Boeing and U.S. Air Force aircrews successfully completed the KC-46A tanker’s first refueling flight on January 24th, in the skies above Washington state. Following takeoff from Boeing Field in Seattle, the KC-46A test team worked through a series of test points before smoothly offloading 1,600 pounds of fuel to an F-16 fighter aircraft flying at
Boeing, which has maintained and supported the U.S. Air Force T-38 Talon trainer fleet for 16 years, will do that for another ten years through a new contract worth up to US$855m. The company will work on avionics, cockpit displays, control panels, and communications systems for 456 of the aircraft as well as upgrading 37
Pratt & Whitney will deliver the final production F117 engine to the U.S. Air Force for its C-17 Globemaster III fleet later this month. A ceremony commemorating delivery of 1,313 production engines was held at Pratt & Whitney’s engine center in Middletown, Connecticut. “This is a bittersweet occasion for those of us who have played
Pratt & Whitney has awarded a contract to KMWE / DutchAero to manufacture F135 engine components. The F135 engine is the propulsion system for the fifth generation F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Located in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, precision component manufacturer KMWE, together with its subsidiary DutchAero, has received a 10-year long term procurement agreement for machined
EPI (Europrop International) and the Malaysia Ministry of Defence have signed a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) for a two-year contract for the support of TP400 turboprop engines powering the four Airbus A400M military transports ordered by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF). This is the first export support contract for the TP400. According to the
Airbus Helicopters delivered the first two lightweight military multi-role H145M helicopters (LUH SOF) to the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr). The helicopters will be used by the Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK), the German Army’s Special Forces, in Laupheim. The Bundeswehr, which is the launch customer for the H145M, has ordered 15 of these helicopters. The H145M is
Boeing delivered the fourth and final Peace Eagle Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Turkish Air Force at Konya Air Base, completing the Turkish AEW&C fleet and enhancing Turkey’s airspace surveillance and battle management capabilities. This final aircraft includes upgraded software for the platform and the final element of the ground support
Boeing has delivered its 14th Mk6 Chinook, completing the United Kingdom’s most recent order and growing the RAF Chinook fleet to 60 aircraft. The order completion coincided with the 35th anniversary of Chinook operations for the U.K. The RAF has operated Chinooks in every major NATO engagement since 1980 and on virtually every continent. The
Pratt & Whitney has signed a fixed-price, fleet management program (FMP) contract with the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD), in support of the Israeli Air Force (IAF), designed to provide 100% daily propulsion readiness for the entire Israeli fleet of F-15I and F-16I aircraft for the next 15 years. Starting Jan. 1st, 2016, Pratt &
The final Boeing [NYSE: BA] C-17 Globemaster III military airlifter at the company’s plant in Long Beach, Calif. departed on Sunday, Nov. 29, marking the official end of aircraft production in Long Beach. The airlifter flew over a crowd and the facility before heading to the company’s San Antonio location, where it will remain until
