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Latest newsSukhoi: "We will not be responsible for upgrades on the SU-25s not performed by our company"
Moscow, Russia - The Russian firm warned about the resort to foreign enterprises for the update of the Bulgarian Air Force's airplanes
Bulgaria intends to update its 20 20 Su-25 Frogfoot strikers in service with its Air Force. There would be a possibility for an intervention by Israeli company Elbit on the aircraft’s avionics to update t... more
Latest newsIndia: Navy searching for fighters, trainers and maritime patrolling aircraft
New Dheli, India - Orders for Mig-29K and Hawk, while Lockheed Martin, Dassault, Embraer and ATR get ready for an official bid for maritime patrolling
Indian Navy is in remarkable ferment when considering the strengthening of its own fleet concerning the presence of air carriers. So, the armed force would need additional Mig-29K shipped fighters to be... more
Latest newsAustria: CAE's flight simulator for its Eurofighters
Vienna, Austria - The country followed the choice already made by Germany, Italy, UK and Spain
Austria is the fifth customer of the Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon multirole medium-light fighter, and it decided to follow the choices made by the four programme partners (Germany, Italy, UK and Spain)... more
Latest newsFCA: Raytheon-M7 Aerospace achieved an agreement for logistics on the CN-235s and the C-295s
Washington, USA - In case of victory, maintenance and repairing procedures will be already set for the US Army's vehicles
Raytheon is officially the prime contractor of the proposal based on the EADS-Casa CN-235 and the C-295 for the US Army’s FCA (Future Cargo Aircraft) programme, and it has already signed an agreement r... more
Latest news"NATO Air Meet 2005": the Alca-Grifo couple beat the Fighting Falcon
Oslo, Norway - The Czech L-159 trainer endowed with a Galileo Avionica Grifo radar proved winner against a F-16 during a simulated dogfight
The "NATO Air Meet 2005" exercise (Norway, September 3-15) involved also Czech Air Force’s pilots for missions together with or against several types of combat aircraft such as the Tornado, the F-4 Phantom I... more
Latest newsRaptor: more than USAF's 60 fighters to be combat ready by the end of this year
Washington, USA – Lockheed Martin and US Air Force intend to warrant also international operation capabilities during the next months
The availability of 47 airplanes extendable up to 62 by the end of this year for US Air Force led Lockheed Martin to underline that its F/A-22 Raptor multirole stealth fighter has started its initial operational... more
Latest newsRussia-Uzbekistan anti-terrorism drill
Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters to arrive from Moscow
Russian paratroopers and military copters will be engaged in a joint anti-terrorism training with Uzbek armed forces South of Tashkent (Uzbekistan) on the next week. From September 19 up to 24, around... more
Latest newsBoeing unveiled the team promoting the KC-767 for USAF
Washington, USA – Among the partners one can remind Rockwell Collins, Honeywell, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney, Vought and Aeronavali
Boeing revealed the team which will promote the KC-767 Tanker in case US Department of Defence decides to officialize the beginning of the bid for the provision of a new air tanker for US Air Force replacing... more
Latest newsFCA: EADS-CASA/Raytheon started promoting their solution in the USA
Washington, USA – Demonstrative flights by the CN-235 and the CN-295 in at least 16 states lasting about one month
EADS-CASA started a promotional tour in the United States for the CN-235 and the CN-295 military airlifters. The European aerospace group is competing in the tender for the so called Future Cargo Aircraft... more
Latest newsJoint air patrol over the Straits of Malacca
Bangkok, Thailand - C-130 of the Royal Malaysian Air Force flown by crew from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
Four nations of South-East Asia started the first joint air patrol over the Straits of Malacca: beginning from today, Malaysia, Thailandia, Singapore and Indonesia, will work side by side to increase security... more
Latest newsSmall Diameter Bomb: USAF changes specifications
Washington, USA – It must be able to hit both fixed and moving targets
US Air Force opened a new stage in the production of the so called "small diameter bombs", by a tender in which both Boeing and Lockheed Martin compete. Specifications have been significantly modified.... more
Latest newsACS: Lockheed Martin tries to "save" Embraer by offering the 190
Washington, USA – However, weight requirements and the lack of a military version would risk to lead US Army to exclude the Brazilian firm from the programme
Doubts about the choice to resort to an Embraer ERJ-145 as a platform for the US Army’s Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) programme had been already expressed last month (see for details AVIONEWS), but now i... more
