Boeing and Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) have successfully completed the Mid-Life Upgrade modification on the first of four E-3F Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, for the French Air Force. The upgrade is part of a Foreign Military Sale in 2010 between France’s Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA)
The North American operations of Airbus Group’s military aircraft unit opened a new 7,500-ft² component repair facility located at the Mobile (Ala.) Regional Airport. The expansion of the new component repair facility is yet another industrial resource to improve customer service for the company’s medium and light multi-mission aircraft operators. The new services include hydraulic,
Rolls-Royce has completed a long-term agreement with Lockheed Martin worth up to US$1bn to deliver approximately 600 engines to power future C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. The agreement secures the Rolls-Royce AE 2100 as the engine of choice for all variants of the C-130J to 2025. The engine agreement will service US Government and International contract
ST Aerospace and Alenia Aermacchi will deliver the last of the 12 M-346 new generation advanced trainers to the RSAF in March 2014, following the contract that was signed in late 2010. Currently, a total of 10 aircraft have been delivered along with the delivery of the relevant ground based training system and the associated
Crane’s Mark IV Brake Control System upgrade has been selected by Royal Netherlands Air Force for the C-130H aircraft. The Brake Control System will be provided by Crane’s foreign military distributor Aero Precision, a Greenwich AeroGroup company. The install will be completed by the end user, Royal Netherlands Air Force, at Eindhoven airbase. Crane’s more
Boeing is helping Turkey improve its self-defense capabilities with the recent delivery of the first Peace Eagle Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft. The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) now has advanced airborne surveillance and battle management capabilities, and can simultaneously track airborne and maritime targets, with the first of four AEW&C aircraft it has received
UTC Aerospace Systems was awarded a contract to provide the Commonwealth of Australia upgraded wheels and brakes for their C-130 aircraft. The new UTC Aerospace Systems C-130 wheels and brakes feature the latest in technology and industry-leading innovation. The carbon brakes use proprietary DURACARB carbon heat sink material that provides eight times longer life than
Helisota, an international provider of integrated maintenance, repair and overhaul services for rotorcraft aviation, is further expanding its cooperation with European governmental operators by signing a Mi-17 technical support agreement with the Latvian National Armed Forces. The three year agreement follows a successful conclusion of a tender announced by the Government of the Republic of
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced the award of two contracts by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), together valued at £760m (approximately €910m), to convert 25 AW101 Merlin helicopters for maritime operations under the Merlin Life Sustainment Programme (MLSP) and to provide the Apache AH Mk.1 Attack Helicopter fleet with comprehensive support and maintenance services
Boeing is assembling the fourth and final KC-46A test aircraft for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation aerial refueling tanker program at the company’s Everett factory, keeping the program on track to deliver the initial 18 tankers to the Air Force by 2017. The aircraft are commercial derivatives of the Boeing 767 jetliner; their design features
