SP's MAI Issue No. 23 | December 1-15, 2016 - Aerospace Updates
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AEROSPACE / REPORT
ScanEagle & Integrator - May be Made in India
By Ranjit KumarThe offer of drones from Insitu Pacific, Australia, is expected to dramatically change the surveillance capabilities of the Indian maritime security agencies...
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AEROSPACE / SPOTLIGHT
General Atomics advanced arresting gear system successfully completes first fly-in aircraft recoveryGeneral Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GAEMS) on December 1, 2016...
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AEROSPACE
IAF aircraft carry out trial landings on Lucknow-Agra ExpresswayThree Mirage 2000 and three Su-30 aircraft of the Indian Air Force carried out a ‘touch and go’ on a portion of the newly constructed Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Uttar Pradesh on Novenmber 21, 2016.
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AEROSPACE
Embraer gets provisional type certificate for KC-390 basic vehicleEmbraer has recently received the provisional type certificate for the KC-390 basic vehicle, issued by the Instituto de Fomento e Coordenação Industrial – IFI (Industrial Fostering and Coordination Institute), the Brazilian Air Force organisation responsible...
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AEROSPACE
Lockheed Martin begins T-50A flight operations in South CarolinaThe initial filght of Lockheed Martin T-50A took place over Greenville, South Carolina, on November 19, 2016. The T-50A was announced as the official Lockheed Martin/Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) offering for the US Air Force’s Advanced Pilot Training...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Successful maiden flight of Rustom-IIHeralding a new era in the indigenous development of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on November 16...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
Demonstration of SW-4 Solo Rotary Wing UAV launchedLeonardo-Finmeccanica recently demonstrated the capabilities of its advanced SW-4 Solo rotary unmanned air system as well as its airborne sensors...
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AEROSPACE / UNMANNED
United Kingdom — certifiable Predator B remotely piloted aircraftThe US State Department has made a determination approving a possible foreign military sale to the United Kingdom for certifiable Predator B remotely piloted aircraft...
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AEROSPACE
Airbus A400M demonstrates Cobham's aerial refuelling systemAirbus Defence and Space has achieved a significant aerial refuelling milestone by successfully demonstrating the first ever A400M tanker to A400M receiver contact using Cobham’s 808E hose drum unit installed in the aircrafts fuselage.