Category: Industry
Hawker Beechcraft to resume paying T-6 royalites to Pilatus
Hawker Beechcraft will resume paying T-6 royalties to Pilatus as soon as the company emerges from bankruptcy. The amount to be paid is slightly more than $7.5 million.
[thumb]http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ainalerts/2013-01-10/hawker-settles-dispute-pilatus-over-t-6-royalties[/thumb]
IRIS-T SL successfully tested
Diehl Defence successfully test fired a prototype of the IRIS-T SL guided missile at the Overberg Test Range in South Africa in early December last year.
[thumb]http://www.diehl.com/en/diehl-group/press/air-defence-missile-iris-t-sl-tested-successfully/190.html[/thumb]
India to look for global partner to refine Kaveri engine
India will launch a global tender to source for a partner to refine its indigenous Kaveri jet engine instead of partnering French aircraft engine builder Snecma.
[thumb]http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/defencemin-goes-global-in-search-for-kaveri-partner/497740/[/thumb]
Satellite photos of new Chinese large transport aircraft
Danger Room has obtained two satellite photos of China’s new four-engined large transport aircraft at Yanliang test center.
[thumb]http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/01/chinas-new-transport/[/thumb]