Northrop Grumman Corporation received an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) award from the U.S. Navy to design, deploy and support integrated security solutions for worldwide deployments at high value U.S. Marine Corps and other U.S. Department of Defense locations where security is of vital interest.Under the five-year Enhanced Tactical Automated Security System (TASS) ID/IQ contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems (SPAWAR)-Atlantic, ...

As part of its ongoing damage tolerance research contract with the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Rockwell Collins has demonstrated the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to fly aerobatics with position tracking."This all-attitude control technology supplies UAVs with damage tolerance and the ability to fight - through evasive maneuvers - and to counter threats such as missiles," said Dave ...

Raytheon Company has won the competition for the next phase of Excalibur Ib and has been awarded a $23 million U.S. Army contract to finalize the next-generation 155 mm precision-guided projectile's design. Delivery of the Excalibur Ib rounds is projected to occur in 2012.Based on the combat-proven Excalibur Ia, Excalibur Ib uses GPS technology to provide a first round, fire-for-effect, ...

Lockheed Martin's multi-purpose AGM 114R HELLFIRE II missile struck and destroyed a stationary tank target in its third proof-of-principle flight test, a ground-launch test configured to simulate launch from an unmanned aerial system (UAS). The R model, or "Romeo" missile, features a multi-purpose warhead that enables a single HELLFIRE missile to cover all of the target sets of the currently ...

Thales has announced that it has been selected by Eurocopter to produce a second N3 Dauphin flight simulator for its Dauphin helicopter. This simulator will be operational from 2012 at Eurocopter's South East Asia facility.The N3 Dauphin flight simulator has been designed to meet the training needs of Eurocopter and its civil and military customers in Southeast Asia, a market ...

Boeing has announced it has received a contract from Intelsat S.A. to provide a second ultra-high frequency (UHF) hosted payload on another of the four commercial communications satellites that Intelsat ordered from Boeing last year. Financial details were not disclosed.The second UHF hosted payload will be installed on the IS-27 satellite. The payload will offer 20 25-KHz UHF channels capable ...

A Raytheon Company, Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) demonstrated successful two-stage flyout on June 6, 2010 during the latest test of the Missile Defense Agency's Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. Raytheon's EKV met all test objectives, gathering critical data on kill vehicle performance that will improve the fidelity of its simulation models."This test once again demonstrates the reliability and quality of ...

Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd. (PHHL) and the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for better synergy between PHHL & IMD for enhanced safety of helicopter operations. The MoU was signed by R K Tyagi, Chairman and Managing Director. PHHL and Air Vice Marshal Ajit Tyagi, VSM, Director General, Indian Meteorological Department.IMD will provide support to ...

The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $260 million follow-on production contract for the combat-proven Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS), also known as "Arrowhead", for the AH-64D Apache attack helicopter.The Lot 7 contract includes M-TADS/PNVS systems as well as Arrowhead kits, plus spares, for delivery to U.S. Army and several international customers. More than 1,000 ...

Lockheed Martin has successfully launched its first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite from Cape Canaveral on an Atlas V rocket provided by the untied launch Alliance. The satellite will be used by U.S. Air Force and it will be the most advanced technical advanced military communication ever developed. It will provide highly secure environment for communication for war fighters ...

Israel's Minister of Defence, Ehud Barak has "approved in principle" the purchase of the US-built F-35 joint strike fighters which when inducted will further strengthen Israel Air Force, according to a statement issued by the Minister's office.The JSF deal is said to be worth 2.75 billion dollars and deliveries are expected of the first aircraft in 2015. As per reports, ...

Boeing is upbeat about increased passenger movement, almost two-thirds of it accounted by low cost carriers, and has projected that India would need 1,150 aircraft valued at $130 billion, between now and 2029.Making these projections, Boeing India, President, Dinesh Keskar said Boeing would be up there addressing the needs of the Indian market with its fleet of aircraft and promising ...

