V-22 engine sustainment contract wonby Rolls-RoyceEMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The U.S. Navy has awarded Rolls-Royce with a $1.2billion contract to provide sustainment support for the V-22 AE1107C aircraft engine. The deal, announced by theDepartment of Defense, covers maintenance and repairof the engines, as well as services to include programmanagement, logistics support and configurationmanagement.

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Solar-powered UAS introduced byLeonardoEMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Leonardo has invested in Skydweller Aero Inc., a start-upspecializing in large-scale solar-powered unmannedaerial systems (UAS), including a solar-poweredunmanned aerial system (UAS) that the company claimsis capable of perpetual flight with heavy payloads.

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SDR from Rohde & Schwarz chosenby Saab for integration into Gripenfighter aircraft

NOVEMBER 2019

The Avionics Design monthly E-newsletter from the editorial staff of mil-embedded.com covers hardware andsoftware avionics designs and certification issues in the commercial and military avionics markets in the U.S.and Europe via the Military Embedded Systems partnership with Aviation Maintenance magazine and theAerospace Tech Week show.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

The Rohde & Schwarz SOVERON software-definedairborne radio has been selected by Saab for integrationinto the Saab Gripen E/F fighter aircraft for severalexport countries.

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EW suite prototype introduced for F-16 fighterEMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected bythe U.S. Air Force for a prototype project to demonstratean internally mounted electronic warfare (EW) suite anddigital radar warning receiver for the F-16 fighter aircraft.The agreement was issued under SOSSEC Consortium?s Air Force Open System Acquisition Initiative (OSAI)Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for prototyping.

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VSR700 UAS performs first flight testEMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The prototype of Airbus Helicopters? VSR700 unmannedaerial system (UAS) has performed its first flight at a testcenter near Aix-en-Provence in the south of France. TheVSR700 performed several take-offs and landings withthe longest flight lasting around 10 minutes.

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Eurofighter electronic combat role

details revealedEMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Airbus and its partners introduced concrete details of thenew Eurofighter electronic combat role (ECR) concept.This role will enlarge Eurofighter?s multi-role capabilitiesand further increase the survivability of coalition forces inhostile environments. Initial Eurofighter ECR capability isexpected to be available by 2026, followed by furtherdevelopment steps and full integration into the futurecombat air system (FCAS) ecosystems.

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Secure data links between F-22, F-35tested by USAFEMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The U.S. Air Force announced plans to test a securedata link between its F-22 and F-35 stealth fighter planeswithout identifying the planes' locations. The first test, inDecember, is an element in the U.S. military's goal of acomprehensive Multi-Domain Command and Controlnetwork encompassing the Army, Navy, Marines, and AirForce across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspacedomains.

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Tips for choosing an MROAVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE

Whether it?s piston, turboprop or jet, fixed- or swing-wing, sooner or later every business aircraft is going toneed the care of an experienced maintainer. And likewith every other type of service provider, it?s best to findthe right one long before the work begins.

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AN/APG-81 radar delivered to its500th F-35 Lightning IIEMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Northrop Grumman has delivered its 500th AN/APG-81fire control radar for the F-35 Lightning II. The NorthropGrumman AN/APG-81 active electronically scannedarray is designed to supplement the F-35?s advancedsensor suite.

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Electronic Attack Jammer Pod bySaab takes flightEMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Saab carried out introductory flight tests with its newadvanced Electronic Attack Jammer Pod (EAJP). Thepod?s interfaces with the aircraft?s hardware andsoftware as well as cockpit control and monitoring weretested during the flight.

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Raven tactical UAS contract won byAeroVironmentEMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

AeroVironment, Inc., unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)company, announced it received a firm fixed-pricecontract valued at $6,408,542 from an existing SoutheastAsian military customer for additional Raven unmannedaircraft systems. Delivery is anticipated within 12 months.

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Aviation Maintenance, FAA, andDesigneesAVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE

For anyone working in the aviation field, it should be noshock that the role FAA plays in our industry haschanged over the last several years. The trend starteddecades ago with the pilot community when FAA nolonger provided check rides and written tests, in favor oftransferring those activities to persons ?Designated? bythe Administrator. That practice has evolved to the pointwhere most FAA offices no longer provide services thatwe (and our customers) have expected in the past andquite frankly have taken for granted as things FAA shouldbe providing.

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Electronic warfare package approvedfor Japan's F-15JsEMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The U.S. State Department approved a request by Japanfor a $4.5 billion upgrade of its F-15J Eagle fleet offighter planes. Up to 98 planes, of about 200 owned bythe Japan Air Defense Forces, would be brought up to abenchmark known as Japanese Super Interceptor underthe plan, the Defense Security Cooperation Agencyannounced.

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Honeywell and ATP Casebank Partnerto Offer Avionics Tech PubsAVIATION MAINTENANCE MAGAZINE

ATP and Honeywell have entered into an expandedpartnership agreement expanding the existing Honeywelltechnical publications available through their ATPAviation Hub single source portal. This will includeHoneywell?s collection of Avionics libraries and will allowowner/operators and entitled management companies tomanage and access their current technical andregulatory information for airframes, Honeywell engines,avionics, and other aircraft components.

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NH90 helicopters to be equipped withhostile fire indicator system

EMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Terma completed a study program for Royal NetherlandsAir Force (RNLAF) to identify the best possible way ofprotecting the NH90 aircraft against infrared-seekingmissiles. The study pointed out the Modular AircraftSurvivability Equipment (MASE) system as the preferredchoice giving the best compromise between improvedself-protection, mission/aircraft compatibility, cost, andfleet commonality.

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