The US Department of Defense announced today that it has assigned F-35 Regional Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul and Upgrade (MRO&U) capability for airframes and engines for the European Region. The assignments were based on data compiled and analyzed by the F-35 Joint Program Office that was collected from European Partners and...
The Pentagon announced Thursday that Italy would provide initial maintenance of F-35 fighter jets and it engines in Europe from 2018. “Itlay will initially do the heavy maintenance of the jets and Britain will provide a backup if necessary
Turbomeca will showcase its Ardiden 3C and Arrius 2 turboshaft engines at Zhuhai Airshow 2014, from 11th to 16th November 2014, the company said in a statement Monday. Developed in 50-50 partnership with Avic Engine, Ardiden 3C was ground tested for the first time in Bordes (France) in November 2013
Israeli defense minister Moshe Yaalon has announced the scrapping of a multi-billion-dollar arms deal which includes the procurement of six V-22 Osprey aircraft from the US, local media reported Thursday. The decision to scrap the deal signed last year was taken after Yaalon was reportedly shunned by Washington officials during his...
The Taiwanese air force has grounded all AT-3 aircraft and suspended their flight missions for the foreseeable future after a AT-3 training aircraft crashed Tuesay, Taipei Times reported. Some officials called for cutting the number of aerial acrobatic shows, saying the AT-3 squadron and its aircraft may have been burdened by...
Boeing has sold airplane parts to Iran Air, national flag carrier of Iran, for the first time since the 1979 hostage crisis between Iran and the US,Anatolian News Agency reported Thursday. Boeing has stated in a report that it generated approximately $120,000 in revenues and overall $12,000 net profits during the third quarter of 2014 from Iranian contracts
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has cleared Bruneis request to purchase one C-130J and six Rolls-Royce AE2100D3 engines Tuesday. The $343 million contract includes one C-130J and six Rolls-Royce AE2100D3 engines – four installed and two spares along with equipment, spare parts and training and logistical support
China recently tested what is believed to be the WS-10 (Taihang) and WS-15 (Emei) engines which the carrier-borne aircraft J-15 and the stealth fighter J-20 are likely to be equipped it. Test Flight Center of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) successfully completed the first takeoff-and-landing test flight of the fighter planes recently on the plateau in Qinghai province, the Voice of China reported
Rolls-Royce has successfully completed the acceptance tests of MT30 gas turbine under the Republic of Korea Navy's FFX frigate programme. The MT30, which will power the FFX Batch II frigates, is the world's most power-dense marine gas turbine, meaning it packs in the maximum power into the smallest available space on board the ship
The Lockheed Martin Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program has successfully completed the US government's Production Readiness Review (PRR), the company said in a statement. During the PRR event, the team assembled a JLTV on its production line to further demonstrate production readiness
Pratt & Whitney has sued a titanium supplier for fraud, after questions over the material led Pratt to briefly suspend delivery of its engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Reuters reported Wednesday. Pratt said that A&P Alloys Inc, in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, "intentionally submitted certifications falsely represent the pedigree and quality of its material," according to court documents filed in U
The Australian Department of Defense today announced it was restructuring the trouble $8.5 billion destroyer program