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SP's MAI Issue No. 4 | February 16-29, 2016 - Aerospace Updates

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  AEROSPACE
  Tejas fires Derby missile in Jamnagar

  Continuing with its successful stride of flight trails in 2016, India’s light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas achieved a major milestone on February 5. One of the limited series production (LSP) platforms fired a Beyond Visual Range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM)...

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  AEROSPACE
  Embraer Phenom 100 for UK training programme

  The Embraer Phenom 100 business jet was selected to provide multi-engine pilot training to armed forces aircrew in the United Kingdom. The contract with Affinity Flight Training Services will provide five aircraft to the UKMFTS programme.

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  AEROSPACE
  Beechcraft signs T-6C contract for UK training

  Beechcraft Defense Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., announced it has signed a contract with Affinity Flying Training Services to provide 10 Beechcraft T-6C Texan II military training aircraft to the UKMFTS programme.

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  AEROSPACE
  Air Vice Marshal R.D. Mathur promoted to the rank of Air Marshal

  Air Vice Marshal Rajiv Dayal Mathur who had been Assistant Chief of Air Staff in charge of the Indian Air Force’s Air Warfare Strategy Cell besides its Space, Cyber, Air Traffic Services and Media & Public Relations Directorates, has been promoted...

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  F-35A Lightning II completes first Trans-Atlantic crossing

  An Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) F-35A Lightning II aircraft completed very first transatlantic ocean crossing, arriving at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, from Cameri Air Base, Italy, on February 5.

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  AEROSPACE
  Russia, India joint project on helicopters

  Russian Helicopters holding company and the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) are working on the exterior appearance of the Ka-226T light multi-role helicopter that will be manufactured both in Russia and India.

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Camcopter S-100 – Successful flights with 'Detect and Avoid' system

  Schiebel and the Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR), the Netherlands Coastguard and the Royal Netherlands Air Force conducted a series of successful flights...

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  AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
  Elbit Systems introduces Skylark3

  Elbit Systems has developed the Skylark3, a new autonomous miniunmanned aircraft system (UAS), best suited for brigades and divisions in ‘beyond the next hill’...

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  France orders four C-130J aircraft

  The Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) on January 29, 2016, ordered four new-build C-130J Hercules from the United States Air Force (USAF). Two of the four aircraft will be able to refuel helicopters in flight.

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  New MD 530G Scout attack helicopters to Malaysia

  MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) announced that it succeeded in its bid to supply six MD 530G Scout attack helicopters to Malaysia’s Ministry of Defense.

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  Anka carries out first missionary flight

  Anka, an unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), carried out its debut missionary flight in the eastern province of Elazig on February 5.