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Latest newsThe 100th Typhoon is being manufactured in Germany
Manching, Germany - The fuselage centre section of the 100th airframe to be delivered to Spain
EADS' production facility located in Manching (Germany) started assembling the 100th fuselage centre section of the Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon multirole medium-light fighter. An important goal in the... more
Latest newsTurkey: an agreement with Boeing on the 737 AEW&Cs' systems
Ankara, Turkey - Four surveillance, command and control airplanes were ordered with two additional options, and deliveries starting in 2007
Turkey is scheduling to take delivery of its first two Boeing 737 AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control) surveillance, command and control airplanes named Peace Eagle by 2007. The US aerospace company... more
Latest newsDenmark orders another C-130J Hercules
Copenaghen, Denmark - In order to satisfy the operative needs related to the high degree of mobility for the forces
Denmark would have recently ordered a new C-130J Hercules, after it already took delivery of three aircraft during this year, and Lockheed Martin would be ready to supply the military airlifter's airframe... more
Latest newsThe first Gripen destined to Czech Republic Air Force flew
Prague, Czech Republic - Deliveries of the 14 airplanes ordered to start next April
The first JAS-39 Gripen ordered by Czech Republic Air Force performed its maiden flight on last monday. During its first flight, the multirole light fighter produced by SAAB and British Aerospace stayed... more
Latest newsTests of the new mission system for the NATO's AWACS started
Washington, USA - All the 17 AEW&C airplanes should be fully combat ready with their new avionics equipment by 2008
Boeing started the tests of the new mission system scheduled by the updating programme for the avionics systems of the NATO's fleet based on the AWACS airplanes. The 17 E-3 Sentry aircraft for Surveillance,... more
Latest newsEADS: "Ready to build a facility in the USA to produce the new air tanker"
Berlin, Germany - According to the Eads board, a 50% of its technological content will be a US one
EADS carries on the promotion of its alternative solution in order to meet the exigencies of US Air Force regarding the future in flight refuelling operations (see for details AVIONEWS). According to what... more
Latest newsB-2 Spirit: a new electronically scanned array radar
El Segundo, USA - It will be provided by Raytheon, in order to warrant higher reliability and better performances
The B-2 Spirit stealth strategic bomber will be provided with a new radar soon. The Raytheon AN/APQ-181 is a last generation sensor endowed of an electronically scanned array and this solution, as already... more
Latest newsAustralia ready to attend the next Red Flag edition
Nellis, USA - Ten combat airplanes to perform air-to-air and air-to-surface missions
NATO exercise named Red Flag will occur starting on next October 23, at the US Nellis Base (Nevada) and it will go on lasting for two weeks. The main newness seems to be the one of the Australian Air Force's... more
Latest newsThailandia getting closer to the Gripen
Bangkok, Thailandia - The Asian country would intend to formalize a concrete purchase proposal as soon as possible
No need for Thai chickens would exist in order to convince SAAB to provide Bangkok’s Government with warranties about the possible delivery of JAS-39 Gripen multirole light fighters (see for details A... more
Latest newsUS F-16s ready to reach Southwest Asia
Washington, USA - The number of airplanes and the destinations were not unveiled for security reasons
The United States would intend to send, starting at the end of this month, several airplanes from the 183rd Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard towards bases located in Southwest Asia. It deals with... more
Latest newsBoeing, the designing of the X-45C begins (2): the facilities involved for the assembly of the three prototypes
Washington, USA - The 80% of the structure of the three stealth airplanes will be anyway manufactured in St.Louis
Boeing schedules to manufacture the three prototypes of the X-45C UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) by the next five years (see for details AVIONEWS), in several facilities in the US territory. Some... more
Latest newsBoeing: the designing of the X-45C begins
Washington, USA - Five years developing, manufacturing and testing the new stealth drone destined to USAF and to USN
DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency), the US agency attending to the development of technologically leading edge weapon systems, signed an agreement with Boeing recently for the designing... more
Latest newsPratt&Whitney Canada cooperates to the production of the F-135 engine for the JSF
Longueuil, Canada - An effort also aimed to warrant the growth of the involvement for the Canadian industry in the military programme
The F-135 turbofan, the engine destined to power the new Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) multirole light stealth fighter, has a new developer: it deals with Pratt&Whitney Canada, a Canadian... more
