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Brazil

Hungary's first KC-390 airlifter takes flight

20th February 2024

The first KC-390 Millennium tanker-transport for the Hungarian Air Force (HuAF) completed its maiden flight from Embraer’s Gavião Peixoto facility in Brazil on February 8, months later than was originally planned

Airbus Helicopters

Spanish Navy’s first NH90 MSPT now in testing at Albacete

24th January 2024

The Spanish Navy’s first NH90 Maritime Spanish Tactical Transport Helicopter (MSPT) arrived at Airbus Helicopters’ facility in Albacete, Spain, on January 17, following a ferry flight from the firm’s plant at Donauwörth in Germany, where the aircraft completed its maiden flight on December 15, 2023

Airbus Defence and Space

Spanish Typhoon testbed supports Sniper pod trials

1st December 2023

The Spanish Air and Space Force is currently using its Eurofighter EF-2000 Instrumented Production Aircraft 4 (IPA4) to support a flight test campaign focusing on the integration of Lockheed Martin’s AN/AAQ-33 Sniper advanced targeting pod onto the Typhoon fleets employed by the air arms of Kuwait and Qatar

Airbus Defence and Space

El banco de pruebas español Typhoon apoya los ensayos de la vaina Sniper

1st December 2023

La Fuerza Aérea y Espacial Española (SASF) está utilizando actualmente su Eurofighter EF-2000 Instrumented Production Aircraft 4 (IPA4) para apoyar una campaña de ensayos en vuelo centrada en la integración del pod de puntería avanzada (ATP) AN/AAQ-33 Sniper de Lockheed Martin en las flotas Typhoon empleadas por las armas aéreas de Kuwait y Qatar.

Advanced Jet Trainer

USAF welcomes first T-7A Red Hawk at Edwards AFB

20th November 2023

The USAF’s first T-7A Red Hawk arrived at Edwards AFB in California on November 8, marking a milestone that formally kicks off the air arm’s developmental flight test programme for the new advanced jet trainer

Advanced Jet Trainer

El primer T-7A Red Hawk de la USAF llega a Edwards AFB

20th November 2023

El primer T-7A Red Hawk de la USAF llegó a la base californiana de Edwards el 8 de noviembre, marcando un hito que da el pistoletazo de salida oficial al programa de pruebas de vuelo de desarrollo del nuevo avión de entrenamiento avanzado de la Fuerza Aérea.

Boeing

USAF's third F-15EX Eagle II takes flight ahead of delivery

16th November 2023

Boeing completed the first flight of the third F-15EX Eagle II for the USAF on October 27, some ten weeks after the new fighter was rolled off the assembly line. That day, two sorties were flown from the firm’s facility at St Louis Lambert International Airport in St Louis, Missouri

Baykar Defense

La turca Baykar inicia las pruebas de vuelo del Bayraktar TB3 UCAV

16th November 2023

El nuevo vehículo aéreo de combate no tripulado (UCAV) Bayraktar TB3 completó con éxito su vuelo inaugural en el Centro de Entrenamiento y Pruebas de Vuelo Akinci, en el distrito de Çorlu de Tekirdağ (Turquía), el 27 de octubre, presagiando perfectamente las celebraciones del centenario del Día de la República de la nación.

Baykar Bayraktar TB3

Turkey's Baykar kicks off Bayraktar TB3 UCAV flight testing

16th November 2023

The new Bayraktar TB3 UCAV successfully completed its maiden flight at the Akinci Flight Training and Test Center in the Çorlu district of Tekirdağ, Turkey, on October 27, neatly presaging the nation’s 100th annual Republic Day celebrations

Boeing

El tercer F-15EX Eagle II de la USAF vuela antes de su entrega

16th November 2023

Boeing completó el primer vuelo del tercer F-15EX Eagle II para la USAF el 27 de octubre, unas diez semanas después de que el nuevo caza saliera de la cadena de montaje. Ese día se realizaron dos salidas desde las instalaciones de la empresa en el Aeropuerto Internacional Lambert de San Luis (Misuri).

Eglin AFB

USMC’s first XQ-58A Valkyrie takes flight at Eglin AFB

14th November 2023

The first of two XQ-58A Valkyrie UCAVs for the USMC successfully completed its first test flight at Eglin AFB, Florida, on October 2, closely followed by an F-16CM Fighting Falcon (88-0441/ET) from the 40th Flight Test Squadron – a component of the USAF’s 96th Test Wing – that was flying as the ‘chase’ aircraft

Aircraft Deliveries

USAF welcomes first Joby Aviation eVTOL to Edwards AFB

18th October 2023

The USAF’s Emerging Technologies Integrated Test Force (ET-ITF) took delivery of its first experiment electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft at Edwards AFB, California, on September 25

Aircraft Deliveries

La USAF da la bienvenida al primer eVTOL de Joby Aviation a la Base Aérea de Edwards

18th October 2023

La Fuerza de Pruebas Integradas de Tecnologías Emergentes (ET-ITF) de la USAF recibió su primer avión experimental de despegue y aterrizaje vertical eléctrico (eVTOL) en Edwards AFB, California, el 25 de septiembre.

AGM-183A ARRW

Could the B-1B Lancer become the USAF’s primary hypersonic missile testbed?

23rd August 2023

The USAF could turn to its supersonic-capable B-1B Lancer strategic bomber fleet to take over as the testbed for air-launched hypersonic weapons to help mitigate availability problems with the Cold War-era B-52H Stratofortress, which is currently in the process of being modernised

AGM-183A ARRW

¿Podría convertirse el B-1B Lancer en el principal banco de pruebas de misiles hipersónicos de la USAF?

23rd August 2023

La USAF podría recurrir a su flota de bombarderos estratégicos supersónicos B-1B Lancer como banco de pruebas de armas hipersónicas lanzadas desde el aire para ayudar a mitigar los problemas de disponibilidad de los B-52H Stratofortress de la época de la Guerra Fría, actualmente en proceso de modernización.

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