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CH-148 pilot was fighting with autopilot before crash off Greece

CH-148 pilot was fighting with autopilot before crash off Greece

The Canadian military has recreated the scenario whereby a CH-148 crashed while attempting to land aboard HMCS Frederiction off Greece in April. Using data recovered from the helicopter’s flight recorders, investigators found that the autopilot did not turn off and the pilot struggled to control the aircraft. Lt.-Gen. Alain Pelletier, commander of 1 Canadian Air […]

Russian MiGs getting new HMD with indigenous parts

Russia is phasing out its Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) which has Ukrainian parts and replace them with ones made by Electroautomatics Experimental Design Bureau. bomberpilot / CC BY-SA Electroautomatics First Deputy CEO Anatoly Shukalov says fighters from Sukhoi had their HMDs already swapped out and the MiGs will get new HMDs next year. He added […]
Boeing delivers F/A-18E and F to U.S. Navy

Boeing delivers F/A-18E and F to U.S. Navy

A single-seat F/A-18 E model and a two-seat F model have been delivered by Boeing to the U.S. Navy for flight testing. The press release from Boeing says the service will use the two jets “to familiarize pilots with the advanced cockpit system’s new 10-inch-by-19-inch touchscreen display and test the capabilities delivered with the enhanced […]

KAI keen to export KUH-1 to Indonesia while Bangladesh interested in KT-1

KAI Vice President and General Manager Lee Bong-keun told reporters on Jun. 17 that his company is stepping up efforts to sell the KUH-1 helicopter to Indonesia. By Korea Aerospace Industries (KUH-1 Surion in Alaska) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons He was speaking at a promotional event held in Sacheon whereby diplomats from the […]
US Approves $862M Radar, Missile Upgrade for Canadian Hornets

US Approves $862M Radar, Missile Upgrade for Canadian Hornets

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Canada of fifty (50) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Tactical missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $862.3 million.

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency d…


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