Jane Edwards

Boeing has secured a registration number from the Federal Aviation Administration for its proposed unmanned aircraft system for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based tanker drone program, FlightGlobal reported Thursday. The company received Dec. 26 the FAA registration number N234MQ for its proposed “T1” drone prototype. Boeing previewed its demonstrator for the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling tanker program […] More

The U.S. Marine Corps will select by summer 2018 a new amphibious combat vehicle from prototypes developed by BAE Systems and Science Applications International Corp. to replace its existing fleet of Assault ­Amphibious Vehicles, the Marine Corps Times reported Thursday. The service branch awarded two contracts worth up to $225 million combined to BAE and SAIC in […] More

Sierra Nevada Corp. and Turkish Aerospace Industries have developed a trainer aircraft in order to compete for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X program that seeks to replace the T-38 jet, Quwa reported Monday. Bilal Khan writes SNC and TAI established a Colorado-based subsidiary, Freedom Aircraft Ventures, to offer the Freedom Trainer aircraft. The Freedom Trainer jet will be equipped with […] More

Lockheed Martin has released a new video that shows the concept for the future vertical lift helicopter based on the X2 demonstrator, New Atlas reported Thursday. David Szondy writes Lockheed’s Sikorsky subsidiary partnered with Boeing to develop the helicopter concept that comes in attack and assault variants. The proposed vertical lift aircraft has fly-by-wire flight controls, co-axial […] More

CGI intends to make more acquisitions as part of its business expansion efforts and the Canada-based information technology consulting firm indicated it has at least 780 companies in its “active” pipeline, CRN reported Wednesday. “Over 80 percent of that current funnel, and we’ll be adding to that, is generated from clients and business leaders, not […] More