A BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4 maritime reconnaissance and attack aircraft recently released 50 flares in a test flight over the Aberporth range in Wales. The trial of the defensive aids subsystems was part of the MRA4’s mission system test programme.
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Source: Flight International
Airbus Helicopters has increased the number of H160M Guepard prototypes it intends to build, with final assembly of the first of three examples set to begin shortly.
Airbus Helicopters has been awarded a £122 million ($152 million) contract to supply six H145 light-twin helicopters to the UK for troop transport duties in Brunei and Cyprus.
US Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys are once again operating from the decks of the navy’s light carrier amphibious assault ships, as the service progresses toward recertifying its tiltrotors and crews after a three-month grounding order was lifted.
