PGI Intelligence: Ethiopia’s planned mega airport to boost aviation and manufacturing sectors

The planned airport is set to be one of Ethiopia’s most ambitious projects, surpassed only by the USD 4.8 bn Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and demonstrates the government’s ongoing commitment to state-led development through investment in huge infrastructure projects. The new airport is planned in addition to an ongoing USD 350 mn expansion of the … Dowiedz się więcej

F-35: Gun’s Hot

The first three airborne gunfire bursts from the F-35A’s internal GAU-22/A 25 mm four-barrel gun were successfully fired over the range at Edwards AFB, California, on 30 October 2015. This was the first in a series of tests to evaluate the inflight operation of the gun throughout its employment envelope. One bursts of thirty rounds … Dowiedz się więcej

4. SLSz: Szczyt nowoczesności – dębliński „domek pilota”

Dobiegła końca budowa nowego „domku pilota” na lotnisku w Dęblinie. Inwestycja jest efektem dostosowania infrastruktury 41 Bazy Lotnictwa Szkolnego do wymagań systemu szkolenia zaawansowanego AJT. Z nowoczesnego jednokondygnacyjnego budynku o powierzchni ponad 2600 m2 będą korzystać piloci oraz personel służb organizacji lotów. Centrum budynku stanowi nowoczesna sala wykładowa, wyposażona w system wizyjny, nagłośnienia, zintegrowanego sterowania, … Dowiedz się więcej

U.S. Army Buys Seven More Q-53s from Lockheed Martin

When troops need to set up and quickly track incoming threats, they rely on battlefield-proven 360-degree protection provided by the Lockheed Martin AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) counterfire target acquisition radar. The U.S. Army announced that it will buy an additional seven Q-53 systems valued at $85 million, ensuring that the Q-53 continues to be the radar of … Dowiedz się więcej

Alaska Air Cargo ships 4,000 ornaments to District of Columbia

Alaska Air Cargo is shipping more than 4,000 ornaments from the state of Alaska to the District of Columbia today, in support of the 2015 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree program, in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service-Chugach National Forest and Choose Outdoors. The colorful hand-decorated ornaments will be used to decorate the Capitol Christmas Tree … Dowiedz się więcej

Lockheed Martin-Built Systems Successfully Destroy Multiple Targets in Test of Ballistic Missile Defense System

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and the Missile Defense Agency successfully conducted a multifaceted operational test of the ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) that resulted in the successful intercepts of multiple air and missile targets launched within moments of one another. In the test, the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense … Dowiedz się więcej