DEFENSE-AEROSPACE

F-35 Program Massages Flight Test Results

January 19, 2015

The latest annual report from the Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) states that the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) claimed improved reliability by adjusting the way it records equipment failures rather than by delivering technical corrections.

Electronic Warfare

F-35 Report: Overview of Problems with F-135 Engine

July 9, 2014

KESTEREN, Netherlands --- Last week’s grounding of the F-35 fleet puts the Pratt & Whitney F-135 engine back in the public spotlights, just one week before the planned international debut of the F-35B at the RIAT 2014 and Farnborough Airshows.

Contracts & Deals

Pentagon Contract Announcement

June 2, 2014

L-3 Communications, Platform Integration Division, Waco, Texas, received a not-to-exceed $41.5 million undefinitized contract action to supply four intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, spares, and crew training to support counter-terrorism operations in Yemen. The contract number is FA8620-14-C-3020. Big Safari—officially the

AI & Autonomy

Spacecom and Israel Aerospace Industries Signed a Purchase Agreement for Amos-6 Satellite; Deal Estimated at $195 Million

November 13, 2012

Israel Aerospace Industries President and Chief Executive Joseph Weiss sat beside Spacecom head David Pollack at Ben Gurion Airport yesterday and signed a single document that binds both companies to deliver, launch, and operate the Amos-6 communications satellite for roughly $195 million.

Electronic Warfare

Russia Will Produce French New Generation Thermal Imagers

June 13, 2012

Paris—At Eurosatory 2012 Russia’s state arms trader Rosoboronexport and France’s Thales Optronics signed a licence that lets the Vologda Optical-Mechanical Plant build Catherine XP thermal imagers inside Russia.

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F-35 Program Massages Flight Test Results

F-35 Report: Overview of Problems with F-135 Engine

Pentagon Contract Announcement

Spacecom and Israel Aerospace Industries Signed a Purchase Agreement for Amos-6 Satellite; Deal Estimated at $195 Million

Russia Will Produce French New Generation Thermal Imagers

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