Monthly Archive: Giugno 2020

US Air Force Tests New Communications Link on C-17 Transports

US Air Force Tests New Communications Link on C-17 Transports

SCOTT AFB, Ill. — For the first time, Air Mobility Command Airmen conducted a commercial beyond line of sight (BLOS) communication and tactical data link experiment to update a mixed formation en-route to a simulated threat area during the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Joint Forcible Entry trainin…
Mitsubishi Pulls Back on SpaceJet in Face of Pandemic

Mitsubishi Pulls Back on SpaceJet in Face of Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic cast global markets into a period of uncertainty as it moved across the globe in early 2020. The impact of the virus is beginning to make its mark as delivery and order slowdowns ripple across the aerospace industry. The full effect of these declines will dominate the sector f…
New Hensoldt Airborne Radar Completes First Flight

New Hensoldt Airborne Radar Completes First Flight

TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany — Hensoldt’s newly developed airborne multi-mission surveillance radar PrecISR 1000 has successfully completed its maiden flight. In a one-week flight campaign together with H3 Mission Systems GmbH based in Tussenhausen-Mattsies, Germany, the radar proved its value in terms of…
V-22 Program Reaches Milestone with Delivery of 400th Aircraft

V-22 Program Reaches Milestone with Delivery of 400th Aircraft

PATUXENT RIVER, Md — The Air Force Special Operations Command received its 53rd CV-22 Osprey June 2, marking the 400th delivery of a V-22 in the history of the joint program.

“It’s been over 20 years since the first production V-22 was delivered and we are proud to reach another milestone in ou…

GE Delivers First LM2500 Lightweight Gas Turbine to Austal

GE Delivers First LM2500 Lightweight Gas Turbine to Austal

GE Marine announced it has delivered its first new lightweight LM2500 composite gas turbine module to Austal USA for the future USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32). This new module, which was fully certified by the United States Navy in 2019 after receiving MIL-S-901D shock qualification, provides a 5,500-po…
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