During a visit to Germany, the French Minister of the Armed Forces declared that the 6th generation fighter aircraft developed jointly by Germany, France and Spain as part of the SCAF program remains a priority. These announcements reveal discreet progress far from the cameras.
Read article
After years of a dearth of new aircraft deliveries, the Air Force will be paid for its patience in 2023.
For two days, two dozen aircraft and ground forces jointly trained for air defense operations in the Baltic. This exercise is part of NATO's recently adopted defense and deterrence policy. It is also taking place not far from the Kaliningrad exclave, whose Russian military potential is constantly monitored by numerous reconnaissance and electronic warfare aircraft.
With more than 100 years of existence, SABCA is part of the Belgian and European aeronautical/aerospace landscape. After Ariane 5, Vega and the future Ariane 6, SABCA will also participate in the Themis program. This launcher should enable Europe to have a launcher capable of being reusable in order to be able to compensate for the other offers present on this growing market.
These multiple rocket launchers will soon be delivered as part of a new American aid package. This assistance is focused primarily on two areas: deep strike with the additional HIMARS and various transport vehicles. With the resumption of the war of movement, these assets will increase the mobility and firepower of the Ukrainian Army.
In order to keep pace with the changes in the British Army and to meet the need for mobile anti-tank capabilities, MBDA has developed two prototypes equipped with Brimstone anti-tank missiles. Long-range artillery is not left out, as MBDA also offers the new Land Precision Strike missile for the British M270 MLRS.
View more
Air France is giving its future pilots the opportunity to join its cadet pilot program.
Commercial traffic had been suspended on Saturday, November 24, following the runway excursion of a plane of the freight company West Atlantic UK, whose nose had ended up in the pond of Mauguio.
170 million has been invested in the new site, which is due to open on 21 October.
According to the Russian Minister of Trade and Industry Denis Manturov, a Yak-40 with an electric engine could fly soon. Tests have already begun.
Finnair signed a letter of intent with Swedish manufacturer Heart Aerospace for 20 future electric regional aircraft ES-19. Wideroe is interested in the electric version of the Tecnam P2012.
The US airline has chosen the 737 MAX 7, relaunching the smallest model in Boeing's medium-haul family with 100 firm purchases and 155 options against the Airbus A220.
Liebherr-Aerospace has been selected by Austral Líneas Aereas to overhaul the landing gears of the airline’s Embraer E-Jet E190 fleet.
#Airbustraining #talent #skillIndia
The new agreement reaffirms the confidence of major global aviation companies in the aerospace sector in Abu Dhabi and strengthens the long-term relationship between Pratt & Whitney, International Aero Engines (IAE) and Sanad Aerotech.
As the A220 fleet grows and also gains in maturity, Satair will also develop the areas of parts lease, repair and exchange.
Dassault Voted Number One in 2020 AIN survey.
Sabena technics and Singapore Component Solutions will provide repair and upgrades for Honeywell’s Air Cycle Machine on ATR 42 and 72 platforms.
Safran's electrical engineering center of excellence was inaugurated in Créteil on September 23, 2022. The 6,400-square-meter facility brings together Safran Electrical & Power's design offices for electric and hybrid propulsion, power electronics, electrical distribution and electrical conversion, which were previously spread out over several sites.
We have just passed the wall of two million page views for the month of February 2021 alone.
During an unprecedented crisis, Airbus has managed to deliver 566 aircraft in 2020 and to sell 268 aircraft, once 115 cancellations are taken into account. Given the scale of the earthquake, what are the prospects for 2021 and 2022 ?
The signals are weak, of course but they are there. The Airbus design offices would be working on something other than the decarbonized aircraft. So, is that a real or fake information?
Volga-Dnepr Airlines, the expert in the air transport of super-heavy and oversized cargo, has restarted commercial operations of the Antonov An-124-100 known as Ruslan. This flight restart follows the accident that occurred on November 13, 2020 during a flight from Novosibirsk to Vienna where an An-124 had suffered a broken dawn on a turbojet engine, followed by a crash landing.
The assembly of the X-59 made good progress in 2020 despite the Covid 19 pandemic. The silhouette of the X-59 is now clearly recognizable. GE Aviation has delivered the F414-GE-100 engine that will power the X-59 and will be installed on the airframe by the third quarter of this year. The first flight is expected in 2022.
Boeing announced the successful completion of the first flight of the Loyal Wingman UAV.
The Warmate UAV is deployed in the Polish forces.
General Atomics delivered 2 UAV MQ-9A Block 5 to Ejercito del Aire (Spanish Air Forces)
According to Vadym Ihorovych, Managing Director of Ukrspetsexport, Ukraine and Turkey are currently developing a joint venture for the production of Turkish UAVs.
Flyability announced having conducted an inspection inside Chernobyl’s Reactor five, using its UAV Elios 2.
Gazprom sees drones as a new way of linking its production sites
On the occasion of the International Astronautical Congress, we interviewed Gérard Dejonghe, president of Erems, one of the main space equipment manufacturers in the Occitania region.
The first winners of the space section of the France Recovery Plan are now known. Others will benefit from this €515 million boost, including €150 million for dual research.
Airbus Defence and Space will build the Eutelsat 36D geostationary communications satellite for French operator Eutelsat. It is scheduled to be launched in 2024.
The second attempt of launch will have been the good one for the new generation medium launcher, almost one year to the day after the failure of its inaugural flight.
The Indian hyper and multi-spectral earth observation satellite, equipped with a SWIR sensor, was put into orbit with a 4-year delay.
Every weekend, an image that made the news or caught our attention. On February 12, Airbus broadcast an image of its new Eurostar Neo satellite platform, currently being tested in Toulouse.
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister confirmed in a tweet that the An-225 was destroyed. By late morning, video from a drone over Antonov airport already showed the aircraft on fire in its hangar, leaving little doubt as to the condition of the aircraft.
This article was last updated on 24 February 2022 at 14:20. The article will continue to evolve as events unfold.
By means of a helicopter action with commandos, Russia is seeking to take control of the Ukrainian base where the Antonov An-124 strategic transport aircraft on which France was counting to move Barkhane from Mali are based.
Two weeks ago, our subscribers discovered a dossier in Air & Cosmos questioning France's possible contribution to operations in Ukraine. An open war has now begun in Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron was this morning in a defence council that follows yesterday's.
After the closure of the Ukrainian skies early Thursday morning following the invasion of Russian forces, Moldova, which has only one international airport in Chisinau, decided to do the same.
This map presents a collection of open-source data available in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, mainly on social media. It is an incomplete overview of the situation and is constantly evolving according to the data collected.
New deal for the SCAF: the program is finally moving forward
Erems: a nugget from the Occitan region that is becoming more independent
Air France: relaunching its cadet pilot program
Defense: a draft budget that enshrines the return of deliveries
Air exercise in the Baltic: between defense and deterrence
SABCA joins the European reusable launcher project Themis
18 more M142 HIMARS for Ukraine
| | Login
