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Latest newsTyphoon and AMRAAM: test fire with the missile for the Eurofighter aircraft
London, UK - A Mirach aerial target vehicle has been hit while flying over the sea
Test fire with air-to-air missiles for the EF-2000 Typhoon. A Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter medium-light fighter interceptor was recently the protagonist of a test with the AIM-120 AMRAAM (Slammer) medium r... more
Latest newsC-101: celebrating 25 years basic training by such EADS-Casa jet plane
Madrid, Spain - The aircraft to be involved by an important update soon
Spanish aerospace industry is celebrating 25th anniversary of the basic training for Spanish Air force’s pilots on board the C-101 Aviojet, a fully-national product designed by CASA which is owned by E... more
Latest newsUS Navy pilot knocked down 33 years ago to be symbolically interred in Arlington
Washington, Usa - After some pieces of his plane were found in Vietnam
A US Navy pilot considered lost since thirty three years ago in Vietnam he disappeared will be interred in Arlington, Virginia where is collocated the famous cemetery destined to American heros, after... more
Latest newsF-16 for Pakistan: Condoleeza Rice eases Indian Government
New Dheli, India - No contract for the provision of the fighters has been signed so far
Pakistan and Indian are in the centre of US State Secretary Condoleeza Rice’s attention as she is visiting the Indian capital in this period. Rice is focusing on the matter concerning the possible supply o... more
Latest newsCroatia aims to NATO and selects the F-16
Zagreb, Croatia - Some four-six second-hand airplanes are likely to be purchased by 2010 to replace the Mig-21s
Croatia aims to join NATO within few years and it needs a remarkable modernization process for its armed forces. Zagreb’s Government so gave important signals to the United States, announcing it intends t... more
Latest newsJSF: the Australian aerospace industry's contribution to the programme
Camberra, Australia - Four companies to coordinate the production activities of 18 firms by an investment of around USD 150m
Boeing Australia, BAe Systems Australia, Thales Training & Simulation and Mincom: these are the four companies attending to provide the necessary industrial support in the Australian territory for the... more
Latest newsF/A-22 Raptor: is it expensive and useless?
Washington, USA - This would be the opinion of some military analysts who would prefer a serious upgrade for the F-15s and the F-16s
Some analysts have recently pointed out some lacks, on their opinion, which could be traced with reference to the F/A-22 Raptor programme. According to such views, the new stealth interceptor produced... more
Latest newsThe Eurofighter does not fear of cold
Stockholm, Sweden - Bad weather condition tests in the Swedish territory successfully accomplished
Tests based on the EF-2000 Typhoon with bad weather conditions have been successfully accomplished recently, in particular in a particularly cold environment as the Swedish one is. The Eurofighter consortium... more
Latest newsGripen International: "Self-evident economic and industrial advantages for South Africa thanks to the JAS-39"
Stockholm, Sweden - The group attending to the fighter's provision gave the lie to criticism which would unveil South African authorities' dissatisfaction
Some rumors had been spread during recent days according to whom the South African authorities would not be appreciating the treatment provided by Gripen International for the management of the programme... more
Latest newsCanada needs "Aggressors"
Ottawa, Canada - Canadian Air Force to take delivery of a certain number of airplanes dedicated to play the role of enemies for the Canadian pilots' training
Canadian Air Force needs to increase the effectiveness of its own training activities and the Canadian authorities would have decided to resort to the deployment of a certain number of airplanes endowed... more
Latest newsItalian pilot proves to be the best USA's F-16 trainer in 2004
Rome, Italy - Capt. Magnani awarded as the best F-16 trainer pilot of 63rd Squadron. It is the first time a foreign pilot is awarded with this prize
Italian Air Force pilot Capt. Roberto Magnani has been awarded by the USAF with an important prize. He proved to be the best F-16 trainer in 2004 and it is the first time that a foreign pilot is awarded... more
Latest newsBorder dispute between Indonesia and Malaysia (2): the number of re-deployed units has been reduced
Jakarta, Indonesia - Only two naval units still in the related area
Indonesia’s Government has sent four F-16 fighter planes (and not seven as previously indicated) and three warships to the Eastern Borneo where a dispute with Malaysia over the oil control started some d... more
Latest newsUSA: B-2 stealth bombers re-deployed in Guam
Washington, USA - They will replace the old B-52 Stratofortresses so ensuring a higher regional stability degree
