Aerotech News and Review


Featured Headlines

Northrop Grumman photograph Defense

Navy Triton unmanned aircraft system completes first flight

The Navy’s newest unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance aircraft platform, the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System, completed its first flight from Palmdale, Calif., May 22

Navy photograph Defense

Navy, Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS enters production phase

Navy photograph RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System in flight after launching from USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) in February 2013. The Department of the Navy recently announced that the unmanned air system received Milestone C approval authorizing the start of low rate initial production. The Department of the Navy announced May 15 that the…

Lockheed Martin photograph by Tom Reynolds Defense

F-35 ITF works towards night, weather certification

Lockheed Martin photograph by Tom Reynolds The F-35 Integrated Test Force is completing a series of night flights, testing the ability to fly the jet safely in instrument meteorological conditions where the pilot has no external visibility references. The ITF, which has the lead on all F-35 mission systems testing, is responsible for five of…

army-uav1 Defense

UAV pilots maintain situational awareness above battlefield

Unmanned aerial vehicle pilots maintain an "eye-in-the-sky" view providing real-time surveillance high above the battlefield in order to keep Soldiers safe from unexpected "enemy" attacks, at the U.S. Army National Training Center, at Fort Irwin, Calif.

insitu-uav Business

Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems achieves Milestone C approval

BINGEN, Wash., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Insitu announced May 23 that RQ-21A reached Milestone C under the Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System contract with Naval Air Systems Command. The achievement will enable the program to transition from the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development phase to a Low Rate Initial Production phase and enter initial operational…

Recent Reactions


All of this week's top headlines to your email every Friday.


 
 

LM-F35
0
comments
Business

F-35 Lightning II program surpasses 5,000 flight hours

Posted  December 5, 2012

Lockheed Martin photograph The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program surpassed 5,000 flight hours last month. This milestone was reached by the combined F-35 System Development and Demonstration aircraft flying at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., and the training aircraft flying at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All…

Full Story »

0
comments
Business

Boeing forecasts sufficient financing for rising global aircraft deliveries

Posted  December 5, 2012

Boeing projects the world’s airlines should see reasonable liquidity and pricing for new-aircraft delivery financing in 2013 even as jet builders ramp up production to meet demand, the manufacturer announced in London, England, Dec. 4 in issuing its fifth annual finance market forecast. “We expect that despite economic and political challenges, global air travel will…

Full Story »

navy-fire-scout
0
comments
Defense

Fire Scout breaks endurance records on USS Klakring deployment

Posted  December 5, 2012

The Navy’s fourth Fire Scout detachment returned to Mayport, Fla., Dec. 1, after achieving several milestones during its five-month deployment aboard USS Klakring (FFG 42). The Fire Scout unmanned helicopter detachment logged more than 500 flight hours in the U.S. Africa Command Area of Responsibility in support of anti-piracy operations and providing real-time intelligence, surveillance…

Full Story »

0
comments
Space

Third Boeing GPS IIF begins operation after early handover to U.S. Air Force

Posted  December 5, 2012

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – A third Boeing GPS IIF satellite has completed on-orbit checkout and is now part of the active 31-satellite GPS constellation, providing improved performance for both military and civilian users. GPS IIF-3, now designated SVN-65, is being operated by the 50th Space Wing’s 2nd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever Air Force Base,…

Full Story »

LM-gunship
0
comments
Business

New gunship-to-be takes to the skies

Posted  December 5, 2012

Lockheed Martin photograph by Todd McQueen The first MC-130J Commando II that will be converted to a new AC-130J gunship made its first flight at Marietta, Ga., this week. The MC-130J will have a Precision Strike Package installed, then will fly as a gunship in early 2014. The total requirement for new AC-130J gunships is…

Full Story »

LM-hercules
0
comments
Business

Santa’s got a new reindeer . . . And it answers to Hercules

Posted  December 5, 2012

Lockheed Martin photograph by Damien Guarnieri Members of the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, visited the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., site in Marietta, Gl., Dec. 3 to pick up two pallets of toys to deliver to children impacted by Hurricane Sandy in New York and New Jersey. The toys were loaded into…

Full Story »

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. photograph
0
comments
Business

Sikorsky delivers first CH-53K prototype heavy lift helicopter to flight test team

Posted  December 5, 2012

The Sikorsky team developing the CH-53K heavy lift helicopter for the U.S. Marine Corps has delivered the first prototype aircraft - the Ground Test Vehicle - from the assembly line to the flight test team

Full Story »

LM-super-galaxy
0
comments
Business

Super Galaxy Delivered

Posted  December 5, 2012

MARIETTA, Ga., Dec. 3, 2012 ñ Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] delivered the sixth production C-5M Super Galaxy to the Air Force, Friday, Nov. 30, at the Lockheed Martin facilities here. Aircraft 85-0001 is the ninth overall C-5M Super Galaxy for the Air Force and will undergo internal paint restoration at Stewart Air National Guard Base,…

Full Story »

NG-embraer
0
comments
Business

Northrop Grumman provides gyro-compass navigation system for Embraer Legacy executive jet

Posted  December 5, 2012

Northrop Grumman, in cooperation with prime contractor Rockwell Collins Inc., provided the attitude and heading reference system that recently supported the first flight of the new Embraer Legacy 500 executive jet. Northrop Grumman supplied the fiber-optic, gyro-compassing LCR-100 AHRS for integration with the Rockwell Collins Pro Line FusionÆ avionics system on the fly-by-wire Legacy 500…

Full Story »

0
comments
In the news...

News Briefs – December 5, 2012

Posted  December 5, 2012

U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,031   As of Dec. 4, 2012, at least 2,031 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,694 military service members have died in Afghanistan as a…

Full Story »

 
 

 

Weather

 

lancaster, ca
 

Pick up a copy!

 

Find out where to pick up a print copy of Aerotech News in the Antelope Valley and Southern California areas by checking our handy Distribution List.

 

Local military discounts

 

 

NASA Image of the Day

 

The Engine Burns Blue

 
This image shows a cutting-edge solar-electric propulsion thruster in development at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., that uses xenon ions for propulsion. An earlier version of this solar-electric propulsion engine has been flying on NASA's Dawn mission to the asteroid belt. This engine is being considered as part of the Asteroid Initiative, a proposal to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a stable orbit in the Earth-moon system where astronauts can visit and explore it. This image was taken through a porthole in a vacuum chamber at JPL where the ion engine is being tested. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Read More
 

Pentagon Channel