Karem Aircraft says its optimum-speed tiltrotor proposal for the U.S. Army’s upcoming Future Vertical Lift Medium does not need as much horsepower as its competitors.
Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin “will dominate the defense electronics market” in that order until almost 2025, Teal Group analysts predict.
RAYTHEON has U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract to develop a transition to production process to incorporate Gallium Nitride (GaN) components into AN/TPY-2 radars. LOCKHEED MARTIN was selected as preferred Combat System Integrator for Australia’s Future Submarine Program, subject to further discussion on commercial matters. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP. has $30.8m U.S. Navy contract for MK 48 Mod 7 torpedo afterbody / tailcone sections, test equipment, production support material, engineering support, hardware repair support.
Stratview Research believes the global aerospace and defense C-Class parts market over the next five years will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.4% and be worth $12.1 billion by 2021. Hardware parts are expected to remain dominant, according to researchers, mainly driven by the demand of fasteners and bolts. Key manufacturers are Berkshire Hathaway’s Precision Casts Parts, Alcoa Global Fasteners, BE Aerospace, Eaton, Monogram Aerospace Fasteners, Amphenol and Triumph Group’s Vought Aircraft Industries.
NASA wants concepts for “objective vehicles” in several size classes and for demonstrators that would flight test electrified propulsion technology for one or more of these designs.
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NASA has agreed to pursue improvements in the agency’s handling of classified information, including the training of those responsible for overseeing self-inspection processes.
Korea Aerospace Industries expects to deliver two FA-50s to the Philippines this year, working toward filling an order for 12 of the light attack aircraft by next year.
AirTanker, the consortium created to deliver and operate the U.K. Royal Air Force’s (RAF) fleet of Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports, has declared itself fully operational after achieving its Full Service Date (FSD) milestone.
The British High Court has given permission for police to access U.K. Air Accident Investigation Board files relating to the crash of a vintage jet fighter at the Shoreham Airshow that killed 11 people.
Europe’s long mission to the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko came to an end Sept. 30 when controllers deliberately crashed it into one of the deep “pits” on the object’s surface.
In a first for autonomous technology, Lockheed Martin successfully launched a small, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called Vector Hawk from an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) during a U.S. Navy exercise in August.
If the case for NASA’s journey to Mars is to close, those launching on the initial long voyages must count on the supplies and safeguards they can take with them as well as more advanced life support systems.
According to the Defense Department’s pricing czar, the crux of the military’s concern is about use, or access, to the know-how IP – not necessarily its ownership.
