All Four KC-46A Test Aircraft Are To Be Completed By The Third Quarter Of 2014
Boeing is assembling a third KC-46A test aircraft for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation aerial refueling tanker program at the company’s Everett factory, keeping the program on schedule to complete production of four test aircraft by the third quarter of 2014.
Sikorsky's aftermarket business division LifePort, Inc. will equip U.S. Navy Sikorsky CH-53E helicopters with its Critical Systems Armor (CSA) to reduce aircraft systems damage from hostile small arms fire and other threats during combat operations.
Milestone Comes Just 15 Months After Reaching 10,000 Events
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems says that its Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has reached a record 20,000 successful automatic launch and recoveries with the Automatic Takeoff and Landing System (ATLS). This milestone was achieved on September 25 and comes just 15 months after reaching 10,000 events in June 2012.
Endurance Flight Marks First Of Two Planned U.S. Army-Sponsored Tests
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced the successful completion of the first of two planned U.S. Army endurance demonstration flights with its Improved Gray Eagle (IGE) aircraft. IGE, a next-generation derivative of the combat-proven Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), lifted off from GA-ASI’s El Mirage Flight Operations Facility in Adelanto, CA at on October 11th and landed 45.3 hours later on October 13th.
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