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
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.
