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    Australian Gov’t Launches $1B Battle Comms System Development Project

    The Australian government has unveiled an estimated $1 billion project aimed to augment the army’s digital command, control and communications systems. Australia’s defense ministry said Tuesday the Land 200 Tranche 2 Project will employ tactical communications network services from Harris and battle management system software updates from Elbit Systems. “Together they form the Battlefield Command System, which allows […] More

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    Boeing’s Insitu Subsidiary Offers Remote Sensing Services, Tools to Aid Disaster Recovery Missions

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has offered its aerial remote sensing services professionals along with a suite of tools to aid disaster recovery and fire suppression missions in California, Oregon and Texas. Insitu said Tuesday the INEXA Solutions suite, which covered the ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle as well as manned aircraft equipped with scanning payloads and sensors, assisted […] More

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    Boeing, Air Force Vet Craig Cooning Elected to BridgeSat’s Board of Directors

    Craig Cooning, an 11-year Boeing veteran and president of its network and space systems business, has joined the board of directors at satellite communications technology firm BridgeSat. BridgeSat said Tuesday it added Cooning as a board member as the company aims to build an advanced optical communications network designed to help address a growing demand for satellite data. Cooning previously […] More

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    Navy Eyes Integrated Comms System for Unmanned Tanker Mission Control Station

    The U.S. Navy seeks information on potential vendors that can develop an integrated communications system for a mission control station to support carrier and shore-based management of the service branch’s proposed MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial tanker. A FedBizOpps notice published Wednesday says the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation program office seeks an ICS platform that will work to transport voice […] More

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    IAP Awarded Navy E-6B Logistics Support Extension

    IAP Worldwide Services has received a one-year, $58.9 million option under a contract with the U.S. Navy to provide logistics services for the service branch’s E-6B command post and communications aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday the company will its extend logistics and maintenance support for the Boeing-built aircraft’s equipment, weapon systems,  associated support facilities and supporting parties. […] More

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    Australia to Invest $659M in P-8A Aircraft Training System, Facilities

    Australia’s defense department plans to invest $659 million in funds to support the operations of Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft. The Australian government will spend $250 million on a Boeing training simulator system at the country’s air force base in Edinburgh as well as $409 million to upgrade base facilities, with an early 2019 completion date, Australia’s defense department said […] More

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    Boeing JV to Provide Aircraft MRO Services for Saudi Arabian Rotorcraft Fleet

    A Saudi Arabia-based joint venture between Boeing, Alsalam Aircraft and Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries will offer maintenance, repair and overhaul support for the country’s fleet of rotorcraft aircraft, Defense News reported Tuesday. Neil Bevan, CEO of the Saudi Rotorcraft Support Company, said work under the contract will cover support for Apache aircraft at the company’s […] More

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    Boeing Taps Germany-Based Supplier to Manufacture Parts for Global Chinook Helicopter Fleet

    Boeing has awarded Aircraft Philipp Group GmbH a five-year contract to produce machine parts for the global H-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter fleet as part of the former’s Germany-based supplier base. Boeing said Friday it also launched a training workshop in May to familiarize members of the German industry with the company’s source selection and bid […] More

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    Reports: Virgin Orbit Lands DoD Contract to Demo Air Launch System

    Virgin Orbit, the small satellite launch venture spun out of commercial space company Virgin Galactic, has secured a contract to demonstrate its air-launched rocket technology through the Defense Department‘s Space Test Program, TechCrunch reported Thursday. The report said Long Beach, California-based Virgin Orbit expects the LauncherOne prototype flight to take place as early as January 2019. LauncherOne […] More

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    Boeing Subsidiary to Distribute Rolls-Royce Engine Products in Defense Market

    Boeing‘s subsidiary Aviall has signed a sales and distribution agreement to offer a suite of Rolls-Royce-made engines to the defense sector. Aviall will market AE 2100 turboprop, AE 3007 turbofan and AE 1107C turboshaft engine variants that are designed to power multiple types of military aircraft, Boeing said Thursday. Eric Strafel, Aviall president and CEO, said the company seeks to help […] More

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    PwC Report Shows $12B Increase in US Aerospace, Defense R&D Spending

    A study by PwC’s consulting arm shows that U.S. aerospace and defense companies’ spending on research and development efforts has climbed by nearly $12 billion so far this year, Defense News reported Wednesday. The Global Innovation 1000 study conducted by Strategy& has found that top U.S.-based A&D firms recorded $11.79 billion in R&D spending, a figure that is […] More

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    Report: Lockheed to Unveil New CH-53K Helicopter at Berlin Air Show

    Lockheed Martin has obtained approval from the U.S. military to demonstrate its new CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter at an April 2018 air show in Berlin, Germany, Reuters reported Thursday. Anonymous sources told Reuters that the event will mark the international debut of the Sikorsky-built helicopter, which will compete with Boeing‘s CH-47 Chinook twin-rotor platform for a potential $4.7 billion […] More