SP's MAI Issue No. 19 | October 1-15, 2015 - Aerospace Updates
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AEROSPACE
Asia increasingly important for light military rotorcraft manufacturersIn its latest study on the light military rotorcraft market, Forecast International projects that 1,304 light military rotorcraft will be produced from 2015 through 2024. The value of this production is estimated at $19.9 billion in constant 2015 US dollars.
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Spirit AeroSystems completes first fuselage for Bell V-280 ValorSpirit AeroSystems Inc announced it has completed the first fuselage to Bell Helicopter for the joint multi-role technology demonstrator programme. The unit was designed and assembled in Spirit’s rapid prototyping facility in Wichita, Kansas, in just 22 months.
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Boeing, US Air Force KC-46A tanker completes successful first flightThe Boeing and US Air Force team successfully completed the first flight of a KC-46A tanker aircraft today, taking off from Paine Field recently at Boeing Field in Seattle. This was the first flight of a KC-46A tanker-configured aircraft...
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Lockheed Martin and Norway celebrate rollout of first F-35ACeremonies were held at the Lockheed Martin F-35 production facility celebrating the rollout of the first F-35A Lightning II for the Norwegian armed forces. The event marked an important production milestone for the future of Norway’s national defence.
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Airbus Helicopters delivers 15th NH90 NFH to FranceAirbus Helicopters, the French Defence procurement agency (DGA – Direction générale de l’armement) and the French Navy marked the handover of the 15th NH90 NFH multi-mission naval helicopter...
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Czech pilots reach 20,000 Gripen flight hoursDefence and security company Saab participated in the 2015 NATO Days and Czech Air Force Days at Ostrava, Czech Republic, earlier in September. At this event, Czech Gripen pilots were honoured for reaching the milestone of 20,000 Gripen flight hours.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Thales launches Watchkeeper XThales’s new modular Watchkeeper X system reflects a growing need for high-end military-standard Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
USS Gonzalez tests Puma at seaThe guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) conducted testing of an unmanned aircraft system during a Composite Unit Training Exercise.
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Egypt buys 50 Russian Alligator helicoptersRussia and Egypt have signed an agreement on supplies of 50 helicopters of the Ka-52 Alligator family and Moscow does not rule out delivery of the deckbased version of these helicopters that were designed...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Sagem and AOI – Aircraft Factory agreement on dronesSagem (Safran) and Egyptian manufacturer AOI-Aircraft Factory have signed an exclusive commercial and industrial collaboration agreement concerning the Patroller surveillance drone system...
