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France to Modernize CN235 Aircraft, Leclerc Tanks

January 14, 2023 @ 09:15 AM

Frances Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has awarded contracts for the upgrade of CN235 transport aircraft and 50 Leclerc tanks. Sabena Technics Bod and Thales Avs France SAS won €107 million on December 20 to renovate cockpit of the Air Forces CN235-200 and CN235-300 aircraft

Japan to Replace U-125A Planes with Satellite-based Radio Equipment for SAR Missions...

January 3, 2023 @ 12:28 PM

Japans government wants to phase out the Air Self-Defense Forces U-125A search and rescue (SAR) planes with new satellite-based radio equipment to locate pilots in distress. According to the ASDF, a total of 26 U-125A jets are currently deployed at air rescue units across the country, including in Hokkaido, Miyagi, Akita,...

Chinese Yun-5B Aircraft Tested to Drop Fire-Fighting Bombs

January 2, 2023 @ 07:02 AM

Chinas state-owned company Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) said its Yun-5B fire-fighting aircraft completed all tests involving dropping of fire-fighting bombs. The Yun-5B fire-fighting aircraft has now entered the comprehensive final stage, laying a solid foundation for subsequent product development and airworthiness certification

Russia Plans A-50U ‘Flying Radar’ Upgrade Based on Ukraine Experience

December 14, 2022 @ 01:55 PM

Russia is planning to upgrade A-50U airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft following the results of their deployment to Ukraine. "A-50U aircraft are actively employed for accomplishing missions in the special operation

In a First, Airbus & German Military Launch Drone from A400M Cargo...

December 13, 2022 @ 10:25 AM

Germanys Bundeswehr, Airbus, the German Aerospace Center DLR, and German companies SFL and Geradts jointly carried out the worlds first successful launch and operation of a Remote Carrier flight test demonstrator from a flying A400M on December 12. Multiplying the force and extending the range of unmanned systems will be one...

New Zealand Receives First Boeing P-8A Poseidon MPA

December 9, 2022 @ 12:47 PM

Boeing handed over first of four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to New Zealand in a ceremony at the Museum of Flight. The delivery comes four years after the New Zealand Government entered into an agreement with the U

Hard Landing Static Tests Completed for Russian MC-21 Airliner

December 7, 2022 @ 10:22 AM

Irkut Corporation and the Central Aero hydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) have conducted the static tests of the MC-21 aircraft. The airframe underwent tests for its ability to withstand loads during a rough landing, that is, a landing with excess vertical speed

Japan Orders 2 Additional KC-46A Tankers

November 30, 2022 @ 02:28 AM

Boeing has won a contract to deliver two additional KC-46A Pegasus tankers to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), bringing the total on contract for Japan to six. This contract is worth nearly $400 million, as per a Pentagon

Russian Troops Receive Il-76MD-90A Transport Plane with Improved Engine and Range...

November 29, 2022 @ 06:03 AM

Aviastar-SP, a subsidiary of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) handed over the next serial heavy military transport aircraft Il-76MD-90A, built in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense. “Today the Russian army received another serial Il-76MD-90A military transport aircraft

British Airbus A330 Military Variant Completes World-First Sustainable Fuel Military Transporter Flight

November 19, 2022 @ 01:03 PM

The Royal Air Force and industry partners have carried out a world-first 100% sustainable fuel flight using a military aircraft, the defence ministry announced Friday. An RAF Voyager – the military variant of an Airbus A330 – took to the skies over Oxfordshire powered entirely by 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

Russia’s Il-76 Makes 1st Landing on Antarctic Ice Airfield

November 16, 2022 @ 06:23 AM

Russias Ilyushin Il-76TD-90VD aircraft touched down on the ice airfield Novolazarevskaya outpost in Antarctica for the first time, after coving a distance of 5,300km in 6.5 hours

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