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Red Arrows Awarded 2013 Public Display Authority
The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, The RAF Red Arrows, were today awarded their Public Display Authority (PDA) for 2013 by Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton.
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Airbus Military C295 demonstrates humanitarian aid capability in Peru
Aircraft transports aid for Peru´s Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil – INDECI
This week Airbus Military transported around eight tonnes of humanitarian aid from the Peruvian National Civil Defence Institute (Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil – INDECI) to various areas… Continue reading
FRC East converts retired Marine Hueys
Fleet Readiness Center East artisans and engineers working the H-1 Program have completed more than 30 percent of the work required to transform the first of three Marine Corps UH-1N Hueys into the Air Force version of the aircraft. They’ve been… Continue reading
Australia renews interest in MQ-4C Triton UAS
The Australian Ministers for Defence and Defence Materiel announced May 15 that the government of Australia will enter into a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) planning case with the U.S. Navy for the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).
The FMS… Continue reading
Russia to Deliver 12 More Mi-17 Helicopters to Afghanistan
MOSCOW, May 16 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will deliver 12 Mil Mi-17V5 military transport helicopters to the Afghanistan Armed Forces by the end of 2013, state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Thursday.
The helicopters were options in a $367.5 million… Continue reading
F-35A Successfully Completes High Angle Of Attack Testing (video)
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., May 16, 2013 – The latest in a series of Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35A high angle of attack (AOA) testing was recently completed. The testing accomplished high AOA beyond both the positive and negative maximum… Continue reading
Northrop Grumman’s SABR Brings Fifth Generation Fighter Radar Capabilities to F-16 Aircraft
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) designed for the F-16 fighter aircraft recently demonstrated its autonomous, all-environment precision targeting capability, which will enhance the aircraft’s mission capabilities.
The capability, known as Auto Target Cueing (ATC), uses high-definition synthetic… Continue reading
Military statistics update released
EUROCONTROL has just released an update of military statistics, covering the size and type of State aircraft fleet in both Europe and the U.S. This update gives the numbers and characteristics of State aircraft GAT (general air traffic) flights in European airspace and their relative impact… Continue reading
1st Boeing P-8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft Arrives in India
- Indian Navy to receive 2 more P-8Is by end of 2013
The first Boeing [NYSE: BA] P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft arrived today, on schedule, at India Naval Station Rajali. The P-8I is one of eight aircraft… Continue reading
C-130J Super Hercules Worldwide Fleet Soars Past 1 Million Flight Hours
The worldwide community of Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules operators recently surpassed a landmark 1 million flight hours milestone, logging this time through numerous combat, special operations and humanitarian missions.
Thirteen countries operating C-130Js, and members of Lockheed Martin’s Flight… Continue reading
Lockheed says furloughs could delay F-35 fighter, other programs
(Reuters) – The Pentagon’s plans to put most of its 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for 11 days could lead to delays on Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other weapons programs, a top company official said… Continue reading
First X-47B Catapult Launch from USS George H.W. Bush
USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH, at sea (NNS) — The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed its first ever carrier-based catapult launch from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia today.
“Today we saw a… Continue reading