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US Army Issues RFI to Buy 35 Airbus Lakota Training Helicopters

January 9, 2018 @ 08:19 AM

The US Army has issued a request for information (RFI) to acquire additional 35 Airbus Helicopters UH-72A Lakota training and support platforms. The RFI asks for sources that can provide additional civil variant of EC145 helicopters
French-Italian Consortium Eurosam Signs Missiles Development Contract With Turkish Firms

January 6, 2018 @ 01:41 PM

Turkey has signed joint missiles development contract with French and Italian firms during President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to France on Friday. The deal for a long-range air missile system development and production project has been awarded to French-Italian consortium Eurosam and its Turkish partners Aselsan and Roketsan, Daily Sabah reports
Spain Takes Delivery of Second Airbus A400M Military Transport Aircraft

December 29, 2017 @ 01:32 PM

The Spanish Air Force has taken the delivery of second of 27 A400Ms turboprop military transport aircraft from Airbus. The Directorate General of armaments and Material (DGAM) delivered the aircraft to the Spanish Air Force at the Airbus factory in Seville, the defense ministry reported Friday
Elbit Systems To Equip NATO's A330 Tankers With More J-Music DIRCM Systems

December 22, 2017 @ 12:49 PM

Elbit Systems Ltd has been awarded a follow-on $46 million contract to supply additional J-Music DIRCM (Direct Infrared Countermeasures) self-protection systems to NATO, for its Airbus A330 Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF) Program. Similar to several previous awards from global air forces and other customers, Elbit Systems will equip NATO's Airbus A330 tankers with the J-Music DIRCM systems along with the Company's Infra-Red-based Passive Airborne Warning Systems (PAWS IR)
Airbus Helicopters Signs £100 Million Support Contract For UK’s Puma 2 Chopper

December 22, 2017 @ 12:01 PM

Airbus Helicopters and the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) have signed a Follow-on Support Arrangement contract to provide support to the Royal Air Force Puma 2 fleet over the planned service life of the aircraft. The contract, worth an initial £100 million, is the first of two pricing periods which will see Airbus Helicopters provide full technical support and logistics until March 2022
Israeli Aircraft Industries to Provide MRO Support For V2500 Engine of Airbus...

December 18, 2017 @ 10:09 AM

International Aero Engines AG (IAE) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced Sunday a 10-year agreement for maintenance of V2500 engines at IAI's BEDEK, Engine Division. The first V2500 turbofan engine which powers the Airbus A320 family has arrived today to IAI
Aerion and Lockheed Martin MOU on Developing AS2 Supersonic Business Jet

December 18, 2017 @ 04:22 AM

Aerion and Lockheed Martin announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Firday to explore the joint development of the world's first supersonic business jet, the Aerion AS2. Over the next 12 months, the companies will work together to develop a framework on all phases of the program, including engineering, certification and production
Airbus H225 Helicopter Testbed Progresses on Automatic Landing

December 15, 2017 @ 10:03 AM

Airbus Helicopters makes progress in the experimentation of its Project EAGLE (Eye for Autonomous Guidance and Landing Extension), with the in-flight validation of the on-board image processing system. Performed on an H225 flying testbed, the trials have demonstrated the systems ability to select asmall ground “target” from ranges of up to 2 miles and to automatically track it during the approach performed by the pilot
Eurofighter Commences Typhoon Jet Production for Kuwait Order

December 13, 2017 @ 09:41 AM

Eurofighter has started work on first Typhoon aircraft meant for Kuwait Air Force. Following the 2016 signature of the contract to supply 28 Eurofighter Typhoon to the State of Kuwait, Leonardo company and the other Eurofighter partner companies have started the production with several new additions to weapon system, the company said in a statement Wednesday
Eurofighter Front-runner in German Bid to Replace Tornado Fighters

December 12, 2017 @ 07:29 AM

The German Defense Ministry has said that Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role fighters as a front runner in its bid to replace aging Tonado jets. In a letter to a Greens lawmaker, the Lockheed Martin F-35 and Boeing F-15 and F-18 were secondary options, the ministry statement was quoted by

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