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Pratt & Whitney delivers 50th F135 engine for JSF

Posted May 2, 2012 by

Pratt & Whitney has successfully delivered the 50th production F135 engine – powering Lockheed Martin’s fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II – to the U.S. Department of Defense. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. The 50th engine is scheduled to be installed in a F-35C Carrier Variant for the United States Navy. The F-35C aircraft…

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Two Lockheed Martin F-35Bs ferried to Eglin, marking 25th DOD delivery

Posted May 10, 2012 by Lockheed Martin photograph by Fred Clingerman

Two Lockheed Martin F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing production aircraft were ferried to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 10, marking the 24th and 25th F-35 deliveries to the Department of Defense. The fifth generation multi-role fighter…

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Boeing to modernize flight deck, avionics for U.S., NATO AWACS fleets

Posted May 23, 2012 by

Boeing has received a $368 million Engineering, Manufacturing and Development contract to develop a design that modernizes the flight deck and avionics of the U.S. and NATO E-3 707 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft fleet. The contract, awarded by the Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., is the second phase of…

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Boeing, Raytheon, Harris to pursue GPS control segment sustainment contract

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Boeing is leading a U.S. industry team that includes Raytheon and Harris Corporation to pursue future development and sustainment work on the Air Force GPS Control Segment Sustainment contract. The control segment is the ground hardware and software that controls the space vehicles and their payloads. The GCSS contract will extend the current GPS Operational…

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Raytheon receives contract to link Navy Multiband Terminal to U.S. Air Force’s polar satellite

Posted June 13, 2012 by

Raytheon has received a $19 million contract to modify the Navy Multiband Terminal to link it with the Air Force’s Enhanced Polar Satellite. The link will allow U.S. Navy and Air Force warfighters to overcome communications gaps in the remote polar region. EPS will provide continuous coverage for secure, jam-resistant, strategic and tactical communications to…

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SAIC awarded $36 million task order by U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center

Posted June 25, 2012 by

Science Applications International Corporation announced June 21 that it was awarded a task order by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center – Space Logistics Directorate to provide consolidated logistics management support in support of Air Force Space Command. The single-award task order has a seven-month base period of performance, two option years…

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Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce close on deal for program share in IAE

Posted June 29, 2012 by

Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company, closed June 29 on its agreement to purchase Rolls-Royce’s program share in IAE International Aero Engines. More information about the closing will be announced by IAE at the Farnborough Air Show on July 9. “This strategic deal strengthens the presence of Pratt & Whitney and the IAE…

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Navy awards Lockheed Martin $27 million contract for additional VLA missiles

Posted July 9, 2012 by

The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $27 million, firm-fixed-price contract to produce components for 22 Vertical Launch anti-submarine missiles.

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Rolls-Royce receives $183 Million service contract for U.S. Army Kiowa Warrior engines

Posted July 10, 2012 by

Rolls-Royce has received a contract valued at $183 million to service M250 engines, which power the U.S. Army’s fleet of OH-58D Kiowa Warrior scout helicopters. The contract, to support 500 M250 engines on more than 300 aircraft, begins in July 2012 for a year, and the Army has options to extend the contract for four…

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Boeing CH-147F Chinook for Canada successfully completes first flight

Posted July 11, 2012 by

The new Boeing CH-147F Medium-to-Heavy-Lift Helicopter for Canada is progressing ahead of schedule after making its first flight June 24.

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