CAE has won a third-party training contract at its Medium Support Helicopter Training Facility in the UK to train Canadian air force pilots and flight engineers in operating the CH-113 Labrador helicopter. Conversion training on the new EH-101 Cormorant search and rescue helicopter was due to start on 11 December.
Source: Flight International
A repeat star of the Farnborough air show is back in new-look guise, as the three-nation Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) continues its progress towards service entry in 2035.
MBDA is on target to add an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven collaborative capability to its precision-guided weapons range, and has named the developmental Spear missile as the first to benefit.
Lockheed Martin believes it could attract orders for potentially another 300 F-16s, with prospective buyers for new-build jets currently including the Philippines, Thailand and Turkey.
