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Speedi Wings & Wheels - June / July 2018 - Page 6 By Steve Wood - Staff Writer Av News www.speedi.tv back in January as it entered Airbus’ final assembly facility. The A350 will be Delta’s flagship international aircraft and the first to feature the airline’s all-new Delta One Suite, the world’s first business class cabin to feature a sliding door, as well as Delta Premium Select, a new premium economy experience. Sustaining F-35 Electronic Warfare Systems May 22, 2018 BAE Systems received a contract from Lockheed Martin to ensure the readiness of critical EW systems on the F-35. BAE Systems has received a contract from Lockheed Martin to ensure the readiness of critical electronic warfare (EW) systems on the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. Under the five-year contract, BAE Systems will manage the supply chain and establish the infrastructure necessary to make sure the systems are mission capable and available to warfighters. “As a leader in EW systems for the world’s most advanced aircraft, we understand how critical readiness is for our customers,” said Betsy Warren, director of F-35 Sustainment at BAE Systems, Inc. “We’ll ensure that the F-35 EW supply chain is in place for Lockheed Martin and the Department of Defense.” The EW suite for the F-35, called the AN/ASQ-239 system, protects the aircraft with advanced technology for critical missions. The system’s advanced avionics and sensors provide a real-time, 360- degree view of the battlespace, helping to maximize detection ranges and provide the pilot with options to evade, engage, counter, or jam threats. Under the contract, BAE Systems will maintain regional warehouses with on-hand inventories of critical EW components to improve fill rates and reduce wait times. The company will also establish various metrics that will be used to further strengthen confidence in the supply chain. This F-35 sustainability work is based on performance-based logistics (PBL), a cost-effective, outcome-based support strategy that focuses on system readiness. BAE Systems has more than a decade of PBL experience with the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and multiple public-private partnerships that support U.S. military systems, as well as more than five years of experience with F-35 sustainment and international maintenance support. Delta’s first A350 takes off for the first time May 24, 2017 Delta’s first Airbus A350- 900 — yet to be painted in Delta’s signature livery — took to the skies early Tuesday morning in Toulouse, France, where the aircraft is assembled, kicking off two months of flight testing, and a fresh paint job, prior to delivery to the airline mid-summer. The lightweight, composite widebody aircraft will be the first of the state-of-theart jets to be delivered to a U.S. airline and is expected to begin service in October on primarily transpacific routes. The aircraft began taking shape A350 test flight 2In all, the A350 will feature 32 seats in the Delta One cabin, 48 seats in Delta Premium Select and 226 seats in the Main Cabin. Customers in all cabins of service will have access to high-speed 2Ku Wi-Fi internet access offering consistent, uninterrupted, gate-to-gate coverage anywhere in the world with speeds that allow customers the ability to stream video and use work-related networks such as VPN. A modern cabin environment will also be outfitted on Delta’s A350 with high capacity overhead bins, full spectrum LED ambient lighting and in-seat in-flight entertainment at every seat. The fuel-efficient jets will replace retiring widebody aircraft. Delta will take delivery of five A350s in 2017 with more coming in 2018.
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