Category: Industry

Germany said to have selected CH-47F

Posted on April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 by alert5

Germany’s Bild am Sonntag newspaper has reported that Germany will be buying 60 CH-47F helicopters for $5.4 billion.

Canada’s CH-147F Chinook makes its 1st flight

Poland to choose between AH-1Z and AH-64

Posted on April 23, 2022 by alert5

Poland is shopping for new attack helicopters and the Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak revealed that one of the deciding factors to select a winner will be the delivery time.

A U.S. Marine AH-1Z Viper with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 167 takes off in Charleston, West Virginia, July 26, 2019. HMLA-167 is subordinate command of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William L.Holdaway)

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Angola orders three Airbus C295s

Posted on April 22, 2022 by alert5

Angola has placed an order with Airbus for three C295 transport aircraft, the aerospace company announced on Apr. 21.

Image: Airbus
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Launch of China’s first CATOBAR aircraft carrier delayed by COVID19

Posted on April 18, 2022 by alert5

The launch of China’s first CATOBAR (“Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery”) aircraft carrier has been delayed due to labor shortages at the shipyard in Shanghai, SCMP reports.

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Nigeria cleared to buy the AH-1Z but armed with rockets instead of Hellfire missiles

Posted on April 15, 2022April 15, 2022 by alert5

The Biden administration has cleared the potential sale of 12 Bell AH-1Z attack helicopters to Nigeria. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on the Foreign Military Sale on Apr. 14.

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