MilitaryUSAF To Award Pratt & Whitney Engine Performance Restoration Contract For C-17 By End Of FY 2027 The Air Force plans to award a 10-year firm fixed price contract at the end of fiscal 2027 to RTX‘s Pratt & Whitney for the restoration of the company’s F117 engines for…
MilitaryC-17 Flies with Alternative GPS Magnetic Navigation as Prime PNT System A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane by Boeing recently test flew the Silicon Valley-based SandboxAQ‘s Magnetic Navigation (MagNav) system–leveraging quantum magnetometers and artificial intelligence–as the aircraft’s prime alternative to…
MilitaryU.S. Air Force Upgrading C-17, C-130H Avionics as Legacy Supplier Base Falls The United States Air Force is undertaking a number of avionics upgrades for Boeing C-17 and Lockheed Martin C-130H transport aircraft, as the supplier base for legacy avionics systems falls, according to…
ConnectivityUSAF Picks Honeywell's JetWave Satcom for C-17 Fleet The U.S. Air Force has selected Honeywell's JetWave satcom system for use on 70 C-17 Globemaster III cargo planes. JetWave relies on Inmarsat's Global Xpress Ka-band service to provide worldwide connectivity with…
ConnectivityHoneywell Connecting USAF Transports with JetWave Satcom Honeywell will be installing its JetWave satcom system on 70 of the U.S. Air Force's C-17 Globemaster III transport planes. The new deal, whose terms have not been publicly disclosed, will see…