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Latest newsThe B-52 becomes a network enabled platform
Washington, USA - The well known American bomber to be adapted to operate in the modern strategic environment
Despite the age, it does not seem that the B-53 Stratofortress is destined to be retired from the operative activities soon. With more than 40 years' honourable service, the big bomber of the US Air Force... more
Latest newsEmbraer commercial airplane in exchange of SU-35 fighters
Brasilia, Brazil - It would be the proposal put recently forward by Brazilian Government and addressed to Moscow
Brazilian Government would have recently proven willing to carefully analyse the hypothesis of purchasing an unclear number of Sukhoi SU-35 multirole fighter interceptors. Such effort would have anyway... more
Latest newsA seminar on the "Aircraft Battle Damage Repair" occurring at Italian Pratica di Mare Base
Rome, Italy - As set by the Italian Air Force's Test Flight Centre for today, it will analyse the matters related to damages experienced by aircraft during fighting
A seminar set by Air Force's Test Flight Centre dedicated to the "Aircraft Battle Damage Repair" (ABDR) is occurring at Rome-Pratica di Mare Base today. It deals in particular with an analysis of the effects... more
Latest newsNorway: four F-16s to protect the Baltic Republics
Oslo, Norway - It will be the Scandinavian country's turn from January 2005 to attend to the defence of the air space in the three countries
After the monitoring and air defence activities provided by Belgium (F-16s), Denmark (F-16s) and the United Kingdom (Tornado ADVs) within NATO for the air spaces of the three Baltic Republics, it is going... more
Latest newsSAAB collaborates for the A-400M programme
Stockholm Sweden - The Swedish aerospace company to attend to the provision of the crew entrance doors
Also SAAB is going to seize a role for the production of the new Airbus A-400M military airlifter. The two aerospace companies signed in fact a cooperation agreement which schedules the construction of... more
Latest newsA C-130J of the Italian Air Force transports medical personnel in Mali
Rome, Italy - It is the project "Ridare luce a Gao"
It took off this morning, 8:00 a. m. from Pisa's Airport, the plane which would transport to the Republic of Mali (Africa) both medical personnel and proper machinery. It is the project "Ridare luce a... more
Latest newsPrize in honour of Italian and US aviation fathers
Florence, Italy - It is awarded every year to aviation academy students in the two countries
The famous Italy and American organization "Order Sons of Italy in America" (OSIA), remembered by a prize, aviation fathers of two countries. The "Douhet-Mitchell" prize this year has been awarded to Lieutenant... more
Latest newsSaudi Arabia: USA's support for the command and control systems
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - The related updates to be provided by the next three years and they will be for the advantage of the Saudi Arabian Air Force
The United States would have granted Saudi Arabia with their support for the Arab country's Air Force concerning the exigencies concerning the command and control activities. During the next three years,... more
Latest newsNew F-16s about to be delivered to Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - The Asian country would have requested to the United States some 28 fighters and this provision could concretely occur
Pakistan could take delivery of new US F-16 Fighting Falcon multirole light fighters soon. Pakistani President Musharraf, as awaited in Washington by early December, should analyse this matter with US... more
Latest newsEurofighter Tranche 2: Finmeccanica gave the lie again to the sign of a formal agreement
Rome, Italy - The aerosapce group, asked by AVIONEWS, confirmed that a deal exists but it has not formally been signed yet
Various press agencies’ news suggested several days ago that the agreement related to the Eurofighter Tranche 2 programme production start had been signed by the four promoters (the United Kingdom, Germany, I... more
Latest newsMalaysia needs AEW&C airplanes
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Government would be convinced of the necessity of filling what is considered as a real defensive gap
Malaysian Government pointed out recently by its Ministry of Defence the necessity of taking delivery a sufficient number of surveillance, command and control airplanes for its Air Force as soon as possible.... more
Latest newsTanker affair: analysts' doubts on the new competition started by Pentagon
Washington, USA - Boeing could have been damaged not so much by the scandal but Pentagon proves anyway forced to enable EADS to compete
Despite the difficulties that Boeing forecasts to face for the production of its 767 Tanker (see for details AVIONEWS), it does not seem that the analysts of the sector think that the US aerospace and... more
Latest newsIs the 767 Tanker dying out?
