All articles by Craig Hoyle – Page 131
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NewsDUBAI: First Saudi pilots get to grips with A330 tanker
Airbus Military is within weeks of delivering its first A330-200-based multi role tanker transport (MRTT) to a Middle Eastern customer, having recently begun training of Royal Saudi Air Force personnel to operate the aircraft.
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NewsDUBAI: Dassault keeps mum on Rafale UAE prospects
Dassault's Rafale made a noisy display appearance on the opening day of the Dubai air show, but away from the flight line, the company was much quieter about its prospects with selling the fighter to the UAE.
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NewsDUBAI: Irkut boss touts Yak-130 credentials for Middle East
Irkut is at the show promoting its Yakovlev-designed Yak-130 advanced jet trainer for the Middle Eastern market, as it also nears the receipt of a new order from the Russian air force and first deliveries to export customer Algeria.
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NewsDUBAI: L-3's Spydr demonstrator debuts at show
With regional demand for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft at a high, L-3 Communications' Mission Integration Division (MID) is giving a debut Dubai spin to its Hawker Beechcraft King Air 350ER-based Spydr
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NewsDUBAI: Irkut flying high with Yak-130 programme
Irkut is to supply the Russian air force with another 65 Yakovlev-designed Yak-130s, as it also prepares to make its first deliveries of the advanced jet trainer to launch export customer Algeria
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NewsDUBAI: UAE issues shock Eurofighter Typhoon request
The Eurofighter consortium is to respond to a UAE request for proposal linked to the Typhoon combat aircraft ...
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NewsPICTURE: Australia receives its third KC-30A tanker
Australia's third of five Airbus A330-based KC-30A multi-role tanker transports has touched down at Amberley air base in Queensland, with Airbus Military...
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NewsNH90 programme lifted by tactical transport milestone
Europe's NH Industries is to launch deliveries of the NH90 tactical transport helicopter in its final operational configuration late this year ...
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NewsUK suspends Hawk, Tornado, Tucano flights after Red Arrows fatality
The UK Royal Air Force has temporarily suspended all "non-essential" flights of aircraft fitted with the Martin-Baker Mk 10B ejection seat ...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Libya's united front
The NATO-led mission to protect civilians from pro-Gaddafi forces was notable for the involvement of local air forces ready to fight ...
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NewsRussian Helicopters completes Mi-171Sh deliveries to Peru
Peru has received the last three of six Mil Mi-171Sh transports ordered last year via Russia's Rosoboronexport arms agency ...
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NewsFrance to conduct at-sea trials with unmanned Little Bird
France will perform at-sea trials with an unmanned Boeing H-6U Little Bird helicopter next year using a developmental automatic landing system ...
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NewsFinland launches fresh request for JASSM weapons
Finland has made a fresh request to arm its Boeing F-18C Hornet fighters with Lockheed Martin's AGM-158 JASSM cruise missile ...
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NewsFrench navy scans for Hawkeye upgrade
France has requested a possible $180 million upgrade programme for its Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning and control system aircraft ...
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NewsUK police helicopter body to transform ‘blue light’ operations
They are a frequent sight in the skies above the cities and towns of the UK, but while police helicopters play a valuable part in supporting the provision of law and order, the operating model employed for their use has a surprisingly unruly feel to it.
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NewsVIDEO: Turkey's Anka UAS enters new test phase
Turkish Aerospace Industries has launched a new phase of flight testing with its Anka unmanned aircraft system ...
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NewsPICTURES: Hornets, Typhoons join Malaysian exercise
Australian F/A-18A Hornets and RAF Eurofighter Typhoons are taking part in exercise 'Bersama Lima' in Malaysia ...
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NewsPICTURE: RAF Typhoons intercept Russian bombers
Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons standing quick reaction alert cover for the northern UK have intercepted a pair of Russian air force Tu-95 bombers ...
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NewsBearing up: Airbus Military's 'Grizzly' nears civil certification
The Airbus Military A400M test fleet is on track to complete its core work in 2012, with anti-icing and engine issues having been overcome ...
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NewsUK eyes Apache modifications after Libyan experience
The British Army could incorporate several enhancements to its Apache AH1 attack helicopters using lessons learned from maritime operations off Libya ...