Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence of Poland to supply eight M-346 Master. The contract – signed after the aircraft was selected, as already announced – is worth €280m. In addition to the eight aircraft, the provision also includes logistic support, a training programme for pilots and
Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon program will enter full production, following a $2.4bn contract award from the U.S. Navy for 16 additional aircraft that will bolster maritime patrol capabilities. The order, which will take the total fleet to 53, marks a transition from preliminary low-rate production. Boeing has delivered 13 P-8As to the Navy, which deployed its
AAR has been awarded a contract from the United States Air Force for the production and repair of 463L cargo pallets. The contract has a two-year base period valued at $133m in revenue and an estimated value of $323m over the five-year term. The cargo pallets will be manufactured and maintained by AAR’s Mobility Systems
Sikorsky Aircraft announced the award of a maintenance and support services contract for more than 360 aircraft operated by the Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA). Valued at an estimated $110m, the work is expected to be completed in October 2014. The contract was awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), based at the
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