Pentagon is replacing the three B-52 Stratofortress conventional bombers re-deployed in the Pacific Ocean in Guam with the B-2 Spirit stealth bombers. The US Air Force 393rd Bomber Squadron sent there... more
Latest newsSwitzerland: a new defeat for the C-295Ms
Berne, Switzerland - The aircraft would not be considered as a strictly necessary one, according to those who vote against it in the National Council
Nothing to do for the purchase of two EADS-CASA C-295M military airlifters in Switzerland (see for details AVIONEWS). National Council defeated the initiative maintaining that no plausible reasons would... more
Latest newsYak-130: "Several countries interested to purchase it"
Moscow, Russia - It would have been maintained by Russian Minister of Defence Ivanov with reference to the promotion of the Russian plane together with the Aermacchi M-346
Russian Minister of Defence had already announced it: Italy and Russia will make efforts for a remarkable promotional activity in the international market for the advanced trainer jointly produced by Aermacchi... more
Latest newsSwitzerland: C-295M still on the borderline
Berne, Switzerland - Clashing political and institutional opinions regarding the possibility of purchasing two military airlifters
Switzerland’s defence is still about the purchase of two EADS-CASA C-295M military airlifters. National Security Committee would not disagree with such programme but Parliament, actually, had voted it d... more
Latest newsEurofighter: assembly of the 100th airframe started
Manching, Germany - EADS produced its fuselage main section but it will be assembled in Spain and destined to Spanish Air Force
EADS unveiled that there are 100 fuselage main sections to date for the EF-2000 Typhoon medium-light multirole fighter. The latest structural component of this type produced for the 100th Eurofighter airframe... more
Latest newsHamilton Sundstrand awarded with a more than USD 250m contract
Washington, USA - Provision of spare parts and assistance for several USAF's aircraft
Hamilton Sundstrand Corp., Windsor Locks, Conn., was awarded on March 1, 2005 a $250,400,000 fixed price with estimated quantities, firm fixed price, and cost reimbursable contract. This acquisition is... more
Latest newsM-346 and Yak-130: Ivanov willing to favour the Italian-Russian promotion of the trainers
Moscow, Russia - Russian Minister of Defence appreciated the Aermacchi-Yak's effort to produce the plane from which the Italian and the Russian trainers derived
Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Ivanov is going to officially visit Italy tomorrow and he seized a chance recently to underline the increasing industrial and military cooperation with Italy. Focusing... more
Latest newsA-330 MRTT: the Rolls Royce's role for the British FSTA programme
London, UK - The Trent engines to power the new RAF's tanker aircraft
The role played by Rolls Royce within the FSTA (Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft) programme related to the new Royal Air Force’s tanker airplane appears a major one and the well known company specialized f... more
Latest newsAustralia: the first 737 AEW&C to arrive half in March
Camberra, Australia - The new surveillance, command and control airplane of Australian Air Force shown during an official exhibition
The first Boeing 737 AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control) destined to Australian Air Force is expected to arrive in Australia for the first time half in March. The event, announced by its US producer... more
Latest newsGeneral Electric awarded with an almost USD 58m contract
Washington, USA - For the provision of components and technical assistance for the F100-GE-100/129 engines of the F-16 fighters
General Electric Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded on Feb. 28, 2005, a $57,822,507 firm fixed price, fixed quantity contract to provide for newly redesigned High Pressure Compressor and High Pressure... more
Latest newsIsrael: long range aerial strike training started
Tel Aviv, Israel - The F-16I Sufas ready to face any problem considering the supposed Iranian threat
Israeli Air Force would be in ferment in these days due to a series of military exercises which would be involving several pilots and combat airplanes. The armed force’s personnel would be in fact training t... more
Latest newsNew US military airplanes to Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - The first American maritime reconnaissance planes will be delivered within the year
The Pakistani Armed Forces will acquire from the Americans, within the end of the year, the first two marine patrolling P-3C Orion airplanes, according to governmental sources. The USD 1,2 bn agreement,... more
Latest newsTwo C-295M for the Swiss Armed Forces
Bern, Switzerland - In order to satisfy the requirements of the federal administration
The Council of the States of the Helvetic Confederation has approved the purchase of two Casa C-295M Spanish-made cargo planes scheduled in the Armament Program 2004: the two aircraft answer the needs... more
