The Navy’s newest maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, the P-8A Poseidon, has achieved initial operational capability (IOC) after the first two P-8As departed for deployment Nov. 29. This announcement comes weeks after the completion of the Operational Readiness Evaluation of the first deploying P-8A Poseidon squadron and the commander of Patrol and Reconnaissance Group officially … Dowiedz się więcej
The Experimental Aircraft Programme (EAP) technology demonstrator airframe, built by us in the 1980s, has been donated by the company to the RAF Museum in Cosford, Shropshire. It remains the most advanced fighter design ever built solely by a UK manufacturer. Military Air and Information managing director Chris Boardman said: „The EAP was fundamental in … Dowiedz się więcej
Defence & Security Company Saab has launched a new website dedicated to Gripen for Denmark. Saab is a long-term partner to the Danish Armed Forces and has delivered several products and systems to the country including Draken Fighter Jets, Arthur Weapon Locating Systems and Double Eagle ROV – MCM. Earlier this year, Denmark had announced that it … Dowiedz się więcej
“Grizzly 1” will be exhibited to inspire future aerospace generations Nearly four years after its maiden flight, the first Airbus Military A400M new generation airlifter has been retired and is to be placed on public display. Development aircraft MSN1 – affectionately known as Grizzly 1 – made its final flight from Toulouse on 4 November, … Dowiedz się więcej
The third Boeing [NYSE: BA] P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft for the Indian Navy arrived today in India, on schedule. The aircraft departed Boeing Field in Seattle for Naval Station Rajali, where it joined two P-8Is currently undergoing flight trials and testing. The first P-8I arrived in India in May. The P-8I … Dowiedz się więcej
Moscow, November 20. Today the fifth flight model of the prospective 5th — generation fighter aircraft (PAK-FA, T-50) arrived to the M.M.Gromov Flight Research Institute’s airfield in Zhukovsky near Moscow. The flight of the aircraft was performed with three intermediate stopovers from Komsomolsk-on-Amur, production location of these aircraft at the Y.A.Gagarin (KnAAZ) aviation plant. The … Dowiedz się więcej