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SP's MAI Issue No. 17 | September 1-15, 2016 - Aerospace Updates

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  Delhi poised to get new Air Force Aerospace Museum

  Aerospace Museum Delhi will soon have a sprawling new Aerospace Museum close to the international airport focused mainly on nation’s rich aviation history. New Aerospace Museum is not only meant to preserve the glorious tradition of the Indian Air Force...

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  Pasighat advanced landing ground gets operational

  The upgraded Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) at Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh was inaugurated by Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Home Affairs, in the presence of Air Marshal C. Hari Kumar, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Air Command.

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  Air Marshal H.S. Arora is Director General Air (Operations)

  Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora, AVSM, has been appointed as Director General Air (Operations) on August 22, 2016. Commissioned in the Indian Air Force (IAF) as a figher pilot in December 1981, he has over 2,600 hours of operational flying on MiG-21...

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  L-3 to supply electro-optical and infrared designating systems to Middle East

  L-3 Communications recently announced that its Integrated Sensor Systems (ISS) sector within its Electronic Systems segment has been selected under a US foreign military...

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  US Marine Corps receives 50th KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refueller

  The US Marine Corps accepted delivery of its 50th KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refueller at the Lockheed Martin facility on August 18. This KC-130J is assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California.

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  A400M demonstrates sand runway capability

  Airbus Defence and Space has successfully demonstrated the capability of the A400M new-generation airlifter to operate on a sand runway – the last of three unprepared types of surface on which it will be certified.

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  Japan's first F-35A makes first flight

  The first Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A successfully completed its maiden flight August 24, 2016. The flight was piloted by Lockheed Martin’s F-35 test pilot Paul Hattendorf.

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  Boeing awarded $2.8 billion for KC-46A tanker initial production

  The US Air Force awarded Boeing $2.8 billion on August 18 for KC-46A tanker low-rate initial production. The award includes the first two “production lots” of seven and 12 planes respectively, as well as spare parts.

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  Successful testing of ISRO's Scramjet engine technology demonstrator

  The first experimental mission of ISRO’s Scramjet engine towards the realisation of an air-breathing propulsion system was successfully conducted on August 28, 2016, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.

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  Phantom flies final unmanned mission

  The QF-4 Phantom flew its final unmanned mission in the skies above White Sands Missile Range on August 17.

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  Elbit Systems introduces Skylark C

  Elbit Systems has developed the Skylark C, a new highly autonomous mini unmanned aircraft system (mini-UAS) specifically designed and built for maritime applications.

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  United Kingdom orders additional Zephyr

  The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has announced its intention to exercise an option for the manufacture and operation of a third Airbus Zephyr S HAPS unit.

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  C-17 exchanged broadband data over 2,400 km via HF

  In an industry first, Rockwell Collins completed the complex data transfer from a C-17 airborne aircraft to a ground station over a Wideband High Frequency (WBHF) channel.