Latest newsL-3 awarded with a more than USD 16m contract
Washington, USA - In order to appraise the structural robustness of the P-3 Orion aircraft
L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, Greenville, Texas, is being awarded a not-to-exceed value of $16,340,000 firm-fixed-price, time and materials contract to conduct Enhanced Special Structural Inspections... more
Latest newsHuman System Integration: that is how the MMA is going to provide the best man-machine symbiosis
Washington, USA - The new US Navy's maritime patroller to be developed by taking several aspects related to the human factor into account
The MMA (Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft), as based on a special naval version of the Boeing 737 destined to represent the cornerstone of the US coastal defence, appears particularly innovative when considering... more
Latest newsA-330 MRTT: London's green light for the new RAF's air tanker
London, UK - The special version of the well known Airbus' airliner meets the multirole needs of British Ministry of Defence
British Ministry of Defence provided a green light for the purchase of the EADS-Airbus A-330 MRTT (Multi-role Tanker Transport) as the new air tanker for Royal Air Force. The European aerospace and defence... more
Latest newsRockwell Collins awarded with a contract worth over USD 7m
Washington, USA - For the provision of systems destined to the KC-135 air tankers
Rockwell Collins Government Systems, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $7,338,336 firm fixed price contract modification to provide for six Global Air Traffic Management (GATM) Lot III production... more
Latest newsBrazil: the programme for the purchase of new fighters has been cancelled
Brazilia, Brazil - Government could opt for direct orders without an official competition
Brazilian Government decided to put one of the most important tenders related to the provision of new combat airplanes during the last months to an end. The four competitors (Lockheed Martin, Sukhoi, Dassault... more
Latest newsGeneral Electric awarded with an almost USD 34m contract
Washington, USA - Logistics support for the F-414-GE-400 engines powering the F/A-18E Super Hornet
General Electric Aircraft Engines, Lynn, Mass., is being awarded a $33,954,504 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-99-C-1175) for Government/Industry Logistics Support... more
Latest newsTaxpayers associations against the C-130J in the USA
Washington, USA - Criticism against the operational shortages of the aircraft but Defence Secretary Rumsfeld fears cancellation can prove excessively expensive
After the first doubts on the real capabilities of the last version of the C-130 Hercules (the C-130J) recently expressed by Pentagon (see for details AVIONEWS), also tha taxpayers organizations are moaning... more
Latest newsBlue Angels: a competition for the acrobatic squad's technicians
Washington, USA - Aimed to renew part of the staff in the maintenance and logistics support sectors
"If you have the right team spirit, you could be the next Blue Angel". This would be the slogan of the tender which the United States Navy’s acrobatic squad decided to promote, by US Navy and Marine C... more
Latest newsThe first Italian female top gun to fly to America
Sulmona, Italy - The dream is going to come true for Federica Maddalena, selected among the best Italian Air Force pilots for US training
Federica Maddalena, selected by Italian Air Force to be a top gun, will join to the world best aviators for two years at Texas Sheppard base in USA from the next March 7. The new Italian top gun said... more
Latest newsItalian Air Force: 1600 hour-fly dedicated to rescue missions
Rome, Italy - Mainly by means of aircraft F-50/F-900 and helicopters HH-3F ed AB-212
Italian Air Force dedicated 1600 hour-fly to rescue missions, including sanitary transport of organs and patients who suffer from serious sickness. Rescue operations has been effectuated mainly by means... more
Latest newsThe first Boeing Tanker has been delivered to Italian Air Force
Wichita, Kansas - The roll-out of the first Boeing KC-767 /A has been effectuated
Logistic commander of Italian Air Force Giovanni Sciandra, who works as General of Air Squadron and who in Usa represented Ami during the delivery of the first of the four KC-767/A, claimed that "The acquisition... more
Latest newsHelicopter EH-101 delivered to Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal - The official ceremony of the chopper's delivery to Portuguese premier Sampaio took place before the General Tricarico
The helicopter Augusta Westland EH-101 has been officially delivered to Portoguese premier Jorge Sampaio at the air base of Montijo, near Lisbon; Portugal has already purchased twelve choppers of the mentioned... more
Latest newsITT Avionics awarded with an almost USD 14m contract
Washington, USA - For the provision of electronic countermeasures systems destined to the F/A-18E Super Hornet
