Military & Defense

Sikorsky Aircraft has signed agreements with the Turkish government and key Turkish aerospace contractors that license Turkey’s aerospace industry to manufacture 109 T-70 helicopters (Turkish variants of Sikorsky’s S-70i International BLACK HAWK helicopter) for operation by the Turkish Government, and to assemble 109 S-70i helicopters for Sikorsky. The agreements license the transfer of certain manufacturing

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

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,

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