October 2016 Air Force Military Aviation Defence Industry News
 
 

Raytheon to continue RAF Sentinel ISR aircraft support under $159 mn contract

Raytheon to continue RAF Sentinel ISR aircraft support under $159 mn contract
 
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The Royal Air Force has awarded Raytheon U.K. a US$159 million extension of its contract to manage support services for the Sentinel surveillance aircraft programme. The award extends the contract to 2021. Raytheon is actively engaged in developing and delivering multi-intelligence special mission aircraft platforms and ground-based command/control and dissemination solutions based on both tactical and strategic platforms, like Sentinel.
 

Another four Yak-130 combat trainer aircraft delivered to Russian Air Force

Another four Yak-130 combat trainer aircraft delivered to Russian Air Force
 
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Russia’s Aerospace Force has received a batch of four Yakovlev Yak-130 (NATO reporting name: Mitten) combat trainers, the press office of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation said. The Yak-130 combat trainers were manufactured by the Aircraft Plant in Irkutsk in East Siberia in accordance with the state defense order, the press office added.
 

Belarus takes delivery of six Mi-8MTV-5 military transport helicopters

Belarus takes delivery of six Mi-8MTV-5 military transport helicopters
 
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The Russian Helicopters Corporation has shipped six Mi-8MTV-5 helicopters to the Belarusian Defense Ministry, with the next batch scheduled for delivery in 2017, the manufacturer’s press office said. "A six-ship batch of Mi-8MTV-5 military transport helicopters built by Kazan Helicopters (a subsidiary of the Russian Helicopters Corporation, itself a subsidiary of Rostec) has been delivered to the Belarusian Defense Ministry," the press office said.
 

A-100 Premier program reaches milestone with flying laboratory taking to the skies

A-100 Premier program reaches milestone with flying laboratory taking to the skies
 
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A flying laboratory for Russia’s advanced long-range radar detection and control aircraft A-100 Premier has taken to the skies for the first time, a spokesman for the United Instrument-Making Corporation told TASS on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016.
 

Russia to complete rebuilding of Rogachevo airfield in Arctic by late 2017

Russia to complete rebuilding of Rogachevo airfield in Arctic by late 2017
 
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The Rogachovo airfield on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic will be rebuilt in late 2017, Russian Deputy Defense Minister General of the Army Dmitry Bulgakov has told journalists. "Work is in progress at the Rogachovo airfield to expand and extend the runway and build the taxiways, ramp, aircraft anti-icing treatment area and other buildings and facilities. The airfield will be reconstructed in late 2017," the general said.
 

Russia about to receive three Il-22PP electronic warfare aircraft

Russia about to receive three Il-22PP electronic warfare aircraft
 
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Russia’s Defense Ministry will receive three Ilyushin Il-22PP electronic countermeasures planes with the advanced Porubshchik electronic warfare and reconnaissance system in the imminent future, Managing Director of the Experimental Machine-Building Plant Alexander Gorbunov said.
 

NATO started flying E-3A AWACS in support of anti-IS coalition

NATO started flying E-3A AWACS in support of anti-IS coalition
 
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Tuesday that NATO AWACS aircraft started flying in direct support of the Counter-ISIL Coalition last week, on Oct. 20. He added that the surveillance aircraft will not be part of combat operations.
 

LORD delivers first Improved Vibration Control Systems for Boeing's CH-47F helicopter

LORD delivers first Improved Vibration Control Systems for Boeing's CH-47F helicopter
 
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LORD Corporation has announced yesterday Oct. 25 delivery of the first production orders of its Improved Vibration Control System (IVCS) to Boeing for the CH-47 Chinook helicopter. LORD has an agreement with Boeing through 2019 to support Boeing CH-47 production activities in Philadelphia, Pa.
 

Cobham to develop aerial refueling kit for USMC's MV-22B tiltrotor aircraft

Cobham to develop aerial refueling kit for USMC's MV-22B tiltrotor aircraft
 
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Cobham has been awarded a contract by the Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office to develop a palletized aerial refuelling system to give the the US Marine Corps’ MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft the ability refuel other aircraft while inflight.
 

