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October 15, 2012

Boeing Receives $2 Billion C-17 Aircraft Sustainment Contract

Performance-Based Logistics Program To Support Aircraft Through 2017

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $2 billion follow-on sustainment contract to Boeing for the military's fleet of C-17 aircraft.

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Scion UAS Wins NRL Contract For Unmanned Helicopter System

To Be Utilized In Development And Demonstrations Of Emerging Sensor Technologies

The Naval Research Laboratory awarded a contract valued at up to $3 million for the delivery of multiple SA-400 Jackal unmanned helicopter systems to Scion UAS of Fort Collins, CO.

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F-5 Aircraft Simulator Acquired By Tactical Air Defense Services

Will Compliment Aircraft Recently Purchased By The Company For Flight Training

An F-5 aircraft mission and procedures cockpit training simulator has been purchased by aerospace/defense services contractor Tactical Air Defense Services at a price of $250,000. The F-5 training device uses a commercial COTS computer system, housed in a specifically fabricated F-5 cockpit, to provide a realistic F-5 flight simulation experience.

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Navy Awards $13.5 Million Contract For Autonomous UAV Technology

Will Enable VTOL Aircraft To Operate Largely Unsupervised

The Office of Naval Research has awarded a $13.5 million contract to an industry team led by Lockheed Martin to explore highly advanced autonomous technologies aboard an unmanned vertical take-off and landing aircraft. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin and a team of industry, government, and academic partners will develop a technology that will enable aircraft to operate under supervisory control.

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British Gamekeeper Seeks Payment From MoD For Scaring Away His Birds

Says That Military Helicopters Are Scattering His Pheasants And Partridges, Costing Him Business

A gamekeeper in Essex in the U.K. is seeking reimbursement equivalent to about $40,000 because low-flying helicopters are chasing away his pheasants and partridges. Richard Hearn says that the MoD owes him the restitution because the birds scatter every time the helos fly low over the countryside where he holds rights to arrange hunting outings.

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Negotiations Continue On Canadian Sea King Replacement Helicopters

Program Is Already Five Years Behind Schedule

The government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is continuing to negotiate with Sikorsky Aircraft for the helicopter that will eventually replace the country's aging fleet of Sea Kings.

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GE Aviation Begins Core Testing On Advanced Engine Technology

ADVENT Program In Conjunction With The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory

Engine core testing for the ADaptive Versatile ENgine Technology (ADVENT) program with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is underway at GE Aviation’s headquarters in Evendale, Ohio. The core test demonstrates GE’s most advanced core propulsion technologies including lightweight, heat-resistant ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials.

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Hawker Hurricane Up For Auction In December

Flyable Example Of The Iconic Airplane Estimated To Fetch As Much As $2.7 Million

A Hurricane fighter aircraft like one of the many that defended British shores during World War II’s Battle of Britain will be the star attraction at the Bonhams sale of Collectors’ Motor Cars and Automobilia at Mercedes-Benz World Brooklands – the spiritual home of the Hurricane – in Weybridge, Surrey, UK, on Monday, December 3rd.

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