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India awards $400 million contract to Antonov for AN-32 upgrade
June 18, 2009 @ 12:00 AMThe Ukrainian manufacturer of the AN-32 transport aircraft, Antonov Aeronautical Scientific/Technical Complex , has been awarded a $400 million order to upgrade the entire AN-32 fleet of Indian Air Force (IAF) under an estimated $400 million contract. The Indian media reported that the AN-32s were fast approaching the end of their "total technical life'' of 25 years by this year-end which promoted the Indian MOD to issue one of its largest upgrade contract to date
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Eurocopter to modify 26 CH53 Bundeswehr helicopters for personnel recovery missions
June 18, 2009 @ 12:00 AMEurocopter Deutschland GmbH and the German Federal Agency for Defense Technology and Procurement (BWB) signed a contract at the Paris Air Show 2009 to retrofit one prototype followed by a further 25 of the German Army’s CH53 GS/GE transport helicopters with the capability to perform personnel recovery missions. The contract is worth around 24
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WASP turret upgraded for MILAN ER firing
June 17, 2009 @ 12:00 AMTo provide land forces with new operational capabilities, MBDA, Panhard and Sagem have modified the WASP remote-controlled turret to enable crews to fire MILAN ER medium-range missiles under armour protection. The WASP MILAN ER turret is being presented at Paris Air Show 2009
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BAE Systems has awarded a contract to Terma for F-35 horizontal tail...
June 17, 2009 @ 12:00 AMBAE Systems awarded Terma a contract for F-35 low rate initial production lot 3 for the delivery of machined parts for the Horizontal Tail for the Short Take-Off Vertical Landing (STOVL) version of the aircraft at Paris Air Show 2009. Terma will deliver 50+ different machined aluminium parts for the Horizontal Tail of the F-35 STOVL version
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Long range, anti terroist ops, aircraft on display at Paris air Show
June 17, 2009 @ 12:00 AMA long range endurance aircraft which can fly low and spray bullets at terrorist targets just as an airborne crop sprayer would at plant pests has been unveiled at the Paris Air show 2009. The plane is actually a modified agricultural crop-duster but whose pesticide spraying nozzles have been modified to carry 50 caliber Gatling guns, rockets and an assortment of bombs
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CAE, Bombardier tie up for development of the CSeries aircraft and training...
June 16, 2009 @ 12:00 AMCAE has been selected as one of the CSeries(i) suppliers to support Bombardier in the design, integration and development of the CSeries aircraft program, and to support the aircraft's entry into service (EIS) training program, announced CAE at Paris Air Show 2009. The contract with Bombardier includes the design and manufacture of an engineering development simulator as well as the prototype full-flight simulator (FFS) for the CSeries aircraft
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U.S. Navy has awarded $432 million contract to Northrop for...
June 16, 2009 @ 12:00 AMU.S
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Algeria to buy 16 Yak-130 aircraft from Irkut
June 16, 2009 @ 12:00 AMRussia's Irkut aircraft building corporation has agreed to supply 16 Yak-130 trainer/light attack jets to Algeria, said Oleg Demchenko, Irkut president, at Paris Air Show 2009. "We will have a contract with Russia's Defense Ministry for 62 aircraft, and we will supply 16 Yak-130 planes to Algeria
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Russian aircraft crashes due to third party upgrades: Rosoboronexport
June 16, 2009 @ 12:00 AMRussian arms exporter Rosoboronexport has warned against third party upgrades of Russian origin military aircraft, which it says is responsible for post-upgrade systems malfunction leading to crashes. An unusually strongly worded press release issued at the Paris Air show 2009 said, “Rosoboronexport attaches much importance to repairing and upgrading arms and materiel exported earlier, including Soviet-vintage weapon systems, and will offer corresponding repair and modernisation programmes
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Finish Air force received first upgraded Hawk jet trainer from Patria
June 16, 2009 @ 12:00 AMPatria delivers the first serial production upgraded Hawk to the Finnish Air Force at the Paris Air Show 2009. The Finnish Air Force (FINAF) has decided to upgrade part of its Mk51 fleet and the program is centred on an aircraft glass cockpit systems integration solution designed and implemented by Patria
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U