The US Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to deliver three slightly heavier-than-air-aircraft for operational use as persistent sensor platforms in Afghanistan. The long-endurance multi-intelligence vehicle (LEMV) contract will see the 90m long aircraft, based on an airship but with a rigid airframe and able to land on the ground rather than be tethered
China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force retired the last of its Shenyang J-6 fighters at a ceremony on June 12. A licenced copy of the MiG-19 ‘Farmer’ fighter, the Soviet Union’s first supersonic fighter, more than 4000 J-6s were built for the PLAAF between 1958 and the early 1980s, and hundreds more were exported as
USAF acquisitions head David Van Buren has described as “unhappy” his feelings towards the management of his service’s Northrop Grumman Global Hawk UAS program, adding that the pace at which the system was maturing and proposals were being submitted was “excruciating.” “Testing and delivery has been slower than expected,” Van Buren told journalists when describing
Lockheed Martin has confirmed it expects to sign a fixed price contract for the fourth batch of low rate initial production (LRIP) F-35 jets in the next few weeks. Speaking to media in Canberra on June 17, Lockheed Martin’s executive vice president for F-35 program integration, Tom Burbage, said company CEO Bob Stevens had undertaken
BAE Systems Australia and Lockheed Martin have signed an MoU which may lead to BAE being selected to conduct in-service support for the RAAF’s fleet of up to 100 F-35A JSFs when they enter service later this decade. The MoU was signed by the director of aerospace for BAE Systems Australia, John Monaghan, and by
Brisbane based Ferra Engineering has signed a memorandum of agreement with Lockheed Martin to establish a “world’s first” facility to manufacture titanium spars for F-35 JSF vertical tails. The agreement covers the transfer of Lockheed Martin developed technology for direct manufacturing of titanium components which offers savings through less wastage of titanium and reduced machining
