SP's MAI Issue No. 20 | October 16-31, 2013 - Aerospace Updates
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AEROSPACE / REPORT
Indian Air Force growing from strength to strengthOn October 8, 1932, the Indian Air Force (IAF) was officially established as an auxiliary air force of the British Empire.
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AEROSPACE
IAF Rapid Action Medical Team has baptism in OdishaA 37-member Indian Air Force (IAF) Rapid Action Medical Team (RAMT) comprising three doctors including a surgeon, anaesthetist and a lady medical officer accompanied by two nursing officers...
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AEROSPACE
Dhruv clocks 1,00,000 flying hours, boosts India's indigenous development programmeThe first indigenous chopper of India, Dhruv, the advanced light helicopter (ALH), designed, developed, produced and maintained by the HAL.
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AEROSPACE
Boeing delivers 5th Canadian CH-147F Chinook helicopterBoeing has delivered the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) fifth CH-147F Chinook helicopter one month ahead of schedule and only three months after the arrival of the first in June...
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AEROSPACE
US Navy stands up F-35C Squadron at EglinRecently the US Navy and the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, Florida, officially reconstituted the highly decorated VFA-101 Grim Reapers Squadron during ceremonies held on the Emerald Coast.
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AEROSPACE
F-35 Lightning II programme surpasses 10,000 flight hoursThe Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II programme continues its operational maturation, surpassing 10,000 flight hours in September. More than half of the total hours were accumulated in just the past 11 months.
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AEROSPACE
Two new Rafales delivered to "Cote d'Argent" SquadronAfter being handed over to the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) on September 12, 2013, the two-seat Rafale registered B 339—the first production 4th tranche production aircraft—arrived on September 17...
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AEROSPACE
Rockwell Collins CAAS cockpit onboard first Boeing Chinook delivery to CanadaThe Rockwell Collins common avionics architecture system (CAAS) cockpit is featured on the first CH-147 Chinook helicopter...
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AEROSPACE
Bell to demo V-280 tiltrotor for JMR-TD programmeBell Helicopter announced that the US Army has awarded a technology investment agreement for the joint multi-role technology demonstrator programme to Bell Helicopter based on its Bell V-280 Valor.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Watchkeeper receives STDA from UK Military Aviation AuthorityThales UK announced that its Watchkeeper unmanned air system (UAS)...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Northrop Grumman maturing key Triton unmanned aircraft sensorNorthrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) has completed more than 25 flight...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
SenseFly map the MatterhornA team of senseFly engineers marked a new milestone in surveying techniques’ history by demonstrating that mini-drone mapping technology...
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AEROSPACE
Ceremonial handover of Gripen to Thailandeptember 11, 2013, was an eventful day for the countries cooperating on Gripen, not only for Switzerland and the Czech Republic. A traditional ceremony took place in Surat Thani in Thailand when the Royal Thai Air Force received the last six Gripen aircraft of the 12 ordered.
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AEROSPACE
MC-12W Liberty passes 3,00,000 flying hoursBeale MC-12W Liberty aircraft surpassed 3,00,000 combat flying hours at a forward operating base in Afghanistan in September.