Advanced Photonix® (NYSE MKT: API), a leading supplier of Optoelectronic components, sub-systems and systems to industry, announced today that it has booked a $1,562,072 order to ship within the next 20 months.  The order is for a custom photodiode used for the Navy’s Guided Missile Systems. The Navy’s Guided Missile Weapon System is the world’s […]

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and services, today announced that it has successfully demonstrated high-throughput video and data transmission over SATCOM links on a variety of rotary wing platforms. Employing an advanced waveform technology developed by Hughes, the new communications-on-the-move (COTM) microsat system achieved zero packet loss on […]

The French aerospace research centre, ONERA, has acquired a 200-channel Brüel & Kjær PULSE™ acoustic data acquisition system for wind tunnel testing. The system’s first use will be for scale-model, aero-acoustic measurements at the S1 large sonic wind tunnel in Modane, after which ONERA will use the system in a number of its other wind […]

Turkish Airlines, the largest airline in Turkey, has signed a contract for up to 117 A320 Family aircraft (25 A321ceo, 4 A320neo, 53 A321neo and options for 35 additional A321neo aircraft). This order is the largest ever placed by a Turkish carrier. The engine selection will be made at a later date. “We are placing […]

The U.S. Air Force and its prime contractor Boeing have completed a successful first flight of the new F-15SA advanced fighter aircraft for the Royal Saudi Air Force. The F-15SA’s maiden voyage took place Feb. 20  at the Boeing facilities in St. Louis. The flight went as planned, meeting all test objectives to support the […]

Aptima, which applies expertise in how humans think, learn, and behave, announced today its selection to an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract by the Naval Air Warfare Center’s Training Systems Division (NAWC-TSD). Under the five year multi-award contract, which has a value of up to $781 million, Aptima will deliver training solutions to support […]

Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT) («Elbit Systems») announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT – Elisra Ltd., (Elisra), was awarded an approximately $115 million contract to supply an Asian customer with Electronic Warfare (EW) systems for multi-purpose land missions. The contract will be performed over two years. Edgar Maimon, […]

Assembly of the first Tranche 3 Typhoon, destined for delivery to the Royal Air Force, has now been completed together with initial testing. The aircraft, British single seat no 116, has now entered electromagnetic testing. A range of Typhoon systems such as the armament, fuel and flight controls could be susceptible to radio frequency transmissions […]

Cassidian Optronics improves the mission effectiveness of the 209 class submarines of the Colombian Navy by installing state-of-the-art sighting systems. After the already ordered refurbishment of an attack periscope, the Colombian Navy has now ordered a SERO 250 search periscope from Cassidian Optronics for a 209 Class submarine. Cassidian Optronics is the well-known producer of […]

Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) development study on improvements to the market-leading 777, known as 777X, will include GE as the engine partner on the twin-aisle airplane expected to enter service near the end of the decade. «This decision to work with GE going forward reflects the best match to the development program, schedule and airplane performance,» […]

A key milestone has been achieved in the assembly of the first of the UK’s new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers by Babcock at Rosyth, with the lifting into place of the forward island – a crucial component of the ship, containing the main bridge and around 100 vital mission systems compartments.  The event was […]

Embraer Aircraft Holding, Inc. announced today it has signed a 10-year lease on a 40,000-square-foot hangar in which the A-29 Super Tucano aircraft for the U.S. Air Force Light Air Support (LAS) program will be assembled.  Preparation of the facility is currently underway. The LAS aircraft are urgently needed to support the successful withdrawal of […]