April 06, 2012 Military Aviation News
04/06/2012
Boeing's military aircraft program continues to offer opportunities for the company. The Chicago-based defense contractor currently produces the C-17 strategic transport for use by the U.S. Air Force and the F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter and attack aircraft for the Navy and Marine Corps and is well over a year into the development of the new KC-46A aerial tanker.
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04/06/2012
Cockpit controls on Embraer's KC-390 military transports for the Brazilian air force will feature active side sticks from Britain's BAE Systems. "We are very pleased that Embraer Defense and Security and the Brazilian air force have selected our fifth generation active side stick," said Ehtisham Siddiqui, vice president and general manager of Commercial Aircraft Solutions for BAE Systems.
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04/06/2012
Navy personnel are busy preparing to teach the next generation of Sailors how to work with and fly the newest military aircraft, the F-35C Lightening II Joint Strike Fighter, as Strike Fighter Squadron 101 (VFA-101) readies for their stand-up ceremony May 1 on Eglin Air Force Base.
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04/06/2012
Sukhoi's Su-35S stealth fighter, being built for the Russian air force, has completed a 500th test flight for evaluation of equipment and maneuverability. The multi-role aircraft reached the maximum ground-level speed of 869 miles per hour, speed at altitude of 1,491 mph and an altitude of about 59,000 feet, the company said.
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04/06/2012
In advance of the President of Brazil's visit to the United States, U.S Senator Claire McCaskill has reached out to the nation's leader to express her support for the sale of the Boeing F/A-18-largely produced in St. Louis-to Brazil's military, and to praise the strong working relationship between the two nations. In a letter to President Dilma Vana Rouseff, McCaskill reiterated the United States' and Brazil's mutual security interests.
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04/06/2012
The Air Force has such a glut of data – photos and videos and such – captured by its fleet of drone aircraft that it can’t keep up with analyzing the information, Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said Thursday. Because of the lack people and machinery to make sense of the information, the Air Force will cut back on how many of the drone aircraft it buys, Donley told a group of defense writers in Washington. National Defense magazine was among the publications attending the interview.
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04/06/2012
Singapore and the United States reaffirmed the excellent and long-standing bilateral defence ties between the two countries, as Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen met US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta yesterday. They also discussed a wide range of defence and security issues - including a proposal for the US to deploy up to four littoral combat ships to Singapore.
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04/06/2012
The Boeing Company and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a flight test of the prototype Distributed Targeting System-Networked (DTS-N) on a Super Hornet. The system is designed to enhance the F/A-18E/F fighter jet’s targeting capabilities. The test took place in late 2011 at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Advanced Weapons Lab in China Lake, Calif., and was conducted by Air Test and Evaluation Squadron VX-31.
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