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MAY 2019 news
Air Forces - Aerospace and Aviation Defense Industry |
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Orbit Communication Systems Ltd. (TASE: ORBI), a leading global provider of tracking airborne and maritime terminals and compact ground stations, announced at the Satellite 2019 Conference and Exhibition its new MPT 87 Airborne Terminal.
Australian and Indian Poseidon aircraft worked together for the first time during the premier Australia–India military exercise AUSINDEX.
An Australian P-8A Poseidon and an Indian Navy P8I collaborated to give comprehensive and crucial surveillance in the maritime domain for the ships and submarines participating in the third biennial iteration of the exercise.
After introducing the Aksungur 180-kph UAV at IDEF 2019 in Istanbul, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) CEO Temel Kotil confirmed that his company has plans to release a supersonic UAV.
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and components of its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, along with the U.S. Air Force 603rd Air Control Squadron, completed a close air support (CAS) exercise with Romanian partners, May 3-5.
The last of 36 F-16IQ Fighting Falcon aircraft arrived external link in Iraq on May 3.
BAE Systems won a $10.9 million delivery order external link to upgrade the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) guidance section.
NATO AWACS surveillance aircraft will help guard the airspace over the European Union Summit in Sibiu on Thursday, 9 May 2019. NATO AWACS routinely patrol the skies during major events, including meetings of world leaders and other high-profile public events, such as international football tournaments.
Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has launched a next-generation Piccolo Elite autopilot featuring advanced sensors, powerful processing upgrades and a new separated lift thrust take-off and landing (VTOL) controller for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The new Piccolo Elite system is being showcased at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Xponential, April 30 – May 2, 2019.
Russia plans to launch five GLONASS satellites in 2019, according to the strategy of development of the GLONASS national satellite navigation system until 2030.
The U.S. Air Force has deployed Airmen and F-16C Fighting Falcons to Campia Turzii, Romania, as a part of a Theater Security Package in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.
A second Tu-204-300 aircraft, which is re-equipped for the needs of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, has arrived at Chkalovsky airfield, the center’s press service said.
QinetiQ has been awarded a C$51m (£30m) contract to deliver UAS aimed at driving enhanced situational awareness for the Canadian Armed Forces.
Lithuania and the United States have signed a contract to equip Lithuanian forces with an anti-drone system.
The upgraded Su-25SM3 assault aircraft will be equipped with an aircraft target indication and sighting system with artificial brain elements. It will help pilots to hit selected targets without any practical involvement on their part, a Russian defense industry source said.
The Pentagon is deploying a B-52H Stratofortress bomber task force alongside the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the U.S. Central Command area of operations amid threats of “heightened Iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations” according to defense officials.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to buy an advanced version of the Spice-2000 bomb, which can completely destroy buildings and bunkers.
The Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (U-UAZ, an affiliate of the Russian Helicopters holding company) will launch the production of a new light multirole VRT500 helicopter in 2022, Alexey Mishenin, the deputy head of the government of the Republic of Buryatia for economic development, told TASS.
Telephonics Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corp., has been awarded a $12.6M AN/UPX-40 contract from the United States Air Force. Through a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) agreement, Telephonics will supply its AN/UPX-40 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system to the Royal Saudi Air Force to support the country's E-3 Sentry (AWACS) program.
The Ilyushin Aviation Complex has finished R&D works to create a heavy cargo aircraft, which will replace the existing An-124 Ruslan airlifter. A contract for development works has been signed, the Ilyushin said in its annual report.
The US State Department has approved the sale of four Bell AH-1Z Viper or 12 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk utility and assault helicopters to the Czech Republic.
