iscoverBoeing has completed the 100th CH-47F ‘Foxtrot’ variant of the venerable Chinook helicopter at its Ridley Township facility near Philadelphia. The CH-47F is an improvement over the CH-47D, featuring a lower part count in a redesigned forward fuselage, more powerful engines, a Digital Automatic Flight Control System (DAFCS), and the Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS)
Boeing has signed an MoU with Aeronautics Defense Systems to jointly market the DA42 Dominator UAS, an unmanned ISR version of the Diamond DA42 light twin. “The Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) portion of the unmanned systems market is rapidly expanding as the world’s armed forces acquire a variety of vehicles for use in current
Boeing has announced that operational testing of the RAAF’s Vigilare command and control system had been completed at the Northern Region Operations Centre (NROC) at Tindal. The operational testing demonstrated the system’s ability to connect networked assets such as F/A-18 Hornets, AP-3C Orions, Navy frigates, and other sensors and data sources simultaneously. “This milestone is
Italy says it will not take up its share of the Tranche 3B production run of Eurofighters and instead will buy the F-35 JSF. Speaking at the Farnborough Airshow on July 20, Defence Minister Ignazio la Russa said Italy would cut 25 Eurofighters from its planned buy, leaving its total Eurofighter buy at 96. This
The head of Russia’s military technology cooperation service, Alexander Fomine announced at the Farnborough Airshow that Vietnam has signed an agreement for 20 Sukhoi SU-30MK2 fighters. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on Google. Click here to add Australian Aviation as a preferred news source.
The ADF’s fleet of MRH 90 helicopters has been cleared to return to flight after an engine failure caused a grounding of three months duration, and are expected to resume flying this week. “I can confirm flying operations will commence shortly following approval by Defence’s Operational Airworthiness Authority,” the DMO’s new Head of Helicopter Systems
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