SP's MAI Issue No. 15 | August 01-15, 2013 - Aerospace Updates
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IAF takes delivery of second C-17A month after the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) first Boeing C-17 entered service, IAF has taken delivery of its second C-17 Globemaster III on July 22, 2013. This second C-17 will also immediately enter service.
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Indian Navy's Boeing P-8I's maiden landing at VisakhapatnamBoeing P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and antisubmarine warfare aircraft of the Indian Navy made its maiden landing at INS Dega airfield...
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A400M Military certificationThe CQC (certification and qualification committee), a group of experts from the seven partner countries, has recommended that the A400M military transport aircraft be awarded its military certificate of airworthiness.
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US Navy awards Northrop Grumman contract for E-2D Advanced HawkeyesFollowing the decision earlier this year to proceed with full-rate production, the Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation...
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Dyess AFB receives final C-130J Super HerculesThe final Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules designated for the 317th Airlift Group was ferried to Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas. General Paul Selva, commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.
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Sikorsky delivers 400th MH-60 Seahawk helicopter to US NavySikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., has delivered the 400th MH-60 Seahawk helicopter to the US Navy.
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Airbus Military welcomes Cameroon as new operatorAirbus Military has delivered to the Cameroon Air Force a CN235 medium transport. The handover makes Cameroon the 16th sub-Saharan nation to operate Airbus Military’s family...
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100th F-35 in productionThe 100th Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, the first aircraft destined for Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Ariz., has entered the last stage of final assembly.
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HAL delivers pilotless target aircraft Lakshya to BDLThe Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) delivered the first Lakshya-1 (pilotless target aircraft) to Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), Hyderabad, at a function held recently.
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KC-46 critical design review nearing completionThe US Air Force and Boeing successfully conducted the KC-46 critical design review, or CDR, from July 8-10 at the Boeing facility in Mukilteo, Wash. The KC-46 weapon system CDR was the culmination of nine months...
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Lockheed Martin's successful launch of new military communications satelliteThe second mobile user objective system (MUOS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the US Navy is responding to commands after being launched...
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Afghan woman pilot makes historyAfghan Air Force 2nd Lt. Niloofar Rhmani, Kabul Air Wing pilot, added another feather to her cap of firsts after she completed the first fixed-wing combat mission flown by a female on July 18.
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Northrop delivers 100th CNI system for F-35Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) has delivered its 100th AN/ASQ-242 communications, navigation and identification (CNI) system to Lockheed Martin Corp.
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Lockheed Martin delivers upgraded OrionLockheed Martin has achieved an unprecedented milestone by delivering a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) P-3 Orion aircraft in 10 months—and 78 days early—on July 18.
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Roche sustainment award to Air Force Global Hawk teamThe US Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft programme was officially awarded the 2012 Dr. James G. Roche Sustainment Excellence...
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First upgraded MQ-8C Fire Scout delivered to US NavyThe US Navy got its first look at the upgraded MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned system when Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered its first MQ-8C...
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South Korea to reopen fighter jet competitionSouth Korea will be reopening bidding for its 8.3 trillion won purchase of 60 next generation fighter jets. The Korean Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA) had suspended...
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Heron 1 logs 15,000 flight hours in AfghanistanAt the beginning of July, the Heron 1 UAS logged its 15,000th operational flight hour. The three systems, which are operated by Cassidian subsidiary Airborne Solutions on behalf of the Luftwaffe...