With the latest delivery of an A320 to Jetstar Japan, the total number of Airbus aircraft delivered to Japanese carriers has risen to 100, underscoring the rapidly growing number of Airbus single-aisle aircraft in the country. In just nine months since beginning operations in July 2012, Jetstar fleet has grown to 10 aircraft. Airbus delivered […]

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 […]

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) will highlight products and initiatives for affordable, protected military satellite communications during SATELLITE 2013, March 18–21, in Washington, D.C. Capabilities featured at the company’s exhibit – No. 7057 at the Washington Convention Center – bridge the gap between today’s capabilities and tomorrow’s needs and include: Protected communication payloads the company builds […]

The Navy celebrated the keel laying of Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John Warner (SSN 785) at Huntington Ingalls Industries – Newport News Shipbuilding (HII -NNS) in Newport News, Va., March 16. The submarine is named for former five-term U.S. Senator from Virginia and Secretary of the Navy John Warner. In a time-honored Navy tradition, the initials […]

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has opened a £50m London Heathrow Service Centre to provide round-the-clock specialist maintenance and support for aero engines. The 95,000 square feet facility, larger than Wembley football pitch, includes a state-of-the-art engine workshop four times larger than the previous Rolls-Royce service centre at Hatton Cross, Heathrow. In the new […]

Boeing today issued the following statement regarding recently announced changes to the U.S. missile defense capability and the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program: «Boeing is proud to partner with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency in making operational, long-range ballistic missile defense a reality. As world events continue to show that ballistic missile threats are real, […]

Air Pacific, Fiji’s national airline, has formally rolled out its soon to be adopted new ‘Fiji Airways’ identity with the delivery of its first new A330-200 aircraft. Whilst the carrier will officially adopt the ‘Fiji Airways’ brand in June, the aircraft will begin commercial services on April 2nd. The aircraft was officially accepted by Nick […]

March 14, 2013 SAN DIEGO – Z Microsystems, a leading provider of deployable computing systems, today announced that it has received a contract from Boeing Defense, Space and Security for its Gen3 Orion Universal Display Platform (UDP) for installation on the U.S. and French Air Forces’ Advanced Warning and Control System (AWACS). The value of the combined contracts […]

Eurofighter Typhoon joins the New Danish Combat Aircraft Competition targeted at safeguarding Denmark’s national air defence. Eurofighter CEO, Enzo Casolini, said: «We welcome the invitation of the Danish Government and we are pleased to enter into this international competition. Eurofighter Typhoon is the most advanced new generation combat aircraft that can fulfill the specific Danish […]

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and teammate ATK (NYSE:ATK) have completed the fabrication of the primary mirror backplane support structure (PMBSS) wing assemblies for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Northrop Grumman is under contract to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., for the design and development of the Webb Telescope’s optics, sunshield and spacecraft. […]

Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) 2, the future USNS Choctaw County, conducted builder’s sea trials March 7-8, in Mobile, Ala. The ship, now under construction at Austal USA, is the second ship of the JHSV class. Builder’s trials are a significant step in the construction and delivery of a ship to the fleet and are […]

Embraer has chosen UTC Aerospace Systems to provide the electric system for its new second generation E-Jet aircraft. UTC Aerospace Systems is a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The electric system comprises electric power generation, emergency power generation, primary power distribution and secondary power distribution. Built on the success of the first generation […]