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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…

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…

Northrop Grumman Builds Very Lightweight Torpedo for US Navy

Northrop Grumman Builds Very Lightweight Torpedo for US Navy

Northrop Grumman has successfully manufactured and tested the first industry-built Very Lightweight Torpedo (VLWT) for the U.S. Navy. The prototype torpedo is based on the Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory’s (PSU-ARL) design that was distributed to defense industrial manufact…
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…
LCS 24 Completes US Navy Acceptance Trials

LCS 24 Completes US Navy Acceptance Trials

MOBILE, Ala — The future USS Oakland (LCS 24) successfully concluded acceptance trials May 22 following a series of in-port and underway demonstrations in the Gulf of Mexico.

During trials, the final milestone prior to the ship’s delivery, the Navy conducts comprehensive tests of systems, inclu…

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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