SP's MAI Issue No. 5 | March 01-15, 2014 - Aerospace Updates
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AEROSPACE
Tejas Mk II preliminary design soonThe Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) is giving the final touches to the preliminary design of the light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk II, scheduled to be completed by the end of March.
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AEROSPACE
Cobham bags orders for V-22 refuelling probesFollowing the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by Boeing and Cobham in June 2013, Cobham has recently secured the first two annual lots for the supply of refuelling probes for the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft...
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Textron AirLand's Scorpion completes additional test flightsTextron AirLand announced that the Scorpion intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)/strike aircraft completed additional test flights...
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A400M 'Ville d'Orléans' wins airworthiness certificateOn February 18, at Air Base 123 at Orléans, Gen. Hervé Rameau, head of the Direction de la Sécurité Aéronautique d’Etat (French state airworthiness board, DSAé) officially handed over to Lt Colonel Paul Creuset...
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Alenia Aermacchi signs contract with Poland for eight M-346Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence of Poland to supply eight M-346 Master.
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AEROSPACE
Over 150 Russian-made helicopters in UN peacekeeping operationsOver 150 Russian-made helicopters are currently involved in UN humanitarian and peacekeeping operations around the world.
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AEROSPACE
Handing over of IJT to Indian Air Force by HALThe development of IJT is in advanced stages of certification with more than 800 test flights completed so far. The activities are progressing well with completion of sea level trials, night flying trials, high altitude trials...
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AEROSPACE
US Navy tests infrared search and track on Boeing Super HornetThe US Navy recently tested, for the first time on a Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft, the infrared search and track (IRST) sensor...
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AEROSPACE
Boeing and Air France Industries complete modification of French AWACS aircraftBoeing and Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance have successfully completed the midlife upgrade modification on the first of four...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
10,000 flight hours of Harfang droneDeployed to support French operational in Mali since January 17, 2013, the French Air Force’s 1/33 “Belfort” UAV squadron reached the milestone...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Successful tests pave way for production of Denel's New Seeker 400 UAVDenel’s Seeker 400 unmanned aircraft system successfully completed...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Remotely piloted aircraft flies first longduration test using repurposed satelliteUsing a repurposed commercial satellite, Air Force crews flew MQ-1...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
UK-built Taranis unmanned aircraft surpass all expectationsThe UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and BAE Systems have revealed...
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Korea completes delivery of 16 T-50 trainers to IndonesiaSouth Korea has completed the delivery of 16 T-50 supersonic trainer jets built by the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to Indonesia.
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AEROSPACE
AMC announces 'initial operational capability' milestone for upgraded C-5 aicraftThe US Air Mobility Command officials have announced the initial operational capability milestone for the C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft.
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Lockheed Martin and AeroVironment to pursue joint opportunities in UAS marketsAeroVironment Inc., a leader in unmanned aircraft system solutions, and the Lockheed Martin Corporation, one of the world’s largest aerospace companies and a leading systems integrator...
