Hindustan Aeronautics' managing director for helicopters P Soundara Rajan handed over a Cheetah helicopter to Namibian defence minister Charles Namolah at the show yesterday. HAL says it will also supply two Chetaks to Namibia by June 2011. HAL will provide ground support and handling equipment, and an initial set of spares for the maintenance of the helicopters.
Source: Flight Daily News
Croatia’s first six of 12 Dassault Aviation Rafales were transferred to Velika Gorica near Zagreb on 25 April.
Boeing’s defence unit incurred losses of $222 million against a pair of fixed-price contracts in the first quarter of this year, but was buoyed by strong order performance during the same period.
The United Arab Emirates’ fourth GlobalEye surveillance aircraft departed Saab’s Linkoping modification site on 18 April.
