Textron Aviation plans to fly a third production-conforming Scorpion light attack/reconnaissance aircraft ahead of the U.S. Air Force’s planned flight experiments to assess potential off-the-shelf candidates for the proposed OA-X requirement.
Mississippi State University has been selected to operate a small UAV demonstration range for the U.S. Homeland Security Department’s Science and Technology Directorate.
A phased rollout of services to enable safe, efficient and secure access to European airspace for large numbers of UAVs is articulated in a blueprint drafted by the Sesar joint undertaking.
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant will not fly in 2017 as previously planned, with the milestone shifting into “early 2018,” company program officials say.
The F-35 may be designed to be low-observable, but the arrival into the UK of eight aircraft for the type’s first overseas deployment with the U.S. Air Force has been anything but.
Boeing will not participate in Belgium’s effort to replace its aging F-16s, narrowing options for future international sales of the F/A-18 Super Hornet.
Weak economies and a strong U.S. dollar hit global sales of Beechcraft King Air turboprops in the first quarter, resulting in lower revenues at Textron Aviation.
EDO Corp. Defense Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Harris Corp., North Amityville, New York, is being awarded a $29,464,211 firm-fixed-price contract.
The U.S. Air Force has not made a final decision on whether to retire the F-15C/D Eagle, but service chief Gen. David Goldfein still is not convinced it’s the right path forward.
Qualification testing of the new B61-12 guided thermonuclear bomb has begun, with a Lockheed Martin F-16C dropping an inert flight test vehicle at Nevada’s Tonopah Test Range.
Despite obsolescence issues with its air defense radars, Malaysia has been unable to pay for replacements and is opting for repairs to its current systems.
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $9.5m U.S. Navy contract for delivery of hardware and engineering services for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter to Japan through October 2018. NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $9.5m U.S. Air Force contract for continued development, integration, fielding and sustainment for the cyber mission platform through April 11, 2018.
Last year during his campaign, President Donald Trump dismissed the Export-Import (Ex-Im) bank as “unnecessary,” siding with conservative Republicans who believe the export credit assistance agency is a form of corporate welfare. But these days, Trump believes the bank, which provides loan guarantees and other assistance to foreign customers buying U.S. goods, “is a very good thing” that can help businesses small and large while making money for the government.
