NASA Selects Contractor for Quiet Supersonic Flight Community Testing
Quiet Supersonic: NASA has awarded a contract to Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. of Burlington, Massachusetts, to support a national campaign of community overflight tests using the agency’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology research aircraft. This cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a maximum potential value of approximately $29 million with an eight-year period of […]
The Bessie Coleman Story
Bessie Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) was an American civil aviator. She was the first woman of African-American and the first of Native American descent to hold a pilot license. She achieved her international pilot license in 1921. She soon became a successful air show pilot in the United States, and hoped […]
Boeing Statement on 737 MAX Return to Service
As we have emphasized, the FAA and other global regulators will determine when the 737 MAX returns to service. However, in order to help our customers and suppliers plan their operations, we periodically provide them with our best estimate of when regulators will begin to authorize the ungrounding of the 737 MAX. We are informing […]
Lockheed Martin’s Expertise in Hypersonic Flight Wins New Army Work
On August 29, the U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a contract at an estimated value of $347 million as part of a multi-year hypersonic weapons development in support of the Army’s focus in long-range precision strike missiles. As the prime contractor for the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) systems integration project, the Lockheed Martin-team […]
Coverage Set for NASA Test of Orion Abort System for Moon to Mars Missions
June 25, 2019… NASA Television will broadcast launch and prelaunch activities for the Ascent Abort-2 flight test of the launch abort system for NASA’s Orion spacecraft’s, which will help pave the way for Artemis missions with astronauts to the Moon and then Mars. The test’s four-hour launch window opens at 7 a.m. EDT Tuesday, July 2. […]
Gulfstream Reinforces Commitment To Sustainable Alternative Jet Fuel
Long Beach Facility Begins Sales Of Environmentally Friendly Fuel
Sikorsky, Boeing Provide First Look at SB>1 DEFIANT™
Sikorsky, and Boeing provided the first look at the SB>1 DEFIANT™ helicopter the companies have developed for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role technology demonstrator program.
Lockheed Martin Meets 2018 F-35 Production Target with 91 Aircraft Deliveries
F-35 Enterprise Has Doubled Production since 2016; Eyes Another 40 Percent Increase in 2019
Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter Weapons System, Operational Flight Trainers in Final Assembly
The fully assembled aircraft tracking to first flight
Pentagon and Lockheed Martin Deliver 300th F-35 Aircraft
F-35 Enterprise Ramps Up Production and Reduces Costs