The French DGA armament procurement agency has taken delivery of its second NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopter (TTH) and seventh NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopter (NFH), marking an important step forward in the largest European helicopter program launched to date. The NH90 TTH delivered to the DGA will be handed over to the French Army Air Corps
The UK is the first international partner to have taken delivery of the F-35 Lightning II, and the RAF and Royal Navy will now commence flight trials of the aircraft. Speaking after the handover ceremony at Fort Worth, Texas, Chris Allam, F-35 Lightning II Senior Vice President for BAE Systems, said: “This is an important
The second Boeing P-8I aircraft for the Indian Navy completed its initial flight on July 12, taking off from Renton Field and landing after two hours and 14 minutes at Boeing Field in Seattle. The P-8I, a derivative of the Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 commercial airplane, is the second of eight long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine
GE Aviation signed an agreement with Boeing, potentially worth up to $180m, to provide the mission control system for the U.S. Air Force’s KC-46A tanker. The agreement includes design, development and production throughout the life of the program. GE Aviation was selected for the mission control system including the flight management system (FMS). The FMS
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a multi-million pound contract to supply the first full-flight simulator (FFS) for the Royal Air Force A400M military transport aircraft, recently designated Atlas by the European purchasing nations. The FFS employs state-of-the-art visual and motion technology developed and produced by Thales UK at its facility in Crawley, West
Philipp Berner, CEO of RUAG Aviation, Konrad Peter, executive chairman of RUAG Holding and Tony Mathis, vice president and general manager of Turbofan/Turbojet Projects for GE Military Systems Operation have extended a business agreement to further broaden industrial development activities in Switzerland. The agreement includes GE’s F414 engine, which powers the Boeing F/A-18E/F, Saab Gripen
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation was recently awarded a multi-year Overhaul & Repair contract from the U.S. Army for BLACK HAWK helicopter T700 fuel controls, with initial delivery orders starting in 2012 and covering a period of performance through 2017. The contract is estimated to be worth $46m over the life of the program. Hamilton Sundstrand’s Engine
TAT Technologies has been awarded, for the fourth time during the past 3 years, a contract by Embraer to be responsible for the design, manufacture, integration, testing, supply and product support for the Pre-Cooler to be incorporated into the new KC-390 aircraft being developed by Embraer which TAT anticipates will enter service in 2016. In
The Indonesian Air Force has signed a commercial contract for a second batch of eight light attack and tactical training A-29 Super Tucano. The order also includes a flight simulator that will be used for instructing and training Indonesian pilots. In August 2012, Indonesia will receive the first four airplanes from the initial batch of
Embraer and Boeing announced an agreement that further enhances the collaboration between the two companies and brings additional capabilities to Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano through new weapons integration developments to meet future customer requirements. The new weapons integration capacity enhances the solution presented to the U.S. Air Force Light Air Support (LAS) program. This latest
