The U.S. Navy on Sept. 21 awarded Boeing (BA) a $1.9 billion contract for 11 P-8A Poseidon aircraft, which will take the total fleet to 24 and bolster the service’s anti-submarine, anti-surface warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.
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Eight thousand hours of F-35 testing
Eight thousand hours, or one complete lifetime of durability testing is now complete on the F-35 conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant.
V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is approved to fly in Japan
The V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is now approved to fly in Japan, Press Secretary George Little said in a statement here today.
Joint flight of Rafale and Typhoon fighters
Senior officers in the Royal Air Force and French Air Force traded places on 14 September to fly in Typhoon and Rafale fighter jets in a demonstration of the strong ties which exist between the two air arms.
Dyess gets another C-130J
Another C-130J Super Hercules was delivered to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, from the Lockheed Martin facility here today. Flying the aircraft to Dyess was Brig. Gen. Lee K. Levy II, Director of Logistics, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Source/Author: Lockheed Martin
Another C-295 for Columbia
Colombia has signed a contract with Airbus Military for the acquisition of an additional C295 aircraft in a tactical transport configuration. Delivery is scheduled for February 2013. The aircraft will be operated by the Colombian Air Force on military transport and humanitarian aid missions.