by Padraig McCarrick | Dec 12, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * A 20-person team from Embraer arrived December 4 at an airport in Scottsbluff County, Nebraska in order to conduct cross-wind landing testing on its KC-390 military transport aircraft. Testing was initially scheduled to take place in Texas but weather in...
by Padraig McCarrick | Dec 11, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Boeing has responded to the Canadian government’s decision to buy second-hand F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft from Australia instead of new from the manufacturer for its Canadian Interim Fighter Capability Project. A media statement from the company said...
by Padraig McCarrick | Dec 7, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * It has been reported that Canada has scrapped an earlier plan to buy F/A-8 Super Hornets from manufacturer Boeing, and instead will sign next week a deal to buy second-hand models from the Australian government. A previous plan would have seen Canada obtain...
by Padraig McCarrick | Dec 6, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * Boeing has admitted that the planned delivery of the first KC-46 Pegasus tanker aircraft to the US Air Force (USAF) has been postponed. The firm had previously maintained, as recently as last month, that it was confident the tanker could be delivered by the...
by Padraig McCarrick | Dec 5, 2017 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas * The US Air Force (USAF) will not have funding to re-engine its fleet of B-52 aircraft until 2020, Gen. Robin Rand, head of USAF Global Strike Command, told reporters at the Association of Old Crows conference in Washington. But the multi-year, multi-billion...
