The Airbus Military A400M final assembly line (FAL) in Seville (Spain) has begun working on the first A400M for the Turkish Air Force.
Military aircraft
First flight of C295 with an instrumented Marte MK2/S
Airbus Military and MBDA have successfully completed the first flight of the C295 maritime patrol aircraft with an instrumented Marte MK2/S anti-ship inert missile installed under the wing.
F-35 progress report
Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) F-35 program accrued the highest number of test points in a single month during June, an accomplishment indicative of the program’s ongoing maturation.
Lockheed delivered four F-35
With the delivery of four Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] F-35 Lightning II aircraft since June 29, an important milestone was achieved as the Department of Defense now possesses more operational-coded F-35s than test aircraft.
Medium-sized Maritime Surveillance Aircraft from Boeing
Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it is offering a medium-sized Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) to the global market. MSA builds on technologies developed for Boeing’s larger Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms to provide a highly capable, low-risk and cost-effective ISR solution.
Marshall Aerospace will install C-130 Center Wing Boxes
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has signed an agreement authorizing Marshall Aerospace to become the world’s first commercial company to install C-130 Center Wing Boxes (CWB). Marshall Aerospace is also the first C-130J Heavy Maintenance Centre (HMC) in the world.