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LONGBOW Wins $90 Million Contract For Apache Helicopter Radar Upgrades

July 14, 2016 @ 09:37 AM

The US Army awarded the LONGBOW Limited Liability Company (LLC) an $89.8 million contract to upgrade the Apache attack helicopter's LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR)
Indo-Russian Cooperation Possible On MC-21 Airliner: Indian Ambassador

July 14, 2016 @ 09:32 AM

Indian ambassador to Russia, Pankaj Saran has expressed interest in future business prospects for Indo-Russian joint production of MC-21 airliner and manufacture of its components in India. The Indian diplomat made the comments during a visit to the Irkutsk aviation plant, a branch of IRKUT Corporation last week
Flight Trials Of E-Scan Radar On Eurofighter Typhoon Begin

July 13, 2016 @ 01:55 PM

Flight trials of the E-Scan radar have begun following the completion of ground tests using a UK Eurofighter Typhoon test aircraft, clearing the path towards full integration of the radar. The ground tests were carried out on Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA) 5 with the detection and tracking of airborne targets at significant range, Eurofighter said in a statement Wednesday
Russian Sixth-Gen Fighter EW systems Being Tested On PAK-FA

July 13, 2016 @ 10:57 AM

Russia is testing stand-alone elements of its sixth-generation fighter on fifth generation PAK-FA fighter jets. Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET) is currently working on electronic warfare systems for the sixth-generation warplane
Technodinamika Opens Aviation Service Center In India

July 13, 2016 @ 09:27 AM

Russias aviation equipment holding Technodinamika has opened Aviation Service Center (ASC) in New Delhi, India, to provide repair as well to supply equipments for Russian aircraft in service with the Indian Air Force. "Technodinamika has opened a representative Aviation Service Center in India and has already reached agreements on long-term contracts for repair with local operators,” Sputnik quoted the companys press service statement
MC-21 Airliner Composite Wing Box Delivered For Static Tests

July 13, 2016 @ 09:13 AM

Irkut Corporation has announced delivery of a polymeric composite wing box for its airliner MC-21. The wing box manufactured by the AeroComposite-Ulyanovsk plant has been delivered to the Central Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute named after Professor Zhukovsky (TsAGI) On July 7
Lockheed Martin's INFIRNO Sensor System Completes First Flight On Black Hawk Helicopter

July 13, 2016 @ 08:37 AM

Lockheed Martin's INFIRNO sensor system recently completed its first flight on an H-60 BLACK HAWK helicopter. This successful Lockheed Martin-funded test validated INFIRNO's ability to detect, identify and track targets from an airborne platform
QinetiQ, Thales and Textron Collaborate To Bid For UK Air Support to...

July 12, 2016 @ 01:56 PM

QinetiQ, Thales and Textron AirLand have announced a collaboration at Farnborough International Airshow today that will bid for the UK Ministry of Defences upcoming Air Support to Defence Operational Training (ASDOT) programme. The operational training activities that will comprise the ASDOT programme are currently fulfilled by a number of providers, both military and civilian
Argentina Takes Delivery of First Upgraded C-130 Aircraft

July 12, 2016 @ 11:50 AM

L-3 Communications Platform Integration division has delivered an upgraded C-130 aircraft to Argentina as part of a US Air Force Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The delivery was the first of five aircraft scheduled to receive avionics and systems modernization
Posters Urging Army Coup Appear Nation-wide In Pakistan

July 12, 2016 @ 10:00 AM

Pakistan Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif has been urged to stage a coup and impose martial law in the country. A little-known political party, ‘Move on Pakistan has put up banners across 13 cities in the country requesting the army chief to reconsider his retirement due in November

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