23 February 2022

AeroSpace & Defense: Daily News Headlines Tue Feb 22, 2022

Aerospace & Defense News

Today's News Headlines

 
Hawk Upgrade Programme to Prepare Australian Pilots for the Frontline of the Future

Hawk Upgrade Programme to Prepare Australian Pilots for the Frontline of the Future

Hawk, the world's most succesful and proven military aircraft trainer, will continue to train Australia's frontline fighter pilots through to 203 after a A$.5 billion (pound794m) commitment by the Aus...

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Future Combat Air System: A400M Clears the 1st Hurdle As a Remote Carrier Launcher

Future Combat Air System: A400M Clears the 1st Hurdle As a Remote Carrier Launcher

Airbus A400M, the world's most advanced multi-role airlifter utilised by military forces around the globe, has demonstrated an airborne launch of a drone fulfilling a vital function for the Future Com...

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Rheinmetall Supplying Swiss Army With New Generation of Maske 76mm Rapid Smoke/Obscurant Cartridges

Rheinmetall Supplying Swiss Army With New Generation of Maske 76mm Rapid Smoke/Obscurant Cartridges

The Swis procurement authority armasuise has contracted with Rheinmetall to supply a new generation of the tried-and-tested, highly effective Maske 76 rapid smoke/obscurant cartridge, known in Switzer...

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Small Companies Partake in ESA's European Service Module

Small Companies Partake in ESA's European Service Module

ESA has involved ten European countries in the development of the European Service Module which is part of NASA's Orion spacecraft soon to launch to the Moon from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florid...

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L3Harris Completes Imager Integration for NOAA's Advanced Environmental Satellite

L3Harris Completes Imager Integration for NOAA's Advanced Environmental Satellite

The fourth Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) built by L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has been succesfully integrated into NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GoeS-U), completing...

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SpaceLogistics Announces Launch Agreement with SpaceX and 1st Mission Extension Pod Contract with Optus

SpaceLogistics Announces Launch Agreement with SpaceX and 1st Mission Extension Pod Contract with Optus

Northrop Grumman Corporation's SpaceLogistics today announced a launch agreement for its Mision Robotic Vehicle (MRV) spacecraft, and the sale of its first Mision Extension Pod (MEP). Under the lau....

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Rolls–Royce Congratulates STARLUX on the Delivery of its 1st A330neo Powered by the Trent 7000

Rolls–Royce Congratulates STARLUX on the Delivery of its 1st A330neo Powered by the Trent 7000

Rolls-Royce today joined STARLUX Airlines and Airbus in celebrating the delivery of the airline's first widebody aircraft, the A330neo, which is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines. The aircr...

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P&W Awarded DoE Project to Develop Hydrogen Propulsion Technology

P&W Awarded DoE Project to Develop Hydrogen Propulsion Technology

Pratt & Whitney has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (Doe) to develop novel, high-efficiency hydrogen-fueled propulsion technology for commercial aviation, as part of Doe's Advanced Rese...

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AviaAM Leasing Delivers 1 More B737–800 Boeing Converted Freighter to Bluebird Nordic

AviaAM Leasing Delivers 1 More B737–800 Boeing Converted Freighter to Bluebird Nordic

AviaAM Leasing, a global aviation holding company engaged in tailored aircraft leasing and trading services, has announced the delivery of a second B737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter to Bluebird Nord...

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The Second–generation PRISMA Earth Observation System Gets Underway

The Second–generation PRISMA Earth Observation System Gets Underway

Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with the Italian space agency (ASI) to conduct a feasibility study for the PRISMA Second Generatio...

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Safran Electronics & Defense Services Asia Invests in New MRO Capabilities in Singapore

Safran Electronics & Defense Services Asia Invests in New MRO Capabilities in Singapore

Safran Electronics & Defense Services Asia announced today that it has increased its scope of MRO activities. Safran Electronics & Defense Services Asia will now carry out Maintenance and Repair Op...

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