TURKEY took delivery of its third Peace Eagle AEW&C aircraft (737NG) from BOEING; fourth is scheduled for delivery in 2015. AEROFLEX received shareholder approval to be acquired by COBHAM as part of previously announced deal valued at $1.46b.
Poorly designed wiring bundles for the U.S. Air Force’s Boeing KC-135 tanker-replacement aircraft have driven program officials to further slip first flight of the Boeing 767-2C aircraft from June to no earlier than the middle of November.
PARIS — An Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA lifted two commercial communications satellites to orbit on Sept. 11, launching Measat-3b for Malaysian fleet operator Measat and Optus-10 for SingTel-Optus of Australia.
MOSCOW—Even as Russian military and government agencies continue to renew their air fleets the government is planning its next long-range re-armament effort through 2025—one that will focus on nuclear rearmament and long-range aviation platforms.
Raytheon has successfully completed a System Delta Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of its Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), U.S. Navy officials report. Completed on schedule, this “delta” review focused on design updates since the PDR was conducted during the technology development phase, Navy officials say. The PDR verified that the AMDR system design will meet its allocated requirements with acceptable risk and within cost and schedule constraints.
An upgrade of Australia’s Jindalee over-the-horizon (OTH) radars has increased the speed, sensitivity and precision of the sensors, and knitted them into the national command-and-control network of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The Australian Department of Defense plans to seek preliminary approval for further enhancements in the first half of next year, although the focus of the development effort is now shifting to ensuring the RAAF can operate the system, formally known as the Jindalee Operational Radar Network, until around 2040.
HOUSTON—The U.S. faces a struggle in the next few years in determining appropriate safety standards as it surges to re-establish a domestic human space launch capability through NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, former space shuttle program manager Wayne Hale predicts.
NEW DELHI—India has taken delivery of its fifth P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft as part of the eight units ordered from the U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing. The new aircraft “arrived on schedule” on Sept. 9 at INS Rajali, a naval base at Arakonam, near the southern city of Chennai, where it joined the four previously delivered P-8Is, says India’s deputy chief of naval staff, Vice Admiral R.K. Pattanaik.
PARIS—Start-up optical service provider Laser Light Communications has selected Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. as prime contractor for building the first global, all-optical commercial satellite constellation.
PARIS—Start-up optical service provider Laser Light Communications has selected Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. as prime contractor for building the first global, all-optical commercial satellite constellation.
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