iscoverEADS North America has announced its intention to bid for the USAF’s KC-X tanker replacement program as the prime contractor with its A330 MRTT based KC-45, although it stresses that it hasn’t given up looking for US partners for its bid. Previously partnered with Northrop Grumman and more recently reported to have unsuccessfully explored a
The online Defense Daily has reported that Bell-Boeing is reportedly considering offering the V-22 Osprey as a contender for the VXX presidential helicopter competition to replace the current fleet of VH-3 and VH-60 aircraft. The report says a company source said that the partnership is “preparing a response to the RFI request with a VV-22
The seventh F-35 JSF development aircraft made its first flight from Fort Worth on April 20, flying for one hour with pilot Jeff Knowles at the controls. The aircraft, an F-35A dubbed AF-2, will be used to validate the F-35’s weapons suite, and as such is the first to be fitted with the new internal
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
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