MilitaryRolls-Royce F130 Engine For B-52 Passes Altitude And Operability Testing, Company SaysRolls-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)…
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,…
MilitaryUSAF Looks To Replace Radios On HH-60WsThe 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…
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)The Expensive Reality of ADS-B In for AirlinesGlobal Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) For more than a decade, regulators have hailed Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) In as the next step in airspace efficiency, promising richer…
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)How the DCA Disaster Hearing Is Reshaping Avionics and ATC RulesGlobal Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) The National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) January hearing on the Washington D.C. air crash disaster sent shockwaves through the aviation industry, prompting…
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)How Supply Chain Breakdowns Are Clouding the Future of AvionicsGlobal Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) In global aviation, disruption in the flow of parts and materials isn’t just a procurement headache. It is now one of the…
Advanced TechnologyStartup Developing Blended Wing Aircraft For Cargo Use Raises $28 MillionNatilus, a startup focused on developing blended-wing aircraft for cargo and passenger applications, on Feb. 10 said it has raised $28 million in an early funding round that will allow…
MilitaryUSAF To Award Sole Source Contract To BAE Systems To Resolve Deficiency Reports on ALR-56The 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…