Military & Defense

Avcorp signs production development contract with Boeing

Avcorp Industries has received a purchase contract from Boeing Defense, Space & Security for the production development and supply of a prototype “Ruddevator,” a flight control system for stabilization and directional control of air-to-air refuelling booms for the KC-135 Tanker Fleet. The prototype redesign incorporates new processes and materials meant to enhance the reliability of […]

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Embraer delivers first four A-29 Super Tucano to Indonesian Air Force

Embraer Defense and Security has delivered four light attack and tactical training A-29 Super Tucano aircraft to Indonesia’s Air Force at a ceremony held in its facility in Gavião Peixoto, São Paulo, Brazil. Indonesia is the first operator of Super Tucano in the Asia-Pacific region. These four A-29 Super Tucano are from the initial batch

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Airbus Military signs cooperation agreements in Portugal

Airbus Military has signed a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Economy and various Portuguese industrial companies in fulfilment of the commitments arising from the sale of a fleet of twelve C295 aircraft for the Portuguese Air Force. These agreements, with a value of several hundred million euros, will boost the Portuguese aerospace industry and

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Rolls-Royce and Snecma to initiate joint combat engine studies

Rolls-Royce and Snecma (Safran Group) have signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence to undertake studies into the next generation of UK and French combat aircraft engines, through their 50:50 Rolls-Royce Snecma Ltd joint venture, established in 2001. Rolls-Royce and Snecma have also announced that they have signed a collaboration agreement with BAE

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Eurocopter delivers two NH90s to France’s DGA armament procurement agency

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

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2nd Boeing P-8I aircraft for India completes 1st flight

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

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GE Aviation signs contract for systems on Boeing KC-46A Tanker for U.S. Air Force

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

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Thales wins A400M simulator contract from UK MoD

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

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Ruag and GE extend business agreement

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

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