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Military Aviation News February 11, 2013

Handover of Botswana Defence Force PC-7 MkII

Pilatus is proud to announce that the Formal Handover Ceremony of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) PC-7 MkII Turbo Trainer Aircraft took place on 8 February…

Military Aviation News February 11, 2013

Northrop Grumman AAQ-37 Sensor System Demonstrates Hostile Fire Detection Capability

AN/AAQ-37 Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System Detects and Locates Hostile Ground Fire BALTIMORE, Feb. 11, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation’s AN/AAQ-37 Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture…

Military Aviation News February 11, 2013

Rolls-Royce awarded $97.3 million US Air Force services contract

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been awarded a $97.3 million contract from the US Air Force to support its C-130J transport fleet in…

Military Aviation News February 11, 2013

Initial Operational Test and Evaluation reports E-2D Advanced Hawkeye ready for full-rate production

NAVAIR Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 1 declared the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye “suitable and effective” in an Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) report,…

Military Aviation News February 11, 2013

Happy Camper

Electromagnetic testing for the Typhoon aircraft As the Typhoon aircraft is constantly upgraded, changes have to be tested to make sure they can endure the…

Military Aviation News February 8, 2013

Indian Army gets its first indigenously-made Rudra attack helicopter

BANGALORE: The first indigenously-developed weaponised helicopter ‘Rudra’ was on Friday handed over to the Army which has successfully raised an attack chopper fleet on its…

Military Aviation News February 7, 2013

CIA operating secret drone base in Saudi Arabia

IANSAmerica’s Central Intelligence Agency has been operating a secret airbase for drones in Saudi Arabia for the past two years, BBC reported. The facility was…

Military Aviation News February 7, 2013

Airbus keen to sell army planes to India

REUTERS * Awaits chance to market C295 tactical airlifter * Sees final aerial tanker deal with India this year * A400M to be delivered to…

Military Aviation News February 7, 2013

Agusta Westland selects Thales to supply FLASH Compact dipping sonars

Agusta Westland has selected Thales as the supplier of compact dipping sonars to equip its Lynx light helicopters for export markets. The latest in Thales’s…

Military Aviation News February 6, 2013

Russian-Indian 5th – generation fighter model debut at the Bangalore air show

Visitors of the AERO INDIA 2013 international airshow opened today in Bangalore can familiarize themselves with a five-foot model of the 5th-generation multirole fighter (FGFA)…

Military Aviation News February 6, 2013

Budget cuts would reduce flying hours, F-35 orders: Air Force

REUTERS The U.S. Air Force will have to curtail its orders for Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 fighter jet, restructure a $52 billion tanker contract with…

Military Aviation News February 6, 2013

Airbus Military delivers first A330 MRTT to United Arab Emirates

Airbus Military has delivered the first of three new generation A330 MRTT multi-role tanker transport aircraft ordered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The handover…

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