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Naval Aviation's Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) analysis teams concluded their investigations in December and found no single root cause for Physiological Episodes (PEs) experienced by naval aviators. They determined, [...]

Editor's note: As the Program Executive Officer, Tactical Aircraft Programs, Rear Adm. Shane Gahagan serves as the lead for the engineering reform pillar of the Naval Sustainment System-Aviation. In his [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The US Department of Defense has announced Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. has been awarded a USD contract modification valued at USD 20,480,000 [...]

Byline: Craig Hoyle India's first batch of five Dassault Rafale fighters touched down at Ambala Air Force Station on 29 July, advancing the nation's long-planned introduction of the French-built type. [...]

Byline: Craig Hoyle A bilateral effort to equip in-service Eurofighter combat aircraft with active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars has advanced further, with Airbus Defence & Space securing a contract [...]

Byline: CRAIG HOYLE Berlin has approved a contract for sensor house Hensoldt to complete development, production and integration work on an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for its air [...]

F/A-18E/F is latest fighter jet to integrate precision weapon Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, completed the first guided release of a StormBreaker(R) smart weapon from an F/A-18E/F [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Lockheed Martin Corp., a Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., has announced it has been awarded a USD 18,670,070 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the procurement of maintenance and [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS NATO has announced troops from its Forward Presence battlegroup in Lithuania are training with British and Spanish pilots from the Alliance's Baltic Air Policing mission [...]

For seasoned observers of the Joint Strike Fighter programme, the revelation that Lockheed Martin's Block 4 modernisation effort for the F-35 is already running two years late and $1.5 billion [...]

Kopin Corp. reported it has received an approximately $2.7 million follow-on order of its high-brightness liquid crystal display for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. According to a media release, [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The US Navy has announced that it has awarded a USD 112m modification contract on behalf of itself and Australia to exercise options for procurement [...]

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $129.19M modification to a firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement. This modification procures the kits required for modification and retrofit activities [...]

Kopin announced it has received an approximately $2.7M follow-on order of its high-brightness liquid crystal display for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. With the F-35 scheduled for production through [...]

Byline: DOMINIC PERRY Germany hopes to have fully retired its Panavia Tornado combat aircraft in 2030, with the arrival of a successor type to begin after 2025. Berlin intends to [...]

Byline: Dominic Perry Germany hopes to have fully retired its Panavia Tornado combat aircraft in 2030, with the arrival of a successor aircraft to begin in 2025. Germany hopes to [...]

Byline: Dominic Perry Germany is to pursue a split order for the replacement of its Panavia Tornado combat aircraft, selecting both European and US models for the requirement. Defence minister [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Pratt & Whitney has announced it has been awarded a USD 7,681,734 firm-fixed price order against a previously issued ordering agreement for the production and [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim Ankara was booted from the Joint Strike Fighter programme in July 2019 after the country decided to buy the Russian-made Almaz-Antey S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile battery. The [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim The company sees continued sales to US military services as well as potential wins in international fighter procurement competitions, such as in Finland, Switzerland and Canada, steadily [...]

Air Industries Group recently reported that it has received major new contract awards totaling $18.2 million, and potential follow-on orders for an additional $13.7 million. According to a media release, [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2020 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Global Times has reported the upgraded version of the JF-17 fighter jets is equipped with features technologies from China's J-20 fighter jet, the news source [...]

Air Industries Group recently reported that it has received major new contract awards totaling $18.2 million, and potential follow-on orders for an additional $13.7 million. According to a media release, [...]

Air Industries Group recently reported that it has received major new contract awards totaling $18.2 million, and potential follow-on orders for an additional $13.7 million. According to a media release, [...]

Byline: Christen Mccurdy Washington DC (SPX) Dec 09, 2019, 2019 USS America dropped anchor Friday at its new homeport in Sasebo, Japan. The America, the Navy's newest amphibious assault ship, [...]

