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SP's MAI Issue No. 24 | December 16-31, 2015 - Aerospace Updates

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  AEROSPACE / SPOTLIGHT
  Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha visits Malaysia

  The Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) and the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha visited Malaysia for the SASEAN Defence Chiefs dialogue.

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  AEROSPACE
  Father and son fly Hawk Mk 132 together in formation

  At Air Force Station Bidar Air Marshal Kulwant Singh Gill, ADC, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Central Air Command, flew a three aircraft close formation sortie on Hawk Mk 132 with his son Flying Officer Shahbeg Gill also part of same formation.

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  AEROSPACE
  Airbus C295W flies to Antartica

  An Airbus C295W aircraft belonging to the Mexican Navy (SEMAR) and operated by a mixed crew from Airbus Defence and Space and SEMAR flew from Río Gallegos Airport in Argentina to the Marambio Base, the first flight ever by a C295 to Antarctica.

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  AEROSPACE
  Australia chooses PC-21

  The Australian Defence Force competitively tendered for a new pilot training system under ‘Project Air 5428’, from which the PC-21 emerged as the winner after a thorough evaluation and contract negotiations.

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  AEROSPACE
  Boeing delivers 14th new-build Mk6 Chinook to UK

  Boeing has delivered its 14th Mk6 Chinook, completing the United Kingdom’s most recent order and growing the RAF Chinook fleet to 60 aircraft. The order completion coincided with the 35th anniversary of Chinook operations for the United Kingdom.

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  AEROSPACE
  PAKFA fifth-generation fighter completes flight tests

  The trials proving the flight performance of Russian fifth-generation fighter T-50 PAKFA (Russian acronym for future tactical fighter) have been virtually completed, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov told the Russia 24 television broadcaster...

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  AEROSPACE
  Delivery of the 260th NH90

  Spain took delivery of its second NH90 TTH. This helicopter was produced in Albacette. As of today NHI and its partner companies delivered 260 NH90s. Main missions NH90 TTH are of the troop transport of up to 20 fully equipped troops...

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  AEROSPACE
  Delivery of the first JSF assembled in Italy

  At Cameri Air Force base recently, the delivery of the first Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) entirely assembled in Italy took place. The delivery ceremony was attended by military and industry representatives from different countries such as the US, UK, Netherlands...

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Reaper extends range in Afghanistan

  The US Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) enterprise is vital to the national security of the United States and its allies...

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  Germany receives second A400M

  The German armed forces took delivery of a second A400M military transport plane from Airbus in Seville recently. Another A400M plane is due to be delivered by the end of the year, a military source said...

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  Lockheed Martin conducts collaborative unmanned systems demonstration

  Lockheed Martin demonstrated its ability to integrate unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations into the National Airspace System (NAS) using its prototype UAS Traffic Management (UTM) capabilities.

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  Northrop Grumman Venom addresses the UAV threat

  At the Army Maneuver-Fires Integrated Experiment held at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Venom demonstrated the ability to identify and track small unmanned aerial systems and to provide accurate targeting data...