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February 2022 news
Defense Aviation and Aerospace Industry |
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A Royal Danish Air Force challenger plane took off from Aalborg Airport on February 22 morning on its way to Spain. The aircraft and crew will be based in Malaga next month, where it will solve tasks for the EU's border agency Frontex.
The 5th Bomb Wing’s B-52 Stratofortress aircraft operating out of RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, flew over Europe on an integration mission to conduct bilateral and theater familiarization, February 21, 2022.
Personnel from the UK Space Command have taken part in Exercise RED FLAG, a major military exercise run by the United States Air Force in Nevada.
On 17 February 2022, the Belgian Ministry of Defence formally handed over to the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) a facility which will serve as the technical test and research facility for NATO's satellite communications (SATCOM).
Hawk, one of the world’s most successful and proven military aircraft trainer, will continue to train Australia’s frontline fighter pilots through to 2031 after a A$1.5 billion (£794m) commitment by the Australian Government.
Airbus A400M, the world’s most advanced multi-role airlifter utilised by military forces around the globe, has demonstrated an airborne launch of a drone fulfilling a vital function for the Future Combat Air System.
The Swedish Armed Forces and the US Air Force are currently conducting a joint exercise. On 18 February, Swedish fighters are escorting US B-52 Stratofortress of the Bomber Task Force in the airspace over the southern parts of Sweden.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced on February 18 that it has successfully completed the Final Design Review (FDR) of its spacecraft design for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Weather System (EWS) satellite program. GA-EMS has developed a prototype EWS spacecraft utilizing a reliable, redundant bus with a high performance EO/IR weather sensor payload to support the USSF as it looks to transition from aging on-orbit systems to next generation weather satellites.
According to a US Army spokesman, Kenya is among three countries that have shown interest in procuring new MD 530s.
The US Navy announced initial operational capability (IOC) for the CMV-22B Osprey, confirming the platform’s operational readiness following the successful completion of its maiden deployment, on Feb. 18, 2022.
The Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $103,774,884 modification (PZ0007) to contract W58RGZ-20-C-0037 for an undisclosed number of AH-6i (international) aircraft destined forThailand.
L3 Technologies Inc. Communication Systems-West Subsidiary, Salt Lake City, Utah, was awarded a $74,441,282 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract for production, depot maintenance and sustainment for software and hardware to produce and deliver components for the RQ-7Bv2 Shadow UAS.
The fourth C-130J transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) arrived on February 20 at BAF Base Bangabandhu at Kurmitola in Dhaka after a successful ferry flight from the United Kingdom.
Three German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft landed on Thursday, February 17, at Mihail Kogălniceanu's 57th Air Base (Romania).
This week a Poseidon MRA1 (P-8A) aircraft from Royal Air Force (RAF) Lossiemouth has been participating in a multinational anti-submarine warfare exercise off the coast of Norway.
Sensor solutions specialist Hensoldt will bring its latest-technology capabilities in Identification-Friend-or-Foe (IFF) into the upcoming IFF modernization programme of the South Korean armed forces.
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a $99,250,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract in support of the Presidential helicopter program.
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), South Korea, conducted cold-weather testing on their Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) at the Yellowknife Airport (YZF). Testing started on December 6, 2021 continued until early February 2022.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) supported a Military Free Fall (MFF) High-Altitude Training exercise for the U.S. Army’s 7th Special Forces Group (SFG) (Airborne) on January 20-21 and 27-28, 2022 during a joint training exercise in which a GA-ASI-owned MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft monitored the jumps and provided critical overwatch capabilities. The MQ-9 was deployed from Yuma Proving Ground in Yuma, Ariz. and GA-ASI provided a live video stream from the MQ-9 to soldiers and airmen at Eglin Air Force Base, FL, which allowed remote monitoring of the exercise.
In three demonstrations during the same flight, the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT helicopter demonstrated it is not only maneuverable, survivable and fast, but also provides the critical external lift capability of traditional rotorcraft. With DEFIANT X, the team’s offering for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA), crews will deliver troops and cargo to the objective (also known as the “X”) in future combat at twice the speed and range of the current fleet.