Washington, USA - The competition opened by Pentagon for a new air tanker could force Boeing to close the aircraft's assembly line
The Pentagon’s decision related to a new open competion for the provision of new air tankers to USAF (see for details AVIONEWS) could cause serious damages for the assembly line of the Boeing 767 Tanker. A... more
Latest newsOfficial exhibition of the Gripen for the Czech Republic
Stockholm, Sweden - The leased airplanes to be made all compatible with the NATO's operative standards
The first SAAB/BAe JAS-39 Gripen multirole light 4th generation fighter destined to the Czech Republic Air Force was officially shown in Sweden recently. Prague's Government ordered a total number of 14... more
Latest newsCanada: doubts on the CF-18s' upgrade
Ottawa, Canada - The Canadian Auditor General asked for accomplishing the airplanes' upgrade as soon as possible
The Canadian Auditor General would have proven worried a bit with reference to the upgrade programme for the CF-18 Hornets' fleet (the Canadian version of the US F/A-18). According to what pointed out... more
Latest newsThe first female pilot flying on the Gripen comes from South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa - Capt. Catherine Labuschagne, 25, has already achieved a remarkable success by the media in her country
Capt. Catherine Labuschagne, a pilot from South African Air Force, is the first woman to fly aboard a SAAB/BAe JAS-39 Gripen multirole light fighter. She achieved success at 25 in her country thanks to... more
Latest newsThe evolution of NATO's dogfight simulation
Brussels, Belgium - A new programme to enable pilots from various air forces to fight in a virtual environment
Typhoon fighter in a simulated dogfight deploying their weapons against Mirage 2000, F-16 and F/A-18? A possible hypothesis if restricting to consider it within the new simulated exercises started by NATO.... more
Latest newsP-180: Italian Air Force's role for the promotion of the plane
Genoa, Italy - Italian Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Tricarico appreciated the vehicle
Piaggio is about to accomplish the assembly of the 100th P-180 Avanti and decided to invite the Italian Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Leonardo Tricarico, at the Genoa-Sestri facility. The Italian aerospace... more
Latest newsItalian Air Force asks for more attention on the defence spending
Loreto, Italy - An appeal addressed to institutions in order to make them consider the great effort by the armed force, the social-security and redundancies aspects
A general assembly with military representatives was held in Loreto (Ancona, Italy) from November 17 to 19 and some 210 members from Italian Air Force attended there. According to what released on "Caserta... more
Latest news6th Division of the Italian Air Force: 3900 flying hours in the order of "Antica Babilonia"
Rome, Italy - 3300: they are the missions effectuated in Iraq by the personnel of the Italian Air Force and of the Aviation Army
It revealed to be 3300 missions for a total of 3900 flying hours: these are the results, until now, reached by the personnel of the 6th Division of the Italian Air Force which operates in Iraq, in the... more
Latest newsUSAF: "Stop the threat before it hits the USA"
Washington, USA - The new operative priority for the defence of the US territory for the US Air Force's pilots
Stop the threat before it can hit the United States' territory: this is the new operative priority for the USA's armed forces, an effect following the events occurred on September 11, 2001 and that Pentagon... more
Latest newsA plane of the Italian Air Force conducted yesterday Biraghi to Tallil (Iraq)
Nassiriya, Iraq - The head of the Italian Navy force, Admiral Sergio Biraghi visited the Italian contingent at Nassiriya
Sergio Biraghi, head of the Italian Navy force, landed on board of a C-130J aircraft of Italian Air Force, at Tallil; yesterday he visited the Italian contingent at Nassiriya. The Admiral was coming from... more
Latest newsGreece cancelled Eurofighter
Athens, Greece - Due the costs produced by Olympic Games but a new tender will be opened for various alternative solutions by 2005
Greece takes a remarkable step back on the Eurofighter programme. The previous order released to EADS for 60 new multirole medium-light interceptor fighters has been cancelled by Greek Government due to... more
Latest newsUSA: competition for the new USAF's air tanker started
Washington, Usa - Boeing and EADS are likely to compete by respectively promoting the KC-767 Tanker and the A-330 MRTT
Pentagon decided to resort to a real competition for the provision to US Air Force of a new fleet of air tankers which can properly replace the current KC-135s. Despite the Tanker affair still represents... more
Latest newsPossible provision of AMRAAM missiles for Jordan
Washington, USA - The United States would think no problems exist for the regional geostrategical balance
