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AVIC to Begin Sea-Based Flight-Tests of New AG600 Seaplane

AVIC to Begin Sea-Based Flight-Tests of New AG600 Seaplane

Aviation Industry Corp of China, the State-owned aviation conglomerate, announced on Saturday that it plans to start sea-based flight tests of its AG600 seaplane in Qingdao, East China’s Shandong province, in the second half of this year.

By now, an AG600 prototype has made 172 preparatory flight…

First Il-96-400M Airliner in Final Assembly

First Il-96-400M Airliner in Final Assembly

The works upon building up the long-haul widebody IL-96-400M aircraft are carried on at the final assembly shop on VASO aviation plant in Voronezh.

The new aircraft is developed as a modification of the mass-produced IL-96-300 with a fuselage 9.35m longer than its predecessor with the additions f…

Eurofighter Details Options to Improve Defensive Aids Sub-System

Eurofighter Details Options to Improve Defensive Aids Sub-System

Eurofighter Typhoon is equipped with one of the most capable Electronic Warfare (EW) systems installed on any combat aircraft. At its heart is the Typhoon’s Defensive Aids Sub System (DASS), known as Praetorian and provided by the EuroDASS consortium, a four-nation group of EW experts comprising Leo…
China Touts Its Beidou NavSat System

China Touts Its Beidou NavSat System

BEIJING — China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has offered services to more countries and sectors, said a white paper setting out the country’s satellite navigation industry development.

In 2019, BDS products were exported to more than 120 countries and regions, an increase of 20 ov…

Merlins Return to HMS Queen Elizabeth As Training Ramps Up

Merlins Return to HMS Queen Elizabeth As Training Ramps Up

RNAS Culdrose based 820 Naval Air Squadron, the “Carrier Squadron”, has re-joined HMS Queen Elizabeth to take part in Basic Sea Training and Carrier Sea Training in preparation for the carrier task group’s maiden operational deployment next year.

Aircrew, engineers, survival equipment technicians…

GE Wins $394M for J85 Jet Engine Support

GE Wins $394M for J85 Jet Engine Support

General Electric Aviation, Lynn, Massachusetts, has been awarded a maximum $394,149,546 firm-fixed price, requirements contract for supplies related to the J85 engine.

This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.3…

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