News of July 15, 2008
Pratt & Whitney Awarded UCAS-D Contract
Posted at: Tue Jul 15th, 2008
FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW, July 14, 2008 – Northrop Grumman has awarded Pratt & Whitney a $54 million contract to develop and integrate the engine and exhaust system for the U.S. Navy’s X-47 Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration (UCAS...
Pratt & Whitney F135 Engine Exceeds 10,000 SDD Ground Test Hours
Posted at: Tue Jul 15th, 2008FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW, July 14, 2008 – The Pratt & Whitney F135 engine exceeded 10,000 system development and demonstration (SDD) ground test hours this week. This achievement, in addition to the 3,600 test hours accumulated during the F-35 concept demonstration program, puts engine test progr...
New C-130J Configurations And Technologies Unveiled At Farnborough
Posted at: Tue Jul 15th, 2008
FARNBOROUGH, England, July 15th, 2008 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] officials briefed reporters today at the Farnborough Air Show about new configurations and new technologies for the C‑130J Super Hercules. Attendees where given insight into t...
Northrop Completes Environmental Testing of New B-2 Bomber Radar
Posted at: Tue Jul 15th, 2008
PALMDALE, Calif., July 15, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has successfully completed a battery of tests designed to prove that new radar units developed for the U.S. Air Force's B-2 Radar Modernization Program (RMP) will perform properly under all environmental cond...
Northrop E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Achieves 125th Flight Milestone
Posted at: Tue Jul 15th, 2008ARNBOROUGH, England - July 15, 2008 - Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) E-2D Advanced Hawkeye System Development and Demonstration Program has successfully completed its 125th test flight, flying out of the Northrop Grumman East Coast Manufacturing and Flight Test Center in St. Augustine, Fl...
