Defence Industry

GA-ASI Expands Relationship with GKN Aerospace

  FARNBOROUGH. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) and GKN Aerospace have declared their intent to collaborate on composite tails for GA-ASI’s Predator® B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) series via a Letter of Interest (LOI)...

Raytheon producing and delivering 44 Standard Missile-3 rounds under $466 million contract

LONDON, July 17, 2018. Raytheon Company will produce, test and deliver 44 Standard Missile-3 Block IB interceptors under a $466.9 million U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract. This is the fiscal year 2018 contract under...

Exechon Joint Venture Announces XMini Automotive Manufacturing Sale to UAE-Based REFCO Metals

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 17, 2018. Exechon Enterprises L.L.C., a joint venture (JV) company comprising of U.S.-based global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin, United Arab Emirates (UAE) -based Injaz National and Sweden-based Tecgrant AB,...

UTC Aerospace Systems and Emirates Forge Together on Smarter, More Intelligent Maintenance Solution

  FARNBOROUGH, July 17, 2018. UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp, has been selected by Emirates to advance the airline’s Boeing 777 fleet with the InteliSight™ Aircraft Data Management (ADM) platform’s latest...

UTC Aerospace Systems Expanding F-35 MRO Capabilities in the UK

  FARNBOROUGH. UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., announced on July 17 that it is expanding its UK-based MRO service capabilities to support the F-35 Lightning II. The company is a...

Royal Navy pilot hails ‘unique’ simulator’s role in supporting first of class flight trials

  As a member of the elite team of test pilots who will complete the first F-35 flight trials with HMS Queen Elizabeth, Commander Nath Gray is one of a number of pilots who has...

UK Government reaffirms commitment to Eurofighter as technology driver for future programmes

  Farnborough. The strategy was revealed publicly on July 16 at Farnborough International Airshow by the UK’s Secretary of State for Defence, Gavin Williamson MP. It describes how Eurofighter’s continued enhancement will act as a...

USS Wasp first-ever carrier to use Joint Precision Approach and Landing System on deployment

FARNBOROUGH, July 16, 2018. Early in 2018, U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II fighters deployed to the Pacific aboard the USS Wasp amphibious assault ship, and used Raytheon Company's Intelligence, Information and Services business's...

Raytheon projector selected for UAE F-16 digital head-up display by BAE Systems

LONDON, July 16, 2018. Raytheon Company will design, develop and manufacture the projector for BAE Systems' Digital Light Engine head-up display on the F-16 Fighting Falcon for the United Arab Emirates armed forces. The...

Joint Strike Missile scores direct hit in latest flight test from F-16

  LONDON, July 16, 2018. Norway's Ministry of Defense successfully test fired a Joint Strike Missile from an F-16 Fighting Falcon, demonstrating the weapon's ability to change course to avoid hitting a decoy target, and...

Operational testing begins on StormBreaker

LONDON, July 16, 2018. Raytheon Company's StormBreaker™ bomb, formerly called the Small Diameter Bomb II, or SDB II™ bomb, has entered operational testing, a step closer to providing U.S. Air Force pilots the capability...

Rolls-Royce delivers final RB199 under ROCET 2 support contract

Rolls-Royce has delivered the final RB199 engine serviced at its Bristol facility under its ROCET 2 support contract with the UK MoD. Under the terms of the contract engines for the Royal Air Force...

Rolls-Royce reaches future technology milestone as Government confirms further funding

  Rolls-Royce has reached a new milestone in the development of its next generation of civil aerospace engines with its Advance3 demonstrator now running at full power. The news comes as the UK Government today...
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