Air Systems

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Hexcel Company Profile: The Composite-Materials Supplier Inside the Aircraft (Defense News Top 100 #100)

Hexcel Company Profile: The Composite-Materials Supplier Inside the Aircraft (Defense News Top 100 #100)

Overview Hexcel Corporation is a United States advanced-composites manufacturer and one of the defence-aerospace industry's most important upstream suppliers. Unlike the platform primes that dominate...

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US Navy Awards GE Aerospace $2.87B Contract to Sustain F414 Engines

US Navy Awards GE Aerospace $2.87B Contract to Sustain F414 Engines

The U.S. Navy has awarded GE Aerospace a $2.87 billion contract to sustain the F414 engines that power the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler...

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EC-130H Compass Call Flies Final Mission as EA-37B Takes Over

EC-130H Compass Call Flies Final Mission as EA-37B Takes Over

After more than four decades on the front line of American electronic attack, the EC-130H Compass Call has flown its last mission. For the first...

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Pratt & Whitney Adds $25m to Polish F135 Parts Plant

Pratt & Whitney Adds $25m to Polish F135 Parts Plant

RTX's Pratt & Whitney will invest $25 million — roughly 95 million zloty — to expand its plant at Niepołomice, Poland, adding capacity for the...

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US Navy Awards Northrop Grumman $1.2 Billion for Three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aircraft

US Navy Awards Northrop Grumman $1.2 Billion for Three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aircraft

The US Navy has placed a fresh order with Northrop Grumman for three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, the platform...

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US Army hands AeroVironment $500 million for layered counter-drone systems

US Army hands AeroVironment $500 million for layered counter-drone systems

The US Army has awarded AeroVironment a contract worth up to $500 million for layered counter-drone defence systems designed to shield troops and bases from...

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NATO’s Most Capable Military Tanker: How the A330 MRTT Redefined European Power Projection

NATO’s Most Capable Military Tanker: How the A330 MRTT Redefined European Power Projection

When France required aerial refueling support for its strike aircraft operating over Libya in 2011, its tanker fleet was aging C-135FRs — modified KC-135 variants...

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How the Airbus C295 Became the World’s Best-Selling European Military Transport Aircraft

How the Airbus C295 Became the World’s Best-Selling European Military Transport Aircraft

In September 2021, India and Airbus signed a contract for 56 C295 aircraft worth approximately $2.5 billion — a transaction that would have been notable...