All articles by Craig Hoyle – Page 91
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NewsPICTURE: Gripen on target with Meteor missile firings
MBDA's Meteor beyond visual-range air-to-air missile is on target to enter use with the Swedish air force from 2014, following a dual firing performed using a Saab Gripen test aircraft.
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NewsPICTURE: German air force to bid 'Pharewell' to last F-4Fs
Germany will retire its last operational McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom IIs on 29 June, with the veteran type's duties having been assumed by Eurofighter...
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NewsTyphoon, Hawk sales power 62% growth in UK defence exports
The UK maintained its status as a leading arms exporter in 2012, signing deals worth £8.8bn ...
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German navy Lynx to get new Titan sensor fit
Germany's defence ministry has signed a deal to acquire Titan 385ES-HD sensors for some of its navy Lynx helicopters ...
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NewsPARIS: MC-27J passes initial gunship test phase
Alenia Aermacchi and ATK have completed the first series of cannon firings from an adapted C-27J transport ...
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NewsPARIS: Daher-Socata nears TBM 850 sales with I-Master radar
Daher-Socata is in discussions with two potential customers for a new multimission derivative of its high-speed TBM 850 turboprop, which is being shown with a range of sensor options for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) tasks.
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NewsPICTURE: A400M makes spectacular defensive flares test
Airbus Military has performed an important test of the A400M's self-protection equipment ...
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PARIS: Saab poised to conclude first Skeldar UAS sale
Saab is poised to secure a launch order for its Skeldar unmanned air system, with an undisclosed operator ...
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NewsPICTURE: Seoul's first C-130J ready for flight testing
South Korea's first C-130J-30 tactical transport is soon to enter flight testing in Marietta, Georgia ...
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NewsPARIS: New Eurofighter boss reveals ambitious sales target
The four-nation Eurofighter consortium is targeting a potential opportunity to export 250 more Typhoons during the next decade, says new chief executive Alberto Gutierrez.
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NewsBoeing wins ScanEagle deal for UK Royal Navy
Boeing Defence UK has won a contract to provide Insitu ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle services to the Royal Navy ...
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NewsPARIS: F-35 programme gets Norwegian approval boost
Norway's parliament has approved the planned purchase of the nation's first six operational F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, as Lockheed Martin also waits on the UK to formalise a new order, says Steve O'Bryan, the company's vice-president programme integration.
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PARIS: First AESA-equipped Rafale heads for squadron service
With a first sensor already in the advanced stages of test and evaluation at its air force's Mont-de-Marsan air base, an operational French squadron will within the next few weeks receive its first Dassault Rafale equipped with a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.
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NewsPARIS: Milestone C295 ready to support Omani training
Airbus Military is displaying the 100th production example of its C295 medium transport at the show, and says the twin-engined type is ready to be delivered to future operator the Royal Air Force of Oman.
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PARIS: Elbit boss provides first glimpse of Skeye UAS surveillance payload
Elbit Systems' new chief executive, Bezhalel Machlis, has disclosed the first details of an innovative surveillance payload that will allow unmanned air system operators to maintain 360˚ video coverage over an area of interest using a single aircraft.
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PARIS: Umbra ready to supply A400M prop brakes
Italy's Umbra Group is ready to launch the production of prop brakes for the Europrop International TP400-D6 turboprop engines powering...
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NewsPARIS: Saab cuts metal on first Gripen E test aircraft
Saab has cut metal on its first of three dedicated test examples of the Gripen E fighter, and flown the type's production-standard AESA radar ...
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NewsPARIS: Talks continue over first A400M delivery
With a starring role as part of a Bastille Day flypast in Paris on 14 July at stake, the French military's airworthiness authorities are working at full...
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NewsPARIS: Saab could take pilot out of Gripen, says CEO
Saab's investment in technologies linked to Europe's Neuron unmanned combat air system demonstration programme could in the future enable it to take the pilot out of its Gripen E/F fighter, believes chief executive Håkan Buskhe.
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NewsPARIS: Italian air force could get M-345 HET
Italy has signalled its desire to offer a new-generation jet trainer to the international market, with the signing by Alenia Aermacchi of a letter of intent at the show to study the development of the M-345 HET.