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Curtiss-Wright Acquires Mechetronics

Curtiss-Wright has announced that it has acquired Mechetronics Ltd for $2.8 million. Mechetronics develops and supplies solenoids and solenoid valves for industrial markets. The business will become part of Curtiss-Wright's Motion Control segment.

02 October 2008: Curtiss Wright Corporation

 

Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor 50,000 hours

The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor surpassed more than 50,000 total flight hours in August while establishing new standards in capability and maturity.

30 September 2008: Lockheed Martin

 

Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout

Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout Receives U.S. Navy Contract Award for Second Year of Low Rate Initial Production

29 September 2008: Northrop Grumman

 

Airborne Systems - GigaFly precision guided cargo delivery system

Airborne Systems, a world leader in parachute design and manufacturing, announced they successfully completed a test drop of a precision guided cargo delivery system capable of carrying 42,000 pounds under a single ram-air parachute.

29 September 2008: Airborne Systems

 

CAMCOPTER® S-100 COMPLETES EXTENSIVE GERMAN NAVY FLIGHT TRIALS

Building on its unrivalled position as a proven VTOL Maritime UAS, the CAMCOPTER® S-100 has recently completed its toughest test to date, three weeks of demanding flights in the Baltic Sea onboard the new K130 Class Corvettes of the German Navy.

29 September 2008: Schiebel Elektronische Geraete

 

Boeing Awarded Contract for B-52 Advanced Targeting

Boeing has announced a $15 million contract award from the U.S. Air Force to develop advanced targeting capabilities for the B-52 Stratofortress.

26 September 2008: Boeing

 

General Dynamics - Swiss F/A-18 Hornet fighter fleet contract

General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a contract to provide program management services for the Swiss government's F/A-18 Hornet fighter fleet.

26 September 2008: General Dynamics

 

GA-ASI Successfully passes ATP testing of first ISR aircraft for Iraqi Air Force

Equipment to Increase Current ISR Collection Capabilities Significantly

24 September 2008: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc

 

Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout

Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Air System Demonstrates Multi-Mode Maritime Radar Capability

22 September 2008: Northrop Grumman

 

AgustaWestland - VH-71 presidential helicopter program milestone

The VH-71 presidential helicopter program achieved another major milestone today when the first operational pilot production helicopter (PP-1) completed its maiden flight at AgustaWestland's facility in Yeovil, England.

22 September 2008: AgustaWestland Helicopters Ltd

 

BAE Systems - First UK trance 2 twin-seat Typhoon begins final Assembly

The first UK Tranche 2 twin-seat Typhoon is now in the final stages of assembly at BAE Systems Warton.

21 September 2008: BAE Systems

 

AgustaWestland - Uganda Police AW119 Achieves Mission Readiness

AgustaWestland is pleased to announce that the Uganda Police Air Wing has started operating its new AW119 Koala single engine helicopter.

18 September 2008: AgustaWestland Helicopters Ltd

 

Lockheed Martin - C5-A Avionics modernization program

The Lockheed Martin C-5 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) reached another milestone this week with the induction of the first U.S. Air Force C-5A into the program.

18 September 2008: Lockheed Martin

 

Northrop Grumman Makes the Case for a 2018 Next-Generation Bomber

Research paper from company think tank outlines military, operational benefits of a new stealthy, long range strike system

15 September 2008: Northrop Grumman

 

Boeing Completes Mission System Flight Testing for US AWACS Block 40/45 Upgrade

Boeing has completed mission system flight testing for Block 40/45, the largest upgrade in the history of the U.S. E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet.

13 September 2008: Boeing

 

XCOR - Nelson as Chief Operating Officer

Company focused on safe, reliable and reusable rocket technology

10 September 2008: XCOR Aerospace

 

Boeing's C-130 AMP Flight Marks Completion of Software Development

Boeing has completed software development for its C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP).

08 September 2008: Boeing

 

Sensors Unlimited - New cameras on ScanEagle

Ultra-Compact, High Resolution InGaAs SWIR Video Camera Successfully Integrated on ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft Test Flight

06 September 2008: Sensors Unlimited, Inc., Part of Goodrich Corporation

 

WestWind Technologies Wins U.S. Army Materiel Command Program

Will Serve as Prime on Aviation Contract

06 September 2008: WestWind Technologies

 

Lockheed Martin - New wings for U.S. Navy's P-3 Orion fleet

Lockheed Martin has received a $129.3 million contract to build a total of 13 new outer wing sets for the U.S. Navy's P-3 Orion fleet. The all new production outer wings will be delivered to the Navy beginning in early 2010 for installation on selected aircraft.

05 September 2008: Lockheed Martin

 

GA-ASI CBP Aircraft Deployed to Support Hurricane Gustav Response

CBP Unmanned Aircraft to Survey Damage

04 September 2008: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc

 

Lockheed Martin - Intelligent autonomous control of multiple unmanned systems

Lockheed Martin has successfully demonstrated the Intelligent Control and Autonomous Re-planning of Unmanned Systems (ICARUS) suite of technologies as part of an exercise conducted August 12-14.

03 September 2008: Lockheed Martin

 

Northrop Grumman - X-47B carrier demonstration system air vehicles

The first of two X-47B carrier demonstration system air vehicles is well over 50 percent complete and ahead of its build schedule, enabling this first flight in November 2009, just over 24 months from initial contract award. This is a historical step toward operating an unmanned combat aircraft aboard a Navy aircraft carrier.

03 September 2008: Northrop Grumman

 

MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Air System Takes Flight

Northrop Grumman's Company-Owned MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Air System Takes Flight

03 September 2008: Northrop Grumman

 

Elbit Systems' Hermes 450® Records Another Success:

Elbit Systems Awarded Contract Valued at US$25 Million to Supply UAVs to a Country in the Americas

02 September 2008: Elbit Systems

 
 
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