AVIC hands over two Y-12E aircraft to Costa Rica's Air Vigilance Service

AVIC hands over two Y-12E aircraft to Costa Rica's Air Vigilance Service
 
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On September 29, the aircraft manufacturer Aviation Industries Corporation of China (AVIC) delivered two Y-12Es to the Air Vigilance Service of Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Security. It marked the first time the HAIG’s products entered the Costa Rican market, AVIC announced on Oct. 11.
 

UK and Japan air forces kick-off first ever bilateral air exercise

UK and Japan air forces kick off first ever bilateral air exercise
 
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The Royal Air Force (UK) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) on Monday Oct. 23 kicked-off exercise "Guardian North 16", which is the first bilateral drill JASDF conducted with another foreign military, excluding the U.S., local media reported.
 

Expal and Airbus move forward with weaponized C295W military airlifter

Expal and Airbus move forward with weaponized C295W military airlifter
 
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Airbus Defence and Space and the Spanish company EXPAL Systems have signed an agreement under which EXPAL will provide engineering support for the integration of standard weapons such as 70mm rockets as well as MK 80 series warheads, EXPAL announced on Oct. 19.
 

US approves $75 mn FMS from UAE for military exercise participation support

US approves $75 mn FMS from UAE for military exercise participation support
 
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The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the United Arab Emirates for exercise participation support. The estimated cost is $75 million, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on October 24, 2016.
 

Raytheon plans to produce T-100 next-gen trainer jet in Mississippi

Raytheon plans to produce T-100 next-gen trainer jet in Mississippi
 
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Raytheon Company plans to build the T-100 Integrated Air Training System on a shovel-ready site in Mississippi, the US defense company announced today Oct. 24. Should the U.S. Air Force approve the company's proposal for the Advanced Pilot Training program, Raytheon would establish a Final Assembly and Check-Out facility in Meridian.
 

Kratos lands a $12.6 mn contract for sensor integration into UTAP-22 UCAV

Kratos lands a $12.6 mn contract for sensor integration into UTAP-22 UCAV
 
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The US defense contractor Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced today that it has been awarded a $12.6 million contract with Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), in coordination with STRATCOM and the Strategic Capabilities Office, to explore the use of high speed drones in either fully autonomous or semi-autonomous roles to support fourth and fifth generation fighter aircraft.
 

Safran and HAL inaugurates new JV to support helicopter engines in India

Safran and HAL inaugurate new JV to support helicopter engines in India
 
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The Indian Defence Minister, Mr. Manohar Parrikar inaugurated Helicopter Engines MRO Pvt. Limited (HE-MRO), a Joint Venture of Safran and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), yesterday in Goa, southwest India. This Joint Venture will support helicopter engines operated by national and international operators from a 1,000 sqm office and a 3,800 sqm shop facility.
 

US Marine Corps' CH-53K King Stallion completes Initial Operational Testing phase

US Marine Corps' CH-53K King Stallion completes Initial Operational Testing phase
 
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Lockheed Martin on Oct. 21 announced the CH-53K King Stallion successfully completed initial operational testing by the U.S. Marine Corps to verify the key capabilities of the heavy lift helicopter. The week-long operational assessment by Marine Corps pilots, aircrew and maintainers marked an important step in support of a Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Milestone C decision early next year.
 

Sikorsky delivers the 1,000th H-60M Black Hawk tactical chopper to US Army

Sikorsky delivers the 1,000th H-60M Black Hawk tactical chopper to US Army
 
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Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company, delivered the 1,000th H-60M Black Hawk helicopter to the U.S. Army yesterday in a ceremony held in Stratford, Connecticut. The event was attended by distinguished guests from the U.S. Army, government officials, the Defense Contracting Management Agency, industry suppliers, and Lockheed Martin employees.
 

Russia's upgraded Mi-28NM attack helicopter took to the skies

Russia's upgraded Mi-28NM attack helicopter took to the skies
 
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The development model of the modernized Russian attack helicopter Mi-28N made its maiden flight, TASS reported from the site of the event. Flight tests of the helicopter began in the middle of the year and it took off and hovered for the first time in early September.
 

MBDA delivers first batch of TAURUS KEPD 350K stand-off missiles to South Korea

MBDA delivers first batch of TAURUS KEPD 350K stand-off missiles to South Korea
 
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Today Oct. 14, TAURUS Systems GmbH, a joint venture of MBDA Deutschland GmbH and SAAB Dynamics AB, handed over the first lot of TAURUS KEPD 350K stand–off missiles to the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF).
 

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