Clik here to view.
X-47B Unmanned Air System and an F/A-18 Hornet operate together from aircraft...
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy offered a glimpse of the future of carrier aviation on Aug. 17 by conducting a series of cooperative flights from the aircraft carrier, USS Theodore...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Unmanned helicopter deploys ground robots in test
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army have demonstrated the autonomous deployment of an unmanned ground vehicle by an unmanned aircraft, Aviation Week is reporting. More from the article: The test, at Fort...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Military exoskeletons bought for industrial use
Lockheed Martin has received a contract through the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) for the U.S. Navy to evaluate and test two FORTIS exoskeletons, the company announced in a news...
View ArticleClik here to view.
U.S. Air Force releases more details about grounding of F-16D Fighting Falcons
U.S. Air Force officials recently removed 82 two-seat F-16D Fighting Falcons from flight status due to the discovery of canopy sill longeron cracks found between the front and rear pilot seats, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Flight restrictions hampering F-35 software flight testing
Flight restrictions on Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 are hampering the Pentagon’s ability to conduct the software tests the plane must pass before it can be declared combat-ready by next July, Tony...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cascade Aerospace employees back to work today – four-year contract accepted
Unionized workers at Cascade Aerospace will return to work on Monday after voting to accept a new four-year contract that contains wage increases and improved job security clauses, among other things,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An aircraft success story 60 years and counting – the C-130 Hercules
It’s been 60 years since the first flight of the Hercules prototype. More on that story here: On Aug. 23, 1954, a plane took off from the Lockheed plant in Burbank, California, for a flight that would...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Canadian firms increase their share of work on F-35 program
By David Pugliese Defence Watch Industry Canada says in a newly tabled report that Canadian firms have secured $587 million worth of work on the F-35. But the federal department says it cannot give...
View ArticleClik here to view.
F-22 Raptor conducts first combat mission but questions remain
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor performed its first combat mission today, 28 years after the first major Advanced Tactical Fighter contracts were awarded, and the Pentagon duly issued before-and-after...
View ArticleClik here to view.
South Korea to buy 40 F-35 fighter jets – deliveries start in 2018
South Korea will buy 40 F-35A fighter jets from Lockheed Martin for about $7 billion (U.S.) in the country’s biggest-ever weapons purchase aimed at coping with North Korea’s military threats, officials...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Political support in U.S. for F-35 still strong despite problems
There are no political wolves in the U.S. moving to sink their teeth into the Pentagon’s F-35 fighter program, despite a speckled past, says one veteran US senator. That’s what my Defense News...
View ArticleClik here to view.
King: The hunt for one of Ottawa's 'fork-tailed devils'
During the Second World War, the German Luftwaffe nicknamed it der Gabelschwanz-Teufel, or “ the fork-tailed devil.” In the Pacific theatre, the Japanese referred to it as “two planes, one pilot.” For...
View ArticleClik here to view.
F-35 jet can be outfitted with new cruise missile
Lockheed Martin and Turkish missile manufacturer Roketsan signed an agreement Wednesday to produce and sell Turkey’s SOM-J air-launched cruise missile for the F-35 Lightning jet, Reuters is reporting....
View ArticleClik here to view.
U.S. says Canada plans to purchase F-35 stealth fighters in 2017
The Canadian government is preparing a letter for Congress outlining its plan to purchase four F-35 stealth fighters in 2017, according to briefing documents from the U.S. military. U.S. Lt.-Gen. Chris...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Canada buying four F-35 fighter jets. starting in 2017: U.S. military
The Canadian government is preparing a letter for Congress outlining its plan to purchase four F-35 stealth fighters in 2017, according to U.S. military documents. U.S. Lt.-Gen. Chris Bogdan, head of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
French looking to develop closer defence relations with Canada
By David Pugliese Defence Watch My colleague Michael Den Tandt has been writing lately about French efforts to push into the Canadian defence market. Much of that has been focused on the National...
View ArticleClik here to view.
RCAF commander to provide Iraq mission update, Lockheed Martin gets $40...
By David Pugliese Defence Watch Colonel Daniel Constable, Commander of Canada’s Joint Task Force – Iraq will be updating the news media on Thursday about Canada’s operations against the Islamic State...
View ArticleClik here to view.
European aerospace giant open to building a NATO fighter with U.S. companies
You could probably file this one under “a slim to none possibility” but my Defense News colleague AARON MEHTA has an interesting article in the latest issue of the newspaper that is at least worth the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
V-22 Osprey successfully fires missiles in new test
V-22 Osprey manufacturer Bell Boeing V-22 successfully tested its forward-firing capability last month at the US Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona, my Defense News colleague Joe Gould reports. Here...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Chinese stealth jet can beat F-35…or maybe not
Just how advanced is China’s new stealth fighter jet, the J-31? The jet’s manufacturer, Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) CEO Lin Zuoming, told a Chinese government news service that “the...
View Article