The Chilean air force has delayed selection of a new fighter until the end of May. The four bidders - Boeing (F/A-18C/D), Dassault (Mirage 2000-5), Lockheed Martin (F-16C/D) and Saab (Gripen) - have been given until 22 May to submit final offers for the supply of an expected 16 aircraft.
Source: Flight International
Italy has followed fellow Eurofighter partner nation Spain and placed a long-trailed follow-on order for up to 24 examples of the multirole jet. Disclosed on 23 December, the order, placed via the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency, will see the new fighters replace the Italian air force’s current Tranche ...
Two US naval aviators safely ejected from their Boeing F/A-18F over the Red Sea after the jet was mistakenly targeted by one of the guided missile ships escorting the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman.
Sweden’s Defence Materiel Administration has awarded Saab a SKr466 million ($42 million) contract to support further development of the nation’s Gripen C/D fighter fleet.
