The Swedish Defence and Security Export Agency, FXM, confirmed that Sweden and Hungary have chosen to extend their Gripen partnership for a further 10 years. Negotiations have been taking place in recent months and on Monday, January 30th, the new contract was signed by FXM’s Director General, Ulf Hammarström, and Gyula Keszthelyi who is the […]
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Boeing has selected three Canadian firms to receive the first group of work packages for in-service support of 15 Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters, designated CH-147F for the Canadian Forces. Boeing chose the following suppliers: L-3 Communications MAS (Mirabel, Quebec): technical publications Raytheon Canada Limited (Calgary, Alberta): supply chain support L-3 Electronic Systems (Enfield, Nova Scotia): logistics
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Silver Airways Corp. announced that it will relocate its maintenance department from its home base in Fort Lauderdale to a new, state-of-the-art facility at Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV). Silver Airways’ new maintenance facility covers 61,000 ft² and is located on the southwest quadrant of Gainesville Regional Airport. It consists of approximately 45,000 ft² of airconditioned hangar space.
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Alenia Aeronautica and the Bulgarian Defence Ministry signed a framework agreement for the supply of logistic support services to the C-27J fleet of the Bulgarian Air Force. Within the ten year agreement, a first contract has been signed for the supply of logistic support services, for a five-year period, worth totally €25m.
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Embraer Defense and Security has awarded Ultra’s Controls business two contracts for its KC-390 military transport aircraft. The first award is for all the electronic controls and sensors for the landing gear, nose wheel steering and associated hydraulics. The second award is for all the electronic controls and sensors for the cargo door system which
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Vector Aerospace UK, a leading provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has been awarded the MoD’s Design Approval Organisation Scheme (DAOS) certification after a successful audit process undertaken by the Military Aviation Authority on behalf of the MoD. The scheme aims to provide a level of assurance to Project Teams that approved
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REVIMA APU was awarded EASA Part 145 certification for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW901C APU. This APU is installed on the new Boeing 747-8; the aircraft entered service in October 2011 and is now in operation with 2 airlines. “This new addition to our extensive repair capability list reinforces our commitment to support B747
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Sikorsky Aircraft has selected 35 companies to join its team assembling two prototype S-97 RAIDER™ helicopters for evaluation by the U.S. military. Self-funded by Sikorsky and its team members, the RAIDER program will demonstrate the military applications of Sikorsky’s break-through X2™ rotorcraft design, which proved its capability in 2010 to double the cruise speed of
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Boeing has received a U.S. Army contract valued at approximately $370m for 14 CH-47F Chinook helicopters to support Foreign Military Sales efforts. The aircraft will be delivered to the U.S. Army beginning in 2014; all but one are intended for Australia and the United Arab Emirates.
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The U.S. Army has awarded EADS North America a $212.7 million contract to deliver 39 UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) as part of its total acquisition plan. Thirty-two of these Lakotas will be produced in the Army’s Security and Support (S&S) Battalion configuration. EADS North America has already delivered 198 UH-72A Lakotas to the
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