July 17, 2012 Military Aviation News
07/17/2012
On July 11, a Colombian Air Force plane disappeared while on a mission in the Pacific province of Cauca, after taking off from the city of Cali earlier that afternoon. The wreckage was eventually found in the municipality of Jambalo, some 20 kilometers from Toribio, where fighting between the security forces and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has been raging for days.
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07/17/2012
With prices rising and schedules slipping for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Boeing says it is seeing a resurgent interest in the F-18 in U.S. foreign markets. The company is especially keen on potential international sales, says Mike Gibbons, vice president of F/A-18 & EA-18 programs for Boeing Military Aircraft. The company can leverage its global footprint to offer better deals to international customers.
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07/17/2012
The government has said it is confident there will not be a second U-turn on the type of fighter planes to be used on the navy's new aircraft carrier. In May, the coalition said it was changing from its proposed "catapult and trap" planes to jump jets. But newspaper reports say problems with the US-led Joint Strike Fighter project could force another change on the UK.
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07/17/2012
America has announced the deployment of a US carrier group to the Gulf as it moved to strengthen its forces surrounding Iran while simultaneously embarking on an diplomatic offensive to reassure Israel of its resolve in the Middle East.
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07/17/2012
This report is the result of ICD Research / Strategic Defence Intelligence's extensive market and company research covering the global military aviation MRO industry. It provides detailed analysis of both historic and forecast global industry values, factors influencing demand, the challenges faced by industry participants, analysis of the leading companies in the industry, and key news.
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07/17/2012
The Indian Navy's newest aircraft carrier, the Vikramaditya, has headed into the Barents Sea for second-stage sea trials, as part of its refit by Russia's Sevmash shipyard, Captain Vadim Serga of Russia's Northern Fleet information service said on Monday.
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