Military equipment

Northrop Grumman to Supply Navigation System for SBIRS GEO-6 Satellite

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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been selected by prime contractor Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) to provide the space inertial reference system for the U.S. Air Force’s sixth Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite. Northrop Grumman will provide its Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit (Scalable SIRU™) for sensor pointing/stabilization and attitude control on … Dowiedz się więcej

Rockwell Collins’ Flight2 avionics part of official C-130K delivery to Mexican Air Force

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Rockwell Collins’ Flight2™ avionics were onboard when Cascade Aerospace officially delivered the modernized C-130K aircraft to the Mexican Air Force during a ceremony today at the Feria Aeroespacial Mexico Air Show 2015. In November 2013, Cascade received a contract as part of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the Canadian and Mexican governments, for … Dowiedz się więcej

Netherlands Ministry of Defence partners with Thales for air defence systems and services

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The Netherlands Ministry of Defence (MOD) and Thales announce their partnership for the service of four SMART-L Early Warning Capability (EWC) radars for the Royal Netherlands Navy, as well as service and delivery of two SMART-L EWC Ground Based systems (GB) for the Royal Netherlands Airforce. “These are unique contracts in which the services for … Dowiedz się więcej

Northrop Grumman Delivers Center/Aft 'Shipset’ for First International EA-18G Growler

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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has completed and delivered to The Boeing Company a major subassembly of the first of 12 EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft ordered by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The subassembly, also known as a shipset, comprises the Growler’s center/aft fuselage section, twin vertical tails and all associated subsystems. It is … Dowiedz się więcej

First airborne flights completed for MAGIC CARPET

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Recently, engineers and test pilots at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division successfully transitioned the newly-developed F/A-18 flight control software called MAGIC CARPET from the virtual world of the simulator to the blue skies above the Chesapeake Bay. MAGIC CARPET is an acronym for Maritime Augmented Guidance with Integrated Controls for Carrier Approach and … Dowiedz się więcej

Boeing Updates NATO AWACS with 21st Century Flight Deck, Avionics

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Boeing [NYSE: BA] recently completed the first flight of a NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft with modern flight deck and avionics systems that replace 1970s-era analog systems. During the two-hour flight on Dec. 31 testers evaluated five full-color glass displays with customizable engine, navigation and radar data. The systems performed better than … Dowiedz się więcej