All Fixed-wing articles – Page 385
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NewsExports remain key target for 2014, MBDA says
MBDA says it faces “a year of opportunity but also a year of challenges”, after reporting increased sales worth €4 billion ($5.5 billion) in 2013.
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Israeli air force strikes Syrian targets
After many so-called "Phantom attacks" conducted inside Syria in recent months that have been attributed to Israel, the nation's air force performed a wide-scale attack on Syrian targets over the night of 18 March.
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New Delhi eyes local production of PC-7 basic trainer
India’s defence ministry has issued a request for information for the procurement of an additional 106 Swiss Pilatus PC-7 MK II Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA).
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DARPA selects four bidders for high-speed VTOL X-Plane
Four companies – Aurora Flight Sciences, Boeing, Karem Aircraft and Sikorsky – will compete to build a high-speed, vertical take-off and landing X-plane with improved hover efficiency, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced on 18 March.
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NewsUSAF justifies fleet cuts, confirms budget would ground all U-2s in FY16
The US Air Force is defending its plan to retire its Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance and Fairchild Republic A-10 close-air support aircraft.
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NewsCroatia nears receipt of delayed MiG-21s from Ukraine
Croatia's defence ministry says the current turmoil in Ukraine “has nothing to do” with a roughly five-month delay in returning its Mikoyan MiG-21bisD fighters and UMD-model trainers that are being overhauled in Odessa, instead citing “technical problems”.
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NewsSwedish air force studies airlift, trainer renewal options
Sweden is beginning to study its options for fielding modern fleets of tactical transports and advanced trainers within the next decade, says air force chief of staff Maj Gen Micael Bydén.
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India could buy more unmanned Harops
India's air force is evaluating the purchase of additional Israel Aerospace Industries Harop loitering munitions, as deliveries continue under a previous order placed in 2012.
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US Navy to request additional Boeing E/A-18G Growlers
The US Navy confirms it wants to buy additional Boeing E/A-18G Growler aircraft, a move the service says will protect the nation’s industrial base and provide the Navy with the electronic warfare capability it will need in the coming decades.
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NewsUSAF defends A-10 retirements on Capitol Hill
The battle over the future of the US Air Force's fleet of Fairchild Republic A-10s has moved to the US Congress, with lawmakers questioning the service's plan to retire its roughly 320 A-10s.
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NewsPatria, Ruag step-up F-18 support offer
Operators of Boeing’s legacy F/A-18 could benefit from a collaboration agreement between two European firms currently responsible for providing national support for the type.
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Boeing wins A$901 million Wedgetail sustainment deal
Australia has granted Boeing a five year, A$901 million ($816 million) extension for sustainment of the country’s 737-700 based E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning & control (AEW&C) aircraft.
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NewsBrazilian army to receive first enhanced Panther K2 helicopters
Airbus Helicopters will deliver the first two upgraded AS365 Panther K2s to the Brazilian army later this month, ahead of operational evaluations by the service.
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NewsUSAF delays LRSO again, this time by three years
The US Air Force has once again delayed development of its long-range standoff (LRSO) weapon, announcing it will push back a contract award by three years until fiscal year 2018.
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NewsSaab reveals full Gripen E design, cost savings
Saab has started fuselage assembly work on its first of three Gripen E test aircraft and revealed its detailed design for the future variant.
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NewsCzech government approves Gripen lease extension
The Czech Republic looks set to continue flying the Saab Gripen C/D until at least 2026, with its government expected to sign a lease extension deal with the Swedish Defence and Security Export Agency (FXM) in April.
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USAF details five-year spending plan
The US Air Force on 11 March released a detailed budget proposal showing how much it intends to spend in the five-year period to fiscal year 2019 on current and next-generation aircraft programmes.
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NewsAustralia to buy MQ-4C Triton
The Australian government has announced its intention to acquire the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance system, becoming the first foreign customer for the maritime variant of the Global Hawk.
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NewsPoland unveils Orlik MPT trainer
Poland's PZL-130 Orlik MPT (multipurpose trainer) was unveiled at Airbus Defence & Space's Warsaw facility on 7 March.
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NewsBoeing bullish on E/A-18G despite US budget omission
Boeing insists that prospects for additional sales of its F/A-18 Super Hornet remain strong domestically and internationally despite a lack of funding for the aircraft in the US military’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal.