Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $24 million foreign-military-sales contract from the US Navy to repair and refurbish a TW-3 aircraft operated by the Taiwanese air force. The TW-3 is Taiwan's designation for the Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye airborne early-warning aircraft. The country purchased four E-2Cs in 1994 to provide the air force with an organic airborne-surveillance capability.
Source: Flight International
The January incident at Ellsworth AFB resulted in the destruction of the $450 million bomber and a rare quadruple ejection of the crew, who were attempting to execute an instrument landing during poor weather.
Athens signed a long-sought letter of offer and acceptance with airframer Lockheed Martin covering 20 F-35 stealth fighters, with options for a further 20 jets.
The joint North American Aerospace Defense Command dispatched fighter aircraft from both the USA and Canada on 24 July to intercept a combined flight of bombers from Russia and China operating in international airspace around Alaska.
