Brazil will receive a higher amount of technology transfer as part of its Saab Gripen NG fighter purchase than initially planned, the president of the Brazilian Combat Aircraft Program Coordinating Committee (COPAC), Brigadier José Augusto Affonso said. The FX-2 project should have increments in the issue of technology transfer thanks to advances in the negotiations
BAE System announced in a statement Monday that it has been awarded a $153.6 million contract to upgrade the US Army's M88 recovery vehicles
Russia plans to launch the Yak 152 a light aircraft with trainer and combat roles to compete with the Embraer Super Tucano, Pilatus and Beechcraft planes. Taking advantage of the growing market for light trainer aircraft which have been adapted to reconnaissance and combat roles such as the Super Tucano , the Pilatus PC-7 and PC-9, Russias Irkutsk Aviation Plant has announced plans to launch two samples of the light Yak-152 trainer in 2015
AeroVironment, Inc. today announced it has received a firm fixed-price order valued at $21
Lockheed Martin has delivered the new software called Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) which will be the installed at all F-35 locations and deployed for military operations beginning in 2015. Military services manage their F-35 fleets through logistics and operational data analysis provided by ALIS
The US Army is researching physiological sensors that may help Soldiers achieve superior performance on battlefields of the future, the commanding general of Fort Detrick, Maryland said on September 10. Lt
Boeing has delivered the fifth P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to India Tuesday as part of a contract for eight aircraft to support the Indian Navys maritime patrol requirements. The aircraft arrived at Naval Air Station Rajali, after a flight from Seattles Boeing Field, and joined the four previously delivered P-8Is
Having promised to up the defence budget significantly, president-elect Jokowi Widodo may have to take a call on the procurement of fighter aircraft to replace decades-old F-5 Tigers. Outgoing Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro had said earlier this year he wants to ensure the purchase is part of Indonesia's Strategic Plan II 2015 to 2020, Antara news agency reported quoting the minister, “we have received proposals from several jet fighter manufacturers for replacing the F-5 Tiger fighter aircraft"
Dassault Systemes has set up first of its kind SolidWorks Authorised Training Centre (SATC) programme in India. SolidWorks supports the global 3D computer-aided design (CAD) industry with easy-to-use 3D software that trains and supports engineers, according to an official statement
The Singapore Air Force's (RSAF) has taken delivery new Advanced Jet Trainer, the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 aircraft, into 150 Squadron at Cazaux Air Base in France, according to an official statement. Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen, said, "It allows our trainee pilots to be able to be exposed to air combat environments within the cockpit - they can be simulated, as in handling electronic warfare systems, multi-mode radar and Beyond Visual Range missiles, early in their training