MCLEAN, VA. — HII has been awarded two tactical training systems contracts by the Naval Air Warfare Center China Lake. The first contract, for aircrew electronic warfare tactical training, is a multiple-award, indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery (IDIQ) contract with a total ceiling value of $2…

Australian airline Qantas has committed to a deal for 12 Trent XWB-97 powered Airbus A350-1000s that will support its ambitions to operate the world’s longest commercial non-stop flights, allowing passengers to fly direct between London or New York to the Australian east-coast cities of Sydney and M…

USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the Navy’s lead ship of its new class of fleet replenishment oilers, conducted Acceptance Trials, April 25.

Acceptance Trials consist of a series of in-port and at-sea demonstrations that allow the Navy and the shipbuilder, General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuild…

ÉVORA, Portugal — Embraer and Aernnova concluded today the strategic partnership agreement announced in early 2022. Therefore, Aernnova now owns all shares of Embraer Metálicas and Embraer Compósitos, in an investment totaling approximately US$ 174 million.

For Embraer, this partnership is anot…

PARIS — Safran Electronics & Defense is taking a major step forward in its inertial navigation strategy by grouping two subsidiaries, Safran Colibrys (Switzerland) and the recently acquired Sensonor (Norway,) under a single banner, Safran Sensing Technologies.

The similarities in expertise, mar…

PARIS — Thales completes the acquisition of RUAG Simulation & Training, including its 500 employees and with sales worth approximately €90 million in 2021.

The consolidation will complement Thales’s footprint in the land market in particular, meanwhile sustaining its field-proven expertise in h…