The Indian Air Force (IAF) celebrated the induction to service of its first Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules at Hindon Air Force Station, India, on Feb. 5. The aircraft is the first of six C-130Js ordered under a U.S. Foreign Military Sale in late 2008. The last U.S. aircraft flown by the IAF was a
Goodrich has received a follow-on contract from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation to supply over 1,600 carbon brakes and over 1,400 boltless wheels for the U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft fleet. Deliveries will begin in October, 2011. Goodrich’s C-130 wheel and brake retrofit features DURACARB carbon brakes which provide lighter weight, longer life, higher performance and
Pratt & Whitney’s F117 engine, the exclusive power for the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter, recently exceeded 8 million engine flight hours. At the same time, the C-17 exceeded 2 million flight hours, while supporting a U.S. Air Force mission, and airdropped 74,000 pounds of supplies in support of U.S. and allied troops.
Boeing has awarded Raytheon Company a low rate initial production contract to develop six long-range, multimission maritime and overland surveillance radars plus spares for its P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The radars will be delivered to Boeing as part of the P-8A contract with the U.S. Navy. The P-8A replaces the P-3 aircraft and will be used
The fuselage-mounted hose-and-drogue aerial refueling system to be deployed on the EADS North America KC-45 tanker has successfully transferred fuel to two F/A-18 fighter aircraft — meaning all of the KC-45’s aerial refueling systems have now been proven in flight. This latest achievement builds on more than 1,500 aerial refueling contacts already completed with the
Finnair and its oneworld alliance partner Australian airline Qantas start codesharing on flights between Helsinki and Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, New South Wales, Somewhere over the rainbow. Hello From Avitrader
Boeing completed full scale static testing of the P-8A Poseidon’s airframe on Jan. 7. The series of tests, which began in May 2009, confirmed the airframe
As part of a transition announced last year, Boeing confirmed it will deliver 13 C-17 Globemaster III airlifters in 2011 as the company moves to a new production rate of 10 C-17s per year. Boeing will reduce the production program’s work force by approximately 1,100 jobs through the end of 2012. The company delivered 14
Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force
LaBarge, a provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS), has been awarded a contract valued at $1.3 million from Kaman Aerospace Corporation to provide cockpit wiring harnesses for the S-70i BLACK HAWK military helicopter, the international variant of the BLACK HAWK helicopter. The S-70i BLACK HAWK helicopter is the first BLACK HAWK aircraft designed specifically for
