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Boeing has unveiled its new unmanned platform, the Boeing Airpower Teaming System at the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition (Avalon 2019).
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FEBRUARY 2019 news
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Boeing has unveiled its new unmanned platform, the Boeing Airpower Teaming System at the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition (Avalon 2019).
The BAAINBw officially invites prospective candidates for the Schwere Transporthubschrauber (STH) program, which is considering the replacement of the 80 CH-53GA / GS / GE operated by the Luftwaffe and whose withdrawal will start in 2025.
The Serbian Air Force has received four surplus Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 (Fulcrum) multirole combat aircraft from Belarus, according to the press department of the Belarusian Ministry of Defense (MoD).
The Aero India 2019 also acts as a platform for the defence sector, aviation companies and government to forge new alliances and contracts. Similarly, 22 Boeing AH-64E Apache helicopters will be delivered to the Indian Air Force from July 2019.
23 February 2019 marks a year since Saab first revealed the GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control solution to international media at an event in Linköping. Since then two GlobalEye aircraft have taken to the skies for the first time.
Aquila Aerospace LLC (“Aquila”) is proud to announce the signing of its first contract with the United Arab Emirates Air Force (“UAEAF”) for the supply of one next-generation Challenger 650 aircraft in multi-mission configuration (“Aircraft”) to update and expand the Emirates’ maritime and airborne surveillance and search and rescue capabilities. Additionally, Aquila has an option to supply a second Aircraft to the UAEAF.
The Russian Helicopters holding company, part of State Corporation Rostec, and the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) have delivered technical and operational documentation for the Mil Mi-171A2 helicopter to the Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency. Brazilian aviation authorities will decide on the certification of the helicopter for the local market based on its application.
The Indian Defence Ministry has approved 54 Israeli Harop attack drones for its Air Force which already has an inventory of around 110 of these drones, now renamed P-4.
Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) celebrated a historic occasion at Naval Air Station North Island January 31 with the induction of its first MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft for Planned Maintenance Interval-Two (PMI-2).
A new Russian prospective A-100 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft made its first flight going trough a new stage of previous test flights, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on the 9th of February.
Northrop Grumman Corporation revealed that it has received from the U.S. Air Force a $59 million contract for the EMD phase of the Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) /Inertial Navigation System (INS)-Modernization, or EGI-M, technology.
"Swarm squadrons" of drones are to be deployed by British armed forces to overwhelm enemy air defences, has said Gavin Williamson, the defence secretary. The specially-adapted drones could be in operation by the end of 2019.
The U.K. Ministry of Defense has unveiled new plans for a new stealth fighter jet called "Tempest" at the biennial Farnborough Airshow, referring to the legandary Hawker Tempest of Word War 2. After having rejected Moscow’s proposal to jointly develop a fifth-generation fighter aircraft, the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be invited this month to co-develop the Tempest.
The first lot of heavy-lift Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters arrived at Gujarat’s Mundra Port from the US on 10 February
Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters will be upgraded proceeding from the experience of their combat use in Syria, CEO of Russian helicopters rotorcraft manufacturer Andrei Boginsky said on Monday 11 February.
India has performed a test of its HeliNa antitank missile from a helicopter. The test took place from the Odisha coast on February 8 and was declared successful.
Russian State Corporation Rostec has handed over the first batch of aviation equipment - four Ansat helicopters and four Mi-8 helicopters in medical configuration - to the country's National Air Ambulance Service (NAAS). By 2021 Rostec will supply the NAAS with 104 Ansats and 46 Mi-8 with medical modules.
According to Indian Aeronautics Development Agency (ADA), the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), being developed as India's next generation fighter (fifth-generation jet fighter), is expected to make its first flight by 2032.
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to India of Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) Self-Protection Suites (SPS) for 2 Head-of-State 777 aircraft, for an estimated cost of $US 190 million.
The Mil Helicopter Plant in Moscow completed additional certification trials of Mi-38 helicopter in extremely cold temperatures. They confirmed the technical servicing capability, flight preparation and reliable engine startup at air temperatures below minus 45 degrees Centigrade, the Russian Helicopters Holding said.
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