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Latest newsBAE's electronic countermeasures for the U-2s
London, UK - Deliveries are scheduled by the end of this month within the USAF strategic reconnaissance aircraft update programme
The United States intend to deploy the U-2S Dragonlady aircraft for strategic reconnaissance for a long time and an update programme began for the available airplanes by the purchase of state-of-the-art... more
Latest newsUSA: pressures on Israel in order to make it renounce to upgrade the Venezuelan F-16s
Tel Aviv, Israel - Tension between the United States and Venezuela makes this Israeli industrial support possibility a problem for Washington
Israel well knows the F-16 Fighting Falcon, one of the main weapon systems of its defensive organization, and its defence industry takes advantage of good companies competent for avionics, defence electronics... more
Latest newsIraq: US Administration asked Japan for carrying on air transport activities
Baghdad, Iraq - Even in case Japanese troops are withdrawn in 2006
US Government would have asked Japanese Administration or carrying on air transport activities in Iraq to support coalition forces even in case Tokyo decides to withdraw troops next year. Japan, moreover,... more
Latest newsEurofighter: Ultra's contribution on the Tranche 2
London, UK - A contract for the supply of cockpit switches and indicators has been signed
The Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon Tranche 2 will be also provided with equipment produced by British company Ultra. The recent sign of a contract worth around USD 25m schedules in particular several cockpit... more
Latest newsF-35: that's the real fifth generation fighter
Washington, USA - Lockheed Martin proves convinced about the validity of the programme also developed thanks to contribution by many partners
Lockheed Martin firmly believes in the validity of the Joint Strike Fighter programme. The F-35 represents the real expression of the typical fifth generation fighter when considering its features: performance,... more
Latest newsAfghanistan: Katyusha rocket destroyed a Harrier
Kandahar, Afghanistan - It occurred during a Talibans' ambush against a RAF Base on last Friday and a second plane was damaged
A Talibans’ ambush occurred in Afghanistan on last Friday destroyed a Harrier GR Mk7 multirole short takeoff and landing fighter of Royal Air Force also damaging a second airplane of the same type at K... more
Latest newsPakistan: the first surveillance, command and control radar will be a Swedish one
Islamabad, Pakistan - The SAAB-Ericsson's offer could prove a major step for national defence and to face natural disasters
Pakistan had been trying to provide itself with a surveillance, command and control airplane for years to meet defensive exigencies of the national territory and now it decided to select SAAB as the system... more
Latest newsA Russian plane returned to overfly Lithuania after Su-27 accident
Vilnius, Lithuania - It is an AN-30 monitoring country's military sites and activities
A Russian plane landed in the air base of Zokniai in Lithuania to carry out an observation flight in compliance with the NATO-Russian Poen Skies Treaty. The Antonov AN-30V operated by the Russian National... more
Latest newsF/A-22 Raptor: training activities started
Washington, USA - USAF's representatives reminded the great responsability of pilots in bringing years working developing the new plane to good results
Operational activities for the new F/A-22 Raptor stealth multirole fighters started and obviously involve pilots in training missions. Programme and US Air Force’s representatives seized recently a chance t... more
Latest newsSukhoi Su-34 to be combat ready in 2006
Moscow, Russia - Russian Air Force to deploy it to replace the Su-24s and it will become the leading edge striker
The attack version of the Flanker family will enter service with Russian Air Force in 2006. It deals with the Su-34 (also known as Su-27IB), a twin-seated aircraft designed at the end of 90s in order to... more
Latest newsA-400M: a double contribution to the programme by Goodrich
Toulouse, France - Flap actuators and main/auxiliary power unit generators