Despite the Israeli pressures to convince the United States to renounce to provide AIM-120 AMRAAM (Slammer) air-to-air medium-range missiles for the Jordanian Air Force (see for details AVIONEWS), Washington... more
Latest newsGeneral Electric delivers the first engines for the X-45C to Boeing
Washington, USA - The remote-controlled airplane endowed with stealth capabilities will be deployed for reconnaissance and attack missions
General Electric delivered to Boeing the first F-404 engines destined to the new UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) named X-45C, the last version of the X-45 military remote-controlled stealth aircraft... more
Latest newsAir Force Training Command: the Indian Air Force headquarter
Nuova Dehli, India - Where the Indian skilful top guns training programmes are arranged
The Air Force Training Command is Bangalore headquarters for the Indian Air Force training. The Indian Air Force is equipped with over 600 aircraft and 500 among helicopters and transport planes, so it... more
Latest news"Two women" for the B-2
Washington, USA - One of the USAF's stealth strategic bombers is flying for the first time with a crew exclusively consisting of female personnel
US Air Force intended recently to unveil that this month, for the first time, one of the crews flying on the B-2 Spirit stealth strategic bombers consists exclusively of women. It deals with Maj. Kristin... more
Latest newsItalian Defence spending cutting: the analysis of the situation
Rome, Italy - The Atlantic airplanes will not be replaced in the near-term while the training flights hours will be lowered
Italian Minister of Defence, Antonio Martino, and Undersecretary for Defence, Filippo Berselli, analysed the situation regarding the financial efforts destined to the sector. The new financial bill concerning... more
Latest newsABL programme: maiden flight for the YAL-1 by the end of 2004
Washington, USA - The test flights of the special Boeing 747 should be 20
The ABL (Airborne Laser) programme destined to become in the USA one of the key parts of the general anti-missile defensive system, was recently involved by the first test fire on the ground (see for details... more
Latest newsUSAF: "The first drop of the JDAM bombs in Iraq occured last October"
Washington, USA - The recent US Air Force's announcement, however, would not indicate the area of the operations despite the precision bombing on Falluja
AVIONEWS had described a double US aerial strike on last October 4, involving the Iraqi city of Falluja when two buildings were hit by two guided bombs, killing several persons considered as Al Zarqawi’s f... more
Latest newsTanker affair (2): US Air Force's Secretary about to resign
Washington, USA - James G. Roche could leave the mandate following the take office by the new Bush-led Government
That the Tanker affair could produce negative effects on the US Air Force had already been unveiled by US press (see for details AVIONEWS). But now it seems that even US Air Force’s Secretary, James G... more
Latest newsA Russian fighter performed a scramble to intercept a US airplane
Moscow, Russia - Russian Air Force would have talked about a US Navy's P-3 Orion in flight nearby the Black Sea's coast, then moved away from the area
Russian Air Force informed press in the country today about a scramble occurred yesterday early in the afternoon, when the coast radars in the Black Sea would have detected the presence of an aircraft,... more
Latest newsEurofighter Tranche 2: Finmeccanica gave the lie to the sign of the agreement
Rome, Italy - AVIONEWS asked the company for clarifying the matter after that some press agencies had announced the sign of the deal last week
Some press agencies had announced last week that the four countries members of the Eurofighter consortium (Germany, UK, Italy and Spain) would have signed an agreement during the weekend, aimed to start... more
Latest newsABL programme: test fire for the laser cannon of the YAL-1
Washington, USA - The test was performed on the ground without the deployment of a real target
Lockheed Martin had delivered the laser cannon destined to a special 747 to Boeing last week, for a particular weapon system produced to face the threat of the ballistic missiles (see for details AVIONEWS).... more
Latest newsIt is waited for today the celebration of the new year of the Academy for air war of Florence
Florence, Italy - It would attend to it Tricarico and Bosi
It would take place today the celebration of the new year of the Academy for air war of Florence: it would attend, among the others, Leonardo Tricarico, head of the Italian Military Aviation and Francesco... more
Latest newsPeace Eagle programme: the military transformation of the first 737 started
Seattle, USA - The first plane to be involved by the installation of auxiliary tanks and the radar in the United States while the remaining three will be produced in Turkey
The first of the four Boeing 737-700s destined to meet the requirements of the Turkish Air Force's Peace Eagle programme for an AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control) airplane, dedicated to surveillance,... more
