All articles by Greg Waldron – Page 211
-
News
Indian tanker contest draws Airbus, Ilyushin bids, but Boeing stays away
Airbus Military and Ilyushin have submitted bids in India's revived competition for six in-flight refuelling aircraft ...
-
News
ANZ acquires “substantial shareholding” of Virgin Blue
Air New Zealand has acquired a "substantial shareholding" of Virgin Blue, though it has no plans to make a takeover bid for the Australian carrier. "Air...
-
News
Singapore's S-70B Seahawks enter service
Singapore has inaugurated its six Sikorsky S-70B seaborne helicopters into operational use ...
-
News
IndiGo to go international in August
India has granted low cost carrier IndiGo international traffic rights, which are likely to commence after the carrier's fifth year of operations in August.
-
News
ANA, United, Continental JV to commence on 1 April
The joint venture between All Nippon Airways, United Airlines, and Continental Airlines will commence on 1 April.
-
News
Philippines to consider OV-10 replacement
The Philippines has a requirement for a single-engined light attack turboprop as it considers replacing its Rockwell OV-10 Broncos.
-
News
Arinc wins $63.7m deal to upgrade Indonesian C-130Bs
Arinc Engineering Services has won a $63.7 million contract to modernise five Indonesian air force Lockheed Martin C-130B transports ...
-
News
Elisra to supply South Korean CN-235s with EW suites
Elisra has won a $29 million deal to equip South Korean CN-235 transports with electronic warfare and self-protection equipment ...
-
News
Japan orders AW139 for firefighting mission
Japan's Saitama prefecture has ordered a single AugustaWestland AW139 medium twin helicopter, which will be operated by its Fire Fighting and Disaster Relief...
-
News
J-20 could see neighbours review fighter programmes
On 11 January China's Chengdu J-20 had its maiden flight, sending a signal about the country's aerospace ambitions and possibly spurring fighter programmes among its neighbours.
-
News
Qantas adds Sydney-DFW, drops Sydney-San Francisco service
Qantas plans to launch non-stop service on the Sydney-Dallas Fort Worth route, drop non-stop service on the Sydney-San Francisco route, and enhance its codeshare...
-
News
India to order 42 more HAL-produced Su-30MKIs
Hindustan Aeronautics expects the Indian air force to order an additional 42 locally produced Sukhoi Su-30MKIs.
-
News
Eurocopter boosts Singapore MRO presence
Eurocopter has expanded its maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) presence in Singapore with a new hangar and other facilities. The facility is located...
-
News
VIDEO: China’s J-20 completes maiden flight
China's Chengdu J-20 has been flown for the first time, with video footage of the event having appeared on the internet ...
-
News
Australia welcomes US F-35 programme changes
Australia has welcomed the restructuring of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II programme announced by US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ...
-
News
India’s Lakshya-2 target completes flight test
India's Lakshya-2 target drone recently completed its first flight test, flying 32min at low altitude.
-
News
Philippines to receive refurbished C-130H
The Philippines is to receive a former Tunisian air force Lockheed Martin C-130H transport, which was refurbished by US maintenance, repair and overhaul company Derco.
-
News
Elbit lands combat training deal with Asian country
Elbit Systems has secured an $18 million order to supply its Ehud air combat manoeuvring instrumentation system to an unspecified Asian air force. "The...
-
News
India could add six more C-130Js this year, says Lockheed official
New Delhi could sign a follow-on order for Lockheed Martin's C-130J Hercules transport this year ...
-
News
Long March: China’s fifth-generation fighter is years away
Images of a new aircraft purported to be China's J-20 fifth-generation fighter have created a stir among aviation enthusiasts ...