Goodrich achieved the sign of its first contract to cooperate to the development of the new EADS-Airbus A-400M military airlifter, by a double effort. First of all, it will produce the flaps for the aircraft... more
Latest newsEurofighter: Indra maintenance system for all the air forces
Madrid, Spain - The so called GPATE to be provided to the five countries which ordered the fighter
Spanish company Indra signed recently a contract with the Eurofighter consortium for the production and provision of systems to perform tests on several electronic components of the EF-2000 Typhoon medium-light... more
Latest newsEU: 70 air tankers by 2010
Brussels, Belgium - Ten state members' goal among which the UK, Germany and Italy to develop joint aerial refuelling capabilities
European Union would intend to provide itself with around 70 aerial refuelling aircraft by 2010. Ten state members met recently to attend to this matter, deciding that it will be possible to put their... more
Latest newsIndia: an Austrian solution to improve military pilots' training
New Dheli, India - A centrifuge to help soldiers to face gravitational forces has been purchased
Indian fighter pilots will better face in the future problems generated by remarkable G forces during particularly delicate flight manoeuvres. A new centrifuge will arrive from Austria, purchased to enable... more
Latest newsEjercito del Aire as an operational and promotional test bench for the Taurus missile
Madrid, Spain - Spanish Air Force is ready to take delivery of the guided rocket destined to both the F/A-18 and the Typhoon
Spanish Air Force is ready to take delivery of the KEPD-250 Taurus stand-off air-to-surface missile jointly produced by EADS/LFK and SAAB-Bofors, which founded a dedicated joint-venture named in fact Taurus... more
Latest newsUSAF: military programmes could be at risk
Washington, USA – Due to rising costs and delays for their development
US Air Force is forecasting possible cuts for some military programmes as a consequence of costs afforded with reference to operations in Iraq and the damaging effects produced by recent natural disasters... more
Latest newsNorthrop Grumman: an electronic warfare centre devoted to the EA-18G
Washington, USA – A laboratory exclusively intended to systems integration for the new US Navy's platform which replaces the Prowlers
A dedicated version of the well known F/A-18E/F Super Hornet medium-light multirole fighter is progressively replacing the old EA-6B Prowlers for electronic warfare in US Navy. It deals with the EA-18G... more
Latest newsA-400M: BAe and Safran to provide the FADEC system for engines
London, UK - Danish Terma A/S signed in the meantime a collaboration agreement with EADS for the aircraft's electronic countermeasures
The EuroProp TP400-D6 engines of the new EADS-Airbus A-400M military airlifter will be provided with a FADEC system (Full-Authority Digital Electronic Control) produced by British Aerospace System by collaborating... more
Latest newsAero Vodochody expected to sign soon a contract with both Iraqi and Belorussian armies
Prague, Czech Republic - Contracts would regard the suppling of L-39 aircraft
The Czech state-owned Aero Vodochody, L-39 military aircraft manufacturer, should sign soon contracts to supply airplanes to both Iraqi and Belorussian armies. The news has been reported by the "Czech... more
Latest newsIndia: an "Atomic" offer to promote the Super Hornet
New Dheli, India - Rumors in the Asian country would indicate the USA as preferred solution in the bid for the provision of 126 combat planes thanks to a proposal for nuclear cooperation
Rumors in India would indicate the United States as the ideal candidate for the provision of 126 multirole light fighters for Indian Air Force, when considering the offer put forward by Washington to start... more
Latest newsBrazil-Holland: do ut des on a F-16 basis
Brasilia, Brazil - South American country needs airplanes to replace the old Mirages while Amsterdam intends to lower the number of vehicles in service
Brazil goes on proving remarkably hesitant about the modernization of its fighter fleet, most of all with reference to the scarce willingness to date to provide oneself with new means. Nevertheless, there... more
Latest newsIndia: are the Mirage 2000 and the Mig-29 ideal candidates to replace the Mig-21?
