The two-hour autonomous mission validated control systems and an Rolls-Royce AE 3007N engine integration, paving the way for carrier-based refuelling trials.
Boeing has taken on Spirit AeroSystems's commercial programmes, aftermarket operations and 15,000 staff, while Airbus has added six global production facilities to its network.
The facility will support design, development and prototyping for defence programmes while promising 400 jobs and economic growth across Daytona Beach and Volusia County.
The celebration at Red Oak in Texas highlighted Qarbon Aerospace’s proud legacy, the importance of the T-7A Red Hawk programme and partnerships with Boeing and the U.S. Air Force.
CYCOM 5250-4HT is a bismaleimide resin system with excellent thermal stability after thermal cycling and ideal for use in high temperature areas near engines.
This marks the latest OEM contract for IS&S building on existing OEM programs with Pilatus Aircraft for the PC-24, Textron for the King Air 260/360, and Boeing for the KC-46A, KC-767A and the T-7A.
Leonardo produces the baseline helicopter at its plant in northeast Philadelphia, while Boeing is responsible for military equipment procurement and installation and post-delivery support of the aircraft.
Boeing will lease the entire Cici and Hyatt Brown Center for Aerospace Technology, located in Embry-Riddle’s Research Park, on the university’s Daytona Beach Campus.
The agreement provides continuity of the production and sustainment of critical parts for the F/A-18 and F-15 programs. Nearly the entire GKN St Louis workforce of 550 people have been hired by Boeing.
Boeing is also building a new production line for low-rate initial production, aiming to load the first forward and aft fuselages for LRIP mid-year as suppliers are already underway developing parts for production.
Delivering all of the RDT&E aircraft to the Air Force enables them to continue critical operational testing and allows Boeing to focus on building the first production aircraft.
the Zero-G Helmet Mounted Display System+ (HMDS+), which will provide an augmented view of the battle space inside the pilot's helmet to allow for faster decision making, increasing survivability and effectiveness.
Boeing, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation and Innovate UK have entrusted projects in environmental cooling systems, helicopter transmission and electro-mechanical landing gear actuation respectively.
The Advanced Coatings Center is the third new facility revealed as part of Phantom Works' multi-billion-dollar Production System of the Future effort, enabling platform-agnostic, modular and flexible digital production.
The GPS/WAAS Beta-3 Receiver is a satellite receiver that uses the signals from GPS satellites and satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS) such as the USA Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS).
The initiation of low-rate production will yield the first operational aircraft set to replace the U.S. Air Force's current fleet of UH-1N “Huey” helicopters, with first delivery slated for 2024.
A clear timetable for the end of F/A-18 production allows Boeing to redirect resources to future military aircraft programs, including support work on the next generation of advanced crewed and uncrewed aircraft.
The processor technology is part of a digital, open-systems design that decreases maintenance and lifecycle costs while increasing reliability. The processors include extra payload slots to expand mission capabilities.
RSA Engineered Products has been awarded several components used in fluid conveyance applications, more specifically within the air ducting system, by Boeing for its T-7A Red Hawk training jet program.
A long-standing supplier of the flight controls and hydraulic power systems for the Army's Black Hawk and Apache helicopters, Parker Aerospace will now be part of the DEFIANT X collaborative team.
Collins Aerospace will supply the DEFIANT X with armoured pilot, cabin crew and troop seats. And its Perigon flight control computer will tackle the helicopter's utility management, prognostic health and autonomy.
Indian manufacturer Rossell has already manufactured over 100,000 EWIS parts for Boeing, and now it has a ten-year agreement to supply more for the T-7A Red Hawk.
The Defiant X flies twice as far and fast as the venerable Black Hawk helicopter it is designed to replace, and is currently undergoing testing in a digital combat environment. The Army's contract award is expected this year.
