Lockheed Martin and EADS Astrium recently concluded they could work together to ensure interoperability between the US Global Positioning System III satellites and the European Galileo navigation satellite program. The two companies will perform systems engineering and technical assistance tasks for each other covering interoperability, integrity, and optimization of joint constellation performance. They also plan to offer reciprocal bids on hardware and software within policy and export constraints.
Boeing’s receipt of the 10th lot contract award for the KC-46 Pegasus this week leaves just three lots left to complete the Air Force’s buy of the tanker, although a further buy of 75 additional aircraft as a “bridge” to the Next-Generation Aerial-refueling System (NGAS) seems increasingly likely.