Military & Defense

Boeing has selected Rockwell Collins to provide its Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) for 15 CH-47F Chinook helicopters for the Indian Ministry of Defence. Initially developed for the U.S. Army’s Special Operations Aviation MH-47G Chinook and MH-60L/M Black Hawk aircraft, CAAS is a fully integrated cockpit flight and mission management capability that provides exceptional mission

Finmeccanica released that the first of 16 AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters for the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MoJ) has successfully performed its maiden flight at its Helicopter Division’s Yeovil factory in the UK on March 21st 2016. The successful on-schedule maiden flight marks a major milestone and the start of the flight test

FL Technics, a global provider of tailor-made aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has won the tender organized by the Ethiopian Air Force for the supply of spare parts and components for training, transport and multi-purpose aircraft. FL Technics and the Ethiopian Air Force have signed a component supply agreement according to which the company’s

AT Technologies, a leading provider of services and products to the commercial and military aerospace and ground defense industries, reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Turbochrome has signed a 15-year agreement with Pratt & Whitney, to provide certain repair services to Pratt & Whitney of the F100 229 engine, parts and components on the engines installed

The Boeing test team successfully completed the first flight of the program’s second KC-46A tanker aircraft on March 3rd, taking off from Paine Field and landing later at Boeing Field in Seattle. During the flight, Boeing test pilots performed operational checks on engines, flight controls and environmental systems. The Boeing team now will conduct a

Airbus Defence and Space has secured its first order in 2016 for the C295W transport and mission aircraft. Mali becomes the 23rd nation to order the C295 with an order for one winglet-equipped C295W model, now the standard version, in transport configuration for the Mali Air Force. Delivery is due in the second half of

Rolls-Royce has delivered the first T56 Series 3.5 engine upgrade kits to the US Air Force as the service introduces the improvements to its C-130H transport fleet. The Series 3.5 engine upgrade kits are already demonstrating success in a Hurricane Hunter WP-3D aircraft of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with fuel savings

A third phase of durability testing on an F-35 Lightning II airframe is due to begin at BAE Systems Military Air & Information site in Brough, East Yorkshire. Each phase of testing, lasting a total of 8,000 hours, is equivalent to an entire lifetime of the airframe once it enters service. Two complete ‘lifetimes’ of

Embraer Phenom 100 business jet was selected to provide multi-engine pilot training to armed forces aircrew in the United Kingdom. The contract with Affinity Flight Training Services will provide five aircraft to the U.K Ministry of Defence’s Military Flying Training System, (UKMFTS) program. The contract includes support services and an option for additional follow on

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