Day: September 19, 2017

BAE Systems’ LiteHUD® head-up display (HUD) has hit a significant milestone as it took part in its maiden flight. Its first voyage took place on a US Special Operations Command AC-130J aircraft, followed by flights on Textron’s Scorpion jet and BAE Systems’ Advanced Hawk demonstrator aircraft. A HUD is a see-through display that seamlessly presents flight-critical […]

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Military assets and equipment are getting more complex, but for some roles they are actually becoming much simpler, while delivery and support is increasingly globalised and will continue to be so. Evan Butler-Jones, Director, Defence Product Line, Aviation & Defence Business Unit at IFS, looks at five changes set to transform the in-service support model […]

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The US Navy has awarded Raytheon a $119 million contract to begin the integration of a new multi-mode seeker into the Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile, which will enable the weapon to engage moving maritime targets. The US Navy is conducting the new seeker development as a Rapid Deployment Capability programme to meet urgent fleet requirements for defeating emerging […]

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