The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has begun training its Chinook aircrews to the CH-47D and CH-47F standards after the successful completion of Chinook simulators upgrades. The upgrade was done over the past two years to support RNLAF Chinook training, which is contracted to run through 2018 at CAE's MSHATF
Turkey has chosen China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corp (CPMIEC), a company under U.S sanctions to supply long-range air and missile defense system in a $4 billion deal
Turkey has selected a Chinese defence firm for its $4 billion long-range air and missile defence systems contract. The deal awarded to China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corp (CPMIEC) was announced yesterday by the Turkish defence minister, beating rival bids from Russians Rosoboronexport, U
South Korean officials have called off the tender to procure 60 fighter jets after rejecting Boeings bid for the $7.7 billion contract after the air force expressed concerns the F-15SE wasnt advanced enough to counter North Koreas nuclear threat
Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $98 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the manufacture and delivery of up to 50 AN/APS-153(V)1 automatic radar periscope detect and discrimination multi-mode radar kits to upgrade the MH-60R fleet aircraft. Work is expected to be completed in September 2016
The Netherlands has officially selected the F-35 joint strike fighter as the replacement for its fleet of F-16s, a major international sale for the fifth-generation fighter. “The F-35 is a well-considered choice for a high-tech, future-oriented air force,” a Dutch government official was quoted in a statement by Defense News
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TenCate has signed a multi-year agreement with the research and development programme of the US army for the testing and further development of its so-called ABDS system, the company announced Thursday. TenCate developers can now demonstrate that the ABDS system, with which the underneath of military vehicles is stabilised, can offer protection against the effects of mines, Improvised Explosive Devices and other explosives, Netherlands Information Service
Northrop Grumman recently delivered the center fuselage for Italy's first F-35 Lightning II to the newly commissioned Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility at Italy's Cameri Air Base. This on-time delivery to Lockheed Martin enables the first assembly of an F-35 aircraft at the FACO facility and increases international participation on the F-35 program
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) is planning to introduce a variant of its Predator B Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPA)