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Shelly O’Neill Stoneman to Lead Government Relations for BAE Systems

Air March 16, 2021

BAE Systems has named Shelly O’Neill Stoneman to become the Senior Vice President for Government Relations, effective April 17, 2021. In her new role, Stoneman will assume responsibility for all government relations activities for the company, overseeing BAE Systems, Inc.’s relationships with members of Congress, the Department of Defense and other ...

Raytheon to enhance 5G and airborne radar coexistence

Air March 16, 2021

Raytheon Intelligence & Space has been awarded an $8 million contract under the National Spectrum Consortium’s Dynamic Spectrum Sharing program, which is part of the US Department of Defense 5G to NextG initiative. The NSC wants to understand how the 5G network will impact airborne radar systems and how the radars ...

US Army uses GA-ASI SC2 to control Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS

Air March 12, 2021

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI) and the US Army conducted the first production Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP) flights of a Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System using Scalable Command & Control (SC2) software developed by GA-ASI and installed on an Army-owned laptop computer. SC2 controlled an Army ...

NATO F-35 milestone as first F-35A for Denmark takes flight

Air March 12, 2021

L-001, Denmark’s first F-35 Lightning II production aircraft recently flew its inaugural flight. Denmark is the fifth European NATO nation to fly and operate an F-35, strengthening NATO’s 5th generation airpower foundation. Denmark is joining four other European nations who already operate the F-35: the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Norway and Italy. Like the F-16 before it, the F-35 ...