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Northrop Wins $298M to Develop ESSC SatCom Payload

Northrop Wins $298M to Develop ESSC SatCom Payload

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, California, has been awarded a $298,044,362 firm-fixed-price Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications contract.

This contract provides a payload to develop hardware and software.

Work will be performed in Redondo Beach, California, and i…

Are Electromagnetic Fields in Cockpits Killing Pilots?

Are Electromagnetic Fields in Cockpits Killing Pilots?

The Pentagon’s research and development arm is investigating whether the very equipment meant to save military pilots’ lives on the battlefield is causing them to become disoriented and crash.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is funding an effort to study the relationship bet…

GE Delivers First F110 Engines to Power New F-15EX Fighters

GE Delivers First F110 Engines to Power New F-15EX Fighters

EVENDALE, OH — GE Aviation has delivered its first F110-GE-129 engines for the United States Air Force’s F-15EX advanced fighter.

In June, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCM) awarded GE Aviation a Lot 1 contract to produce 19 F110-GE-129 engines, including installs and spares and…

GA-ASI Details Role in USAF’s ABMS On-Ramp Demonstration

GA-ASI Details Role in USAF’s ABMS On-Ramp Demonstration

SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) played a central role in U.S. Air Force’s (USAF’s) Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) On-ramp demonstration held September 1-3, 2020. The goal of the demonstration was to prove emerging ABMS technologies in support of USNORTHCOM…
Irish Air Corps Takes Delivery of 3 Pilatus PC-12NG Aircraft

Irish Air Corps Takes Delivery of 3 Pilatus PC-12NG Aircraft

The Minister for Defence and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Simon Coveney, T.D., visited Casement Aerodrome this morning to mark the arrival of three new Pilatus PC-12 NG Spectre Aircraft. The Minister was accompanied by the Department of Defence Secretary General, Jacqui McCrum and Chief of Staf…
Esper: Air Force, Space Force Leading Charge to New Technologies

Esper: Air Force, Space Force Leading Charge to New Technologies

New technologies are fundamentally changing the character of war and the two Air Force services are leading that charge, Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said at the Air Force Association’s Virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference today.

In this time of COVID-19, Esper addressed the group virtual…

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