The Royal Air Force (RAF) recently announced that it plans to send a number of its Typhoon multi-role combat aircraft from the UK to support the upcoming Five Powers Defence Agreement Exercise hosted by Malaysia in April and also the Langkawi International Maritime & Air (LIMA 2013) Show on March 26. BAE Systems is one of four European industrial partners in the four-nation Eurofighter programme
The U.S
Lockheed Martin Corporation announced that its board of directors has approved the appointment of Orlando Carvalho, 54, to executive vice president of the Aeronautics business area, and Lorraine Martin, 50, as vice president and general manager of the F-35 Lightning II program. The board also elected Martin a corporate officer
Embraer and Sierra Nevada Corp (SNC), have announced “in sourcing” of aerospace jobs to the U.S
Indias ace investigation agency the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) on Monday registered a Preliminary Enquiry against the then Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal (retd) SP Tyagi, his cousins, CEOs of Finmeccanica and its subsidiary AgustaWestland in the procurement of 12AW 101 VVIP/VIP helicopters. According to allegations, middlemen influenced and bribed officials on behalf of Finmeccanica to win the helicopter deal
The U.S
In what appears to be a response to the Indian bribery allegations, Finmeccanica has nominated Daniele Romiti as Chief Executive Officer of AgustaWestland N.V
General Dynamics and Alenia Aermacchi announced today the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) to join forces and compete for the U.S
AgustaWestland has nabbed a contract from South Korea worth $567 million to supply AW159 helicopters for maritime operations. Part of Italy's Finmeccanica group, the helicopter-maker said the eight helicopters that South Korea has selected are part of a larger procurement program by the South Korean Navy, which includes support and training services
Thales has appointed Jean-Bernard Lévy as the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the company after his predecessor Luc Vigneron tendered his resignation to the company's directors at a meeting of the Board of Directors on 20 December 2012. Thales's two main shareholders, the French State and the Dassault Aviation, welcome this appointment and will work in agreement with senior management to pursue the continued recovery of the Group and its future development, according to a company statement