Latest newsThe evolution of dogfighting in the United States
Washington, USA - The major US fighters will not be forced to modify their trim necessarily during short range fighting
Some test launch for air-to-air missiles in the United States are putting into evidence the near-term advantages awaited by the American pilots and partially combat ready today. The transformation from... more
Latest newsElbit selected to provide an update for the IAR-99 trainers
Bucharest, Romania - The Rumanian Air Force's trainer to be involved by a general update of avionics
The Rumanian-made IAR-99 Soim trainer will be involved by an update programme provided by Israeli Elbit. Bucharest's Ministry of Defence decided to award the Israeli firm with the sign of an agreement... more
Latest newsThe production of the STOVL version of the F-35 started
Washington, USA - Some criticism would have anyway been addressed to the choice for favouring the competition between two solutions for the engine
Pentagon would have recently provided a green light for the production stage of the STOVL (Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing) version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the new light multirole stealth... more
Latest newsThe Iranian military support for Hezbollah
Beirut, Lebanon - It would consist of rockets, missiles, UAVs and flight training by Iranian Air Force
After the detection by Israel of a drone flying along the Northern border of the national land and claimed by the Hezbollah Islamic armed movement (see for details AVIONEWS), the Arab world is focusing... more
Latest newsUSA: competition for the new USAF air tankers' fleet is increasing
Washington, USA - Boeing pointed out the operative capabilities of the 767 Tanker, as able to take off and land on unprepared runways
Lockheed Martin’s interest for the Pentagon’s programme related to the replacement of the old US Air Force air tankers’ fleet based on the KC-135s (see for details AVIONEWS), led Boeing, first and forem... more
Latest news80 new members for the British Sas
London, United Kingdom - The special force of the British Air Force seems to work in order to find the heads of Al Qaeda
According to the daily journal "Guardian" it seems that 80 new members of Sas (Special Air Service) of the British Air Force would join the 400 already operating: it is a decision of the United Kingdom's... more
Latest newsItalian Air Force Academy of Pozzuoli started its 81st year study
Naples, Italy - Leonardo Tricarico and Luca Cordero di Montezemolo attended at the ceremony
It started recently, the 81st year study of the Italian military Academy based in Pozzuoli. The General Giovanni Luigi Domini made the opening ceremony, by underlining that according to last tendency related... more
Latest newsThe new GBU-38 JDAM guided bomb was tested in Iraq
Washington, USA - It has been recently unveiled by US Navy
US Navy unveiled recently that the combat airplanes shipped on the John F. Kennedy US air carrier (CV-67) performed the drop of the first two 500 pounds GBU-38 JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) guided... more
Latest newsNorthrop Grumman: "Windows and Linux for the new E-10 AEW&C plane"
Washington, USA - It is the solution offered by the US group, considered as a cheap, secure and reliable one
Commercial operative systems in order to manage a last generation surveillance, command and control platform in a network enabled setting? It is possible, cheap and reliable according to Northrop Grumman... more
Latest newsRome: head of the Polish Air Force is in Italy because of an official visit
Rome, Italy - In this occasion the main products of the aeronautics Italian industry, such as the helicopter EH-101 ed AB-139 would be presented
The General Ryszard Olszewski, Head of the Polish Air Force, came in Rome, with a delegation, because of an official visit in the country, which started yesterday. Olszewski was received by the head of... more
Latest newsJaveline: an all-Israeli-made advanced trainer
Tel Aviv, Israel - IAI to cooperate anyway with US ATG in order to complete the programme
IAI (Israel Aircraft Industries) started an important collaboration with US Aviation Technology Group (ATG), in order to produce a new advanced training airplane. After the failure of the Lavi programme... more
Latest newsGKN's contribution for the A-400M
London, UK - The British group to attend to a large part of the composite-made wing structure
The British group GKN achieved the sign of a cooperation agreement for the Airbus A-400M programme, related to the new military transport airplane produced by the well known aerospace company owned by... more
Latest newsEADS to attend to the update for the NATO AWACS' avionics
Manching, Germany - The interventions to deal with the mission computers, the related softwares and the sensor integration
The European Aerosapce and Defence group, EADS, will attend to the modernization of some avionics components destined to the NATO's E-3 Sentry AWACS surveillance, command and control fleet. Boeing decided... more