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Acquisitions

Jordanian F-16 Block 70 acquisition gets green light

25th January 2023

In a bid to modernise its ageing fleet of fixed-wing combat aircraft, representatives from the Royal Jordanian Air Force Command have inked a deal to buy at least 12 Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 Fighting Falcons from the US

Acquisitions

Luz verde a la adquisición del F-16 Block 70 jordano

25th January 2023

En un intento por modernizar su vetusta flota de aviones de combate de ala fija, representantes del Mando de la Real Fuerza Aérea Jordana (RJAF) han firmado un acuerdo para comprar al menos 12 Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 Fighting Falcon a Estados Unidos.

Argentina

Argentina receives final modernised C-130H

25th January 2023

The modernisation of five Argentine Air Force-operated C-130H Hercules tactical transports has now come to an successful end after the Fábrica Argentina de Aviones recently redelivered the fifth and final example to the operator

Argentina

Argentina recibe el último C-130H modernizado

25th January 2023

La modernización de cinco transportes tácticos Lockheed C-130H Hércules operados por la Fuerza Aérea Argentina (FAA) ha llegado a su fin con éxito después de que la Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) volviera a entregar recientemente el quinto y último ejemplar a la Fuerza Aérea Argentina (FAA).

Acquisitions

Austria doubles its order for AW169M light utility helicopters

25th January 2023

Leonardo has signed a contract with the Italian Directorate of Aeronautical Armaments and Airworthiness to supply 18 more AW169M light utility helicopters to the Austrian Ministry of Defence

Austria

Austria duplica su pedido de helicópteros utilitarios ligeros AW169M

25th January 2023

Leonardo ha firmado un contrato con la Dirección de Armamento Aeronáutico y Aeronavegabilidad italiana (ARMAEREO) para suministrar 18 helicópteros utilitarios ligeros (LUH) AW169M más al Ministerio de Defensa austriaco (MOD).

Aero Vodochody

Czech Air Force receives final upgraded L-159 ALCA

24th January 2023

Aero Vodochody announced on January 19 that the last of 16 single-seat L-159 ALCA to undergo the planned prescribed periodic work after 16 years of operation (PP16) overhaul has been returned to operational Czech Air Force service

Aero Vodochody

La Fuerza Aérea Checa recibe el último L-159A ALCA modernizado

24th January 2023

Aero Vodochody anunció el 19 de enero que el último de los 16 aviones monoplaza L-159A Advanced Light Combat Aircraft (ALCA) que se sometió a la revisión periódica prescrita después de 16 años de explotación (PP16) volvió al servicio operativo de la Fuerza Aérea Checa (CzAF).

Flight Testing

First flight for C-27J Spartan in Slovenian colours

24th January 2023

The first and only C-27J Spartan tactical transport currently on order for the Slovenian Air Force was spotted in its operational colours for the first time as it carried out a test flight from Leonardo’s production and flight test facility at Turin-Caselle Airport in northern Italy on January 12

Flight Testing

Primer vuelo del C-27J Spartan con los colores de Eslovenia

24th January 2023

El primer y único transporte táctico C-27J Spartan encargado actualmente por la Fuerza Aérea Eslovena fue visto por primera vez con sus colores operativos mientras realizaba un vuelo de prueba desde las instalaciones de producción y pruebas de vuelo de Leonardo en el aeropuerto de Turín-Caselle, en el norte de Italia, el 12 de enero.

Germany

Ukraine calls on Germany to donate 93-strong Tornado fleet

19th January 2023

Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrij Melnyk has made a direct plea to Germany to donate its entire ageing fleet of Panavia Tornado IDS/ECR ground attack/strike jets to help in the war with Russia

Aurora Flight Sciences

Aurora Flight Sciences to develop game-changing CRANE X-plane for DARPA

19th January 2023

Aurora Flight Sciences has been selected to progress into the second and third phases of DARPA’s Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) programme, which will see the firm develop a new, unique X-plane demonstrator that exploits innovative active flow control technologies

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Aurora Flight Sciences desarrollará el avión CRANE X para DARPA

19th January 2023

Aurora Flight Sciences ha sido seleccionada para pasar a la segunda y tercera fases del programa Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) de la Agencia de Proyectos de Investigación Avanzada de Defensa de Estados Unidos (DARPA), que permitirá a la empresa desarrollar un nuevo y exclusivo demostrador de avión X que explota tecnologías innovadoras de control activo del flujo (AFC).

Luftwaffe (German Air Force)

Ucrania pide a Alemania que done su flota de 93 aviones polivalentes Tornado

19th January 2023

El viceministro ucraniano de Asuntos Exteriores, Andrij Melnyk, ha hecho una petición directa a Alemania para que done toda su vetusta flota de aviones de ataque terrestre Panavia Tornado IDS/ECR para ayudar en la guerra contra Rusia.

Airborne Early Warning and Control

NATO E-3A to monitor Russian air activity from Romania

19th January 2023

NATO has deployed a single Boeing E-3A Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft to the 90th Airlift Base in Otopeni, Romania, from which it will conduct operations to monitor Russian military activity

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