Boeing has begun assembling the first P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for Norway, with delivery scheduled for later this year.

A prototype, wing-mounted pod containing a BAE Systems ALE-55 fiber-optic towed decoy has completed airworthiness and effectiveness testing.

In a major growth move following the 2020 acquisition of Cobham by private-equity investors, the company’s radio-frequency products arm has forged a strategic alliance to bring 3D-printed waveguide technology to U.S. space, electronic warfare, radar and other applications.

The Small Adaptive Bank of Electronic Resources was tested during a series of 11 flights aboard an EC-130H Compass Call at Davis Mountain AFB in Arizona. 

Although the requirement is not approved, the U.S. Air Force could convert the KC-46 into a communications node within three years, according to Air Mobility Command.

Powers & Zahr, a Wichita area-based technology insertion and engineering service provider, has formed a “strategic relationship” with Rolls-Royce North America to provide engineering and logistics services on targeted Department of Defense joint business pursuits and programs. 

San Diego-based Cubic, a provider of military training and C4ISR systems, will go ahead with a takeover by Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital, an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management, after the buyers raised their price in the face of an unsolicited foreign bid.

A request for proposals will be released by the end of June to install a network gateway pod on a Boeing KC-46 as part of Capability Release 1 of the Advanced Battle Management System.