MilitaryCurrent F-35 Configuration Complicates Fielding Of APG-85 Radar Radar mountings in the nose of the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter are different for the current AN/APG-81 by Northrop Grumman and the future AN/APG-85 radar, also by Northrop Grumman–a difference which has helped complicate fielding…
Aircraft MaintenancePentagon Inspector General Highlights Continuing F-35 Readiness Concerns While Air Force F-35A and Navy F-35C fighters by Lockheed Martin were in the U.S. strike package against Venezuela on Jan. 3, a December Pentagon Inspector General (IG) report highlighted continuing readiness…
MilitaryPratt & Whitney Awarded More Than $1.6 Billion For F135 Sustainment RTX‘s Pratt & Whitney has received a more than $1.6 billion U.S. Navy contract for sustainment of F135 engines for the tri-service and international F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon said…
MilitaryEngineering Analysis Underway For Upgraded F-35, F-22 Based On NGAD Development Lockheed Martin has begun the “engineering analysis” around adding sixth-generation features to the company’s fifth-generation fighters based on development work it did on the losing bid for the Air Force’s Next-Generation Air…
MilitaryCollins Aerospace: Proposed EPACS System for F-35 Achieves Technology Readiness Level 6 RTX‘s Collins Aerospace said on Feb. 18 that its Enhanced Power and Cooling System (EPACS)–the company’s proposed replacement for the F-35 fighter’s current Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS)–has achieved Technology Readiness…
MilitaryRTX’s Pratt & Whitney Receives $1.3 Billion F135 Engine Core Upgrade Contract - Oct. 1 RTX‘s Pratt & Whitney has received a more than $1.3 billion cost plus incentive fee contract for the F135 Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter, DoD said on…
Advanced TechnologyReplacing F-35 PTMS May Cost $3 Billion, Honeywell Estimates Whether and when the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter will need a new Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS) or an upgrade has been a matter of debate within industry and the F-35 program.…
MilitaryBAE Systems to Receive USAF Contract to Support Mission Data Loads for F-35 U.S. Air Force Test Center (AFTC) plans to award BAE Systems’ electronic systems sector in Nashua, N.H., a five-year contract before Oct. 1 to support the testing of mission data loads (MDLs) at…
MilitaryDefense Updates: Counter-UAS, Collaborative Combat Aircraft, and the F-35 Program DHS Seeks Information On Counter-UAS In Various Operational Modes The Department of Homeland Security this week released a Request for Information (RFI) for counter-drone systems for use in various configurations, from fixed-site to person-portable,…
MilitaryRaytheon Targets F135 Engine Core Upgrade for 24 F-35 Squadrons by 2030 Raytheon Technologies [RTX] said that it is able to outfit 24 F-35 squadrons with an Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the company’s Pratt & Whitney F135 engine by 2030—seven squadrons in 2029…