Latest newsGreece: "The Turkish fighters violated 14 times the air space today"
Athens, Greece - It is unveiled by Greek Government and the armed forces indicating even that dogfighting occurred over the Aegean Sea with Greek planes
Greece revealed today the violation of its own air space by five different formations of Turkish Air Force's F-16 Fighting Falcon multirole light fighters. Some 12 military airplanes would have overflown... more
Latest newsDassault Rafale: the end of the operative evaluations by 2006
Paris, France - The F2 version scheduled for French Navy and Air Force will have concrete multirole capabilities
Snecma and French Navy analyse the situation related to the Dassault Rafale programme. The French company specialized in the production of aeronautics engines provides the M88-2 turbofans for the new multirole... more
Latest newsTanker affair: after the leasing a purchase hypothesis emerges
Washington, USA - Boeing's CEO proves confident for the future of the 767-based air tanker
Boeing’s CEO, Harry Stonecipher, would have recently commented about the cancellation by US Congress of the leasing, early approved by Pentagon, for 100 767 Tanker air tankers (see for details AVIONEWS). A... more
Latest newsRumsfeld is in Romania: yesterday visited Mihail Kogalniceanu's air base
Bucarest, Romania - Usa could still use the Romanian infrastructure
It is situated at Costanza, Mihail Kogalniceanu's air base, where Donald Rumsfeld, American Defence Secretary was yesterday because of a visit. Some voices from the Pentagon indicate that Romanian infrastructure,... more
Latest newsTurkey: the F-16s' fleet update begins
Ankara, Turkey - A formal request to the United States in order to strengthen the operative capabilities within NATO and against terrorism
Turkish Government would have asked the United States for being enabled to resort to a significant update for its Turkis Air Force's F-16s fleet. The total value of the orders would consist of almost USD... more
Latest newsAermacchi M-346: the official showing for Italian political institutions occurring today
Venegono Superiore, Italy - Finmeccanica group would have asked Italian Government for encouraging the promotion of the new advanced trainer abroad
An official showing of the Aermacchi M-346 started at Venegono Superiore (Varese) this morning, a showing devoted in particular to the Italian political institutions and where the attending by Italian... more
Latest newsF-16: celebrating 25 years of European-American industrial cooperation
Brussels, Belgium - Celebration for the European Participating Air Forces programme occurred last October 7
Five European countries together with the United States in order to celebrate the 25 years of the EPAF (European Participating Air Forces) programme. It occurred in Brussels (Belgium) on last October 7,... more
Latest newsBoeing MMA: the systems destined to the new US Navy's maritime patroller have been selected
Washington, USA - Boeing, CFM International, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman P-3 attending to the production of the plane devoted to replace the P-3 Orions
Boeing and US Navy would have recently completed the programme aimed to select the systems scheduled for the new 737 MMA (Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft) programme, as the future maritime patrolling armed... more
Latest newsBoeing 767 Tanker: USA's Congress denies its support
Washington, USA - However, Boeing could be able to suggest its solution again during the next year in competition with Eads
The United States’ Congress would have recently halted the Boeing 767 Tanker programme, so making impossible for the company to carry on the activities intended to provide US Air Force with some 100 n... more
Latest newsTanker affair: a USAF's General renounces to a promotion
Washington, USA - Though not officially under investigation, his name would have anyway emerged so leading him to renounce to a new appointment temporarily
US Air Force’s General Gregory S. Martin, considered as one of the major representatives of Air Force attending to its vehicles and weapon systems, would have decided to renounce to his next promotion d... more
Latest newsThe Global Hawk destined to US Navy performs its maiden flight
Palmdale, USA - US Navy schedules to take delivery its first UAVs by the next year
The first RQ-4 Global Hawk remote-controlled airplane destined to US Navy performed its maiden flight. The UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) were exclusively devoted to operate with the US Air Force so far,... more
Latest newsThe promotion of the Eurofighter Typhoon at "Defendory International 2004"
Athens, Greece - The producer countries seize a chance to increase the interest of the State hosting the show
"Defendory International 2004": an unprecedented opportunity for the countries producing the Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon, in order to promote its qualities in an attempt to strengthen the already remarkable... more
Latest newsThe fire of the "Phoenix" burns out forever
