CAE 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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Russia'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
Russian 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
Patria 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
At the Paris Air Show 2009, EADS Defence & Security (DS) presents the mock-up of the latest unmanned aerial system: the Advanced UAV, the proposed Franco-German-Spanish UAV programme for the development and production of a fully autonomous system for Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) missions. On the occasion of the debut of the full-scale model, DS announced the brand name "Talarion", derived from the winged sandals of Hermes in the Greek mythology, enabling him to fly over great distances and faster than anyone
FRANCE - CAE has been awarded a series of contracts from Lockheed Martin and an undisclosed customer to design and manufacture four C-130 simulators and several training devices for military customers around the world, announced CAE Paris Air Show. "Over the past two decades, CAE has delivered more training systems for the C-130 than any company so we're pleased to continue building on this experience and look forward to furthering our relationship with Lockheed Martin and our other customers in providing training systems to global militaries flying the C-130," said Martin Gagne, CAE's Group President, Military Products, Training and
Samtel Display Systems (SDS), a key Indian player in high-technology products for commercial and military avionics applications, will be showing a strong presence at Paris Air Show 2009. This event being organized by GIFAS (Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales) will see Samtel presenting its range of world-class avionics products
RADA Electronic Industries Ltd., the avionics company of Israel, is displaying its latest avionics systems and modules designed for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Bental Industries Ltd. of Israel, will integrate its proven MicroBat-275 on Innocon's Micro Falcon UAVs