January 09, 2013 Military Aviation News
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01/09/2013
The Israeli air force is planning to stage its largest ever multinational exercise, with at least five foreign air forces due to participate. To be mounted from Uvda air base, the manoeuvres are expected to involve "dozens" of different types of combat aircraft, local sources says.In recent years, the Israeli air force has trained in several different countries in Europe, but this will be the first time that full squadrons from foreign nations will go to Israel to perform such a major exercise.
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01/09/2013
The Eurofighter and Gripen are not stealth aircraft and don’t pretend to have such capabilities. Though they have a reduced radar cross-section and incorporate methods of reducing their profile, they have focused on other areas, such as speed, armament, sensor technology, and, in the case of the Gripen, value for money.
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01/09/2013
Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed early delivery of two Global Hawk unmanned aircraft to the U.S. Air Force. Global Hawk allows military commanders to receive high-resolution imagery, survey vast geographic regions and pinpoint targets on the ground. Both aircraft were delivered ahead of schedule in late November.
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01/09/2013
Few aircraft are as intriguing - and vexing - as the prototypes that periodically appear at Chinese airfields. The most recent example to have set China' blogosphere abuzz is the Xian Y-20 strategic airlifter, a type that could one day enhance Beijing's ability to project power as far abroad as the Indian Ocean and even Africa.
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01/09/2013
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) recovered off the waters of Masbate early Sunday morning came from Guam where it was launched during a military exercise, the United States embassy said yesterday. This, as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) maintained that the said UAV “is not a spy plane but an aerial target drone.”
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01/09/2013
BAE Systems Plc is encroaching on a $3 billion market for F-16 upgrades dominated by Lockheed Martin Corp., which makes the fighter jets. BAE last year beat the Pentagon’s biggest contractor for a deal to refurbish about 130 of South Korea’s jets. It was the first time a company other than Lockheed has won such work through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program, according to Dave Herr, president of BAE’s support solutions business.
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01/09/2013
Pratt & Whitney, the largest unit of East Hartford, Conn.-based United Technologies Corp., received a $300 million contract from the government of South Korea to maintain F100 engines for the country’s fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters and Boeing F-15K fighters. The performance-based logistics (PBL) contract is for five years, and covers more than 230 engines, according to a statement from the company.
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01/09/2013
Even as the first of Britain’s two new aircraft carriers rises from the dry docks in Rosyth, debate over how they will be used and whether they are needed continues to rage among military chiefs and experts. The Royal Navy has long argued that the new ships – Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales – are essential if the UK is to project military power against potential adversaries in the 21st century.
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01/09/2013
Blue Sky Network, a leading global provider of satellite tracking and communication solutions for aviation, land, and marine, and its reseller partner, S4A (Solutions For Aviation), today announced the issuance of a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Blue Sky Network’s voice system on C-212-200 Airbus Military aircraft. The certification was supplied by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
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01/09/2013
Russia’s Aerospace Defense Forces will received about 20 new radar stations this year, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. The radars will include systems of different classes and modifications, including Gamma-S, Nebo-U and Podlyot-K, as well as modernized Desna and Kasta systems, Col. Alexei Zolotukhin said.
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