F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III / Boeing
Boeing delivered the first two F/A-18 Block III Super Hornets to the U.S. Navy for flight testing. One jet is a single-seat E model and the other is a two-seat F model.
Airbus
As more and more Airbus A400Ms join the Spanish Air Force’s fleet of aircraft, this military service is working to expand the capabilities of its next-generation airlifter while further increasing mission diversity.
Lockheed Martin
The U.S. Air Force, Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies, and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works recently completed flight testing and deployment of the latest variant of the Collins Aerospace Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System (SYERS) sensor, SYERS-2C, on the U-2.
-60W
The Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter achieved first flight today at Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach, Florida site, an important step toward bringing this all-new aircraft to service members to perform critical search and rescue operations.
Boeing
Boeing has received a one-year contract, which also includes a one-year option for 2020, to continue modernizing the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 fleet under the Service Life Modification (SLM) program. The $164 million contract for FY19 funds the standup of a second SLM line in San Antonio, Texas, complementary to the line established last year in St. Louis.
Embraer A-29 Super Tucano
Embraer Defense & Security and its partner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) were awarded a contract to deliver 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to the Nigerian Air Force.
Ejército del Aire
Durante la primera quincena de febrero se ha llevado a cabo sobre aguas del mar de Alborán una campaña de desarrollo y certificación de sistemas de control de la operación de reabastecimiento en vuelo del avión A400M. Sigue leyendo
The Netherlands first operational F-35 on display during a ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s F-35 production facility in Fort Worth, Texas.
Dutch and American officials celebrated the roll out of the first operational F-35A Lightning II for the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) in Fort Worth, Texas, commemorating a transformational leap in capability for the future of the Netherlands’ national defense.
Cockpit Cougar
RUAG is set to upgrade the Cougar helicopters with state-of-the-art technology at their facilities in Emmen by mid-2022. Procured in 1998, the helicopters’ electronic flight control, navigation and communication systems require extensive modernization.
Boeing will upgrade all 17 of Spain’s CH-47D Chinook helicopters to the F-model configuration, adding features such as the digital automatic flight control system, common avionics architecture system and advanced cargo handling to align that country’s fleet with those of other nations.
Ministerio de Defensa
Durante la jornada de ayer martes, los cuatro Apagafuegos del 43 Grupo de Fuerzas Aéreas continuaron sin descanso las labores de extinción que esta unidad del Ejército del Aire viene llevando a cabo en el distrito de Leiria, en Portugal, desde el pasado domingo.
China presentó hoy (26.04.2017) su primer portaaviones construido íntegramente en el país en el astillero de Dalian, en el noreste del país, informaron hoy los medios chinos. El nuevo portaaviones, el Tipo 001A, fue trasladado desde el dique seco al agua durante una ceremonia en el astillero, en la provincia de Liaoning, indicó la agencia de noticias estatal Xinhua.
las Fuerzas Aéreas de Autodefensa de Japón (JASDF) iniciaron a finales de marzo el despliegue del avión de transporte militar Kawasaki C-2, con varios años de retraso respecto de las previsiones iniciales ya que el primer vuelo de este avión se realizó a principios de 2010.
Ejército del Aire
A finales del pasado mes de febero, tres aviones españoles T.21 (CASA C295) del Ala 35 transportaron hasta Mauritania al personal español que se disponía a participar en el ejercicio Flintlock 2017.