Aviation News
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress on May 27 over a potential FMS to sell up to eighty SM-2 Block IIIB missiles to Australia.
By DDG 81 (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1569098) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “FMS: SM-2 Block IIIB for Australia”
Chief Executive Officer of Airbus Group, Tom Enders, was quoted by newspaper Bild am Sonntag as saying that current problems in the A400M program could have been avoided by not opting to develop the aircraft’s engine from scratch.
.jpg)
By Laurent ERRERA from L’Union, France (DSC_8340-EC-402Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “Airbus CEO: A400M issues could have been avoided”
If everything goes according to plan, the prototype Hindustan Aeronautics ( HAL) basic trainer is expected to make its first flight today in Bengaluru.
Photo: Indian Ministry of Defense
Continue reading “Maiden flight of HTT-40 expected today”
India’s Financial Express says the defense ministers of France and India will meet on the sidelines of the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore this weekend to discuss the Rafale deal.
.jpg)
By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Rafale – RIAT 2013) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
The entire U.S. Marine Corps rotary-wing fleet could be converted into autonomous flying machines starting from 2018 if the Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS) being develop by Aurora Flight Sciences proves to be workable.
![160526-M-KA224-111[1]](http://alert5.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/160526-M-KA224-1111.jpg)
Photo By: Lance Cpl. Julien Rodarte
Continue reading “Aurora Flight Sciences to test its AACUS on USMC UH-1H next year”