New Dheli, India - Officers from Indian Air Force would tend to prefer well known solutions rather than go on purchasing too different aircraft
India is practically used to manage weapon systems coming from several parts of the world and produced by various makers. Its Air Force is a clear example of it: 26 different types of aircraft, made in... more
Latest newsA more restricted room over Swiss skies for military flights
Berne, Switzerland - An effect stemming from defence reform though civil traffic will remarkably increase
Swiss defensive system reform, closing several bases among which various military airports, is unavoidably determining a reduction of flights by Air Force’s aircraft. It practically deals with a real h... more
Latest newsSouth Korea: the first two F-15Ks arrived
Seoul, South Korea - The first aircraft included in a total amount of 40 combat planes have been delivered
South Korea took delivery of its first two Boeing F-15K Eagle twin-seated multirole fighters. The two combat aircraft are included in a total amount of 40 airplanes being worth around USD 4bn. Representatives... more
Latest newsIsrael: an Air Force "Aggressor" unit has been created
Tel Aviv, Israel - F-16A/B aircraft will play the enemy role during dogfight training
Israeli authorities intend to lower costs related to international exercises but they cannot reduce the Air Force pilots’ capabilities. So, the armed force would have opted to set a Squadron exclusively d... more
Latest newsA-400M: Turkish industry's contribution
Ankara, Turkey - Aselsan ensured its technical support for the airlifter's electronic countermeasures
Also Turkish industry is participating to the production of the new EADS-Airbus A-400M military airlifter. Aselsan enterprise will provide its own contribution in particular for the aircraft’s electronic c... more
Latest newsPakistan: 77 F-16 fighters by 2007
Islamabad, Pakistan - Asian country's authorities could be also provided with the provision of 20 Cobra helicopters
The United States will provide Pakistan with 77 F-16 Fighting Falcon multirole light fighters by 2007. Pakistani Government would have in fact been granted with what requested for a long time but, however,... more
Latest newsItaly-France: Mirages and Vipers "Visiting each other" against terrorism
Paris, France - A bilateral agreement for the authorization to access each other air space by their own military aircraft to chase suspicious airplanes
Italy and France achieved an agreement to reinforce anti-terrorism measures by the employment of combat aircraft from the respective air forces. Due to prospective emergency or danger circumstances, such... more
Latest newsAustralia proves worried about Indonesian orders for new Sukhoi fighters
Canberra, Australia - Jakarta would have requested 48 airplanes to Russia and this could change regional balance unfavourably, according to Australian authorities
Indonesian armed forces modernization programme is worrying Australian Government. Jakarta would intend to purchase tanks, frigates, submarines, surface-to-air missiles and most of all fighters from Russia.... more
Latest newsThe Rafale challenges the Eurofighter in the Saudi Kingdom
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - France and UK governments would be firmly promoting the respective products in the Arab country
No comment by British Aerospace concerning the supposed Saudi Arabia’s interest for the possibile purchase of Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon medium-light multirole fighters, as underlined during recent d... more
Latest newsAustria: French airplane intruded on the air space, fighters in flight to intercept it
Vienna, Austria - It dealt with a false alarm due to the lack of radio contact by the small turboprop with Austrian air traffic controllers
Austria showed the increase of alert degree in protecting its own air space during the last years after the attempt against New York’s Twin Towers. Two F-5 fighters quickly took off today to intercept a... more
Latest newsJSF: possible cuts for US orders
Washington, USA – Lockheed Martin proved worried about it in the light nof Pentagon's forecasts but foreign orders could counterbalance this situation
US Administration could decide to perform some cuts for defence rationalizing funds available for this sector during the forthcoming years, and the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) light multirole stealth... more
Latest newsTurkey: production of all-national made aircraft has started
Ankara, Turkey - TAI to design and build a basic trainer and a UAV
Turkish aerospace industry intends to perform a remarkable leap forward for its growth. Turkish Government thinks that such a sector, after experience gained by international cooperations, system integrations,... more
Latest newsPhilippines: S-211, the basic trainer that turns into a fighter interceptor
Manila, Philippines - It happened for the Asian country's Air Force which grounded its high-performance airplanes
No one in the aviation sector in Italy could have maybe thought it: an Italian-made basic trainer expected to perform a role which belongs to supersonic fighters for the air space defence of another country.... more
Latest newsNigeria: fighters jets to arrive from China
Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria - "To protect territorial integrity of the nation"
MISNA sources revealed that Federal Government of Nigeria will purchase 12 fighter jets and 3 training aircraft at price of USD 251m from the People’s Republic of China. Information Minister, Frank Nweke, e... more
Latest newsRafael Litening pod to increase RAF's Typhoons multirole capabilities
London, UK - The Israeli-made targeting laser system has been selected by British MoD
The laser targeting system for air-to-surface operations of the Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoons will be an Israeli-made one. British MoD has in fact selected the Rafael Litening pod whose t... more
Latest newsUS Rhein-Main air base to close
Frankfurt, Germany - Base to pass under Berlin's authority
US Rhein-Main air base will close definitively next Friday. It has been established, in unison, by US and German governments. The agrement provides for the passage of the base under Berlin’s authority. P... more
Latest newsExchange relations between Italian Air Force and US Navy
Sigonella, Italy - Italian Col. Pilot Antonio Giuseppe Di Fiore invited aboard the "Roosvelt" air carrier
Italian 41st Antisom Wing Captain, Col. Pilot Antonio Giuseppe Di Fiore, performed a test flight on a F-14A Tomcat fighter during last days, as shipped on the "Roosvelt" air carrier, off the Cyprus island’s’ coa... more
Latest newsUS Air Force C-130 all-female crew
Washington, USA - The first combat mission attended by six women
A crew made up of six aviators climbed on board a C-130E Hercules plane from the US Air Force to conduct a transport mission of cargo and troop in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa. But what distinguished... more
Latest newsChief of the General Staff of the Afghan National Army visited Pozzuoli Air Force Academy
Naples, Italy - General Khan met three young Afghan students
General Bismillah Khan, Chief of the General Staff of the Afghan National Army, has been received at Pozzuoli Italian Air Force Academy by General Giovanni Luigi Domini, Commander of the school where 24... more
Latest newsIs Boeing bound for designing a KC-777 Tanker?
