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  • IN FOCUS: Grob Aircraft bullish over more G120TP sales

    10:00 03 July 2012Military Turboprop Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaisance

    Grob Aircraft is ready to take on the world with its versatile G120TP, as first deliveries draw near for Indonesia ...


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  • France receives first Cirrus trainer under 23-aircraft deal

    15:27 23 August 2012

    Cassidian Aviation Training Services has received its first Cirrus SR20 aircraft to support its delivery of pilot...


  • IN FOCUS: Grob Aircraft bullish over more G120TP sales

    10:00 03 July 2012

    Grob Aircraft is ready to take on the world with its versatile G120TP, as first deliveries draw near for Indonesia ...


  • EADS inks deal with Grob for 18 G-120 trainers for 10-year French air force training programme

    10:40 31 August 2006

    <P>EADS has finalised its deal with German advanced trainer manufacturer Grob Aerospace for 18 G-120A piston trainers...


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  • France receives first Cirrus trainer under 23-aircraft deal

    News | 23 Aug 2012 15:27 | Craig Hoyle

    Cassidian Aviation Training Services has received its first Cirrus SR20 aircraft to support its delivery of pilot instruction for the French air force ...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/France-receives-first-Cirrus-trainer-under-23-aircraft-deal-375754/

  • IN FOCUS: Grob Aircraft bullish over more G120TP sales

    News | 03 Jul 2012 10:00 | Craig Hoyle

    Grob Aircraft is ready to take on the world with its versatile G120TP, as first deliveries draw near for Indonesia ...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/IN-FOCUS-Grob-Aircraft-bullish-over-more-G120TP-sales-373317/

  • M-346 partners make case for Eurotraining deal

    News | 21 Jun 2010 23:00 | Luca Peruzzi

    Alenia Aermacchi and EADS are stepping up their efforts to meet the nine-nation Eurotraining initiative with the M-346 Master ...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/M-346-partners-make-case-for-Eurotraining-deal-343392/

  • Defence in brief: 10 April 2007

    News | 09 Apr 2007 23:00

    <P><STRONG>TRAINER DEBUT</STRONG></P> <P>Grob Aerospace has delivered its first of 18 G120A ab initio trainers to the French air force's flight training school at Cognac airbase, where the platform will be assigned to an EADS Military Air Systems and Socata-run training system for up to 10 years. Grob is on schedule to deliver the remaining 17 aircraft to Cognac by December 2007, with the fleet to initially provide 15,000 flight hours a year.</P> <P><STRONG>BALTIC DUTY</STRONG></P> <P>The Belgian air component has completed a four-month detachment to Lithuania's Siauliai airbase, during which its Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters flew 250h across more than 90 air policing sorties over Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The service's aircraft and around 60 personnel returned to Belgium on 2 April, after handing over air-defence duties to the French air force.</P> <P><STRONG>AIRSHIP LIFT</STRONG></P> <P>Russia's Avgur-RosAeroSistemy group has revealed first details of its developmehttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Defence-in-brief-10-April-2007-213154/

  • Contracts: 5 September 2006

    News | 04 Sep 2006 23:00

    <P>■ Grob Aerospace has received a contract of undisclosed value to deliver 18 G120A trainers from early 2007 for use at the French air force's flight training school in Cognac. Dassault subsidiary Sogitec Industries has also been awarded a contract to deliver three procedural training devices for the aircraft. </P> <P>■ Raytheon has received a Lot 10 production order worth $20.7 million to manufacture 862 ALE-50 towed decoys for the US Air Force and US Navy by September 2008. </P> <P>■ Bell Helicopter has received a $16.5 million contract to produce 70 turned exhaust kits for retrofit to the US Marine Corps' AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter fleet by March 2008. </P> <P>■ General Atomics has received the first $11.5 million of a $23.4 million contract to produce four Warrior extended-range multi-purpose unmanned air vehicles for the US Army. </P> <P>■ Boeing has awarded CAE a C$25 million ($22 million) contract to launch modernisation and development activities on training devichttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Contracts-5-September-2006-208814/

  • EADS inks deal with Grob for 18 G-120 trainers for 10-year French air force training programme

    News | 31 Aug 2006 10:40 | Justin Wastnage

    <P>EADS has finalised its deal with German advanced trainer manufacturer Grob Aerospace for 18 G-120A piston trainers as part of its training contract for the French armed forces.<BR><BR>EADS Socata will act as prime contractor in a deal to supply the French military’s logistics and training arm SIMAD with a 10-year training, support and maintenance contract. In the deal, EADS Socata procures EADS and other manufacturers' aircraft for the French joint armed services flight school in Cognac. Today's contract was officially signed with EADS Military Air Systems France.<BR><BR>Grob says it will provide a spare parts package and a long-term support agreement. The French air force will use the aircraft for ab initio pilot training. Grob says the decision to opt for the G-120 "was swayed in the main by the cost effectiveness of this training aircraft". The G-120 is an aerobatic, instrument flight rules composite trainer with a 260shp (194kW) Lycoming engine that enlarges the training syllabuhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/EADS-inks-deal-with-Grob-for-18-G-120-trainers-for-10-year-French-air-force-training-programme-208770/

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    Blog | 22 Aug 2011 15:58 | Murdo Morrison

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