Companies from across the UK and Europe have secured British defense ministry research funding to develop technologies that could deliver supplies to soldiers on the front line.
Less than one week after the U.S. State Department approved the sale of 18 Boeing Super Hornets to Canada, the Canadian prime minister said he will refuse to do business with the Chicago-based aerospace company.
Development and certification delays mean that the aerial refueling tankers are now piling up at Boeing's widebody aircraft factory in Everett, Washington.
India plans to resume satellite launches by end of this year, as it recovers from the Aug. 31 launch failure that claimed an Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System spacecraft.
Embattled Triumph Group sold its aerospace metal finishing Embee Division to All Metals Processing of Orange County Sept. 14 for an undisclosed amount.
Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon’s leading contractor by revenue, has taken a stake in Ocean Aero, the San Diego provider of the Submaran unmanned maritime vehicle.
The U.S. Air Force is looking into a “light”—or low-cost—alternative to current ISR capabilities to accompany a potential future light attack fleet into low-threat environments.
BOEING has $676.6m U.S. Navy contract for six Lot 41 F/A-18E and eight F/A-18F aircraft. RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS and IRAN HELICOPTER SUPPORT AND RENEWAL COMPANY this month completed high-temperature testing of Ka-226T helicopter in Iran. LOCKHEED MARTIN UK and ELBIT SYSTEMS UK are partnering to bid for UK Royal Navy’s Maritime Electronic Warfare Program (MEWP).
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Sikorsky is targeting European Aviation Safety Agency and Transport Canada certification of its gross weight expansion for the S-92 twin-engine heavy helicopter from 26,500 lb. to 27,700 lb.
Boeing and Saab say 90% of their clean-sheet BTX aircraft would be made in the U.S. if it is selected for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X Advanced Pilot Training program.
Industry boosters are sensing new life in their push to re-establish the U.S. Export-Import Bank after the White House on Sept. 15 announced nominations for three more members of its board of directors.
