June 09, 2012 Military Aviation News
06/09/2012
On June 7 and 8 Minister of National Defence Rasa Jukneviciene with the Baltic counterparts Minister of Defence of Estonia Urmas Reinsalu and Defence Minister of Latvia Artis Pabriks will gather in Amari, Estonia, to discuss defence cooperation of the Baltic States as well as fundamental NATO and regional security points.
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06/09/2012
About 150 Michigan Air National Guard personnel are deploying to Estonia for a training exercise. It was announced Wednesday the airmen will be overseas for two weeks in support of Saber Strike 2012.
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06/09/2012
Bell Helicopters has delivered the first OH-58D Kiowa wartime replacement helicopter to the US Army. "We just finished the general maintenance test flight [and] acceptance flight approximately 1h ago," says a maintenance test pilot. "There are a few small issues to be fixed [but] it's very, very smooth flying."
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06/09/2012
Australian Department of Defence issued the following departmental media release:
The Royal Australian Air Force's Wedgetail aircraft is participating in the most advanced international air combat training activity, Exercise Red Flag in Alaska. Red Flag Alaska, led by the United States Pacific Air Forces Command is a large force employment exercise designed to replicate a high-end combat environment. The two week long exercise officially commenced on Thursday June 7.
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06/09/2012
The Ugandan Air Force has taken delivery of another two Sukhoi Su-30MK2 fighters from Russia, completing the delivery of six aircraft ordered last year. The first two aircraft were delivered in July last year, followed by another two in October. On May 30 a ‘military diplomatic source’ told Russia’s Interfax news agency that the final two Su-30MKs had been delivered to Uganda.
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06/09/2012
The Indian Navy's Russian-built aircraft carrier Vikramaditya (formerly Admiral Gorshkov) began sea trials early on Friday morning in the White Sea - four years after it was originally due to take to sea again. The ship was refitted at the Sevmash shipyard in northern Russia. It was originally scheduled to begin sea trials, which will last 120 days, on May 25.
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06/09/2012
A long-running dispute between the Russian military and defense industry over procurement of new weaponry may enter a new phase as Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has questioned the need to develop a new strategic bomber, the Izvestia daily said on Wednesday. Russia announced plans in 2009 to develop a fifth-generation strategic bomber, which will feature new airframe and elements of stealth technology, by 2025.
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06/09/2012
The Boeing Company has accepted delivery of the first Aluminum Launch Support Structure (ALSS) produced by Danish Aerotech A/S for ship-based deployment of the Harpoon weapon system. The Karup-based supplier received the contract, valued at nearly US$1.5 million, two years ago.
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06/09/2012
Boeing is being awarded a $66,814,404 military sales contract for the installation of Group A and B radar system improvement kits for the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) fleet of five Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.
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