Aircraft & Helicopters Index - Defense Update

Recent News:

March 2010

• F-35B Demonstrates Hover, STOVL Capability
• Boeing unveils a new B767 Derivative 'NewGen Tanker' for U.S. Air Force Competition
• India to Buy 42 Additional Russian Su-30MKI
• Marine Aviation has no Other Option but Wait for JSF

February 2010

• Gripen NG to Get Selex Galileo IRST
• France to Receive E-3F AWACS Upgrades
• Stealthy Jet Draws Flak by Escalating Cost, Delays
• S-61s to be Refurbished for Operations Afghanistan
• Brazil's FX-2 – Time for Decision
• USAF Tanker program – Round 3!

January 2010

• Maiden Flight for Russia’s New Stealth Fighter
• F-35B Conducts First Test of the STOVL Propulsion System

December 2009

• USAFE C-130J Deployed to Israel on Training Missions
• RAF Chinook Fleet to Reach 70 Helicopters
• Singapore Airshow 2010 Upcoming Preview
• Airbus Military A400M Takes Off on its Maiden Flight
• F/A-18G Cleared for Full Rate Production
• New EC225 SAR Helicopter for the French Navy
• Boeing Performs First Flight Test of Apache Block III
• First Sale of Erieye 340 AEW in the Middle East
• UAE Acquired 25 PC-21 Turbo Trainers
• Navy to Improve Osprey Durability in Desert Conditions
• France to upgrade Naval Rafales to F3 standard
• Chinooks for the UAE?
• Boeing delivers Wedgetail to Australian Air Force
• First UH-60M Delivered to Bahrain
• MC-12 Reaches 1,000th Combat Mission 
• Merlins Cleared for Operations in Afghanistan
• India grounds Su-30 Fighters
• Russian Tu-142 Recce Bomber Crash at Sea
• Brazil, Ukraine Plan Using Scrapped ICBMs to Launch Satellites

November 2009

• Defense Update Aerospace News - November 2009
• Ospreys Join the Fight Supporting Marines in Afghanistan
• Israel - First in line for the F-35A
• Thales Reco NG Reconnaissance Pod Enters Flight Testing
• First Flight of the Lynx Wildcat

October 2009

• Brownout Blamed as the Cause of the Fatal Helicopter Crash
• 11 Soldiers, 3 DEA Agents Killed in two helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
• Army Aviation Expands Helicopter - Unmanned Systems Cooperation

September 2009

• Army Aviation Expands Helicopter - Unmanned Systems Cooperation
• German Tornados, UAVs to Improve Intelligence Gathering over Afghanistan
• Hawker Beechcraft, Lockheed Martin Team to Offer the Air Force a new Aircraft Optimized for Irregular Warfare
• U.S. Air Force Gears for Irregular Warfare Operations (IW)
• New Night Eyes for the Constant Hawk - Opening the Night for Counter-IED Surveillance
• Light Attack Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft (LAAR)
• IMI Develops Active Protection for Dismounted Units

August 2009

• New Korean Utility Helicopter Unveilled
• €9 billion Awards Launch Typhoon Tranche 3 Procurement

July 2009

• First U.S. Navy F-35C Carrier-Based Lightning II 5th Generation Fighter Rolled Out at Lockheed Martin
• Royal International Air Tattoo 2009
• A Series of Crashes are Haunting Afghanistan Air Ops
• Elbit Systems Acquires the Assets of BVR Systems for $34 Million

June 2009

• The International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs’ Office of Aviation (INL/A) 
• Lethal Crop Dusters 
• Boeing Submits Proposal for USMC Unmanned Cargo Aircraft Demonstration
• Stealthy, Persistent, Perch and Stare Air Vehicle System (SP2S)
• Rafael introduces RecceLite wide area Recce pod for UAV’s

May 2009

• EADS: Maintaining Course through The Economic Storm
• Thailand Shelves Follow-on Gripen Acquisition
• Predator crashes in eastern Afghanistan
• 'Phantom Ray' to Revive Boeing's X-45C Unmanned Combat Aircraft
• Australia to Acquire Eight P-8A Maritime Surveillance Aircraft
• Armed Scout 645 - EADS addresses the U.S. Army new Helicopter Requirements
• Third Su-35 Prototype Burned in an Accident

April 2009

• VSI Receives $120 Million for More Helmet Mounted Display Sights (JHMCS)
• P-8A is Airborne for its First Flight
• DARPA Contracts Lockheed Martin to Build High Altitude, Long Endurance Airship
• Airborne Laser Missile defense System Begins Flight Testing
• Indian Sources Indicate Rafale is Out of the MMRCA Game
• Brazil Launches KC-390 Medium Transport Aircraft Program
• Embraer to Upgrade Brazil's Naval Skyhawks
• Could Brazil's F-X2 Fighter Modernization Program Grow into Mega-Deal?

March 2009

• Australian ASRAAM Demonstrate Full Sphere Capability
• Boeing Introduces a Stealth Designed F-15 for Korea

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Farnborough International 2008

• 5th Generation Fighter Dominated by the US
• Raptor Displays Super Aerodynamics
• Super Hornet Stings Back
• F-16 Upgrades
• New Prospects for the Typhoon and Gripen
• Russian Fighter's Comeback
• Special Missions for Business Jets

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