Washington, USA - US Navy retires from the operative service the AIM-54, the main weapon system destined to the F-14 Tomcat
US Navy has retired from the operative service the AIM-54 Phoenix air-to-air long-range missiles. After some 30 years, Navy definitively renounces to one among the most powerful weapon systems devoted... more
Latest newsPescara: forced landing for a freight plane of the German Air Force
Pescara, Italy - It seems to be because of a breakdown that the aircraft had to make a forced landing this morning
It was well-timed the acceptance, by the control tower from Abruzzo this morning, of the help's request by a German pilot: the airplane landed in eight-minute time after the first notification of the breakdown... more
Latest newsFour Predator reconnaissance aircraft to arrive to Italy soon
Rome, Italy - It would have announced by Italian Air Force Chief of Staff, underlining their possible deployment against illegal immigration
The four RQ-1 Predators, the remote-controlled aircraft (UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) ordered by Italy and destined to Italian Air Force, should arrive in Italy in just a bit more than one month. It would... more
Latest newsItalian Air Force verifies the effectiveness of the Sicral communications system
Rome, Italy - Airplanes and helicopters of Air Force and Italian Army performing evaluation activities at Pratica di Mare Air Base
The new NATO's Sicral satellite communications system would be currently under operative evaluation by Italian Air Force. Such system is based on information provided thanks to a satellites network, and... more
Latest newsAermacchi M-346: October 11 Monday to occur the official showing in flight for the institutional authorities
Venegono Superiore, Italy - The new advanced trainer of the Italian aerospace company can so be contemplated also by Italian Premier Berlusconi
The official showing in flight of the new advanced trainer produced by Aermacchi, the M-346, will occur at the Venegono Superiore (Varese, Italy) headquarter on next October 11 in front of several institutional... more
Latest newsA merger between MIG and Irkut?
Moscow, Russia - Russian Government would be seriously thinking about the opportunity for performing such solution
A merger between MIG and Irkut: this is the latest relevant thought by Russian Government with reference to the future of the country's aerospace industry. The two companies would be able to put together... more
Latest newsJAS-39 Gripen: an increasing interest for the SAAB/BAe fighter in Eastern Europe
Budapest, Hungary - The assembly of the first aircraft for the Hungarian Air Force has started while Bulgaria signs a cooperation deal
The assembly of the first SAAB/British Aerospace JAS-39 Gripen multirole fourth generation light fighter destined to Hungarian Air Force has started. This stage before the tests should last for about four... more
Latest newsNato eases Moscow about the overflights over the Baltic Sea
Brussels, Belgium - Atlantic Alliance's aircraft turnover over the three Baltic Republics to go on till 2006
Russia goes on to prove particularly worried about the evolution of the military situation in the three Baltic Republics’ territories, due to the presence of NATO’s fighters in the three states (see for... more
Latest newsThere is an "Amiko" in Kosovo
Dakovica, Kosovo – "Amiko" is the first Italian airport operating abroad since the Second world war
The meaning of "Amiko" is Italian air force acting in Kosovo and it was built in 1999. Nowadays, the future of this air base is dubious. It is the Italian general himself Leonardo Tricarico who claims... more
Latest newsAirbus A-310 MRTT: deliveries begin
Toulouse, France - Four air tankers destined to Luftwaffe and two to Canadian Air Force
Deliveries of the new A-310 MRTT (Multi-Role Transport Tanker) air tankers, produced by Airbus in cooperation with Lufthansa Technik, have started. The purchaser countries, Germany and Canada, are going... more
Latest newsItalian Adm. Di Paola performs his first flight aboard the Typhoon
Grosseto, Italy – Italian Chief of General Staff would have appreciated the high performance of the vehicle
Italian Chief of General Staff, Adm. Giampaolo Di Paola, seized a chance yesterday to perform his first flight on board the new Italian Air Force’s Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon multirole medium-light f... more
Latest news"Salibre 2004": an exercise aimed to increase cooperation among the South America's air forces
Santiago, Chile - Some 80 airplanes coming from Chile, Brazil, Argentina and the United States involved by such event
The military exercise named "Salibre 2004" started last week and it is destinated to end on next October 10. The event was promoted by the Chilean Air Force, which would have in particular provided its... more
Latest newsGripens in exchange of chickens? Only Saab can decide on it
Stockholm, Sweden - It would have been underlined by the Swedish Prime Minister to the Thai delegation during an official visit
Swedish Government would not have succeeded in satisfying Thailandia, with reference to the so hoped deal in order to favour the export of chicken from the Asian country towards the Northern Europe in... more
