Farnborough 2018 Archives - Page 2 of 3

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

Admin - July 17, 2018

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

Admin - July 17, 2018

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

Admin - July 17, 2018

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...

MQ-9B Provisioned for GPS and Galileo Satellite Navigation Systems

Admin - July 17, 2018

FARNBOROUGH. In an effort to increase flexibility for its customers throughout the world, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) announced on July 16, that MQ-9B will be able to utilize both the U.S. Global...

UTC Aerospace Systems Debuts Rapid Deployment of Intelisight Aircraft Intelligence

Admin - July 16, 2018

FARNBOROUGH. UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp, on July 16 announced a compact form of the company’s InteliSight™ platform for rapid hardware installation of the Aircraft Interface Device (AID) and Tablet...

Sikorsky Secures Sale of S-76D Helicopter in India

Admin - July 16, 2018

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, on July 16 announced the sale of an S-76D™ aircraft to the Government of Maharashtra in India. The announcement came during the Farnborough International Airshow. This contract...

Airbus launches SmartForce – services bringing the power of data to military operations

Admin - July 16, 2018

Farnborough, 16 July 2018. Airbus is extending its highly successful introduction of advanced data analytics in the civil aviation community to the defence market with the launch of SmartForce. Airbus Defence and Space together with...

Lockheed Martin Signs Teaming Agreement with Rafael to Market SPICE Air-to-Surface Missile Kits

Admin - July 16, 2018

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 16, 2018: Lockheed Martin and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., of Israel, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to evaluate potential markets and customer requirements for Rafael's Smart, Precise Impact and...

Rolls-Royce looks forward to Farnborough International Airshow

Admin - July 16, 2018

Farnborough. The Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace team is gearing up for a busy week at the Farnborough International Airshow, as the flagship industry event prepares to open its doors tomorrow. Commenting on the occasion, Chris Cholerton,...

Rockwell Collins and DRS to collaborate on secure air combat training solution for the UK Ministry of Defence

Admin - July 14, 2018

FARNBOROUGH, UK, July 13, 2018. Rockwell Collins and DRS have announced plans to work together to bring their state-of-the-art Joint Secure Air Combat Training System (JSAS) to the prime contractor teams’ bidding for the...

Leonardo set to exhibit its latest Aerospace, Defence, Security and Training solutions at Farnborough International Airshow 2018

Admin - July 14, 2018

Rome, July 13, 2018. Visitors to Leonardo at the Farnborough International Airshow 2018 (16th to 22nd July, stand L1) will be able to learn about how the Company is planting the seeds for sustainable...

Leonardo launches new E-scan radar for fighter jets ‘Grifo-E’ at Farnborough Airshow

Admin - July 14, 2018

Farnborough, July 13, 2018. Leonardo, exhibiting at Farnborough Air Show 2018 (16-20 July), will unveil the latest in its portfolio of electronically-scanning (E-Scan) radars, the Grifo-E. The new radar will be on show to...

Leonardo Launches Latest-generation Communications Intelligence System

Admin - July 14, 2018

Farnborough, July 13, 2018. Leonardo, which is exhibiting at the Farnborough Air Show 2018 (16- 20th July), will unveil a new Electronic Warfare (EW) communications intelligence (COMINT) product, called ‘Spider’ for the eight Radio...