Boeing halts 787 fuselage shipments
Boeing is holding shipments of fuselage sections for the 23rd production 787 at Charleston to give some of its suppliers time to “catch up”, and pushing assembly of the aircraft out to early June. According to a report from Flightglobal.com, the 24 manufacturing day hold will allow suppliers to deal with parts shortages and incorporation
NASA X-37B reaches orbit
The Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) was launched on its maiden flight into orbit on April 22 inside a 5.5m wide fairing atop an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The unmanned X-37B, which resembles a miniature Space Shuttle, was launched into a low-earth orbit for a mission of unspecified duration to
Indian C-17 order closer
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of a possible sale of 10 Boeing C-17A transports to India. The notification states the deal is worth US$5.8bn (A$6.3bn) which includes the aircraft, spares, training, support and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) fees. Importantly for Boeing and possible future sales, the 10 aircraft would effectively
Coalition would buy Global Hawks if elected
Federal opposition leader Tony Abbott has said a Coalition government would buy three Northrop Grumman Global Hawk UAVs to bolster the nation’s border security if it wins government in this year’s federal election. Speaking on April 23, Abbott made the announcement as part of a broader foreign policy and defence statement. “I can announce today,
BAE Aus opens engineering hub
BAE Systems Australia has opened a new engineering hub in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond which will see the company’s aerospace, autonomous systems and guided weapons research brought under the one roof. The facility was opened by the federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, along with Victoria’s Minister of Industry
First USMC Harvest HAWK completes initial testing
The first Harvest HAWK KC-130J Hercules for the US Marine Corps completed Phase One testing at NAS Patuxent River on April 10. The KC-130J is fitted with a modular roll-on, roll-off weapons system comprising a fire control console in the aircraft’s cargo compartment, a turreted target sight sensor (TSS) mounted in the left under wing
