Boeing to Boost UK Royal Air Force Chinook Fleet
Contract for 14 H-47 extended-range Chinooks worth $578 million PHILADELPHIA, June 22, 2021 — U.S. Special Operations Command awarded Boeing a $578 million Foreign Military…
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Alliance-Based Deterrence: The F-35 Strengthens NATO Partnerships
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) exercise Steadfast Defender 2021 brought together nine thousand troops from 20 nations to prove the readiness of forces from…
Autopilot System for Bell 505 Certified in the United Kingdom
Fort Worth, TX (June 9, 2021) Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that the Genesys HeliSAS autopilot in the Bell…
Airbus and Draken Europe team to provide Second Generation UK Search and Rescue capability
Airbus is teaming with Draken Europe to address the UK Maritime Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) requirement for the Second Generation Search and Rescue (UKSAR2G) service. Airbus…
Lockheed Martin Selects ABL Space Systems Rocket To Power First UK Vertical Satellite Launch
Lockheed Martin has contracted ABL Space Systems, of El Segundo, California, a developer of low-cost launch vehicles and launch systems for the small satellite industry,…
HMS Queen Elizabeth Welcomes UK and U.S. Jets for Major Exercise
HMS Queen Elizabeth has embarked the largest number of warplanes ever onto her deck as she prepares to take her place at the heart of…
Elbit Systems UK Demonstrates Hermes 900 Maritime Search & Rescue Flights for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Hermes 900 was able to fly in unsegregated and uncontrolled airspace in full alignment with the UK Civil Aviation Authority Elbit Systems’ Hermes 900 Unmanned…
UK’s Operational F-35 Jets Mark First Landing on HMS Queen Elizabeth
The decks of HMS Queen Elizabeth are roaring with the sound of F-35 Lightning jets as the famous Dambusters squadron landed on the aircraft carrier…
Farnborough Airshow and RIAT canceled
PARIS (Reuters) – July’s Farnborough Airshow – the largest event planned for 2020 in the aerospace industry and a showcase for tens of billions of…
Ryanair’s UK unionized pilots call seven more strike days
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair members of the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) on Wednesday announced a further seven days of strikes as their latest walkout…
UK F-35 LIGHTNING JETS TRAIN WITH USAF STEALTH BOMBER
For the first time, UK F-35 Lightning jets have been conducting integration flying training with the B-2 Spirit stealth bombers of the United States Air…
Leonardo’s mapping software will help lost pilots flying over the UK find their way home safely
Leonardo’s ‘auto triangulation’ software has gone into operational service at NATS, the UK’s national air traffic control service provider The product locates a pilot broadcasting…