Latest newsNew Zealand: A-4 and MB-339 sold to US company
Wellington, New Zealand - It would have been unveiled by Minister of Defence after deciding in 2001 to retire all the fix-winged aerial vehicles from service
New Zealand’s Administration decided to retire the Air Force’s fix-winged aircraft from service four years ago. Actually, it had been scheduled that all the A-4 Skyhawk attack(close support airplanes and... more
Latest newsJSF: first flight tests for the AN/APG-81 radar
Washington, USA – Tested on a different platform, it will be installed on the F-35 prototype destined to the maiden flight soon
Northrop Grumman successfully performed the first flight tests of the radar system devoted to the Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) stealth multirole light fighter. The AN/APG-81 electronically... more
Latest newsC-17: production closed by 2008 because of lack of new orders
Washington, USA – Pentagon would not be able to face additional costs despite such a vehicle proves a major one today from an operational point of view
C-17 Globemaster III military airlifter’s assembly line could be closed by 2008 in case no new orders are gained by Boeing. Programme’s representatives appear particularly worried, also considering the... more
Latest newsItalian Air Force: air defence on the alert on Saturday, September 10
Rome, Italy - Double interception South from Trento in the morning and North from Naples in the afternoon by the F-16s
Air defence on the alert in Italy on last Saturday. A Cessna flying from Olbia to Munich did not honour radio communication procedures with air traffic controllers on the ground and it was intercepted... more
Latest newsJSF: tests on the electrical and hydraulic plants have started
Fort Worth, USA - Full assembly of the first prototype to occur by early 2006 while the maiden flight is expected to happen next Summer
Electrical and hydraulic plants of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) multirole stealth light fighter was "brought to life" recently by the beginning of tests on all the aircraft’s electronical c... more
Latest newsChina: Ilyushin military airlifters and air tankers have been ordered
Beijing, China - Dozens airplanes among Il-76s and Il-78s, all new-made
China goes on proving quite interested in Russian-made weapon systems, in particular for the aircraft and it decided recently to perform an order for some 38 Ilyushin Il-76TD military transport airplanes.... more
Latest newsA thorough promotion for the F-16 in India
New Dheli, India - Lockheed Martin offers also the C-130J and the Patriot missiles while USAF sent 12 aircraft for a joint Indian-US exercise
Lockheed Martin firmly believes in the possibility of winning the tender for the provision of 126 multirole light fighters for Indian Air Force. The F-16 Fighting Falcon would be the best choice in terms... more
Latest newsEADS-Northrop Grumman: the new air tanker will be named KC-30
Washington, USA – A deal on cooperation for an alternative solution devoted to USAF has been achieved
The EADS-Airbus KC-330 becomes the Northrop Grumman KC-30. The sign of the collaboration agreement between the European aerospace holding and the US company to compete in the tender for the new US Air... more
Latest newsKC-330: EADS and Northrop Grumman close to a deal on the new USAF's air tanker
Washington, USA – The agreement is likely to be signed and officialized in the forthcoming days
Officialization of the agreement is likely to come in few days but it seems to date that is certain: EADS-Airbus and Northrop Grumman would be about to sign a deal for the development of an alternative... more
Latest newsTurkey aims to strengthen its stand-off capabilities
Ankara, Turkey - More than 100 AGM-154 JSOW missiles have been ordered for the F-16 multirole light fighters fleet
The United States think that the supply of new generation stand-off air-to-surface missiles to Turkey does not prejudice regional balance and does not affect the Cyprus’ situation, as it even contributes t... more
Latest newsSingapore selected the Eagle
Paris, France - The Dassault Rafale has been beaten by an F-15's version which proves very similar to the one ordered by South Korea
Dassault confirmed its defeat in the tender for the provision of new multirole fighters for Singapore Air Force. Although Boeing and the small Asian country’s Government have not officially unveiled t... more
Latest newsTanker affair: Pentagon searching for more transparency
Washington, USA – To avoid that cases similar to the one related to the scandal which affected Boeing and USAF occur again in the future
Darleen Druyun, a former US aerospace company Boeing’s employee and condamned to stay nine months in prison due to a conflict of interest within the US Air Force’s military orders for the new aerial ref... more
Latest newsF-35 JSF: a double powerplant starting in 2012
Washington, USA – Customers will be able to choose between the P&W F-135 and the GE-Rolls Royce F-136
