An initial technology development phase has been slated for 2025 to 2029, ahead of full engine development from 2030 onward, a company official told Breaking Defense.
By Tim MartinHow to unlock innovation and savings for DoD: “commercial,” not COTS
Overmatch is fleeting and while traditional acquisitions can’t always keep up with new threats, a different and approved practice can.
Eurodrone is a four-nation European consortium, involving Germany, France, Spain and Italy, which aims to develop an unmanned aerial system for operation in a non-segregated airspace.
By Agnes Helou
Airbus have brought the new helicopters to market in a bid to “capture advantages of the US export system” and the Foreign Military Sales process, said Scott Tumpak, vice president of military helicopters at Airbus US.
By Tim Martin
Request for industry input in SKEC WSS comes after London similarly opened a Pre-PQQ phase for procurement of a Narrowband Satellite System (SKEC NSS) in August 2022.
By Tim Martin
Lockheed’s selection of GE Aerospace’s CF6 engines comes as the Air Force weighs sole-sourcing a next round of tankers to Boeing or opening up a competition.
By Michael Marrow
“We really just want to see the final tender and understand what the requirements are going to look like before we make a public announcement on our approach,” said Paul Lemmo, President of Sikorsky.
By Tim Martin
“We recently terminated a contract with Airbus Helicopters to purchase H225 helicopters,” Muammar Abdulla Abushehab, defense and security industry affairs sector chief for the Tawazun council, said in a May 8 interview.
By Agnes Helou
Military innovation and savings: Go commercial
DoD uses FAR Part 12 acquisitions to save hundreds of millions of dollars in “of a type” systems like civil landing systems with applicability to military aircraft.
The risks at hand cover qualification of new capabilities, operational reliability, meeting cost reduction targets and securing “overall volume” as defined in a revised baseline contract, according to Guillaume Faury, Airbus CEO.
By Tim Martin
The Defense Department here, in an unusual move, announced that Lockheed had been directly awarded the contract for what is expected to be a $4 billion AUD ($2.86 billon) commitment to Australia’s first sovereign military satellite program.
By Colin Clark
The guidance and control test milestone represents a significant step toward the longer-term goal, scheduled to be achieved by mid-2024, of an “end-to-end demonstration” that will see the A310 autonomously refuel a DT-25.
By Tim Martin
The French Ministry of Defense declined to tell Breaking Defense whether the “new standard” referred to a full MkIII upgrade or a less ambitious plan.
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Hundreds of companies from dozens of countries are showing off their latest tech and weapons systems in the United Arab Emirates.
By Lee Ferran
France is looking at operating in “higher airspace,” loosely set at between 20-100 km above sea-level, which is too high for aircraft to operate in, too low for satellites to orbit in.
By Christina Mackenzie
Time to explore some of the most striking European defense stories to have emerged from 2022, and naturally comparing them to players that stood out on soccer’s grandest stage.
By Tim Martin
