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GE Wins $483M Order for F414 Engines

GE Wins $483M Order for F414 Engines

General Electric Co., Lynn, Massachusetts, is awarded a $483,143,433 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

This contract procures spare F414 engines and various spare engine modules in support of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler production aircraft.

GA Wins $175M to Add New Capabilities for UK’s Protector UAV

GA Wins $175M to Add New Capabilities for UK’s Protector UAV

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $77,190,125 cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract modification (P00015) to previously awarded FA8620-18-C-2009 for the United Kingdom MQ-9B Protector program.

This contract modification provides for the …

British Carrier Launches Drones for First Time

British Carrier Launches Drones for First Time

HMS Prince of Wales has launched drones from her flight deck as the Royal Navy begins exploring the use of crewless technology on the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.

Fixed-wing drones – called the QinetiQ Banshee Jet 80+ – flew from the carrier’s vast flight deck to assess how they might…

Skyloom Signs Contract with Arianespace for First Launch

Skyloom Signs Contract with Arianespace for First Launch

Telecommunications start-up Skyloom chooses Ariane 64, operated by European launch service company Arianespace, to deploy first geostationary lasercom relay node. The Ariane 64 will deliver Skyloom’s Node-1 as part of a new rideshare mission product.

Telecommunications start-up Skyloom chooses Ar…

Turkish Military Begins to Use Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Turkish Military Begins to Use Unmanned Ground Vehicles

ISTANBUL — The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have started using unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), a statement from the Ministry of National Defense said Wednesday.

“Unmanned ground vehicles, which make it possible to observe and enter areas where it’s not possible to do so in every type of operatio…


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