Latest newsEcuador and Colombia: two cases of renewed viability in the military aviation sector
Quito, Ecuador - While the first country starts a massive military exercise, the second one thinks to design the first national-made airplane
South America proves more and more in ferment regarding the industrial and military activities related to the aerospace sector. Ecuador would have started a massive military exercise, which would be involving... more
Latest newsNATO Air Meet: an absolute success for the AMX Ghiblis
Ankara, Turkey - During the exercise, the Italian Air Force's strikers would have successfully accomplished all their missions
The NATO Air Meet 2004 military exercise definitively ended on last September 17, after occurring in Turkey with the participation of some 13 members, among which Italy too (see for details AVIONEWS).... more
Latest newsItalian Court of Accounts examines the management of the Eurofighter programme
Rome, Italy - It appears as a basically efficient one, despite the delay due to several foreign political and economic changes
Italian Court of Accounts would have recently analysed the situation of the Eurofighter programme, with reference to the financial management of the project by Italian Government. According to the Court,... more
Latest newsUSAF: "war against terrorism" rage for its personnel
Washington, USA - Suicide cases and family hardships are increasing, but the military representatives prove confident about thier own soldiers' efforts
Remarkable changes would be occurring within US Air Force, and not only due to the new operative exigencies caused by the changing American and global geo-strategic priorities. USAF's representatives would... more
Latest newsF-35 JSF: weight problems have been solved for the new stealth fighter
Washington, USA - Lockheed Martin would have succeeded in provide structural changes able to lower the total weight of the airplane for some 2700 lb
Lockheed Martin would have recently completed an important programme aimed to lower the total weight of the new F-35 JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) multirole stealth fighter in a significant manner. It seems... more
Latest newsRAF has not pilots: fewer Typhoon for the United Kingdom
London, UK - This would be the hypothesis recently put forward by Ministry of Defence to start a serious operative problem
Great Britain scheduled the purchase of a total amount of 232 Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon multirole medium-light fighters, but Ministry of Defence would not prove willing to consider such programme as... more
Latest newsVenezuela: too F-16s left on the ground, the Mig-29s have ben ordered
Caracas, Venezuela - 50 Russian-made airplanes for multirole activities are quite worrying the neighbour countries and the USA
Venezuela would be forced to constantly leave on the ground at least half its own F-16 fighters' fleet (about 10 airplanes) due to maintenance reasons, and the defence exigencies would have led Caracas'... more
Latest newsThe Raptor? Better than it was forecasted
Washington, USA - It would be stated by the representatives of the F/A-22 programme, as they would have found unexpected reliability and performance
Lockheed Martin analyses the situation regarding the development and production activities related to the new F/A-22 Raptor multirole stealth fighter interceptor. According to what recently found by the... more
Latest newsUS Air Force's dilemma for the air-refuelling: the KC-767 or the A-330 MRTT?
Washington, USA - Boeing and Eads accuse one another for the respective products' unsuitability to replace the KC-135s
Much uncertainty still exists in the United States with reference to the solution the Pentagon is going to decide to adopt, after the US Presidential election, regarding the exigencies related to the in-flight... more
Latest newsThe F/A-18s? Too noisy for tourists
Berne, Switzerland - Citizens and tourism sector's operators associations act in order lower the effects of the low altitude overflight activities by such planes
Peace of Swiss mountains and most of all of tourists choosing this country in order to spend their own holidays to relax, disagree with the Swiss Air Force operative exigencies. It seems in fact that the... more
Latest newsThe future of US Air Force: less airplanes, more operative effectiveness
Washington, USA - The armed force would have pointed out how its evolution in this sense is not a contradiction
US Air Force has recently put into evidence some aspects related to the evolution that such US armed force is going to be subjected to during the next years. The major goal would be the one of combining... more
Latest newsMig-29 Fulcrum's for Chile?
Santiago, Chile - Chilean Government could decide to resort to a mixed fleet consisting of both the F-16s and Russian-made fighters by 2006
Chilean Air Force is waiting for taking delivery of 10 new F-16 multirole light fighters, but it is forecasting to be forced to replace all its own old F-5s by 2006 with further 20 vehicles. Russia would... more