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ATK, Alenia complete phase 1 testing of MC-27J aircraft
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Alenia Aermacchi and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) have successfully carried out the first phase of ground and flight testing of MC-27J multi-mission aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida,...

European defence companies call for launch of joint MALE programme
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 European defence companies EADS Cassidian, Dassault Aviation and Alenia Aermacchi have called for the launch of a joint European medium altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle programme...

Supply Chain to help USAF in KC-46 tankers sustainment analysis
Monday, June 17, 2013 Morgan Borszcz Consulting has awarded a contract to Supply Chain Visions for the supply of technical and strategic support services to the US Air Force's (USAF) KC-46 Program Office....

RNLAF receives last CUP modified (K)DC-10 aircraft from Fokker
Monday, June 17, 2013 Fokker Aircraft Services has handed over the final upgraded (K)DC-10 transport aircraft to the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF)at Eindhoven Air Base in Eindhoven, Netherlands,...

Raytheon completes USAF's MALD-J development programme
Monday, June 17, 2013 Raytheon has successfully completed a four-year development programme of the US Air Force's (USAF) Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer (MALD-J)...

Croatia likely to upgrade existing MiG-21 fighters
Friday, June 14, 2013 The Croatian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reportedly decided to upgrade a portion of the national air force's Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter aircraft fleet after financial constraints disrupted...

USAF takes delivery of second EPS payload from Northrop
Friday, June 14, 2013 The US Air Force (USAF) has taken delivery of the second of two extremely high frequency (EHF) payloads under contract from Northrop Grumman for use on Enhanced Polar System...

IAI's Heron supports UAS civilian airspace integration flight tests
Friday, June 14, 2013 The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)-built Heron 1 medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial system (UAS) has carried out a series of flight demonstrations to replicate...

Kuwait seeks F/A-18 C/D aircraft's technical/logistics support from US
Thursday, June 13, 2013 The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of a potential foreign military sale (FMS) to Kuwait of technical and logistics support for the F/A-18 C/D Hornet...

Logos to improve AFRL's data exploitation and tracking capabilities
Thursday, June 13, 2013 Logos Technologies has secured a small business innovative research contract to support the US Air Force Research Laboratory's Processing Exploitation and Analysis of Large Data Sets...

USAF contracts TMC Design for Locata NGBPS installation
Thursday, June 13, 2013 TMC Design has received a contract from the US Air Force to install Locata's Non‐GPS Based Positioning System at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico,...

Lockheed wins Finnish JASSM missile installation support contract
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to support additional installation of joint air-to-surface standoff missiles (JASSM) on the Finnish Air Force's (FiAF) F-18C/D Super Hornet...

Libya seeks C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft from US
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of a potential foreign military sale (FMS) of the C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft and associated equipment to...

Indian Air Force receives first C-17 Globemaster III aircraft
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Boeing has handed over the first C-17 Globemaster III heavy-lift transport aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF), making the country the newest operator of the aircraft....

DGA awards C-130H avionics upgrade study contract to Marshall Aerospace
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has been awarded a study contract to modernise the French Air Force's (ALAT) C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft...

USAF contracts Wyle for C-5 life raft system upgrade
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Wyle has secured a contract for the modernisation of legacy life rafts used onboard the US Air Force's (USAF) C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft...

French Air Force's second production A400M completes maiden test flight
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 The French Air Force's (ALAT) second production Airbus Military A400M transport aircraft has successfully conducted its maiden test flight from the company's final assembly line in Seville,...

DRS to supply new Minuteman III transporter erector vehicles to USAF
Monday, June 10, 2013 DRS Technologies has been awarded a contract for the design, development and delivery of two transporter erector replacement vehicles for the US Air Force's Minuteman III...

Eurocopter UK selected to extend support services to RAF’s Puma Mk2 rotorcraft
Monday, June 10, 2013 Eurocopter UK will support a fleet of 24 Royal Air Force Puma Mk2 helicopters under a three-year contract worth €60m awarded by the UK Ministry of...

Kongsberg's JSM missile completes fit check on F-35's internal carriage bay
Monday, June 10, 2013 Kongsberg Gruppen has successfully completed a fit check of the joint strike missile (JSM) in the internal carriage bay of the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter (JSF) aircraft at...