MilitaryNewly Minted Collins Aerospace to Upgrade B-1 Trainers Collins Aerospace, formerly Rockwell Collins, will update B-1 Lancer training systems for Aero Simulation Inc. (ASI), which last month received a contract for B-1 training system sustainment from the U.S. Air Force…
MilitaryF-35 Training Subsystems to be Produced by Cubic, Leonardo Leonardo DRS and Cubic Global Defense will deliver more than 500 P5 combat training system (P5CTS) internal subsystems for use in F-35s beginning with lot 12. More than 500 systems have been…
MilitaryDARPA Wants BAE Machine Learning Software To Pick Out Enemy Signals Among Many BAE Systems is developing machine learning algorithms aimed at deciphering radio-frequency signals for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under a contract worth up to $9.2 million. Part of DARPA's…
CommercialBoeing Builds Body of First 777X Boeing has assembled the main fuselage of its first 777X-series aircraft. Its destined to be a 777-9X with a first flight scheduled for 2019 before a targeted 2020 delivery. The 777X is…
ATM ModernizationNew Boeing Joint Venture Aimed at Airspace Management for Drones, Air Taxis Boeing intends to launch an urban airspace management joint venture along with artificial intelligence company SparkCognition, the two companies announced Nov. 20. Called SkyGrid, the new company will follow in the footsteps…
MilitaryF-16 Getting New Cockpit Management System in Upgrade Program American F-16 Fighting Falcons are getting a new cockpit management unit (CMU) from Avalex as part of the U.S. Air Force's mobile user objective system (MUOS) program to upgrade the so-called Viper.…
MilitaryThales' Rafale-Bound Optronic Pod Qualified by French Military Thales' new Talios optronic pod, destined for the Dassault Rafale, has completed qualification testing by the French defense procurement agency (DGA). The Talios features high-resolution electro-optical and infrared sensors as well as…
MilitaryBelgium Ready to Negotiate for MQ-9B Purchase Belgium's government has approved the start of negotiations for the purchase of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SkyGaurdian. As it is a foreign military sale from California-based General Atomics, the…