The UK Ministry of Defence has cleared the Meteor Mirach 100/5 jet powered target for Royal Navy and Royal Air Force air target training. Mirach 100 was the winner of the Replacement Aerial Subsonic Target programme in 1998. Meteor, an Alenia Difesa company, is supplying 39 targets and three ground stations, which will be operated by the Fleet Target Group at RNAS Culdrose.
Source: Flight International
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.
Madrid has signed a project Halcon II contract covering the production of a further batch of 25 Eurofighter combat aircraft.
The German air force’s three Airbus A350 VIP transports are to be protected by Elbit Systems-supplied directed infrared countermeasures equipment.
