The flight data recorder of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CH-148 Cyclone helicopter that crashed during a NATO operation in the Mediterranean Sea on April 29, has been recovered. Five missing crew members aboard the helicopter at the time of the incident are now presumed dead
Leonardo has modified helmets and oxygen masks to keep pilots safe from getting infected from COVID-19 infection. “As the situation surrounding Covid-19 evolves, Leonardo Helicopters (UK) has found unique ways to adapt social distancing methods to the cockpit ensuring crew safety
Airbus Defence and Spaces EBIT Adjusted results for the First Quarter (Q1) for this year stands at €15 million, or nearly seven times lower than in Q1 2019 when it was €101 million, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We saw a solid start to the year both commercially and industrially but we are quickly seeing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic coming through in the numbers
A Ukraine Air Force (UAF) delegation headed by Colonel General Sergii Drozdov, UAF Commander visited Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAF) Kamra on March 06 this year setting off speculation that Kiev was looking at buying the JF-17 Block III, whose first flight had taken place in January. “The visit is a lot more than just a photo-op,” said a Ukrainian industry source to defenseworld
The US Navy accepted the delivery of $4 billion USS Zumwalt destroyer on Friday, three years after the service commissioned the stealthy warship. “The Navy accepted delivery of USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the lead ship of the Navy's next-generation of multi-mission surface combatants, on April 24
The US Navy took the delivery of its final Block II F/A-18E/F Super Hornet jet and announced that tests of Block III jets will begin in two months from now. “The service took delivery of the final Block II Super Hornet, closing out a run of 322 one-seater F/A-18Es and 286 two-seated F/A-18Fs, on April 17,” the Navy said in a statement Friday
A KC-135 Stratotanker with vertical wiper blades on the windshield instead of the decades-old horizontal wiper design, reduced aircraft drag by 1% in flight. “Aerodynamics testing on the KC-135 Stratotanker confirmed vertically mounted wiper blades reduces aircraft drag by approximately 1% during cruise conditions, potentially saving the Air Force $7 million annually in associated fuel costs,” the US Air Force said in a
Lockheed Martin anticipates F-16 jet sales to new customers from Africa and South East Asia to keep its order book buoyant for the 4th generation fighter in 2020. “We recently sold F-16s to Bulgaria and Slovakia
The Pentagon on Monday announced a joint US-Norwegian effort to produce solid fuel ramjet propulsion systems for the Navy's hypersonic missiles. The Tactical High-speed Offensive Ramjet for Extended Range (THOR-ER) project aims to cooperatively develop and integrate advancements in solid fuel ramjet technologies into full-size prototypes that are affordable, attain high-speeds, and achieve extended range, culminating in flight demonstrations in operationally relevant conditions, Pentagon said in a release
The US Air Force today selected Raytheon as a sole-source contractor over Lockheed Martin to continue the Long-Range Standoff (LRSO) Weapons development. The LRSO weapon is a nuclear capable cruise missile to be fired from an aircraft and is part of the US nuclear triad