Will Bid To Provide New Australian Defense Force Pilot Training System
BAE Systems, Beechcraft and CAE are collaborating in a bid to deliver the Air 5428 project – the Australian Defense Force’s (ADF’s) new pilot training system. The team will provide a total flight training solution that brings together BAE Systems’ training, systems integration and sustainment capabilities; CAE’s simulation, training and support services; and Beechcraft’s T-6C mission system.
Previously-Flown Aircraft Would Provide The Basis For The Conversions
Speaking Tuesday at the Defense Services Equipment International exhibition in London, Mark Taylor, Business Director Engineering for BAE Systems Regional Aircraft, unveiled a proposal for a cost-effective air-to-air refueling (A2R) variant of the BAe 146/Avro RJ regional jetliner.
More Than 88 Percent Of Those Hours Logged By USAF Global Hawks
Northrop Grumman Corporation's portfolio of high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have achieved 100,000 flight hours – more than 88 percent of which were logged by the U.S. Air Force Global Hawk. The remaining hours were flown by the NASA Global Hawks, the German Euro Hawk, and the U.S. Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator and, more recently, Triton UAS.
Performance Of Typhoon Jet Hailed In Its First Decade Of Flying
Two of the Royal Air Force’s leading officers have hailed the performance of the Eurofighter Typhoon jet during its first decade of flying and since deliveries were made to the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) in 2003. With the addition of new technology developments over the last 10 years, the aircraft is now the world's only truly ‘swing’ role jet.
A Canadian Coast Guard helicopter flying from the icebreaker Amundsen went down in the water Tuesday on a fight that was described as a routine check of ice conditions, as well as a familiarization flight for a new crew.
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