MilitaryLockheed Martin Receives Contract for $7.6 Billion for 129 Total F-35s in Lot 15 Lockheed Martin has received a more than $7.6 billion contract for 129 F-35 fighters in Lot 15–49 F-35As for the U.S. Air Force; three F-35Bs and 10 F-35Cs for the U.S. Marine Corps;…
MilitaryBoeing Begins EPAWSS Upgrades For U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles Boeing has begun modifying two F-15E Strike Eagles with the Eagle Passive Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS), which is also to go on the U.S. Air Force’s F-15EX Eagle II fighters, the…
MilitaryUS Air Force Picks LIFT Airborne Technologies’ Helmet for Fixed Wing Aircraft The U.S. Air Force has picked California-based LIFT Airborne Technologies‘ AV 2.2 helmet to serve as the Next Generation Fixed Wing helmet. LIFT Technologies’ offering was competing in the prototype phase against two…
MilitaryCanada Chooses F-35A in Future Fighter Competition The government of Canada on March 28 said that it has begun negotiations with Lockheed Martin on a buy 0f 88 F-35As under the country’s Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP) to replace Canada’s aging…
MilitaryLockheed Martin Skunk Works to Get New Chief Lockheed Martin said on March 14 that it has named John Clark as the new vice president and general manager of the company’s Skunk Works’ classified development arm. Clark is a 23-year…
Embedded AvionicsF-35 Program Seeks Innovation to Improve RTOS Cyber Event Detection and Response The F-35 Joint Program Office is looking to industry for ideas to improve the cybersecurity of the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter and associated ground systems under a new JPO Cybersecurity and Cyber Defense Challenge.…
MilitaryBoeing Expects to Resolve KC-46 Flight Management, Drain Tube Issues This Year This year, Boeing is redesigning a drain tube for its KC-46A Pegasus tanker for the U.S. Air Force and is working with General Electric to resolve a flight management system instability issue that can…