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OCTOBER 2020 news
Defense Aviation and Aerospace Industry |
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NHIndustries and its partner companies (Airbus Helicopters, Leonardo and Fokker), have signed with the NATO Helicopter Management Agency (NAHEMA) a firm contract for the development of an upgraded version of the NH90 Tactical Transport Helicopter (TTH) for the French Special Forces (TFRA Standard 2).
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Finland of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft and weapons and related equipment for an estimated cost of $14.7 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on Oct. 9, 2020. The proposed sale will replace Finland's retiring F/A-18C/D Hornets and enhance its air-to-air and air-to-ground self-defense capability.
According to information released by the United States State Department of Defense on October 9, 2020, United States has approved a foreign military sale of F-35 Joint Strike and Fighter and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft to Finland.
On Friday, October 9, 2020, the first of 8 Airbus A400M Atlas that will be operated by a joint unit formed by the Luxembourg Armed Forces and the Belgian Air Component landed for the first time at Melsbroek Air Base (military side of Brussels Airport), home of the Belgian 15th Wing.
According to information released by the United States Transportation Command on October 7, 2020, while speaking at the National Defense Transportation Association's Fall Meeting on Oct. 7, U.S. Army Gen. Stephen R. Lyons, commander, U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), announced USTRANSCOM is looking to space to quickly move critical logistics during time-sensitive contingencies or to deliver humanitarian assistance, helping to project and sustain the Joint Force in support of national objectives.
According to a contract released by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on October 7, 2020, PKL Services Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $13,757,191 firm-fixed-price modification (P00008) to contract FA4897-18-C-2002 to continue providing military aircraft F-15SG maintenance and operations training.
Elbit Systems announced on Oct.7 that its U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America was awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) contract with a maximum value of approximately $50 million to produce spare parts in support of the Aviators’ Night Vision Imaging System Head-Up Display system (“ANVIS HUD”) of the U.S. Army.
The US Air Force announced that on September 10, a General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper flew for the first time with 8 Hellfire missiles. In its standard configuration the drone can carry 4 Hellfires.
B-1B Lancer bombers assigned to the 345th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron conducted training with the Norwegian air force on Sept. 25, in a 16-hour sortie that crossed directly over the North Pole as part of a Bomber Task Force mission. Senior Master Sgt. Ted Daigle , 307th Bomb Wing, reports.
Rheinmetall and Airbus Defense & Space continue their successful cooperation in training systems for the A400M transport aircraft. The new turnkey A400M Cargo Hold Part Task Trainer (CPTT) for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) has been used for training since February 2020.
Elbit Systems announced on Oct. 5 that its U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, was awarded an approximately $35 million five-year firm-fixed-priced contract by the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) for repair of line-replaceable units in support of the V-22 aircraft. The repairs will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas and Talladega, Alabama, and the contract will be performed until October 2025.
Queensland is poised to take another bold step in aerospace and advanced manufacturing with an historic opportunity to be the final production home for unmanned defence aircraft – the first military aircraft to be designed, engineered and manufactured in Australia in more than 50 years.
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of AIM-9X Block II Tactical Sidewinder Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $158.1 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on Oct. 1.
Paramount Aerospace Systems USA (PAS USA), a subsidiary of Africa based, global aerospace and technology company Paramount Group, will expand its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services and training support for the Mirage F1 fighter fleet operated by the Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, LLC (ATAC), as ATAC has been awarded new contracts to provide adversary air (‘ADAIR’) pilot training to the U.S. Air Force over the course of the next 4.5 years.
As Switzerland has recently opened the competition to replace its aging fleet of F/A-18C/D Hornets, the U.S. State Department has cleared the possible Foreign Military Sale of 40 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning IIs or Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets.