Washington, USA – The US company's idea in case USAF asks for a tanker aircraft which can prove larger than the KC-767 currently offered
Military analysts would have put into evidence in the USA that the international efforts, activities in Iraq and damages produced by the natural disasters are risking to lower defence spending, hitting... more
Latest newsA-400M: a Thales' FLIR for the new tactical airlifter
Paris, France - It will be deployed with bad weather conditions during taxiing, takeoff, approaching and landing stages besides aerial surveillance operations
EADS needs a FLIR (Forward Looking Infra-Red) system for the new A-400M tactical airlifter and decided to rely upon Thales for the provision of a state-of-the-art device. French company will attend to... more
Latest newsSaudi Arabia: three conditions to buy the Typhoon
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Expulsion of rebels from the UK, quitting investigations on corruption for the past defence deals and resuming of British Airways' flights
Saudi Arabia would be carrying on some talks with the United Kingdom concerning defence which also include a possible effort by the Arab country for the purchase of Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon multirole... more
Latest newsGjakove/Dakovica Airport: hand-over between Colonel Allochis and Colonel Liberace
Pristina, Kosov - Airport is the base of Task Force "Ercole"
Italian Gjakove/Dakovica’s military airport, where ROA -Italian Air Force Operative Division- is based, housed the hand-over’s cerimony between Colonel Carlo Maria Allochis and Colonel Benedetto Liberace las... more
Latest newsA-400M: EADS to attend to the anti-missile electronic countermeasures
Berlin, Germany - It is being aimed to lower false warning signals as often generated in flight nearby the ground
The A-400M will be provided with electronic countermeasures produced by EADS Defence Electronics to protect the aircraft against IR-guided missiles. At least 85 devices for such kind of threat detection... more
Latest newsFCA: the C-27J Spartan "Lets the engines warm up"
Washington, USA - Official bid starting on October 15 by the presentation of the final request for proposals by US Army
US Army should release the final request for proposals to be addressed to the potential competitors for the tender related to the provision of new military airlifter, within the so called FCA (Future Cargo... more
Latest newsSouth Africa: the first JAS-39s ordered are about to start flying in the country
Pretoria, South Africa - Nevertheless, operational service to be officialized not before 2008
South Africa is practically the first purchaser of the SAA/BAe JAS-39 Gripen fourth generation multirole light fighter after Sweden but, actually, it will make its combat aircraft enter service later than... more
Latest newsThailand: agricultural products in exchange for F-16s
Bangkok, Thailand - Some 16 fighters of this type among the ones deployed by the USA during operations in Afghanistan could be delivered
Thailand appears able to reinforce its Air Force significantly lowering expense and so combining its defensive exigencies with the ones related to economic relaunch, after the effects generated by December... more
Latest newsChina: AVIC II launched the JL-15 advanced trainer
Beijing, China - Destined to compete in the international market with the T-50, the Yak-130 and the M-346, according to the Chinese firm
After the market success of the K-8 basic trainer (an Aermacchi S-211-same class) with about 200 orders by states such as Pakistan (a traditional aerospace partner for the Chinese People Republic), Zambia... more
Latest newsIs the F-35 JSF part of Romanian Air Force's future?
Bucharest, Romania - Government would intend to cooperate for its development and purchase 24 fighters to renew its combat airplanes fleet
Romania could become a new customer of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) multirole light stealth fighter. Announcement would have been released recently by Romanian Defence Minister in... more