SP's MAI Issue No. 24 | December 16-31, 2014 - Aerospace Updates
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Indian Navy selects Sikorsky's S-70B SeahawkIndia’s Navy has selected Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. to fulfill the service’s multi-role helicopter requirement for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, among other maritime roles.
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Airbus Helicopters delivers the first Tiger HAD Block 2 attack helicopters to FranceThe French Army’s Tiger combat helicopter fleet has been expanded with Airbus Helicopters’ delivery of the first two attack helicopters...
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CEPA evaluated the Rafale F3RFrom December 1 to 4, test pilots of France’s Centre d’Expérimentations Pratiques de l’Aéronautique Navale (Naval aviation trials center, CEPA) carried out the first operational readiness review of the F3R standard...
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Osprey fleet reaches milestoneBell Helicopter announced that the revolutionary Bell Boeing V-22 fleet of tiltrotor aircraft has recently passed the 2,50,000 flight hour milestone. The V-22 Osprey has been continuously deployed since entering service...
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Northrop Grumman delivers first operational MQ-8C Fire Scout to US NavyNorthrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the first operational MQ-8C...
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Last Australian Air Force Heron detachment returns from AfghanistanAfter a five-year commitment in Afghanistan, the last contingent of RAAF...
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Boeing delivers 20th P-8AP-8A Poseidon aircraft No. 760 took off from a Boeing facility in Seattle, Washington, on December 9 for delivery to fleet operators in Jacksonville, Florida, marking the 20th overall production P-8A aircraft...
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General Atomics begins training for new aircraft launch systemGeneral Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Group (GA-EMS) began the first round of fleet training on the new Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems (EMALS) currently being installed on CVN 78...
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GE Aviation implements in-flight refuelling probes on Airbus A400MAs the Royal Air Force receives its first Airbus A400M Atlas at RAF Brize Norton, full-scale production of the refuelling probe for the A400M is now well underway at GE Aviation, Hamble...
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Protests at drone expo in Los AngelesProtestors briefly disrupted the opening of a Los Angeles consumer and commercial drone expo recently with chants blaming a speaker for predator drone deaths in Pakistan.