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Airport Technology

Perth continues rollout of COVID-safe initiatives

24th September 2021

In 2021, 5.9m people have so far travelled though the airport without a single COVID-19 breach

Agile Combat Employment (ACE)

100th ARW conducts ACE operations during Exercise High Life

24th September 2021

The 100th Air Refueling Wing stationed at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, provided critical mission support during Exercise High Life, an Agile Combat Employment deployment to RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, from September 13-16

easyJet

FBB and easyJet commence works on construction hangar

24th September 2021

The facility is based at BER and is set to be fully operational by 2023

Agile Combat Employment (ACE)

52nd FW F-16s conclude ACE, WIC deployment in the Netherlands

24th September 2021

Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Fighting Falcons and airmen from the USAF’s 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany have recently completed an agile combat employment (ACE) deployment to the Netherlands

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

Lockheed Martin reveals F-35 maintenance picture

24th September 2021

Figures from Lockheed Martin have revealed all three variants of the F-35 stealth fighter are ahead of the required mean time between system failure and maintenance hour per flight hour

BAE Systems

Lockheed Martin highlight UK benefits of F-35 programme

24th September 2021

Lockheed Martin has detailed the current and future economic benefits to the UK of the F-35 stealth fighter programme stating gains to date of around £9bn, a figure which would continue to rise through to the late-2030s

Airbus C295

India finalises acquisition of 56 Airbus C295s

24th September 2021

India has formalised the acquisition of 56 Airbus C295 medium transport aircraft to replace its ageing fleet of HAL/BAe 748M Subroto aircraft, which are primarily referred to locally as the Avro, after the company which originally designed the type. The finalisation of the deal was announced by Airbus Defence and Space on September 24

easyJet

Collaboration key to zero emissions, says easyJet

23rd September 2021

EasyJet has urged industry and governments to work closely to deliver the zero-emission technology needed to transform aviation

Finavia

Helsinki unveils plans for travel centre at Terminal 2

23rd September 2021

Finland’s Helsinki Airport is to create a new travel centre as an extension of Terminal 2, offering bus, train and taxi connections

BALPA

Norse Atlantic announces BALPA partnership

23rd September 2021

A partnership between Norse Atlantic Airways and the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) will help create hundreds of jobs in UK aviation

A-29 Super Tucano

Nigerian A-29B delivery delayed in Iceland

23rd September 2021

Originally due to arrive at Scotland’s Prestwick Airport on September 19, six Sierra Nevada Corporation-Embraer A-29B Super Tucanos on a delivery flight to the Nigerian Air Force have been held captive at Keflavik, Iceland, due to poor weather conditions

4GD

4GD to integrate Parrot drone into synthetic environment

23rd September 2021

European drone manufacturer Parrot has entered into a strategic partnership with immersive environment specialists 4GD, which will see the integration of the former company’s ANAFI USA platform into the latter’s synthetic training environments

Historic Douglas C-47 “Placid Lassie" to offer cockpit tours at Warbirds Over the Beach Air Show

23rd September 2021

The Military Aviation Museum Tunison Foundation's C-47 “Placid Lassie" will be open for air show attendees to climb aboard and tour with the crew members of the Tunison Foundation, D-Day Squadron and DC-3 Society

Northrop Grumman

Five B-21 stealth bomber prototypes are now in production

22nd September 2021

The USAF’s newly appointed Secretary of the Air Force, Frank Kendall, has confirmed that there are now five Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider test aircraft in production at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California