By Air Marshal (Retd)B.K. Pandey, BengaluruLeading aero engine manufacturers General Electric and Pratt & Whitney are competitors as well as partners. Browse through the third part of the article to know more about the players dominating the US aerospace industry.GE AviationWith its headquarters in Evendale, Ohio, GE Aviation is a subsidiary of General Electric Company (GE), one of the largest ...

By Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. BhatiaDesign and development of military aero engines, especially jet engines, is a highly technologically complex task. Hence only a handful of manufacturers have been able to achieve global standards and stature.The Merlin piston-engine powered Hawker Hurricanes and Supermarine Spitfires of the Royal Air Force (RAF) did indeed save the day for the UK by winning ...

The distinction between pirates and maritime terrorists is becoming more blurred. It is no wonder, says Joseph Noronha, that there are everincreasing demands for maritime air surveillance both in the littorals and high seasThe sea is beautiful, bountiful and mysterious. It can also be deadly. Storms can be skirted or weathered and sea monsters fortunately are no longer sighted, but ...

But IAF is planning to acquire only two early warning & control system aircraft and not three as envisaged earlierThe Indian Air Force (IAF) will have many more eyes in the sky. The recent media revelation that the IAF will go in for two more airborne early warning & control system (AWACS) aircraft after the last of the three Israeli ...

On July 28, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed an agreement with BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce for the supply of 57 Hawk trainer aircraft to India for Rs 5,082 crore (700 million). While BAE's business with HAL would be worth 500 million, Rolls-Royce's business would be 200 million. The announcement came during the two-day visit by a UK delegation headed by ...

The key to comprehensive air defence capability lies in the ability to provide seamless, multi-layered, round-the-clock, radar cover for the entire airspace of the national territory and adjoining areasWho in this country and specially in the Indian Air Force (IAF) could forget the fateful evening of December 17, 1995, when a Russian-built An-26, on a flight from Karachi in Pakistan ...

The company promises to deliver the much-delayed 787 Dreamliner between end of first quarter and beginning of second quarter of 2011Boeing is upbeat about increased passenger movement, almost two-thirds of it accounted by low cost carriers, and is projecting that India would need 1,150 aircraft valued at $130 billion (Rs 6,00,400 crore), between now and 2029. Making these projections, Boeing ...

With record numbers exhibiting and hundreds of thousands of visitors attending the public days of the event, the Farnborough show sent out a clear signal that the affection of the aerospace industry is strong as ever, and also that business is firmly back in its tracksWhen people who matter have something to say, it is worth listening to.This issue of ...

Citation Mustang certified in IndiaCessna Aircraft Company announced on July 21 that the Citation Mustang business jet has gained certification in India from the Director General of Civil Aviation. The Mustang, originally certified by the US Federal Aviation Administration in 2006, is now certified in over 60 countries. The world's first fully certified entry level business jet, the Mustang is ...

The DGCA directives appear to be targeting only the operators and passengers. The real solution lies in addressing the root cause of the problem- inadequacy of infrastructure.The unprecedented boom in the aviation sector that began in 2004 propelled the airlines on to growth trajectories unknown in the industry. Annual growth of passenger traffic peaked around 37 per cent and stabilised ...

An Australian company, Electric Optic Systems claimed recently that it had developed a laser tracking system that will stop chunks of space debris colliding with spacecraft and satellites in the Earth's orbit. According to the company's CEO, Craig Smith, lasers fired from ground would locate and track debris as small as 1 cm across and help prevent collisions between them ...

Tommy Dunehew, Vice President, Business Development Global Mobility Systems Boeing C-17 'Globemaster III' spoke to SP's about the unique attributes of C-17. Read through the interview to know in detail about the C-17SP Guide Publications (SP's): What are the technical features and operational attributes that make the C-17 Globemaster III unique among other similar military transport aircraft in the world?Dunehaw: ...

Besides serving the US forces, Lockheed Martin is serving the security needs of defence forces across the world. At the backdrop of Farnborough Air Show 2010 in London, Ralph Heath, Executive Vice President, Lockheed Martin Corporation and President, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company spoke to SP's Editor-in-Chief Jayant Baranwal about the capabilities of the companyJayant Baranwal (SP's): How do you perceive ...