Aerospace & Defense

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 18 mins ago - 3 reports

Flybe to sell Gatwick slots to easyJet; defer Embraer deliveries

UK regional carrier Flybe has confirmed plans to sell its entire London Gatwick slot portfolio to easyJet for 20 million ($30 million). It has also sold two Bombardier Q400s and is deferring delivery of 16 Embraer E-175s until 2017-19. ... " " is part ... [Published Air Transport World - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Flybe, EMBRAER Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica SA, easyJet Plc

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 41 mins ago - 3 reports

Lockheed Martin F-35

Pentagon: F-35 Program Costs Fell $4.5 Billion Last Year

WASHINGTON — The total price tag for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program fell $4.5 billion in 2012, according to a new government report.This marks the first time in the F-35’s checkered history that estimators have lowered the projected cost of the ... [Published DefenseNews.com - 41 mins ago]

Entities: Lockheed Martin F-35, Acquisition, Lockheed Martin Corp, UH-60 Black Hawk

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

Aeryon Labs Introduces the SkyRanger sUAS

Aeryon Labs will be showcasing the Aeryon SkyRanger™ small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) at CANSEC 2013, May 29-30. This new Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) system features an all-new airframe and integrated design, and represents a significant increase ... [Published Canadian Defence Review - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Vertical Take-Off And Landing, VTOL, UAS Unmanned Aircraft System

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 16 reports

Boeing Company

China clears Boeing 787s for take-off

CHINESE airlines have been cleared to fly Boeing's high-tech 787, which last month was cleared to return to service after a worldwide grounding. ... [Published Herald Sun - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Boeing Company, China, Boeing 787

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 5 hours ago - 9 reports

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy complete Triton unmanned aircraft's first flight

The Northrop Grumman Corp. -built MQ-4C Triton high-altitude unmanned aircraft successfully completed its first flight today from the company's manufacturing facility in Palmdale. ... [Published Microwave Journal - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Northrop Grumman Corporation, US Navy, Manufacturing

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 3 reports

Defense Security Cooperation Agency

US Lays Out Potential S. Korean Weapon Sales

WASHINGTON — The US has laid out a pair of potential sales to the Republic of Korea, a move that could indicate a decision is near on that country’s fighter replacement program.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), which handles foreign military ... [Published DefenseNews.com - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Lockheed Martin F-35, AMRAAM, F-15 Eagle

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 13 hours ago - 5 reports

Vought Aircraft Industries Inc

Northrop’s Unmanned Navy Drone Triton Makes Maiden Flight

Triton, the U.S. Navy variant of Northrop Grumman’s high-altitude unmanned spy aircraft, made a 90-minute maiden flight May 22 in Palmdale.The Navy could buy as many as 68 of the aircraft, a Northrop Grumman spokesman said.The Triton can stay aloft for ... [Published San Diego Business Journal - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Northrop Grumman Corporation, Drone, Vought Aircraft Industries Inc, Aurora Flight Sciences Corp

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 13 hours ago - 4 reports

Northrop Grumman Awarded U.S Navy Laser Contract

Northrop Grumman announced today that it has been awarded a U.S Navy R&D contract to develop next-generation laser gun to be used in shipboard defense.If the testing is proven, the Navy hopes to build a prototype laser weapon system tested aboard war ... [Published Defense World - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Laser, Northrop Grumman Corporation, US Navy

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 18 reports

Boeing executives praise S.C. plant, challenge suppliers, rival

After a rainy start to Boeing's annual investor conference this week, the clouds cleared in time for the company's leadership to deliver a blue-sky report to match the Lowcountry weather.Speaking Wednesday to a collection of out-of-town analysts on Kiawah ... [Published Individual.com - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Boeing Company, Jim McNerney (Boeing), Boeing 787, Ray Conner

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 4 reports

Airbus Wins Oman Air Order For Three A330s

Oman Air Airbus A330-300.Airbus has won an order for three A330-300 aircraft from Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, the European plane maker said on Wednesday.The order, which Airbus said would bring Oman Air's A330 fleet to 10 ... [Published AIRwise - May 22 2013]

Entities: Oman Air, Airbus SAS, Oman

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 16 reports

Rolls-Royce celebrates contract with CIT to supply engines to fly 23 Airbus planes

Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply engines to power 23 Airbus aircraft ordered by US leasing company CIT Aerospace, it said yesterday. Rolls, the world’s second-largest maker of aircraft engines behind US group General Electric, said the deal included ... [Published Yorkshire Post - May 23 2013]

Entities: Rolls-Royce plc, Trent XWB, Airbus SAS

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 4 reports

Surface ship laser weapon technology to be developed by Northrop Grumman

REDONDO BEACH, CA. U.S. Navy officials chose Northrop Grumman Corp. for the initial phase of the Solid State Laser Technology Maturation (SSL-TM) program -- a research and development project for maturing solid-state, high-power laser weapon systems and ... [Published Military Embedded Systems - May 22 2013]

Entities: Laser, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Laser Technology Inc, Directed Energy

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...Jim Rector. "The real-time, actionable intelligence and maritime domain awareness coming from multiple sensors off an expeditionary and ship-capable Group 3 sized UAS accelerates the 'when & how' our commanders will receive, process, disseminate and act on intelligence."

Insitu Ready for Production of RQ-21A UAS [Published Avionics Magazine - 24 mins ago]

"Enhancing Europe's contribution to international NEO discovery efforts is only possible through the coordinated efforts of multiple centres of European expertise."

Watching for hazards: ESA opens asteroid centre [Published Space Daily - 41 mins ago]

"The British approach to operations is very similar to the French and has made for a seamless integration into this French-led mission. Moreover, it has been another example of the strength of UK- French relations and the affiliation between the Royal Marines and the French 9e brigade d'infanterie de marine ."

Defence Secretary visits UK forces training Mali troops [Published Individual.com - 42 mins ago]

the volume of arms transferred. Full Report Details at - www.fastmr.com/prod/605019_the_uae_defense_indus .. SDI's "The UAE Defense Industry - Procurement Market Dynamics to 2017: Market Profile" is an essential source of information on imports and exports by key segments covering the defense industry in United Arab Emirates...

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F-35 Cost Dips 1% to $391 Billion: Pentagon [Published DoD Buzz - 2 hours ago] Posted in Air, Land, Naval, PolicyThe cost of the U.S. Defense Department’s most expensive weapons program, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, declined by 1 percent in the past year to $391 billion, as lawmakers remain concerned about its software.The estimated ...
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