MilitaryNorthrop Grumman Won't Bid to Keep Producing F-35 Sensor, GPS III After Solid Q1 Northrop Grumman opened its fiscal year 2018 with solid results, driven by improved operating performance, lower taxes and a pension benefit and an upgraded earnings outlook for the year. Northrop Grumman officials…
ConnectivityCyberattacks on Connected Aircraft Are Happening Right Now As commercial aircraft increasingly become connected to the larger Internet of Things, the potential for safety risks also rise, the head of Thales’ business operations in the U.S. said Wednesday. There have…
MilitaryLong-Range Coast Guard Drone to Undergo Tech Demo The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a draft solicitation related to a forthcoming technology demonstration of long-range, ultra-endurance unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for potential use finding and tracking illegal drug and migrant…
MilitaryTriton on Track for 2018 Early Operational Capability The U.S. Navy’s new unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for broad area maritime surveillance will achieve early operational capability later this year on schedule at a forward operating base in Guam. The early…
MilitaryBoeing Has a New 'Commercial Derivative Aircraft' Division Boeing is reorganizing its defense segment by adding two new divisions and eliminating another to better align with its market strategy. The two new divisions, Commercial Derivative Aircraft and Missile and Weapon…
CommercialBoeing 757 Testing Shows Airplanes Vulnerable to Hacking, DHS Says A team of government, industry and academic officials successfully demonstrated that a commercial aircraft could be remotely hacked in a non-laboratory setting last year, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official…