Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to ensure the continued operability of the JAS 39 Gripen C/D and also provide capability enhancements to the fighter aircraft. The order value is approximately SEK 3.5 billion (£277 million) and the contract period is 2023-2029. The contract also includes options that enable
AAR CORP., a leading provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, MROs and OEMs, has expanded its partnership with Ontic by signing a military customer support distribution contract extension and a new long-term global commercial distribution agreement. Under the military customer support distribution contract extension, AAR will continue to provide supply chain solutions,
Boeing Co. has signed a Total Component Support (TCS) deal with Lufthansa Technic for sustainment services to the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) growing fleet of Boeing P-8A aircraft. Lufthansa Technic’ TCS services will enable the RNZAF to reduce its investment in aircraft parts as the programme for the 737 covers over 400 commercial
The UK, Japan and Italy have announced that the three countries are to co-operate in the production of a new, sixth-generation fighter jet that will replace the current Typhoon aircraft in Europe and Japan’s F-2. “We are announcing the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) – an ambitious endeavour to develop a next-generation fighter aircraft by
On December 7, New Zealand received the first of four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. The milestone comes four years after the New Zealand Government entered into an agreement with the U.S. Navy for the P-8A aircraft. Boeing Defence Australia will provide sustainment services for New Zealand’s fleet with the support of the P-8 International
Having been appointed as the exclusive marketing and sales representative for Speeder in the Nordic countries in June 2022, Sweden-based Savback Helicopters (Savback) has confirmed it has signed a Letter of Intent with Mayman Aerospace for the acquisition of 25 Speeder Air Utility Vehicles (AUVs), making Savback the first civilian purchaser for the aircraft. The
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Air Force have unveiled the B-21 Raider, the world’s first sixth-generation aircraft which has been designed to meet the most complex of missions. Its sixth-generation capabilities include stealth, information advantage and open architecture and the aircraft will form the backbone for the future of U.S. air power, delivering a
For the past year, Airbus – representing German interests – and Dassault – representing French interests, had been unable to reach agreement over the workshare for the new Future Combat Air System (FCAS). The new aircraft, intended to replace the Eurofighter and Dassault’s Rafale, will be a combination of manned and unmanned aircraft and are
Boeing has been awarded a contract to deliver two additional KC-46A Pegasus tankers to the Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF), bringing the total on contract for Japan to six aircraft. Boeing delivered the first KC-46A tanker to Japan in October 2021 and a second in February 2022. Designed to refuel all allied and coalition military
AAR, a leading provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, MROs, and OEMs, and Polish aviation leader Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze Nr 2 (WZL-2) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this month for their new state-of-the-art aircraft overhaul facility in Bydgoszcz, Poland. U.S. government personnel, including Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski, Polish government officials and