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will be powered by a Pratt & Whitney F-135 turbofan till 2012. The first aircraft will enter service with the US armed forces which ordered it with such a powerplant... more
Latest newsIndia: a decision on the purchase of 126 light fighters to be unveiled by the end of this year
New Dheli, India - Focusing on the F-16, the Gripen and the Mirage 2000
Indian Government would prove willing to definitively decide on the purchase of 126 light multirole fighters by the end of the current year. The purpose is the one of replacing the old Mig-21s while the... more
Latest newsA "hot" Autumn for the F/A-22 Raptor
Washington, USA – Test fire with both air-to-air and air-to-surface weapons during the entire season for the new US fighter
Several test fires have been scheduled during Autumn 2005 for the Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor multirole stealth fighter. The combat airplane destined to become the cutting edge of US Air Force will be... more
Latest newsPakistani aviation "Highmark 2005" exercise to start
Islamabad, Pakistan - After ten years the PAF tests again its military abilities
On Sunday September 4 the first exercise performed by Pakistan Air Force after 10 years will began: the last drill took place in 1995. The Pakistan Air Force entire fleet, F-16 and Mirage fighter planes,... more
Latest newsEight P-3C Orion for Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - Lockheed Martin to fit them with modern avionics systems
Pakistani Government, the key ally of USA in the war against terrorism, purchased eight US-made P-3C Orion maritime patrolling airplanes. The Pentagon last November had informed the Congress about the... more
Latest newsWedgetail: perfect compatibility between the Boeing 737 and the Northrop Grumman's radar
Washington, USA – Tests on the ground and in flight over the US capital have been performed
The Northrop Grumman’s electronically scan array radar produced for the Boeing 737 AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control) Wedgetail surveillance, command and control airplane is fully compatible w... more
Latest newsC-27J: the cargo which can meet requirements still unknown
Washington, USA – Alenia and L-3's view while promoting the airplane for the US Army's FCA competition proves confident
The joint-venture set by Alenia Aeronautica and L-3 is called Global Military Aircraft System (GMAS). It has been created to promote the C-27J Spartan military airlifter, as jointly produced by the Finmeccanica-owned... more
Latest newsBulgaria: Lockheed Martin promotes the F-16 to replace the Mig-29
Sofia, Bulgaria - Competing with the Boeing F/A-18 and the SAAB/BAe Gripen
Despite Bulgaria already renounced in the past to purchase the F-16 multirole light fighters for the replacement of the combat airplanes fleet based on Russian-made aircraft, Lockheed Martin has decided... more
Latest newsNew USAF's air tanker: request for information addressed to makers has been withdrawn
Washington, USA – Due to procedure reasons an analysis of alternatives should be performed though only the KC-676 and the KC-330 are currently competing
US Air Force decided to withdraw its request for information addressed to the major aerospace companies promoting their dedicated products for the provision of the new air tanker to replace the old KC-135s.... more
Latest newsOfficial roll-out for the first T-50 series production
Seoul, South Korea - The first out of 94 South Korean advanced trainers produced together with Lockheed Martin has been shown
KAI (Korea Aerospace Industries) showed the first T-50 Golden Eagle series production advanced trainer in South Korea on last August 30. South Korean Air Force ordered a total number of 94 vehicles of... more
Latest newsChina: production license of the K-8 granted to Egypt
Beijing, China - Some 80 airframes of the Chinese trainer, moreover, should be purchased
China decided to grant Egyptian aerospace company AOI Aircraft Factory with a production license which actually covers the entire technological management of the related programme for the Chinese K-8 military... more
Latest newsHurricane "Katrina" (2): even US Air Force Reserve Command has been activated
Washington, USA - Many military aircraft are on alert to intervene
Also the units of the US Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) have reached the hurricane-devastated jazz’s city to help the survived people. Three HH-60G Pave Hawk copters from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick A... more
Latest newsItalian Government announced "The acrobatic teams rally 2005"
Rome, Italy - Italian Air Forces' Internet web site to broadcast the event live
An Italian Government statement announced that Rivolto (Udine) Airport will house the acrobatic teams rally on the occasion of the celebration of PAN’s 45th anniversary next September 4th. The manifestation w... more
Latest newsWill Singapore be the test- bench of the Rafale's international success?
