SP's MAI Issue No. 24 | December 16-31, 2013 - Aerospace Updates
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AEROSPACE
Rafale to enter Indian service in 2017: Air Force ChiefThe Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, N.A.K. Browne said the Rafale are expected to be inducted into the force by 2017, three years approximately after the contract is signed.
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HAL Dhruv handed over to MaldivesThe Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) indigenously designed and produced Dhruv helicopter has been symbolically handed over to the Maldivian defence forces at a function organised...
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IAF bids adieu to MiG-21 T-77The Kalaikunda airbase recently witnessed three MiG-27 aircraft perform the Trishul break manoeuvre as a salute to the MiG-21 Type 77 aircraft that was towed out and into the hangar for the last time.
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Tejas fires missile killing the targetTejas, India’s first indigenously designed, developed and produced fourth-generation plus light combat aircraft (LCA) has achieved yet another milestone by launching an infrared seeking air to air missile...
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LCA Tejas completes 2,400 sortiesThe indigenously-developed light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas has undertaken 2,400 sorties to meet the requirements of the IAF. “The LCA has clocked over 2,400 flights till now with highest ever number of sorties achieved...
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Reliance and Dassault facility in Bengaluru to produce warplane wings?France’s Dassault Aviation and Reliance Industries are planning to set up a facility to produce wings of Rafale combat aircraft selected by IAF...
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KAI signs contract with Iraq for T-50Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. has signed the contract with Iraq for exporting its T-50 aircraft, total of over $1.1 billion. Government of Iraq and KAI announced in Baghdad that the contract is signed...
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Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3 takes to the skiesThe first of a new standard of Typhoon has started its series of flight tests. The latest Typhoon, known as a Tranche 3, represents a major stepping stone in the evolution of one of the world’s leading combat aircraft.
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Textron AirLand announces successful first flight of ScorpionTextron AirLand, LLC, a joint venture between Textron Inc. and AirLand Enterprises, LLC, has announced that the Scorpion intelligence...
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US Government receives 200th C-130J Super HerculesAn MC-130J Commando II designated for Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, was ferried recently from the Lockheed Martin plant here. This MC-130J has the distinction of being the 200th C-130J Super Hercules...
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Innovative firefighting system approved for the C-27J SpartanOne of the Romanian Air Force’s C-27Js will be the first aircraft in Europe to use an innovative firefighting system.
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UN launches unmanned surveillanceSelex ES Falco tactical unmanned aerial System (UAS) took to the air to begin its role supporting the United Nation...
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Northrop Grumman begins production of first NATO Global HawkNorthrop Grumman Corporation’s (NOC) Unmanned Systems Center started production of the first NATO alliance ground surveillance...
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Boeing and Saab to jointly develop T-X family of systems training solutionBoeing and Saab AB have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to jointly develop and build a new advanced, cost-efficient T-X family of systems training solution for the upcoming competition to replace the US Air Force’s aging T-38 aircrew training system.
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Brazilian Air Force takes delivery of 400th GRIFO radarSelex ES, a Finmeccanica company, celebrated the delivery of the 400th GRIFO radar, which is to be used by the Brazilian Air Force.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Australia extends Heron mission in AfghanistanThe Australian Government has extended the Heron remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) deployment to Afghanistan providing high resolution ISR support until July 2014.