Technology and Innovation - Page 2
Stay up to date with the latest Technology and Innovation updates from the global air force industryQuickstep to supply wing flaps for Lockheed C-130J aircraft
Lockheed Martin has awarded a contract to Quickstep to design and develop wing flaps for the upgraded C-130J Hercules military transport...
Raytheon’s Minuteman MEECN enters production phase
Raytheon's first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) terminal, the Minuteman Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN), has entered into the production phase after...
French Mirage 2000D fighters to receive Thales ASTAC pods
Thales has received a contract from the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) to install Airborne Electronic Reconnaissance System (ASTAC) tactical reconnaissance pods onto the French Air...
USAF to equip TDC with AtHoc emergency mass notification system
AtHoc has been awarded a contract for the supply of its IWSAlerts emergency mass notification system (EMNS) to equip the US Air Force’s (USAF) Theatre Deployable Communications...
USAF orders for Switchblade loitering munition system
The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded an extension contract to AeroVironment to supply its Switchblade loitering munition systems to provide enhanced force protection and...
Northrop to supply additional LITENING SE pods for USAF
Northrop Grumman has been awarded two low rate initial production contract modifications for the supply of its additional Laser Infrared Targeting and Navigating (LITENING) SE advanced...
DLS to provide MIDS-LVTs for South Korea Air Force
Data Link Solutions (DLS), a joint venture of Rockwell Collins and BAE Systems, has been selected by the Republic of Korea Air Force to provide its multifunctional information distribution system...
USAF to receive additional AMRAAM telemetry modules from Harris
Harris has been awarded a warhead replacement tactical telemetry module (WRTTM) contract modification to support the US Air Force (USAF) AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-To-Air Missile...
Cubic to supply air combat trainer for USAF
Cubic Defense Applications has received a contract modification for the supply of its P5 Combat Training System/Tactical Combat Training System (P5CTS/TCTS) to the US Air Force...
USAF orders Getac B300 rugged laptops
Getac has been awarded a contract for the supply of its Getac B300 fully rugged notebook computer to the US Air Force (USAF) as part of its quantum enterprise buy (QEB)...
GD to support F-35 lightning II JSF programme
General Dynamics (GD) has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin to deliver more than two dozen GAU-22/A gun systems in support of the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter...
India successfully tests Lakshya-II pilotless aircraft
The Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has flight-tested the advanced pilotless target aircraft (PTA) Lakshya-II at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) near Balasore in...
Boeing to supply additional JDAM kits to USAF
The US Air Force has awarded a $126m contract to Boeing for the supply of an additional 5,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail...
C4i develops national air defence system for RTAF
C4i has received a contract modification for the delivery of its SwitchplusIP end-to-end Internet Protocol (IP) voice and data communications system to the Royal Thai Air Force...
Lockheed to upgrade USAF C-130 trainers
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the US Air Force (USAF) to overhaul weapons systems simulators used in the C-130 Aircrew Training System (ATS) II...
India to procure MICA air-to-air missiles
India's Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has approved a €950m deal to procure 500 MICA air-to-air missiles from MBDA for the Indian Air Force's fleet of 51 Mirage 2000...
Exelis completes AIDEWS system testing on F-16 fighter
ITT Exelis has completed installation and testing of the ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare System (AIDEWS) on F-16 Fighting Falcons, operated by an undisclosed...
BAE receives UK MoD FCAS contract
BAE Systems has been awarded a FCAS Focused Research contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) to sustain and develop the UK’s critical technology and skills in the field for...
USAF selects Lockheed for RBS Flight Demonstrator Programme
The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin to provide support for its Reusable Booster System (RBS) Flight and Ground Experiments...
NGRAIN wins DND contract for VTT solutions
NGRAIN has received a contract from the Department of National Defence (DND) to develop Virtual Task Trainer (VTT) solutions for the Royal Canadian Air Force...
