October 01, 2011 Military Aviation News
10/01/2011
Despite government cuts in defense expenditure, and the postponement of a final decision regarding the need to renew the military fleet, a decision that former president Lula should have taken before the end of his tenure (2010), defense minister Celso Amorim officially declared that Brazil has an "Urgent" need for new fighter jets.
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10/01/2011
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has delivered an S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter to Jalisco, the first state government in Mexico to acquire the newest variant of the world's most employed military utility aircraft. Jalisco state police will deploy the aircraft for general law enforcement with initial aircraft operation anticipated during October's XVI Pan American Games. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.
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10/01/2011
Airbus Military, a subsidiary of European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co., said a C-212 transport aircraft had an accident in the north Sumatran region of Indonesia. The company said it’s “premature” to speculate on the cause of the incident.
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10/01/2011
U.S. planemaker Boeing said local defense contractors might build F/A 18 Super Hornets under license if Japan chose to buy the next-generation fighter jet. The comment came after the U.S. aerospace giant, along with Lockheed Martin and a consortium of European countries, submitted bids to produce Japan's next mainstay combat aircraft in a deal that could be worth up to $8 billion.
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10/01/2011
Saudi Arabia was the leading buyer of U.S. weapons in 2003-10, receiving arms worth $29 billion, the U.S. Congressional Research Service's latest report on arms transfers stated. That's not counting the $60 billion Riyadh is expected to spend on U.S. military purchases - including combat jets, warships and missiles - over the next decade. Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Raytheon will be major beneficiaries of the biggest U.S. arms deal on record.
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10/01/2011
The Boeing Company has successfully completed a regularly scheduled programmed depot maintenance (PDM) on one of the United States’ four E-4B National Airborne Command Centers on schedule. The E-4B was returned to home station Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., on Sept. 19.
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