Singapore - The small Asian state is likely to select its new fighter opting between the Dassault's aircraft and the Boeing F-15T Eagle by the end of September
Dassault could be able to find out it the international promotion of its new Rafale multirole medium-light fighter has gained its first victory by the end of September, or if the airplane is still limited... more
Latest newsCzech Republic: the entire Gripens' fleet is combat ready
Prague, Czech Republic - Leased till 2015
Czech Republic Air Force has now all the SAAB/BAe JAS-39 Gripen fourth generation light multirole fighters ordered in service. It deals with a total number of 14 combat airplanes leased until 2015. The... more
Latest newsOlympic Winter Games 2006: two air forces, one single Italian-Swiss air space to warrant security
Berne, Switzerland - Fighters from both countries will be allowed to cross the border to follow suspicious aircraft but only fighters from the country where operations are performed will be allowed to attack
Further details concerning the Italian-Swiss collaboration to warrant security in the air space of both countries during the Olympic Winter Games (February 2006) have been provided by the respective governments... more
Latest newsMartino's congratulation to PAN due to aviation silver meda
Rome, Italy - Credit gained last August 19 in Russia
Italian Minister of Defense, Antonio Martino, in relation to the aviation silver meda conferred by Russian Air Forces Chief, General Vladmir Sergeyevich Mikhaylov, to Italian National Acrobatic Squad,... more
Latest newsClark Construction awarded a more than USD 64m contract
Washington, USA - Logistic operations for the C-130 and the C-5
Clark Construction Group L.L.C., Bethesda, Md., was awarded on Aug. 19, 2005, a $64,166,000 firm-fixed-price contract for an Airlift Wing Base Conversion from C-130 to C-5 Aircraft. Work will be performed... more
Latest newsBoeing: that is how the Singapore's Eagle will appear in case it beats the Rafale
Singapore - A twin-seated version of the F-15 has been promoted with a wide range of both air-to-air and air-to-surface weapon systems
Boeing F-15 Eagle and Dassault Rafale are still competing t become the future multirole fighter for Singapore’s Air Force, but the US aerospace company unveiled in the meantime that the weapon system t... more
Latest newsGripen: new air-to-air capabilities by the end of the year
Stockholm, Sweden - The provision of a new helmet-mounted display and the Meteor medium-range missile has been scheduled
The SAAB/BAe JAS-39 Gripen will be endowed with new avionic devices and new weapon systems after tests scheduled by the end of this year. It deals in particular with the Cobra helmet-mounted display ad... more
Latest newsGoodrich awarded an almost USD 9m contract
Washington, USA - For F-15 Eagle's engines
Goodrich Corp. Rome, N.Y., is being awarded an $8,811,028 firm fixed price contract modification. This is a one year requirements contract with two 1 year options, spares contract to procure F-15 Power... more
Latest newsKern Steel Fabrication awarded an almost USD 12m contract
Washington, USA - For C-5 Galaxy's maintenance
Kern Steel Fabrication, Bakersfield, Calif., is being awarded an $11,691,680 firm fixed price contract to provide for design and production of the first Empennage Maintenance Stand for the C-5 aircraft.... more
Latest newsRussia gives Frecce Tricolori "silver"
Moscow, Russia - A military medal delivered bu Russian Air Force to foreign pilots for the first time
Italian National Acrobatic Squad (Frecce Tricolori) satisfied not only public’s interest during the great MAKS 2005 Air Show (Moscow, August 16-22) with its exhibition but gained also an important award f... more
Latest newsIndia: that is how the international contribution to aviation industry development is important
New, Dheli, India - Upgrade fr the Su-30s, cooperations with the USA and LCA's engine developed together with at least one leading company at a worldwide degree
Contribution provided by imported technology and international industrial collaborations for the growth of the Indian aerospace and defence sectors appears more and more an important one. New Dheli’s G... more
Latest newsExxon Mobil awarded with a more than USD 16m contract
Washington, Usa - For US Navy's JP5 fuel
Exxon Mobil Fuels Marketing Co., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a maximum $16,351,319 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for JP5 Jet Fuel for U.S. Navy. Other location of performance... more
Latest newsBoeing awarded with an over USD 11m contract
Washington, Usa - For fuel tanks of the B-52
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded an $11,614,473 firm fixed price, requirements contract to provide for approximately 420 fuel cells, in support of the B-52 aircraft. The location of performance... more