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Military Aviation News April 26, 2012

Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Successfully Intercepts Cruise Missile Target During Integrated Flight Test

Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 Missile successfully intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile target yesterday at the Utah Test and Training Range in an unprecedented interoperability demonstration…

Military Aviation News April 26, 2012

Eurocopter and Kazakhstan: Partnership and capabilities on display at the KADEX-2012 military exhibition

Eurocopter’s participation at the KADEX-2012 exhibition will underscore its helicopter product line capabilities to meet Kazakhstan’s military, government and public protection mission requirements, while also…

Military Aviation News April 26, 2012

BAE Systems to upgrade EW capabilities on saudi fighter jets

BAE Systems today announced a $367M contract to deliver 70 Digital Electronic Warfare Systems (DEWS)/Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) to upgrade F-15S fighter jets in…

Military Aviation News April 25, 2012

Northrop Grumman to Upgrade Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter for U.S. Navy

System Provides Greater Endurance, Range and Payload Capacity The U.S. Navy has selected Northrop Grumman to produce the next-generation Fire Scout unmanned helicopter using the…

Military Aviation News April 24, 2012

F-35A Completes First In-Flight Refueling Mission With External Weapons

On Saturday, Apr. 21, a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35A Lightning II conventional takeoff and landing aircraft completed the program’s first in-flight refueling mission while…

Military Aviation News April 24, 2012

Boeing Delivers P-8A Training Devices to Naval Air Station Jacksonville

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] delivered a second set of P-8A Poseidon training devices to the U.S. Navy on March 29 at Naval Air Station…

Military Aviation News April 23, 2012

Rolls-Royce awarded $598 million V-22 engine contract

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed a $598 Million contract with the US Department of Defense for 268 AE 1107C engines for US…

Military Aviation News April 23, 2012

RAAF carries its most passengers ever in A330 MRTT

The aircraft of 33 Sqn, RAAF carried 220 passengers from the Australian Defence Force Academy as well as its 14 crew, on a two-hour flight…

Military Aviation News April 20, 2012

Lockheed Martin F-35 Carrier Variant Completes First Formation Flight

For the first time, two Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II carrier variant test aircraft launched together and conducted formation flying at Naval Air Station Patuxent…

Military Aviation News April 19, 2012

Super Hercules Takes Flight to Texas

Lockheed Martin delivered another C-130J Super Hercules to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas yesterday. This aircraft was the 18th C-130J delivered to Dyess by Lockheed…

Military Aviation News April 19, 2012

Airbus Military takes A400M to Thailand

The Airbus Military A400M, the new generation airlifter for the 21st Century, is today flying over Thailand for the very first time as it takes…

Military Aviation News April 19, 2012

India tests nuclear-capable missile that can reach China and Europe

(Reuters) – India successfully test-fired on Thursday a nuclear-capable missile that can reach Beijing and Eastern Europe, thrusting the emerging Asian power into an small…

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