SP's MAI Issue No. 3-4 | February 01-28, 2015 - Aerospace Updates
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AEROSPACE / AERO INDIA 2015 CURTAINRAISER
Aero India 2015 – What to expect
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)The long awaited tenth edition of the prestigious biennial event Aero India International Airshow to be held at Air Force Station Yelahanka from February 18 to 22, 2015, is finally upon us.
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AEROSPACE / VIEWPOINT
Stealth in the skies
By Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) is an improvement over the fourth-generation fighter aircraft...
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AEROSPACE
Embraer KC-390 military makes successful first flightEmbraer successfully performed the first flight of the new military transport and aerial refuelling jet, the KC-390. Test pilots Mozart Louzada and Marcos Salgado de Oliveira Lima and flight test engineers Raphael Lima...
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AEROSPACE
LCA Tejas achieved yet another accomplishmentWith three consecutive start-ups of its engine after overnight soak in extreme cold (around -15 degrees Celsius) conditions of Laddakh winter, that too without any external assistance, Tejas, the Indian light combat aircraft...
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AEROSPACE
HAL bags Rs. 1,090 crore contract for supplying 14 Do-228 aircraft to IAFHindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has bagged a major defence contract for supplying 14 Do-228 aircraft produced by HAL to the Indian Air Force.
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AEROSPACE
Maiden flight of LCA Fighter, Naval Prototype 2The Indian Naval Aviation, carrier-borne aircraft development programme LCA (Navy) got an adrenaline shot in the arm on February 7, 2015. The first LCA (Navy) Fighter, Naval Prototype (NP2) made its maiden flight...
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AEROSPACE
Sikorsky S-97 Raider Programme begins ground testsSikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced the start of bladed ground testing, a major milestone, for the S-97 Raider programme. The Raider is an armed reconnaissance rotorcraft designed to significantly outmatch conventional...
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AEROSPACE
Maiden flight of first A400M for MalaysiaThe first of four Airbus Defence and Space A400M new generation airlifters ordered by the Royal Malaysian Air Force has made its successful maiden flight, marking a key milestone towards delivery.
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AEROSPACE
Kaman bags agreement by Boeing for KC-46A Tanker fixed trailing edge kitsKaman Corporation announced that its Aerosystems division (Kaman) has been awarded a multi-year contract for the production of the fixed trailing edge (FTE) kits...
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AEROSPACE
Complex firing of MBDA's Aster 30After the missile test division of the DGA (French Defence Procurement Agency) carried out a complex test firing of the Aster 30 air defence missile on behalf of the French Navy at its Levant test centre.
