MilitaryF-35 Deliveries to Top Out at 156 Per Year in Fiscal 2023, Per Rebaselining Plan The F-35 Joint Program Office and the Lockheed Martin-led industry team have agreed on a rebaselined program that will deliver between 133 and 156 planes in the coming years. The rebaselining “ensures predictability…
MilitaryUK to Invest $130 Million to Prepare Base to Receive Protector Drone The General Atomics‘ RG Mk1 Protector drone is expected to enter service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) by 2024, and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense has announced a nearly $130 million…
Business & GAEarly End-to-End Cybersecurity Testing Urged for Commercial/Business Aircraft As wireless next-generation communications systems become the standard for commercial and business aviation, early end-to-end cybersecurity testing may become more normalized, as aircraft OEMs and owners seek to prevent the backdoor vulnerabilities…
Embedded AvionicsCollins Aerospace Executive: DoD Acquisition of Commercial Subsystems Faces ‘Headwinds’ The Collins Aerospace head-up display (HUD) for the U.S. Air Force C-130J by Lockheed Martin is a derivative of the company’s commercial HUD for the Boeing 737 airliner, and the Collins Aerospace cockpit displays for…
MilitaryUS Air Force Test Center Looks for Visual Display Systems for F-35A JSE The U.S. Air Force Test Center (AFTC) under Air Force Materiel Command wants industry input on Visual Display Systems (VDSs) for the Air Force Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) for the service’s F-35A…
AI & AutonomyAutonomous, AI-Enabled Tracking of Mobile Targets Demonstrated, as DoD Commits to Ethical AI Principles The Pentagon recently demonstrated autonomous, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled tracking of mobile targets–an effort simultaneous with other such AI drone projects and DoD’s development of principles for ethical AI use, a top official…
MilitaryLeonardo to Deliver Subsystems for F-35 Training, as USAF Looks to Cybersecurity Upgrade for Older Jets Leonardo DRS said on June 24 that it has received a subcontract from Cubic Corp. to deliver more than 150 internal subsystems (IS) of the P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) for…
Editor's NoteUS European Command/NATO May Have 450 F-35s by 2030 The U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and NATO may have 450 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighters by 2030, and European countries and the United States are opening lines of communication on…