SP's MAI Issue No. 23 | December 1-15, 2017 - Aerospace Updates

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  AEROSPACE / OEM
  F/A-18 Super Hornet: Endless possibilities for the future
  By Gene Cunningham

  Boeing is not just offering unmatched products to the Indian armed forces but also significant benefits to India’s indigenous aerospace manufacturing sector by bringing in their global scale and supply chain...

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  AEROSPACE
  Brahmos flight test from IAF's Su-30MKI fighter aircraft

  BrahMos, the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile created history on Novemebr 22, 2017, after it was successfully flighttested first time from the IAF’s frontline fighter aircraft Sukhoi-30MKI against a sea based target in the Bay of Bengal.

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  AEROSPACE
  IAF achieves milestone in AAR on transport aircraft

  An Indian Air Force (IAF) Embraer transport aircraft specialised to conduct Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) function, successfully carried out air-to-air refuelling (AAR), to fly a long duration flight beyond the aircraft’s stated endurance.

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  AEROSPACE
  Second NH90 Sea Lion prototype completes maiden flight

  The second prototype of the NH90 Sea Lion commissioned by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr)...

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  12th A400M Atlas delivered to French Air Force

  The French Directorate General of Armament (DGA) on November 22, 2017, took delivery of the twelfth A400M Atlas military transport aircraft for the French Air Force. The aircraft carries the serial number MSN62.