Airborne Technologies – Part of the Adriatic Strike NATO exercise

Airborne Technologies will actively take part in the international NATO exercise in June 2015, with the duty to deliver live ISR information to the ground centre via the S.C.A.R. Pod mounted on a Pilatus PC9 of the host country. The Adriatic Strike is one of the most important Close Air Support (CAS) exercises in the … Dowiedz się więcej

KONGSBERG has won an order for deliveries to F-35 Joint Strike Fighter worth 560 MNOK

Kongsberg Defence Systems (KONGSBERG) has won an order from Lockheed Martin valued at 560 MNOK for deliveries of rudders and vertical leading edges for production lots 9 and 10 (LRIP 9-10) for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The contract is a continuation of deliveries from previous production lots (LRIP 3-8) and supports the continued business relationship … Dowiedz się więcej

Northrop Grumman LITENING Advanced Targeting System Achieves Two Million Operating Hour Milestone

In the life cycle of every military system, some milestones stand out as signature achievements. One million operating hours is one of them – and Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) fielded AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING pods have hit that number for the second time. „This is a significant milestone for the LITENING program and our team is proud … Dowiedz się więcej

Exelis releases first nighttime infrared imagery from CorvusEye 1500 wide-area airborne system

Exelis (NYSE:XLS) released the first nighttime imagery taken by the CorvusEye 1500TM wide-area airborne system. The image, taken using a mid-wave infrared (IR) sensor, depicts cars and pedestrians in downtown Rochester. From an altitude of 15,000 feet over a 1-square-mile area of Rochester, the nighttime picture shows a level of detail and context unavailable with … Dowiedz się więcej

Northrop Grumman Delivers 1,000th Distributed Aperture System for the F-35

Marking another on-time delivery, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) recently supplied the 1,000th AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) sensor for integration on the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. The six infrared DAS sensors on the F-35 provide full spherical situational awareness to the pilot, day and night. The DAS provides a revolutionary capability to autonomously detect and … Dowiedz się więcej

Thales expands Tiger helicopter training capabilities

Thales and its partner will upgrade 18 simulators to the latest Tiger helicopter standards. Eight Full Mission Simulators (FMS) and ten Cockpit Procedure Trainers (CPTs) will be upgraded at three training centres operated by French and German forces: the French-German Tiger aircrew training school (EFA) in Le Luc, France, the French Army’s 5th combat helicopter … Dowiedz się więcej