Pilatus Aircraft could transfer technology under development for the PC-21 military trainer turboprop to the PC-12 to increase the performance of the single-turboprop utility aircraft. The PC-21 is to be powered by a variant of the PC-12's Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 engine. PC-12 production is set to rise from this year's record 70 aircraft, and the Swiss company expects to build "100 or more" examples in 2002. Over 225 PC-12s have been delivered. 
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.
