Military Aviation News Archive
03/20/2010
The government has decided to proceed with a $13.1-million Italian contract that would supply the Armed Forces of the Philippines with 18 new training planes by yearend.
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03/20/2010
European aerospace group EADS said Friday that it may rejoin the competition for the U.S. Air Force aerial-refueling tanker contract after the Pentagon gave indications that it would extend the time needed to submit a bid.
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03/20/2010
Two Israeli military aircraft have been sighted flying at a low altitude over the Hungarian capital unbeknown to the country's defense ministry and the civilian and military secret services.
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03/20/2010
The Brazilian air force has given its technical nod of approval to all three fighter jets competing in the country's ambitious, multibillion-dollar contest for a fresh batch of fighter jets.
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03/20/2010
Russian Tu-95MS Bear strategic bombers have completed a series of efficiency drills, an Air Force spokesman said on Friday.
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03/19/2010
Get ready for some shows in the skies this weekend. The 2010 Airfest is being held at MacDill Airforce Base.
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03/19/2010
Britain's Prince Harry could soon be back on the front lineagainst the Taliban, this time as the pilot of an attack helicopter in Afghanistan.
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03/19/2010
State-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China staged a successful maiden test flight Thursday of its self-developed heavy-lift helicopter, the latest advance for the country's ambitious aerospace industry.
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03/19/2010
The world's arms trade has grown by more than 20% over the past 5 years. Russia ranks second after the US in terms of arms exports, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
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03/19/2010
Amid growing concerns of renewed conflict in the Middle East, the Tehran regime has shaken up the leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, putting a veteran general who operated in Lebanon with Hezbollah in command of its ground forces.
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03/19/2010
A new Russian-Indian military transport plane could make its maiden flight by 2018, the head of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) said.
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03/19/2010
A supersonic Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter rode more than 41,000 pounds of thrust to a vertical landing today for the first time, confirming its required ability to land in confined areas both ashore and afloat.
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03/19/2010
Boeing today announced it received a $39.6 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense in December to provide 85 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS).
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03/18/2010
The US will provide 13 AH-1F Cobra helicopters to Pakistan for use as spare parts in its helicopter fleet, the US embassy said on Wednesday.
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03/18/2010
India expects to induct the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), already delayed by more than 15 years, into the Air Force by March 2011, informed Indian Defence Minister A. K. Antony.
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03/18/2010
The U.S. government has given Lockheed Martin Corp. an initial $213 million to build 20 F-16 jet fighters for Egypt.
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03/18/2010
Northrop Grumman Corporation technicians here have begun installing the first set of hardware for a B-2 stealth bomber upgrade that will eventually allow the jet to send and receive battlefield information up to 100 times faster than its current satellite communications system. The work is being done as part of Increment 1 of the U.S. Air Force's B-2 extremely high frequency (EHF) satellite communications program.
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03/18/2010
Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has received accreditation from the Commonwealth of Australia as an Authorised Engineering Organisation (AEO) for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18F Super Hornet Weapon System.
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03/17/2010
The aircraft program is headed up by Lockheed Martin (LMT) who saw itself stripped of $614 million in performance fees from the development contract. There is no danger Lockheed will lose the contract, though, as the Defense Department and Air Force continued to say that the new aircraft is “critical to modern warfare and are desperately needed to replace tactical fighter fleets in each of the services”. In short, if not the F-35, then what?
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03/17/2010
The military helicopter business is booming in the United States, but the industry mostly is making money fixing up and maintaining the Army’s aging fleet. Hardly any Pentagon contracts these days pursue new aircraft designs, industry officials say.
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03/17/2010
Two single seat, F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft, were involved in a mid-air collision at approximately 10 p.m. last night while on a routine training mission flying in the Fallon Range Training Complex. Neither pilot was injured. Both aircraft are assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Three Seven (VFA 137) based at NAS Lemoore.
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03/17/2010
The U.S. air force in South Korea has added three advanced ground-attack aircraft to its fleet of combat planes, boosting its capabilities to strike hidden North Korean artillery units with guided smart bombs, a U.S. military paper reported Tuesday, according to Yonhap News.
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03/17/2010
Russian arms sales to North Africa have increased significantly, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said, with energy-rich Algeria leading the pack.
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03/17/2010
Eyebrows were raised when India signed a deal last Friday to buy 29 MiG-29k fighter aircraft worth $1.5 billion (Dh5.5 billion) from Russia during Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to the country. This was part of a broader deal to purchase $7 billion worth of military hardware from New Delhi's traditional supplier of arms, including an aircraft carrier, the Admiral Gorshkov.
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03/17/2010
Last year, the U.S. Air Force began issuing special "wings" for operators of UAVs. While the air force now trains non-pilots to operate UAVs, this is not the first time that the air force issued "wings" badges to non-pilots.from.
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