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Beechcraft Defense Company has been selected to manufacture military training aircraft for the U.K. defense ministry under a contract with Affinity Flying Training Services. The Textron subsidiary will produce 10 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II aircraft to replace the Shorts Tucano T1 aircraft under the U.K. MoD’s military flying training system program, Textron said Wednesday. The aircraft […] More
BAE Systems PLC has secured a potential $4.3 million contract from the U.K. defense ministry to continue to provide a service that aims to reduce collision risk in the country’s uncontrolled airspace. BAE said Tuesday its Centralized Aviation Data Service works to help pilots plan flight routes in order to prevent flight path crashes. The CADS […] More
Boeing has handed the latest Mk6 Chinook helicopter to the U.K. air force under a recent order from the U.K. defense ministry. The 14th helicopter delivered to the Royal Air Force brings the total number of RAF Chinook aircraft to 60, Boeing said Monday. The Mk6 Chinook aircraft has interoperable navigation and communication tools, rescue hoist components, RAF-specific avionics […] More
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services UK has awarded a contract to Envitia to help develop a geospatial intelligence platform for the U.K.’s defense ministry. Envitia said Wednesday the system will be designed to allow the U.K.’s military to search and retrieve geospatial intelligence data from their defense information infrastructure network terminals. Mark Richardson, business development manager at […] More
Steve Wadey, managing director of MBDA‘s U.K. arm and co-chair of the Defense Growth Partnership, will join QinetiQ as CEO in the second quarter of this year. QinetiQ said Tuesday that Wadey will also be a member of its board of directors and the committees for risk and corporate social responsibility, nominations and security. “We were looking for an […] More
Lockheed Martin has awarded a subcontract to L-3 Communications to equip the U.K. defense ministry’s Desert Hawk III DDL digital platform with the MICRO Secure Digital Data Link. The companies said Dec. 1 that L-3’s MICRO SDDL will support communications for the small unmanned aircraft system’s command-and-control and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. Kevin Westfall, director of LM MST’s unmanned solutions business, said that […] More
