Americas * The US Navy has continued the grounding of T-45 aircraft for another week, after the service's instructor-pilots reported that crew were experiencing physiological episodes. A three-day grounding was initially called last Wednesday in order for an...
Americas * Saab has announced that they are developing the first Gripen fighter for the Brazilian Air Force. The two-seat version of the Gripen NG is being developed in the Brazilian state of Säo Paulo in conjunction with 56 engineers and with participation from...
Americas * Boeing has been awarded a $2.1 billion US Navy contract to produce 17 P-8A Poseidon aircraft. Under the agreement, the company will deliver 11 units to the Navy, and five for cooperative partners and as foreign military sales, with completion expected for...
Americas * A decision will be made shortly by the US Navy to go ahead with low-rate production of the Lockheed Martin High Altitude Anti-submarine warfare Weapon Capability (HAAWC) package. The package integrates an air-launched accessory (ALA) kit with a GPS guidance...
Myanmar MiG-29B(click to view full) In late December 2009, reports surfaced that Myanmar (formerly Burma) had signed a EUR 400 million (about $571 million) deal with Russia's Rosoboronexport for 20 MiG-29D fighters. Some sources add a deal for more Mi-35 attack...
Americas * AAR Supply Chain has won a $909 million contract to support the USAF's Landing Gear Performance Based Logistics One program. Under the deal, the company will purchase, remanufacture, distribute and provide inventory control for the branch's C-130, KC-135...
Americas * Lockheed Martin has ruled the T-50A out of the USAFs upcoming light attack aircraft experiment, instead focusing on offering the plane as part of the service's T-X trainer competition. The company stated that the T-50A, a variant of Korea Aerospace...
Americas * Despite losing Raytheon as a US-based partner in the USAF's T-X trainer competition, Leonardo is still forging ahead with plans to establish final assembly for the M-346 Advanced Jet Trainer derivative — the T-100 — in the US. The location of the final...
SU-34: takeoff!(click to view larger) Sukhoi's SU-27 Flanker fighter has become one of Russia's great export successes. It's also a design success. Its basic airframe applied lessons from all of America's "teen series fighters," producing a 4+ generation aircraft that...
Americas * Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky and their Polish affiliate PZL Mielec are in the final stages of planning a tour of the M28 Skytruck short takeoff and landing aircraft. The tour will involve a transatlantic flight from Poland to the Caribbean and Latin...