Airbus plans to build £70m Bristol aerospace park
Airbus has announced plans to build a £70m office facility at its Filton plant near Bristol.
A UK team designed and made the wings of the military transport aircraft, the Airbus A400M, which made its maiden flight at Filton on Thursday.
New motion picture (10 March 2011) featuring the PLAAF and J10.
Enjoy 😀
First Airbus Military A330 MRTT for Royal Saudi Air Force makes maiden flight
The first Airbus Military A330 MRTT for the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) has successfully completed its maiden flight lasting 4hr 15min.
Lockheed F-35 Faces ‘Significant’ Software Delays, GAO Says
Program officials were two years late in releasing the second of five progressively more complex software versions, the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported at a House Armed Services Committee subcommittee today.
Northrop opens F-35 production line
PALMDALE, Calif., March 16 (UPI) — Northrop Grumman has opened a new assembly line in California for work on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
BAE, Dassault to work on Anglo-French drone
Britain’s BAE Systems (BAES.L) and Dassault Aviation (AVMD.PA) of France announced a memorandum of understanding to work exclusively on a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) drone capable of serving western Europe’s two leading powers.
Russia concerned over U.S. missile plans in Poland
“Regarding the U.S. plans to deploy missile defenses elements and air force units in Poland, we are certainly concerned and agitated,” Alexander Lukashevich said.
On March 3, the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confirmed Washington’s military plans in Poland.
SBIRS missile warning craft shipped to Cape Canaveral
The first dedicated satellite for the U.S. Air Force’s SBIRS next-generation missile warning system arrived at its Florida launch site last week to prepare for liftoff on an Atlas 5 rocket in early May.
Nostromo Defensa SA wins Argentine Air Force contract
March 10, 2011
The Argentine Air Force (AAF) granted Nostromo Defensa SA, an initial contract for three Yarara UAV, designed and produced in Cordoba, Argentina.
Northrop Grumman, Air Force test anti-missile laser on KC-135s
Mar 08 2011 – Northrop Grumman and the Air National Guard’s 190th Air Refueling Wing have finished the first round of flight testing with the company’s Guardian anti-missile system on a Boeing KC-135 stratotanker, Northrop announced Tuesday.
KC-135 avionics upgrade helps strengthen bond between U.S., Turkish air forces
ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England | Airmen here are training members of the Turkish air force on the Global Air Traffic Management avionics upgrade.
Royal Air Force Mildenhall’s KC-135 Stratotankers upgraded in 2004, but the aircraft belonging to the Turkish air force won’t have the GATM upgrade until the end of March, and until now, the Turkish air force officials haven’t trained its airmen on the new system.
Garuda gives Air Force secondhand Boeing 737s
National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia on Wednesday handed over two used Boeing 737-400 aircraft to the Indonesian Air Force, in a bid to support the VIP 17 air squadron based at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport.
Elbit developing new HUD for C-17s
A new display system for use by U.S. Air Force C-17 pilots in reduced visibility conditions is being developed by Elbit Systems of America LLC.
In bid for air superiority, Israel may wait for better jets
The Israel Air Force is due to receive the planes from manufacturer Lockheed Martin beginning in late 2015. But the current development speed means that if Israel takes the planes on schedule, they will be from the first batch of production, lacking the advanced electronics, communications and radar functions that Israel demands.
Third-batch jets that feature these capabilities will not be delivered before late 2016.
Two Nimrod UK spy planes reprieved until June at least
Two spy planes due to have been retired at the end of March are now to be kept in service for at least another three months, the BBC has learnt.