MilitaryRolls-Royce F130 Engine For B-52 Passes Altitude And Operability Testing, Company Says Rolls-Royce said on Feb. 24 that it has completed altitude and operability testing for the company’s F130 engine as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) modernization for…
MilitaryAir Force Acquisition Official: ‘APG-85 Is A Helluva Radar Unless You Don’t Have One’ AURORA, Colo.–While it may take two years to field, a dual-mount bulkhead in the nose of the Lockheed Martin F-35 to accommodate both the AN/APG-81 radar or the twice as powerful AN/APG-85, both by…
MilitaryUSAF Looks To Replace Radios On HH-60Ws The U.S. Air Force is looking to replace the Link-16 TacNet Tactical Radios (TTRs) by RTX‘s Collins Aerospace on the service’s fleet of Lockheed Martin HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and…
MilitaryUSAF To Award Sole Source Contract To BAE Systems To Resolve Deficiency Reports on ALR-56 The Air Force is to award BAE Systems a sole source contract to resolve deficiency reports (DRs) for the company’s ALR-56 radar warning receivers (RWRs) on F-15 and F-16 fighters and C-130 airlifters. “This…
MilitaryUse of Commercial Technologies Obviates Need for C-17 Re-engining, USAF Says The use of commercial technologies for upgrades to Pratt & Whitney‘s [RTX] F117 engine for the U.S. Air Force C-17 airlifter by Boeing obviates the need for a re-engining of the 222 C-17s in…
MilitaryBoeing Awarded Up To $2.8 Billion For F-15K Upgrades The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $2.8 billion contract to upgrade South Korea’s fleet of F-15K Slam Eagle fighters, the Defense Department said on Jan. 30. The contract “provides for the…
MilitaryCurrent F-35 Configuration Complicates Fielding Of APG-85 Radar Radar mountings in the nose of the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter are different for the current AN/APG-81 by Northrop Grumman and the future AN/APG-85 radar, also by Northrop Grumman–a difference which has helped complicate fielding…
AI & AutonomyMarine Corps Awards Northrop Grumman MUX TACAIR Contract Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Jan. 8 that the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program has awarded a…