Posted on March 5, 2010 by Fighter Country
Raytheon’s new contract with the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the U.S. Global Positioning System may be worth twice as much as originally thought due to demand for military and commercial use. The contract is currently valued at $886 million and includes a much-needed update for the U.S. air traffic control system by request of the FAA. The contract states that Raytheon will supervise a team of contractors to make expansions and improvements in accuracy to the GPS system nationwide. Although the market for GPS accessories and equipment stands at $20 billion today, it is expected to hit $300 billion…
Posted on March 5, 2010 by Fighter Country
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Pratt & Whitney has achieved initial service release (ISR) for the conventional take off and landing/carrier variant (CTOL/CV) F135 engine, marking another major milestone as the engine is cleared for operational use in the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company. “Achieving initial service release means the F135 CTOL/CV engine, with more than 13,000 test hours, has met all necessary requirements and proven the safety, reliability and performance of this product for operational use in the field,” said Warren Boley, Vice President of F135…
Posted on March 4, 2010 by Fighter Country
The Lockheed Martin executive responsible for development of the troubled F-35 joint strike fighter, Dan Crowley, got a strong endorsement and vote of confidence Thursday from his boss, Lockheed Chief Executive Robert Stevens. “I have absolute confidence in him in this role,” Stevens said in a telephone news conference. “I have no intention of removing Dan Crowley from this program.” Stevens’ comments came in a joint conference call with Ashton Carter, the chief Pentagon weapons buyer, after a two-day meeting in Fort Worth on the F-35 program. After Carter and Stevens discussed the revised plan and budget for the F-35…
Posted on March 4, 2010 by Fighter Country
GKN Aerospace has been selected by BAE SYSTEMS as a Strategic Supplier for the manufacture of an extensive range of composite and metallic structures for the F-35 Lightning II in agreements with a potential value in excess of USD200m. The agreements extend GKN Aerospace’s existing involvement on the F-35, which currently includes the supply of a number of complex titanium structures for the airframe and engine; providing the advanced all-composite engine front fan case and embedded electro-thermal ice protection system for the F135 engine; and designing and supplying the aircraft’s sophisticated canopy transparency. These new packages of work bring the…
Posted on March 4, 2010 by Fighter Country
SYRACUSE, N.Y., March 4 /PRNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) received a low-rate initial production contract valued at $171.8 million from Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Bethpage, NY, for four AN/APY-9 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) radar systems and spare parts. The radar systems will be integrated into the U.S. Navy’s new E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. “The APY-9 radar will provide unprecedented capability to the U.S. Navy and allied forces operating in the littorals to detect and track airborne and cruise missile threats,” said Carl Bannar, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s Radar Systems business, headquartered in Syracuse, NY….
Posted on March 2, 2010 by Fighter Country
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit yesterday at Sukhoi’s offices has yielded some excellent footage of the T-50 cockpit and what appears to be a static airframe. All photos and videos were posted earlier today at DefenceNet. The cockpit shows two side-by-side, roughly 15-in multi-function displays with a massive head-up display.
Posted on March 1, 2010 by Fighter Country
AURORA, Colo. | The U.S. Air Force has selected Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) for an initial contract of $886 million to develop a new element of the Global Positioning System to improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites. The contract represents the first two development blocks of the advanced control segment (OCX), which will have a significant impact on GPS capabilities. The OCX will include anti-jam capabilities and improved security, accuracy and reliability and will be based on a modern service-oriented architecture to integrate government and industry open-system standards. “We are excited to partner with the Air Force to…
Posted on February 6, 2010 by Fighter Country
The Sukhoi T-50, a 5th generation fighter jet incorporates an advanced electronic dashboard making it very high tech. Test pilot Sergei Bogdan took the jet through a series of tests during the trial run. The Russians hope to become leaders in the military aircraft industry.
