Triumph Aerostructures has initiated litigation against Bombardier to recover additional development costs incurred by a redesign of the wing for the Global 7000 business jet. In response, Bombardier plans to sue Triumph for losses resulting from a two-year delay to the program.
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Under a contract announced last week with Babcock Mission Critical Services, the French air force will use the Pilatus PC-21 turboprop at an intermediate phase of fighter pilot training.
MD Helicopters will begin delivering six MD 530G light scout attack helicopters in March, filling a Malaysian army requirement of more than two decades.
LYON, France—Three members of the French government have reiterated their support for the country’s aerospace industry, in what sounds like a response to complaints about plummeting public research funding from the industry lobbying group Goupement des Industries Francaises Aeronautiques et Spatiales (GIFAS).
Aircraft and space systems parts and electronics provider Ducommun will welcome a new chief executive Jan. 23, with United Technologies Corp. (UTC) alumnus Stephen G. Oswald taking over as CEO and president.
The Philippines has reissued a request for tenders for six light attack aircraft to replace long-serving OV-10 Broncos, emphasizing economy and sustainability.
Iridium, the mission customer with its first 10 next-generation low Earth orbit communications satellites, said the launch has been rescheduled at 11:54 a.m. EST Jan. 14.
France ordered more AASM Hammer precision-guided air-to-ground munitions from Safran Electronics & Defense on Dec. 29 that will include improved production processes.
Britain’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) has developed a smartphone app which could analyze laser events with aircraft and provide law enforcement agencies with the information they need to prosecute offenders.
India is set to conduct a launch escape system trial later this month, verifying the rescue systems for future human spaceflight missions in case of an emergency.
SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE (formerly SAGEM) has French DGA order for AASM Block 4 modular air-to-ground kits to be mounted on NATO-standard bomb bodies.
Frank Kendall, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, on Jan. 4 approved the U.S. Navy’s planned replacement for Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarines to begin development
The U.S. Air Force is launching a new cyber swat team to build resiliency into new programs and troubleshoot existing problems, Secretary Deborah Lee James announced Jan. 6.
Startup Vanilla Aircraft is preparing to attempt a 100-hr. flight with its VA001 small unmanned aircraft system, having already set a world endurance record for its powerplant type and weight class of 55.9 hr.
Medical experts assembled by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine are urging NASA to dig deeper into possible connections between the health and performance risks faced by humans assigned to long missions to deep space destinations.
Thales has received a firm order from the French armament procurement agency DGA for 105 Spy’Ranger “mini drones” which the country’s army will use for surveillance and reconnaissance.
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $450m U.S. Navy foreign military sales contract for low-rate initial production Lot 10 F-35 Lightning II advance acquisition for the Republic of Korea.
The U.S. Air Force is tackling the readiness of its aging KC-10s, starting the new year with maintenance orders for its super-size aerial refueling tanker.
Like Juno, Lucy will derive enough energy from its advanced solar cells to eliminate the need for a radioisotope thermoelectric generator, the previous norm for probes operating at that distance from the Sun
Dassault Aviation received orders for 36 Rafales last year, while a mere 21 Falcons were sold, thus confirming healthy export sales for the French fighter and a sluggish business jet market.
