The U.S. Air Force will get its first look at a faster, more affordable way to replace obsolete avionics on the B-2 stealth bomber under a contract awarded last August to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC). Under the 43-month, $43.5 million award, the company will produce a functional replacement for a B-2 avionics box called the … Dowiedz się więcej
The Airbus Defence and Space A400M final assembly line (FAL) in Seville (Spain) has begun working on the first A400M new generation airlifter for the German Air Force. With the arrival of the fuselage for this aircraft, known as MSN18, all major structures of the first of the 53 A400Ms for Germany are now being … Dowiedz się więcej
The U.S. Air Force on Jan. 21 received the first B-1 bomber upgraded with the Boeing [NYSE: BA] Integrated Battle Station, which essentially turns the B-1 into a new aircraft with the addition of full color displays, moving maps and a new diagnostics system. The upgrade, the most extensive modification program in B-1 history, enhances … Dowiedz się więcej
Today the second A400M new generation airlifter for the French Air Force, delivered on the 13th of November last year, was officially named “Ville de Toulouse” in a ceremony at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse. The naming ceremony was presided over by the French Minister in Charge of Veterans Affairs, Kader Arif and took … Dowiedz się więcej
Boeing [NYSE: BA] is assembling the fourth and final KC-46A test aircraft for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation aerial refueling tanker program at the company’s Everett factory, keeping the program on track to deliver the initial 18 tankers to the Air Force by 2017. “All four test aircraft are moving through production to support our … Dowiedz się więcej
The 3D metal camera bracket was successfully flown from our airfield at Warton in Lancashire. Whilst the first 3D printed metal part took to the skies at Warton, we also have engineers designing and producing 3D printed functional components at RAF Marham to support the aircraft when it is being maintained on the ground. The … Dowiedz się więcej