February 25, 2011 Military Aviation News
02/25/2011
The Indian Air Force's Soviet-origin MiG series fighter aircraft inventory is slated for replacement by 2017, it was stated in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament, on Wednesday. This would include the upgraded MiG-21 Bis (Bison) fighters, which are still providing yeoman service with the IAF's fighter squadrons.
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02/25/2011
While countries including Australia, Canada, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have all placed orders amounting to hundreds of F-35s, the president and his team of executive salesmen have been pitching hard elsewhere.
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02/25/2011
In a deal that could be worth billions of dollars and determine one of the primary fighter jets in Asia for decades to come, European aircraft makers are trying to get Japan to do something it has never done before — snub America.
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02/25/2011
The Boeing Company has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to build the next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft that will replace 179 of the service’s 400 KC-135 tankers.
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02/25/2011
Lockheed Martin Corporation is expanding its base of potential suppliers for the MH-60R helicopter in Australia, issuing a request for information from potential suppliers of critical pieces of aircraft hardware.
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02/25/2011
Alan “Al” Norman, a veteran Lockheed Martin experimental test pilot, was recently named Chief Test Pilot for the F-35 Lightning II program.
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02/25/2011
Russia's Defense Ministry announced plans on Thursday to buy 100 ships, over 600 aircraft and 1,000 helicopters under a 2011-2020 arms procurement program.
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