Capabilities
E-6 Mercury fleet expands, upgrades bandwidth capabilities
An internet bandwidth upgrade being rolled out on the E-6B Mercury aircraft, the nation’s airborne strategic command platform, is expanding the jet’s capability to support the nation’s leaders in a crisis.
The Internet Protocol Bandwidth Expansion (IPBE) upgrade was recently… Continue reading
Boeing Brings Advanced Training Capabilities to US Navy’s T-45 Fleet
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 26, 2013 – Four operational flight trainers built by Boeing [NYSE: BA] are up and running at Naval Air Station Pensacola (Fla.), allowing the U.S. Navy to shift some training for… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin’s Aegis Combat System Showcases Integrated Air and Missile Defense Capabilities
Lockheed Martin’s Aegis Combat System recently demonstrated simultaneous anti-air warfare and ballistic missile defense capabilities during its first integrated air and missile defense test.
The successful test verified the capabilities of the most recent upgrade to the Aegis system, known… Continue reading
BAE Systems to upgrade EW capabilities on saudi fighter jets
BAE Systems today announced a $367M contract to deliver 70 Digital Electronic Warfare Systems (DEWS)/Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) to upgrade F-15S fighter jets in support of the Royal Saudi Air Force.
BAE Systems today announced a $367M contract to… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Highlights Global Security Capabilities at the Paris International Air Show 2011
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) will highlight its industry-leading global security capabilities at the Paris International Air Show, including unmanned aircraft systems, defence electronics and performance-based logistics.
The 49th Paris International Air Show will take place at Le Bourget, Paris, from… Continue reading
BAE Systems Enchances UK Royal Air Force Training Capabilities
Warton, United Kingdom – UK Royal Air Force (RAF) fast jet pilot training is now more representative of flying front line aircraft than ever before thanks to engineers at BAE Systems.
A software upgrade, referred to as Operational Capability 2… Continue reading
AgustaWestland AW139 Capabilities Expanded
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce a further expansion of the AW139 medium twin helicopter’s
capabilities with two recent certification approvals. The AW139 has recently obtained certification for offshore take off and landing procedures for operations according to… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Incorporates Additional Industry C4ISR Systems into Airborne Intelligence Laboratory
AML Aircraft Tests Capabilities for Intelligence, Homeland Security, Humanitarian Missions
MELBOURNE, Australia, March 1st, 2011 — Rockwell Collins and DRS Defense Solutions have been added to the growing list of companies with C4ISR products integrated into Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT]… Continue reading
Eurocopters Dubai Helishow presence focuses on its helicopter capabilities for security, transport and offshore missions in the Middle East and Persian Gulf
Marignane, France, 2 November 2010
The company’s long-term commitment to meet requirements of civil operators and armed forces in this geographic zone has resulted in more than 650 Eurocopter helicopters being flown in the Arab world by both civil and… Continue reading
LINEAGE 1000 JET DEMONSTRATES LONG-RANGE FLIGHT CAPABILITIES
The distance from Mumbai to London is the farthest any Embraer aircraft has flown, to date
– Embraer’s ultra-large Lineage 1000 executive jet demonstrator aircraft recently made history by completing the longest distance… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Distributed Aperture System (DAS) for F-35 Demonstrates Ballistic Missile Defense Capabilities
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s AN/AAQ-37 Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS) for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter successfully detected and tracked a two-stage rocket launch at a distance exceeding 800 miles during a routine flight test conducted aboard the company’s… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF Brings Unique 5th Generation Capabilities
The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II program is the only fighter program delivering 5th generation capabilities internationally, a Lockheed Martin executive said Tuesday at the Seoul Air Show.
“The F-35′s 5th generation capabilities, including Very Low… Continue reading