Air Fance place orders for new Airbus A350F cargo variant
TOULOUSE – Air France – KLM signed on Thursday (Dec. 16) as its fourth customer for the new A350F and ordered four aircraft of this…
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French Sécurité Civile to expand fleet with two Airbus H145s
Marignane, 16 December 2021 – The French Armament General Directorate (DGA) has ordered an additional two five-bladed H145s destined to equip the Sécurité Civile, an…
The Mi-171A3 Offshore Helicopter Completed Its First Flight
The multipurpose helicopter Mi-171A3, developed by the Russian Helicopters Holding Company (Rostec State Corporation), started flight tests. The maiden flight in hover mode lasted 15 minutes and…
Emirates received its 123rd and last Airbus A380
Emirates received its 123rd A380 in Hamburg on December 16, 2021. The close collaboration with Airbus has shaped the identity of the A380 over the…
New F-35 Lightning IIs join USAFE, RAF Lakenheath fleet for first time
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, United Kingdom (AFNS) — RAF Lakenheath received its first delivery of F-35A Lightning II aircraft Dec. 15. This is the…
Leonardo: delivered to Kuwait the first two Eurofighter Typhoons
The first Eurofighter Typhoons for the Air force of Kuwait landed today in country. These are the first two Typhoons in the framework of a…
Bavaria orders eight five-bladed H145s for its police force
Donauwörth, 15 Dezember 2021 – The Ministry of Interior of Bavaria has ordered eight five-bladed Airbus H145s for its police force, following a European tender…
Singapore Airlines selects the world’s newest freighter – the A350F
Toulouse, 15 December 2021 – Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Airbus for seven A350F freighter aircraft. The agreement will…
Advancing F-35 Lightning II electronic warfare capabilities
BAE Systems received a $493M contract to significantly upgrade and modernize the EW system for the F-35 Lightning II, enabling the fighter to quickly detect…
Bell Delivers Two Bell 505 Helicopters to the Indonesian Navy
Surabaya, Indonesia (December 9, 2021) – Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced the successful sale and delivery of two Bell 505 helicopters…
Airbus delivers 58 jets, gets order boost in November
PARIS, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Airbus delivered 58 airplanes in November, leaving itself the task of speeding up monthly deliveries to 82 in December to…
United Arab Emirates signs massive Dassault Rafale F4 order
(Saint-Cloud, France, 3 December 2021) – In the presence of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and Sheikh Mohammed ben Zayed Al Nahyane,…