicopter programme. MUMT-X will enable communications and data teaming between manned and unmanned aircraft, providing the Apache AH-64E with “transformational warfighting capabilities”. Crucially, those capabilities ...
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and its partner Embraer Defense & Security have secured a contract to supply the US Air Force’s A-29 Afghanistan Programme with a further six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft. Production of these six new aircraft is to start immediately in Jacksonville, Florida and brings to 26 the total ...
Saab has signed a contract with MBDA for deliveries of subsystems for the Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) missile system. The Meteor is a highly advanced, long-range and agile air-to-air missile system that is designed to counter the most sophisticated airborne threats. Sweden is working with France, Germany, Italy, Spain ...
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