Yearly Archive: 2020

Northrop BACN Comms Relay Passes 200,000 Combat Flight Hours

Northrop BACN Comms Relay Passes 200,000 Combat Flight Hours

SAN DIEGO — Northrop Grumman Corporation’s leading Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) gateway system reached 200,000 combat operational flight hours since its first deployment with the U.S. Air Force in 2008.

“This significant milestone further demonstrates the BACN system’s prove…

French Air Force Marks Ten Years of Rafale in UAE

French Air Force Marks Ten Years of Rafale in UAE

Twelve years after the arrival of the first fighter planes on the “Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Pijeaud” air base belonging to the French Forces in the United Arab Emirates (FFEAU), the air detachment celebrated the ten years of Rafale operations, an omnirole and game changer in every way.

Strategi…

USAF Explores Supersonic Executive Transport

USAF Explores Supersonic Executive Transport

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio –– Always looking for new capabilities, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Presidential and Executive Airlift team is partnering with leading aviation companies to explore the possibility of supersonic travel.

“Think about shrinking the world by getting somewhere…

Turkey has sold Anka to Tunisia

Turkish media reports that Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has sold three Anka unmanned air vehicles to Tunisia. By CeeGee [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons Around 52 Tunisian pilots and maintenance personnel will go to Ankara for training. For more information, hit the Source below Source

South Korea to sign contract for MH-60R this month

South Korea will go ahead to sign the contract to buy 12 MH-60R naval helicopters from Lockheed Martin this month. The contract is worth $878 million and all helicopters will be delivered by 2025. For more information, hit the Source below Source
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