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…
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)B787-10: Integrated Avionics and the Economics of Long-Range Efficiency Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) The B787-10 embodies Boeing’s vision of an aircraft designed around integration, with avionics serving as the connective tissue among flight operations, maintenance, and airline…
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…
MilitaryUSAF Looking Into Spares For AWACS DRAGON Program The U.S. Air Force is looking into a buy of spare parts for the service’s Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for Global Operations and Navigation (DRAGON) program for Boeing E-3 Airborne…
Advanced TechnologyThin Wings, Big Impacts: NASA-Boeing’s X-66 Wing Research Could Shake Widebody Valuations Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) In mid-2025 the aviation world marked a milestone in aerodynamics and avionics interaction. While most headlines focus on new engines, emissions, or avionics suites,…
MilitaryBoeing Moves To Relocate Super Hornet Service Life Modification Work Away From St. Louis Boeing on Sept. 24 announced it is relocating its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Service Life Modification (SLM) work out of its St. Louis region facilities and it plans to wrap up remaining SLM…
MilitaryBoeing Says MQ-28 Demonstrations Prove Operational Effectiveness Boeing on Sept. 1 said it and the Royal Australian Air Force have proven the “operational viability” of the MQ-28 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) through a series of capability demonstrations that concluded…
Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN)Rewired: How Boeing Is Rethinking MAX Avionics for a Safer Future Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) After years of crisis, lawsuits, and soul-searching, Boeing is under pressure like never before to rebuild trust in the 737 MAX. While much of…
Editor's NoteB-52H Upgrades Face Supply Challenges BARKSDALE AFB, La.–Announced by Boeing in 2009 and first fielded in 2014, the company’s Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) upgrade for the B-52H has been to replace old displays and communications on…
MilitaryUSAF Says Wind Tunnel Testing Validated F130 Engine Inlet Redesign, As B-52 CERP Looks to Enter Development This Summer The U.S. Air Force said that wind tunnel testing that finished in early June validated inlet redesign of the Rolls-Royce F130 engine for the U.S. Air Force’s Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP)…