The Peruvian air force is to issue a request for proposals for the overhaul of 16 RSKMiG-29 Fulcrums. The prime candidates are EADS and RSK, with Belarus's Beltechexport also expected to tender. The work, to include system upgrades and airframe and engine overhauls, is overdue with 10 of the airframes time-expired. Belarus supplied 17 MiG-29s in 1996. These were subsequently upgraded to MiG-29SMT standard. Three others, acquired from Russia, are MiG-29SEs.
Source: Flight International
The US government has blacklisted more private companies over alleged connections to the training of Chinese military aviators, including two firms operated by former test pilots in the UK Royal Air Force and South African Air Force.
The troubled aerostructures manufacturer has become an important supplier of several key US defence programmes, including the air force’s new stealth bomber and the army’s next-generation tiltrotor.
With Boeing having delivered the first operational example of its latest F-15EX multi-role fighter, US Air Force pilots who previously flew the F-15C are beginning the process of transitioning to the new jet.
