Press Releases

On Monday 13 March, as part of the AUKUS trilateral agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, it was announced that BAE Systems will play a key role in helping Australia to acquire its first nuclear powered submarines. The three nations will deliver a trilaterally developed submarine, based on the UK’s next generation design, incorporating technology from all three nations. Australia and the UK will operate SSN-AUKUS, as their submarines of the fut

Aero Design Labs  announced that the first commercial flight with its proprietary drag reduction kit installed was flown on a Southwest Airlines 737-700 aircraft. Aero Design Labs founder and CEO Lee Sanders was among the customers on the historic flight recently operated from Dallas to El Paso with the kit installed. Southwest will conduct an evaluation of the network of drag reduction kits installed on five of its 737-700 aircraft to measure fuel efficiency. ADL's Drag Re

Bahraini, American and Lockheed Martin officials today celebrated the first F-16 Block 70 for the Royal Bahraini Air Force today at Lockheed Martin in Greenville, South Carolina. The Kingdom of Bahrain has a unique history with the F-16: It was the first F-16 operator in the Gulf Cooperation Council beginning in the early 1990s, and now is receiving the first F-16 Block 70. "Today's ceremony represents the next generation of the powerful and proven legacy of the F

The ongoing first session of the 14th National People's Congress China 's highest legislative body , brings together 2,977 deputies from various professions and backgrounds. Among the national legislators, 281 are from the armed forces, making them the largest group of legislators at this year's meeting. Chinese President Xi Jinping participates in one of the plenary meetings of the military delegation during the annual session of the NPC to discuss military issues.

L3Harris Technologies today announced a contract from Maxar Technologies to design and build reflector antennas for two geostationary communication satellites. The two nine-meter unfurlable mesh reflector antennas will provide high-power signals and improved service quality across the satellites’ coverage areas. Similar to an umbrella, the flexible architecture of the antenna makes it collapsible, lightweight, compact and easy to integrate onto nearly any spacecraft configurat

Triumph Group, Inc. is pleased to announce a cooperative effort for logistics and leasing of OEM certified engine shipping stands between its Asia-Pacific facility, TRIUMPH Product Support - Asia (TASA) and Aerofield Services LLC., headquartered in Aurora, Colorado. Per the agreement, engine stands will be available for lease from TASA for customers and industry service partners within the APAC and China regions and in turn positions TASA's avenues to grow its product and service offering

Kaman Corporation and PHI Aviation LLC announced at the 2023 HAI Heli-Expo that Kaman’s subsidiary, Kaman Aerospace Corporation and PHI have entered into a master commercial agreement for the promotion, sales and support of a commercial version of Kaman’s KARGO UAVTM unmanned aerial system, including collaboration relating to its ongoing design and certification. In connection with that agreement, Kaman and PHI entered into a Non-Binding Memorandum of Understanding that outlines P

Heli-Expo -- CMC Electronics is pleased to announce a new multi-year contract with Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, for the supply of its military Flight Management System on several Sikorsky helicopter models including the UH-60M, HH-60M, HH-60W, S-70i and the S-70M. The helicopters with CMC's equipment will be delivered to the US Army, the US Air Force as well as numerous international Black Hawk customers for use in a wide range of missions including search and rescue, troop transp

Magellan Aerospace Corporation announced today the signing of a significant long-term agreement extension with Collins Aerospace a Raytheon Technologies business, to manufacture complex magnesium and aluminum castings for various military and commercial aerospace platforms. The castings will be produced by Magellan’s facilities in Renfrew, Ontario and Glendale, Arizona. The extension of this LTA with Collins renews the framework for strategic alignment with Magellan; in additi

Signia Aerospace, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, today announced the acquisition of Lifesaving Systems Corp. Based in Florida, Lifesaving Systems is a premier global supplier of helicopter and maritime rescue and survival equipment. "Lifesaving Systems is a leader in maritime rescue equipment and will be an excellent addition to our Signia Mission Systems business segment alongside Onboard Systems," said Norman Jordan, Chief Executive Officer of Sign

Corvias, a long-term solutions provider to the DOD supporting readiness and resiliency through sustainable infrastructure, on March 6 will sponsor the “We Are One Community” reception as part of the Association of Defense Communities (ADC) National Summit. This premier annual gathering brings together defense community members, senior military officials, key members of Congress and the nation’s top defense policy and budget experts in forums that help define the future of U.

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EST Tuesday, March 7, to provide an update on data analyzed thus far on the agency's Artemis I Moon mission, the first integrated flight test of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, uncrewed Orion spacecraft, and associated ground systems. Audio of the call will livestream on the agency's website at:     https://www.nasa.gov/live NASA's Orion spacecraft spla

Crew members assigned to NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission are in orbit following their successful launch to the International Space Station at 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The international crew are the agency's sixth commercial crew rotation mission with SpaceX aboard the orbital laboratory. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, into orbit carrying NASA astronauts Stephen Bowe

Persistent Systems, LLC a leader in mobile ad hoc networking technology, announced today that it was awarded a $75.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force supporting Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) to roll out the company's Infrastructure-based Regional Operation Network (IRON) offering across three Air Force bases as part of the Regional Operating Picture (ROP) program. Persistent's Wave Relay® network enables airmen equipped with MANET devices to seamlessly

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense a leader in spacecraft dispensing and separation systems, has successfully deployed an experimental payload with its Payload Release Ring spacecraft separation system. D-Orbit's ION Satellite Carrier successfully delivered EBAD's experiment to low Earth orbit. The data gathered from this experiment ensures EBAD's new spacecraft dispensing products carry the same reliability that the industry is accustomed to with its heritage NEA&r