Boeing has begun flight testing the first Lockheed Martin Hercules upgraded under the US Air Force’s C-130 avionics modernisation programme (AMP). The C-130H2 made a delayed first flight from Lackland AFB, Texas on 19 September. The second trial-installation aircraft, a C-130H2.5, is now undergoing modification.
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Source: Flight International
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.
Madrid has signed a project Halcon II contract covering the production of a further batch of 25 Eurofighter combat aircraft.
The German air force’s three Airbus A350 VIP transports are to be protected by Elbit Systems-supplied directed infrared countermeasures equipment.