ITT Avionics, Clifton, N.J., is being awarded a $13,995,655 modification to a previously awarded firm fixed price contract (N00019-04-C-0074) to exercise an option for AN/ALQ-214(V)2 spares for the Navy’s F... more
Latest newsMcDonnell Douglas awarded with an almost USD 20m contract
Washington, USA - For the provision of components of the F/A-18
McDonnell Douglas, St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $19,919,140 firm fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity order under a basic ordering agreement contract for procurement of spares line... more
Latest newsUK: a strategy for the RAF's evolution
London, UK - Expeditionary capability, reduction of the air bases and growth of industrial competitiveness
UK’s Ministry of Defence indicated the guidelines for the future evolution of Royal Air Force. First and foremost, the Royal Air Force must be more involved by remarkable changes in order to meet the m... more
Latest newsMcDonnell Douglas Corp. awarded with a more than USD 18m contract
Washington, USA - For support regarding the UK's C-17 fleet updates
McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $18,207,238 cost plus fixed contract modification. CCP 0481 increases the United Kingdom’s C-17 support program to allow for increases i... more
Latest newsITT Avionics awarded with a more than USD 48m contract
Washington, USA - For the B-52H's electronic countermeasures system
ITT Avionics, Clifton, N.J., is being awarded a $48,229,597 firm fixed price contract modification to provide for the upgrade of the AN/ALQ-172 (V) electronic countermeasures system Group B components... more
Latest newsAfghanistan: "The Apache and the A-10 proved great against the Talibans, we will buy them"
Kabul, Afghanistan - Afghan Defence Ministry would intend to purchase a certain number of AH-64 helicopters and Warthog airplanes
Proposals put forward by Afghan Ministry of Defence in order to start a careful modernization process for its armed forces, after the first partial reorganization within the democratization procedure,... more
Latest newsNATO pilots destined to nuclear war trained in Sardinia
Oristano, Italy - NATO Top Gun are used to be trained for non conventional bomb resort in the Capo Frasca military range
According to some press sources quoting the report released by an indipendent analyst, Hans Kristensen, an expert on nuclear and strategic weapons, at the Oristano-based Capo Frasca Range pilots of NATO... more
Latest newsCluster bomb: purposes and deployment of the weapon system
Rome, Italy - Submunitions with different explosive potential to face troops or armoured vehicles
The problem related to the cluster bombs’ deployment by countries performing military actions (see for details AVIONEWS) comes to the fore again after the denunciation by Italian journalist Giuliana S... more
Latest newsAir Force's helicopter involved into the rescue operation of a burnt
Rome, Italy - The chopper transported the man from Lecco to Genoa
An Italian Air Force’s helicopter carried in last week-end a burnt in heavy conditions from Lecco to Genoa. The mission Sar (Search and Rescue), operated by the crew of Rescue Connecting Squadron based i... more
Latest newsCluster bomb: they were produced in order to destroy streets and airports' runaways they are used instead in different way
Rome, Italy - The explosive in inside some container under the form of sub-munitions traditionally attached at the belly both of planes and helicopters in order to be launched in the interested areas
It seems they took the place of the antipersonnel mines, Cluster bomb, which were produced for the following military purposes: destroy streets and airports’ runaways, causing damages to the enemy’s veh... more
Latest newsThree little Iraqi fly to Italy in order to be cured
Rome, Italy - They arrived at Pisa's military airport by means of a special flight of Italian Air Force
Three little Iraqi arrived yesterday at Pisa’s military Airport on board of a special flight operated by Italian Air Force with a C-130, in order to receive proper cares. The little patients who suffer f... more
Latest newsThe future of the US Army’s tactical transport (3): the C-295, the EADS’ solution
Madrid, Spain – Reliability, flexibility and low consumption as the qualities of the CASA’s alternative proposal
The C-295 represents the evolution of tactical transport according to the experience gained by the Spanish CASA aerospace company (today linked to EADS) by its C-212 and CN-235. This last aircraft, among... more
Latest newsThe future of the US Army’s tactical transport (2): the C-27J, the Finmeccanica’s solution
Rome, Italy – Performance, structural robustness and load capacity as the strong points of the Spartan
The C-27J Spartan is the product of the collaboration between Alenia Aeronautica and Lockheed Martin and is a direct derivative of the G-222, though one could even think to have found a sort of younger... more