Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin have announced a teaming agreement to jointly bid for the US Navy’s revived VXX presidential helicopter program. Under the agreement Sikorsky would act as prime contractor, offering its H-92 medium lift helicopter, while Lockheed Martin would act as major subsystems integrator and supplier. Under the original VXX program, cancelled last June
The RAAF has said it will review the use of the Salt Ash weapons range just north of Williamtown after responses to its Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) draft Public Environment Report expressed concern over its continuing use and the affect of jet noise on the nearby communities of Medowie and Oyster Cove. “The Department of
Boeing Defence Australia (BDA), has been awarded a three year contract worth $4.5 million to provide the RAAF with support for F/A-18 Hornet technical publications. The contract is an extension of the current agreement which has seen Boeing, as the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the F/A-18, provide technical publication services including management, production of
Curtiss-Wright Controls has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin to provide structural components and related hardware for the F-35 JSF’s air-to-air missile Trapeze launch system. The Trapeze system, being developed for the F-35’s system development and demonstration (SDD) phase, will provide the ability to launch AAMs from a rail carried on a trapeze that
The Team Romeo group of companies bidding for the RAN’s Air 9000 Phase 8 Naval helicopter program, comprising Lockheed Martin, Sikorsky, Raytheon, GE and CAE, has proposed to refurbish the ADF’s outgoing fleet of 50 S-70A Black Hawks and S-70B Seahawks for sale to a third party as part of its bid. Speaking to media
Several new designs and concepts for the US Army’s Armed Aerial Scout (AAS) were revealed during the Army Aviation Association of America’s (AAAA) annual convention in Fort Worth, Texas, between April 14-17. The US Army is due to decide within a fortnight whether to pursue a manned or unmanned solution, or combination of both, for
