A Sukhoi Su-35 fighter demonstrator crashed on 19 December during flight testing. Test pilot Yuri Vashuk reported malfunctions before ejecting safely at Shatura, near Moscow. Test aircraft 711 has been deployed by Sukhoi on various test programmes, including the Su-37 multirole fighter, a thrust-vector derivative of the Su-35.
Source: Flight International
The proposed series of Block II upgrades represents the most significant upgrade to the carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning aircraft since 2003, according to Northrop, including a complete technology refresh for the cockpit, mission computer and operations station.
Modification venture EFW has reached triple figures with Airbus passenger-to-freighter conversions, with the delivery of an A330-300. The A330 underwent conversion at one of EFW’s partner facilities in China. It brings overall EFW deliveries of Airbus P2F airframes to 100. Forty-nine of these conversions have been A330s, with a further ...
Comac has also officially renamed its ARJ21 regional jet programme to the C909, in line with the naming convention of its other two programmes the C919 and C929.
