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Sikorskys S-92 medium-lift helicopter has completed its first flight using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), often referred to as Biofuel. The Lockheed Martin company said it has approved the use of biofuel for the S-92 helicopter as an alternative to petroleum-based fuels and the aircraft completed its first flight
Raytheon has won a contract worth $140.37 million to deliver AESA radars to be fitted on Canadas C/F-18A fleet
The first of seven Turkish KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft recently returned to Turkey after receiving “Block 45” upgrades at Field Aerospace, Oklahoma City. The upgrade, termed “Block 45,” completely remodeled the inside of the aircrafts flight deck, with new liquid crystal displays, radio altimeter, computer module updates, autopilot, and a digital flight director, replacing approximately 63 parts to include analog instruments which are considered high-maintenance or obsolete altogether
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced Friday that the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully performed as designed as the ship underwent Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) off the Eastern seaboard during the months of June, July and August 2021
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BAE Systems recently unveiled its ultra-small MicroGRAM-M GPS receiver compatible with M-Code signals that are resistant to jamming and spoofing. About the size of a postage stamp, MicroGRAM-M is the worlds smallest, lightest, and most power-efficient M-Code embedded GPS receiver – delivering assured positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) for size-constrained and other micro-applications
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, will provide five S-70 Black Hawk helicopters modified to perform aerial firefighting operations to United Rotorcraft, a division of Air Methods Corporation. The bulk order will enable United Rotorcraft, as the only company authorized by Sikorsky to modify Black Hawk aircraft to the FIREHAWK configuration, to quickly deliver these new production aircraft for aerial firefighting in support of public agencies battling increasingly destructive wildland fires, Lockheed Martin said in a statement today
Austrian company Schiebel Group announced Thursday it will bid for the Indian Navy Naval Ship-borne Unmanned Aerial System (NSUAS) Fast Track Programme. Under the project, the service wants to buy approximately 15 shipborne drones Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Sea lines of Communication (SLOC) monitoring and Coastal/ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) surveillance, anti-piracy and anti-terrorism, assistance in Search and Rescue and assistance in Maritime Domain Awareness
Turkeys FNSS is completing qualification tests of its PARS IV 6x6 Special Operations Vehicle and expects to deliver them to the Turkish Armed Forces Special Operations this year. The newest generation combat vehicle in the 6x6 class will be in service with the Turkish Armed Forces for the first time, a company