Aircraft

26.08.2010 2:00

USAF extends F-22 sustainment contract

The US Air Force has extended its Follow-On Agile Sustainment for the Raptor contract with Lockheed Martin by $111. 4 million, taking the arrangement, originally agreed in 2008 and extended in 2009, to $709 million. [Read more]

26.08.2010 2:00

Fatigue cracking cited in July 2009 Southwest diversion

The hole that developed in the fuselage of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 last year was caused by what the US National Transportation Safety Board describes as "pre-existing fatigue at a chemically milled step" - or in simpler terms, fatigue cracking. [Read more]

26.08.2010 2:00

Swiss delay decision on Tiger replacements

The Swiss government has delayed until 2015 any. [Read more]

26.08.2010 2:00

P&W completes assembly of first geared turbofan

Pratt & Whitney has reached a milestone in the development of its new geared turbofan engine after completing assembly of the first PW1524G scheduled to. [Read more]

26.08.2010 2:00

AUVSI: NASA, Northrop tests sensor drop on Global Hawk

NASA and Northrop Grumman this week successfully released dropsondes from a modified Block 0 Global Hawk, Northrop says. The tests, conducted at Edwards. [Read more]

26.08.2010 2:00

AUVSI: Honeywell hawks T-Hawk while Army mulls future

Honeywell is demonstrating the hover-and-stare virtues of its T-Hawk micro air vehicle to a wide variety of potential customers as the US Army Brigade Combat. [Read more]

26.08.2010 2:00

AUVSI: Skunk Works reveals new depth of past UAV effort

Over the past 10 years, Lockheed Martin has drawn criticism for lacking a high-profile unmanned aircraft system (UAS). But new disclosures here provide. [Read more]

26.08.2010 2:00

AUVSI: Navy admiral emphasises new urgency on carrier-based attack UAVs

The US Navy's top officer emphasised new urgency for placing a stealthy, unmanned aircraft system (UAS) on carrier decks no later than 2018, but also made. [Read more]