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Air Lease Picks P&W Engines to Power Up to 166 Airbus Aircraft

Air Lease Picks P&W Engines to Power Up to 166 Airbus Aircraft

FARNBOROUGH, England — Pratt & Whitney announced today that leading aircraft leasing company Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has selected GTF engines to power 80 firm A320neo family aircraft, as well as 76 firm and 10 option GTF-powered A220 aircraft. This brings ALC’s total to date to 222 firm and 10…
Delta Orders 200 LEAP Engines to Power Boeing 737-10s

Delta Orders 200 LEAP Engines to Power Boeing 737-10s

FARNBOROUGH, England –– Delta Air Lines has ordered 200 CFM International LEAP-1B engines to power its new fleet of Boeing 737-10 aircraft announced earlier today. The order also includes additional spare engines and an option to purchase up to 60 additional engines.

“These next-generation engin…

US Air Force Test-Fires Latest AMRAAM Variant for First Time

US Air Force Test-Fires Latest AMRAAM Variant for First Time

The 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron and 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron executed the first-ever guided launch of the AIM-120D3 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile Form, Fit, Function, Refresh (F3R) from an F-15E Strike Eagle, successfully engaging a QF-16 full-scale aerial target, June 30, …
Saudi Arabia Military Industries Signs New Contracts

Saudi Arabia Military Industries Signs New Contracts

FARNBOROUGH, UK — SAMI Aerospace, a SAMI business division, has signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters Arabia, the Kingdom’s subsidiary of Airbus helicopters to support SAMI in building its technical capabilities to provide rotorcraft technical support to Saudi Armed forces.

This agreement w…

Royal Navy to Test Drone Operations from Carrier

Royal Navy to Test Drone Operations from Carrier

QinetiQ has won a £1.5m contract from the Royal Navy to trial the military effect of Banshee Jet80+ air vehicle off HMS Prince of Wales. This will take place later in 2022 as part of HMS Prince of Wales’ first deployment off the East coast of the USA.

QinetiQ will provide its experimentation expe…

UK Injects £2.3 Billion into Typhoon Modernization Program

UK Injects £2.3 Billion into Typhoon Modernization Program

Typhoon fighter jets will be fitted with the world’s most advanced radar after £2.35bn of investment in the programme was approved by UK Government.

The state-of-the-art ECRS Mk2 radar is vital to Typhoon’s control of the air, and will allow the aircraft to simultaneously detect, identify and tra…

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