Month: January 2013

Wildcat Makes Maiden Flight

The first Wildcat Attack Helicopter to be delivered to the Royal Navy has taken its first flight at Yeovil in Somerset. The Wildcats is equipped with a high tech interactive display and a new radar system that provides 360 degree

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First Globemaster for IAF

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has taken delivery of its first of 10 C-17 Globemaster III airlifter. The C-17 will enter a U.S. Air Force flight test program at Edwards Air Force Base in Palmdale, California. Four more C-17’s are

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F-35C First In-Flight Dual Refueling

Two Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II carrier variant test aircraft refueled together with a Lockheed Martin KC-130 Hercules above Patuxent River, Md. The CV aircraft, known as CF-1 and CF-2, completed the milestone as part of an F-35 flight test

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C295 to Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan has taken delivery of the first two C295 transports that it ordered last year. The contract includes further six options that will be progressively confirmed in the coming years. The aircraft were formally handed over in Sevilla before the

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Colombia orders additional C295s

The Colombian Air Force has added another Airbus Military C295 to its order of five aircraft. The aircraft will primarily be used on military transport and humanitarian aid duties. Since receiving its first C295 in 2008 the CAF has steadily

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Airbus begins flight tests of C295 winglets

The winglets have the potential to improve performance in the take-off, climb and cruise phases of flight by increasing the lift-drag ratio. Airbus Military has begun flight-testing a modification to add winglets to the C295 medium transport and surveillance aircraft

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AgustaWestland Signs Sea King Support Contract

The contract with the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, is for the provision of Sea King Integrated Operational Support (SKIOS). The deal is valued at approximately £260 million and starts from 1st April 2013 to the type’s out of service

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