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United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt and Whitney subsidiary has tested the cold segment of an engine technology designed to power the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Pratt and Whitney said Wednesday its F-135 engine demonstrated full-life capability  during an accelerated mission test that occurred at the Arnold Air Force Base’s engineering development complex in Tennessee. The test sought to validate the reliability and […] More

The U.S. Army will issue a request for proposals in November for the service branch’s Mobile Protected Firepower lightweight armored combat vehicle development program. The MPF vehicle will feature a 105mm gun and offer a long-range direct-fire capacity for infantry brigade combat teams to support forcible entry and breaching missions, the service branch said Wednesday. […] More

The U.K. defense ministry has invested $118.8 million in a helicopter simulation center to support the training of future U.K. navy and air force pilots. The British government said Tuesday the deal will maintain 70 jobs within the Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility at the RAF Benson air force station in South Oxfordshire, England. CAE […] More

A Cubic subsidiary has received a potential $573.4 million contract from the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority to build a fare processing system to replace the current MetroCard payment method for subway and bus fares. Cubic Transportation Systems will design, integrate and implement a system for passengers to pay fares as well as create transit accounts to […] More

The U.S. Navy has approved the proceeding of a Small Business Innovation Research program which will further the development of an RDRTec-built airborne collision and avoidance system designed to support the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system. RDRTec said Wednesday the Common Radar Airborne Collision Avoidance System is a C-band radar built to offer sense and avoid along […] More

Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has wrapped up a critical design review of the training systems for the Combat Rescue Helicopter program designed to replace the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawk aircraft. The CDR’s completion will pave the way for the HH-60W helicopter’s training systems to enter the assembly, evaluation and testing phase, Lockheed said Wednesday. HH-60W […] More

U.S., Canadian and European aviation regulatory agencies have approved Honeywell‘s  satellite communication system and cabin connectivity service to facilitate Wi-Fi access onboard multiple helicopter models. Honeywell said Wednesday it received a Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate for the use of Aspire 200 satcom technolology on Airbus AS350 and Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters. Transport Canada and the European Aviation Safety Agency […] More

The General Services Administration has asked information on potential vendors that can provide entity validation support services. GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Oct. 19 it wants potential sources to provide a unique entity identifier system and validate certain data in support of the Integrated Award Environment/System for Award Management program. IAE/SAM seeks to provide […] More

Sierra Nevada Corporation and Embraer Defense & Security have received orders from the U.S. Air Force to deliver six additional A-29 Super Tucano aircraft in support of the A-29 Afghanistan Program. Embraer said Wednesday the aircraft units will be manufactured in  Jacksonville, Florida. The addition brings the program’s total aircraft count to 26. The A-29 is a light attack aircraft that employs electronic, […] More

Triumph Group has received a two-year $22.9 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to deliver spare rotary actuators to be used on the main landing gear of the U.S. Air Force‘s C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The company said Tuesday its Park City facility will take charge of producing and providing the actuators to DLA Aviation in Robins Air Force Base. Triumph’s […] More

Primer has entered a strategic investment agreement with In-Q-Tel as both companies aim to provide artificial intelligence tools to government analysts. In-Q-Tel said Tuesday Primer develops machine learning systems designed to help analysts from government agencies, financial institutions and retail companies address the limits of human comprehension when analyzing large volumes of information. The systems […] More