Turkey will receive final bids for its 90-aircraft attack helicopter requirement in March 2006, with a selection of the AgustaWestland A129 Mangusta, Denel Rooivalk, Eurocopter Tiger or Kamov Ka-50-2 Erdogan to take place in mid-2006. Ankara’s first 50 aircraft will be bought directly under the $3 billion deal.
Source: Flight International
Factory work is underway in Marietta, Georgia on the first of three C-130J airframes that Lockheed Martin will deliver to the US Navy as E-130s – a new type meant to replace ageing Boeing E-6B Mercury airborne command post jets.
The UK has conducted a first air-launched guided firing of MBDA’s Spear lightweight cruise missile, from a BAE Systems-operated Eurofighter Typhoon testbed.
A little over eight months into his stint as chief executive of Robinson Helicopter, David Smith is plotting the manufacturer’s next move, with new technologies and new products at the forefront of his mind.
