MilitaryBoeing Receives Sole Source Award For C-17 Flight Deck Replacement, As USAF Projects Spares For Two LRUs Will Run Out in FY 2028 In mid-December, the Air Force awarded Boeing a $266 million sole source contract through 2031 to replace the flight deck of the company’s C-17 airlifter. The avionics redesign through the use of commercial…
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…
MilitaryHoneywell To Provide Auxiliary Power Unit, Cooling Solution For Army’s FLRAA Honeywell said June 16 that Bell has selected the company to provide the auxiliary power unit (APU) and cooling solution for the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA). As a subcontractor…
Editor's NoteKratos Introduces Landing Gear Variant Of Valkyrie Tactical Drone Kratos Defense & Security Solutions recently unveiled a version of its Valkyrie stealthy, aerial combat drone with internal landing gear to enable conventional takeoff and landing to give customers more options, Eric…
AI & AutonomyGeneral Atomics-BAE Systems Aim to Demonstrate Autonomous EW for CCA General Atomics‘ Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) subsidiary and BAE Systems said that they are teaming to demonstrate autonomous electronic warfare (EW) systems that the companies believe could one day go on U.S.…
AI & AutonomyHoneywell, Merlin Partner On Autonomous Flight Technology Honeywell, a supplier of avionics systems, and Merlin, a small company developing software for autonomous military aviation, have partnered to bring more autonomy to military and commercial aircraft. The initial focus of…
AI & AutonomyAnduril Adds To Autonomous UAS Portfolio With Bolt VTOL Family Maintaining a steady drumbeat of new product releases, Anduril Industries on Thursday unveiled its Bolt family of small, man-packable autonomous air vehicles that include surveillance and munition variants, which the Marine Corps…
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…
MilitaryArmy Plans To Field More Than 1,000 Switchblade 600 Attack Drones For Replicator The Army plans to buy and field more than a thousand Switchblade 600 loitering munitions over the next year for the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative, a senior service official has said. Gen. James…
AI & AutonomyAfter Boeing Delivered First Test MQ-25, Navy Eyes First Flight In Spring 2025 - April 8 After Boeing delivered the first MQ-25 Stingray to the Navy in February for testing, a lead official said Monday the service is on schedule for the first flight test with that platform…