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GE Aerospace Teams with Kratos to Build Small Engines for Collaborative Combat Aircraft

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In early June, GE Aerospace’s Defense & Systems division signed a formal teaming agreement with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions to put performance and affordability into a small and mighty package: the high-thrust turbofan propulsion systems for the next generation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The latest such engine — able to deliver 1,500 pounds of thrust — belongs […]

US Navy Issues Four Contracts for Conceptual CCA Designs

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The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts to four major aerospace prime contractors — Anduril, Northrop Grumman, Boeing and General Atomics — for ‘conceptual designs’ for a carrier-based autonomous combat drone, according to a Navy document obtained by Breaking Defense. Additionally, Lockheed Martin is under contract for the drone’s ‘common control‘, according to a slide on […]

General Atomics Creates Transatlantic Partnership for European CCA

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General Atomics is taking a bold step toward rapidly delivering a European Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) — based on a mature U.S. platform, assembled in Europe, with European mission systems — by aligning its independent U.S. and German aerospace affiliates under a teamed operation. The new aircraft is derived from the U.S. Air Force’s YFQ-42A […]