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US Navy Fires Ford Carrier Program Manager

US Navy Fires Ford Carrier Program Manager

The Navy removed its program manager for the first-in-class USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), as Navy acquisition chief James Geurts looks to boost performance in the new carrier program.

Capt. Ron Rutan has been moved from the program office to the Naval Sea Systems (NAVSEA) staff, and Capt. Brian Me…

Rheinmetall Touts CH-53K for Bundeswehr After Sea Trials

Rheinmetall Touts CH-53K for Bundeswehr After Sea Trials

The CH-53K King Stallion heavy transport helicopter successfully completed an extensive series of tests on a helicopter carrier of the US Navy at the end of June 2020. The tests, which took place over a period of around 14 days in the Atlantic Ocean, included taking off and landing from various deck…
Cubic Wins $950M for USAF’s Advanced Battle Management System

Cubic Wins $950M for USAF’s Advanced Battle Management System

SAN DIEGO –– Cubic Corporation today announced its Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS) business division was awarded a $950 million ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS).

The Air Force will use the contract fo…

China Touts Beidou Sat Nav to Arab Countries

China Touts Beidou Sat Nav to Arab Countries

BEIJING — On July 6, the 9th Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum was held via video-link.

“The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) is China’s first space infrastructure to provide public services for the world. During the development of the BeiDou-3 system, we ha…

GA to Demo Sea Guardian UAV to Japanese Coast Guard in September

GA to Demo Sea Guardian UAV to Japanese Coast Guard in September

SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced today that they will partner with Asia Air Survey (AAS) to hold a series of validation flights for the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) featuring GA-ASI’s SeaGuardian beginning in mid-September.

The purpose of the flights is to v…

US Air Force Orders Upgrade for LITENING Targeting Pods

US Air Force Orders Upgrade for LITENING Targeting Pods

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. –– The U.S. Air Force has placed an initial order for Northrop Grumman Corporation’s LITENING advanced targeting pods with full-color digital video capability and two-color laser spot search and track.

“LITENING’s color video capability works with the way we naturally see th…


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