The Airbus A400M new generation airlifter has performed successfully air-to-air refuelling tests with a F/A-18 Hornet fighter. The tanker test campaign was developed in five flights in which the A400M performed 33 dry contacts and dispensed 18.6 tonnes of fuel to an F/A-18 Hornet in 35 wet contacts.
By: Airbus Military (militaryaircraft-airbusds.com)
The Airbus A400M new generation airlifter has performed successfully air-to-air refuelling tests with a F/A-18 Hornet fighter. The tanker test campaign was developed in five flights in which the A400M performed 33 dry contacts and dispensed 18.6 tonnes of fuel to an F/A-18 Hornet in 35 wet contacts.
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In the picture is the two unit cockpits of the Airbus A400M numbered MSN22 and MSN23. Previous report note that the MSN22 belongs to the Royal Malaysia Air Force or the RMAF which is undergoing final assembly in the Airbus facilities in Spain. Didalam gambar kelihatan dua unit kokpit Airbus A400M bernombor MSN22 dan MSN23. Ada laporan terdahulu mengatakan bahawa pendaftaran MSN22 ialah kepunyaan Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia atau TUDM yang sedang didalam pemasangan peringkat akhir di fasiliti Airbus dekat Sepanyol By: The Star (www.star.com.my)
Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd (BHIC) expects to build the first littoral combat ship (LCS) early next year, under a RM9bil contract awarded to its associate company. This, coupled with the group’s growing maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business, will help the company improve its financial performance in the current financial year ending Dec 31, 2014. “We are confident of doing much better this year. BHIC’s order book for shipbuilding and MRO for this year is more than RM500mil,” managing director Tan Sri Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor told reporters after the company’s AGM yesterday. By: The Sun Daily (www.thesundaily.my)
Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd's subsidiary BHIC AeroServices Sdn Bhd has been awarded an in-service support contract for the maintenance and supply of spare parts for the Royal Malaysian Air Force EC725 helicopter at RM220 million for a three year period. By: Craig Hoyle (www.flightglobal.com)
The UK Royal Air Force halted operations with its brand-new Airbus A330 Voyager tanker/transports for 12 days last month after a pilot’s improperly-stowed camera became jammed next to one of its side-stick controls in flight and caused a sudden loss of altitude, according to a newly-published report. By: Agence France Presse (www.afp.com)
Singapore said Thursday it would replace its ageing KC-135R air refuelling tankers made by US firm Boeing with Airbus's A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft. Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen told parliament of the decision to acquire the MRTT, which is based on the civilian A330 plane. By: Marlon Ramos (www.inquirer.net)
An Italian company has complained that the bids and awards committee of the Department of National Defense (DND) awarded a P5.3-billion contract for the procurement of military aircraft to a Spanish firm despite questions on the bidding process. By: Robert Wall and Andrea Rothman (www.businessweek.com)
Enders said today that his company is “still bargaining” over the delivery process with Turkey, which has 10 A400Ms on order and is one of seven so-called core customers that signed up for the military transport plane almost 11 years ago. Oleh: Fahrizal Lubis (tekno.liputan6.com)
TNI Angkatan Udara terus mengembangkan kemampuannya untuk menjaga pertahanan Tanah Air, baik melalui pelatihan rutin maupun pengadaan alat utama sistem senjata (alutsista). Selain itu, TNI AU juga menambah satuan dalam angkatan udara (Squadron), salah satunya Squadron 9. - See more at: http://tekno.liputan6.com/read/2013876/ec-725-cougar-pengisi-squadron-helikopter-baru-tni-au#sthash.f9Nr8Rx8.dpuf By: Agence France- Presse)
Airbus is demanding €900 million ($1.2 billion) in compensation from Germany for canceling an order for a batch of 37 Eurofighter jets, according to a newspaper report Monday. By: Agense France-Presse (www.afp.com)
Asia’s top aerospace and defense show opens Tuesday in Singapore, with major global arms makers seeking to cash in on rising military spending in China and elsewhere as territorial disputes escalate in the region. By: Alan Warnes (www.ainonline.com)
Boasting one of the fastest growing economies in the world is allowing Indonesia to invest much-needed funds in its military. After years of stagnation caused by the 1997 financial crisis, leading to most of Indonesia’s military acquisition programs being cancelled, the situation deteriorated further when the U.S.imposed an arms embargo in 1999 that lasted until 2005. By: Par Guillaume Steuer (www.air-cosmos.com)
According to government and industry sources, Singapore has signed in 2013, a contract for the purchase of six A330 MRTT tanker. The aircraft supplied by Airbus Defence & Space, was preferred by the island state to its American and Israeli competitors. If confirmed, this good news will mark another commercial success for Airbus which to date has already delivered MRTTs to four countries. ABS-CBNnews.com
MANILA - The Department of National Defense has named a Spanish aircraft company as the single calculated bidder that will supply three brand new medium-lift aircraft to the Philippine Air Force. The DND Bids and Awards Committee said EADS Casa Airbus Military passed all the technical and financial specifications set by the committee. |
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