Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has resumed talks with the Philippines for the sale of Surion KUH-1 multi-role helicopters. Talks with Manila and other potential export possibilities had come to a halt following a fatal crash in July this year of a Marineon (Marines version of the Surion) operated by South Korea's Marine Corps
Boeing has commented that the Indonesia National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) preliminary report on the 737 MAX Lion Air Flight 610 crash does not include records as to the installation or calibration of the Angle of Attack (AOA) sensor, nor does the report indicate whether the sensor was new or refurbished. Boeing comment: Earlier today, the NTSC released its preliminary accident investigation report
The United Engine Corporation (UEC) has developed a more powerful engine for the Mil Mi-28NM ‘Night Hunter attack helicopter. "The safety, functionality and flight characteristics of the combat helicopter have been considerably increased by furnishing the VK-2500P engine with the upgraded automated control system," Rostec which is the holding company of UEC said in a statement quoted by TASS
The United States Defense Security Cooperation Agency has approved sale of 46,000 M831A1 and M865 rounds and 10,000 APFSDS-T rounds to Egypt for an estimated cost of $201 million. The DSCA delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale Tuesday
The United States has approved sale of defense articles and services in support of a Direct Commercial Sale of the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) to Qatar for an estimated cost of $215 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale Tuesday
The United States has approved sale of 10 AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters to Egypt for an estimated cost of $1.0 billion
The Qatar Air Force is expected to receive the first six of 36 Boeing F-15QA in 2021 The first of 36 Boeing F-15QA multirole fighters ordered by Qatar will arrive in the emirate in early 2021, Brigadier General Eisa al-Mohannadi, the Qatari Emiri Air Force (QEAF) officer heading the programme was quoted by
Rockwell Collins is awarded $21 million modification contract to procure four E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Integrated Training System Distributed Readiness Trainers for the United States Navy. These medium fidelity tactics trainers focus on interoperability for distributed training that is required to stay concurrent with the aircraft, and will be delivered with E-2D Delta Software System Configuration 2 (DSSC-2) and with future DSSCs to be integrated into the system later, the US department of defense said in a statement Tuesday
Barrett Firearms has won $8 million contract for the procurement of M107, Caliber .50 Long Range Sniper Rifle systems with scope, suppressor and spare kits, M82A1M Caliber
Harris Corp was awarded a $217.6 million hybrid contract for monitoring, configuring, and maintaining of the wideband satellite communications operational management (SATCOM) system network