Byline: Staff Writers Columbus OH (SPX) Dec 13, 2019, 2019 The U.S. Air Force's F-35 Lightning II multirole combat aircraft is in line to receive next-level target identification, tracking, and [...]

Byline: CRAIG HOYLE Germany appears poised to advance a joint programme with Spain to equip the nations' later-model Eurofighters with active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars, as Berlin also nears [...]

Byline: Vishal Thapar Air Marshal Nambiar was instrumental in operationalising laser-guided precision bombing capability on Mirage-2000 fighters during the War Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar, who played a key role in [...]

Byline: GREG WALDRON Canberra appears set to equip its Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet fleet with a pod-housed infrared search and track (IRST) capability. The US Naval Air Systems Command in [...]

Byline: GREG WALDRON Islamabad spent $100 million to acquire 60 AVIC CM-400AKG supersonic anti-ship missiles for use with its Chengdu/Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) JF-17s, as preliminary work continues on the [...]

Indian Air Force is participating in a Bilateral Joint exercise with Royal Air Force Oman (RAFO), named EX EASTERN BRIDGE-V, scheduled from 17-26 October 2019, at Air Force Base Masirah. [...]

Byline: Vishal Thapar $21 B procurement to be processed under 2016 edition of DPP, suggesting programme kick-off in next few months The Indian Air Force (IAF) intends to acquire one [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim The US Navy's (USN) Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler have surpassed an 80% mission capability rate, complying with a directive set by former defense secretary [...]

The US Department of State has approved the potential sale of 32 Lockheed Martin F-35As to Poland as part of a package worth a total of $6.5 billion. NATO member [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim The US State Department has approved the sale of 32 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters to Poland as part of a package worth an estimated $6.5 billion. The [...]

Byline: requirementMIKE RAJKUMAR BENGALURU Jaguar's short-range missile could be integrated with additional types following MBDA campaign success in New Delhi MBDA's ASRAAM appears set for integration on several Indian combat [...]

The US Navy is soliciting options to improve or replace the electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) targeting pods on its Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers, amid concern about its current hardware's [...]

THE ABBOTSFORD INTERNATIONAL Air Show in British Columbia was a fitting backdrop for the ongoing rivalry between the Super Hornet and the F-35 in the quest to provide the Royal [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim A little over a month after the USA dumped Ankara from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme over its decision to buy the*Almaz-Antey*S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile battery, [...]

MBDA's Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) appears set for integration on several Indian combat aircraft. MBDA's Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) appears set for integration on several Indian [...]

Byline: Garrett Reim Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force (USAF) integrated the F-35 Lightning II's target tracking data with the US Army's Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle [...]

Byline: requirement Craig Hoyle/FlightGlobal Three bidders have been selected to pursue a UK contract to build and fly a lightweight affordable novel combat aircraft (LANCA) demonstrator. Such a transonic unmanned [...]

Byline: procurementgreg waldron singapore Government announces fresh request for proposals, but presence in F-35 programme could be complicating factor Royal Canadian Air Force Nation's ageing CF-18A/B fleet is nearing the [...]

Byline: productiongarrett reim los angeles Washington will spend at least $500 million on replacing Turkish supply chain participants, initially with US companies The USA has officially removed Turkey from its [...]

Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul New) could drop its Boeing (BOE, Chicago O'Hare) order book as Turkey looks to retaliate against the US government's decision to exclude its NATO ally from [...]

Event On July 19th the parliament ratified a contract with the US for the acquisition of the new F-16 fighter aircraft to replace the ageing Soviet-made MiG-29. Analysis Bulgaria has [...]

Byline: Craig Hoyle Three bidders have been selected to pursue a UK demonstration-phase contract for an unmanned lightweight affordable novel combat aircraft (LANCA) capability. Three bidders have been selected to [...]

Byline: Craig Hoyle The past 12 months have seen a momentous shift in the UK's combat aircraft balance, with Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4s having received new ground-attack weapons, [...]