January 30, 2014 Military Aviation News
01/30/2014
Islamic militants in North Sinai have released a video which appears to show them shooting down an Egyptian military Mi8/17 transport helicopter, the first time militants have successfully targeted an Egyptian military aircraft.
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01/30/2014
U.S. Air Force and Boeing Co officials on Wednesday expressed confidence that a $52 billion air refueling program would deliver its first 18 planes by August 2017 as scheduled, despite a Pentagon report warning that testing of the new aircraft could be delayed by at least six to 12 months.
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01/30/2014
While Iraq’s request to purchase Apache attack helicopters and Hellfire missiles has garnered headlines this week, two other regional countries have received approval to buy US military equipment. The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DCSA) has notified Congress that it has approved key foreign military sales to the United Arab Emirates and Libya last week, bring the total worth of approvals to $7.1 billion.
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01/30/2014
United Technologies Corp. officials weren't talking late Monday about defense industry rumors that Stratford-based Sikorsky Aircraft could be up for sale. Even U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., was in the dark after touring Sikorsky earlier in the day with U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the Senate assistant majority leader.
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01/30/2014
Britain and France are to join forces to build a new generation of lethal drones as part of a controversial defence deal. President François Hollande is due to arrive in Britain on Friday for a summit with David Cameron at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, where they are expected to agree to develop an Anglo-French Predator-type military drone.
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01/30/2014
The latest iteration of the Air Force's premier air-to-air combat training exercise kicked off Jan. 27 as allied and U.S aircraft launched to simulate battle in the sky over the Nevada Test and Training Range. Allied aircrews from Great Britain and Australia joined U.S. warfighters in the continued effort to maximize combat readiness, capability and survivability in a contested and degraded environment during Red Flag 14-1, hosted by the 414th Combat Training Squadron.
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01/30/2014
This is not your typical military battle. No weapons will be fired, and no troops deployed. This is a budget battle. In an effort to trim spending, the Air Force is planning to retire hundreds of Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, better known as the "Warthog," a move that will save the Air Force more than $3.7 billion by 2020. It is all part of a congressional mandate which aims to cut $50 billion from the Air Force budget over the next five years.
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01/30/2014
The F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter met most of its flight test goals in fiscal 2013, but development of the fighter, especially its mission system software and weapons integration, lagged in some respects, according to an annual report issued by the Pentagon’s top weapons test director.
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01/30/2014
Last summer, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel raised the prospect of mothballing three aircraft carriers as part of a broader strategy to cut military spending. In December, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office listed 28 ways to reduce the budget deficit by cutting discretionary spending. Option number six was to stop building aircraft carriers.
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01/30/2014
The visit by a HAL team to Dassault facilities in France has been put on hold amid efforts by the government to verify the linkages between AgustaWestland's parent firm Finmecannica and other European defence companies. The defence ministry earlier this month scrapped a deal with AgustaWestland for procuring 12 VVIP choppers after charging it with breaching contractual obligations.
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