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Canada issues CASSAR contract to Centum 06 April 2021 by Pat Host Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) issued Centum Research & Technology a USD1.3 million contract, including taxes, for its Cellular Airborne Sensor for Search and Rescue (CASSAR) programme on 26 March. Centum will provide five of its Lifeseeker software-defined radio systems as part of the award, along with training material for operators, and maintenance and user manuals for each unit. The DND had a requirement to p...

Airbus solely qualifies for Canadas tanker procurement 05 April 2021 by Pat Host Only Airbus and its A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft qualified to bid for Canada’s Strategic Tanker Transport Capability (STTC) Project, Canada announced on 1 April. Canada seeks to replace its Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Airbus A310 MRTT (CC-150 Polariis in national service) aircraft. Boeing is developing its KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling tanker for the US Air Force (USAF). Airbus, with it...

Sabrewing targets first deliveries of Rhaegal-B UAV to Saudi Arabian customer by end of year 15 March 2021 by Pat Host Sabrewing Aircraft is planning to deliver its first four Rhaegal-B heavy-lift, long-range vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) under contract with Saudi Arabia’s Arabian Development and Marketing Co (ADMC) by December, despite not having started production. Sabrewing announced in September 2020 that it had secured an exclusive representation agr...

Update: Pentagon, Lockheed Martin reach settlement on F-35 spare parts fees 10 March 2021 by Pat Host The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin have settled over hundreds of millions of US dollars in labour costs that the armed services incurred in managing non-ready-for-issue (non-RFI), or installation, spare parts for its fleet of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs). Lockheed Martin will invest USD70.6 million in the F-35 programme as compensation for its failure to deliver RFI spare parts,...

The US Air Force (USAF) is preparing for the first booster test flight (BTF-1) of the USAF/Lockheed Martin AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) to take place within 30 days, the service announced on 5 March. Immediate work has ...

AFA Winter 2021: US Air Force envisions additional Vanguard S&T programmes in the future 25 February 2021 by Pat Host The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) could have as many as six Vanguard priority science and technology (S&T) programmes in the coming years, said Brigadier General Heather Pringle, AFRL chief, on 24 February, during the Air Force Association’s (AFA’s) annual Aerospace Warfare Symposium. Brig Gen Pringle said that she wants to have a pipeline of Vanguard programmes c...

Boeing begins T-7A Red Hawk production 24 February 2021 by Pat Host Boeing has started production of its US Air Force (USAF) T-7A Red Hawk jet trainer at its St Louis, Missouri, facility, and has developed roughly 90% of a static test article’s forward fuselage. Chuck Dabundo, Boeing vice president and T-7A programme manager, said on 23 February that Boeing has been working on this static test article forward fuselage since last month. The static test article will be completely assembled once...

An important deadline is nearing for the Pentagon's Mi2 Technology Demonstration unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) effort. US Navy (USN) spokesperson Brittany Dickerson said on 17 February that the service expects to determine the next steps for...

The US Air Force (USAF) has reached 600,000 flight hours in its Pilatus PC-12 (U-28A in USAF service) turboprop utility aircraft. USAF spokesperson Captain Savannah Stephens said on 18 February that 328,000 of those flight hours supported fl...

US Navy contracts Sikorsky for VH-92A LRIP helicopters 10 February 2021 by Pat Host The US Navy (USN) on 5 February awarded Sikorsky a USD479 million firm-fixed-price contract modification to procure five VH-92A presidential helicopters, according to a Pentagon statement. The award exercises options for the procurement of Lot 3 low rate initial production (LRIP) aircraft, associated interim contractor support, two cabin interior reconfiguration kits, support equipment, initial spares, and syste...