Leonardo has delivered the first of 22 latest-generation AW169M light intermediate twin-engine helicopters for Italy’s Guardia di Finanza. The handover event was held at Leonardo’s Vergiate plant on 12 November. The initial delivery is linked to a contract worth 280 million euros, which was signed at the end of 2018, it also ...
Saab carried out the first flight tests with its new advanced Electronic Attack Jammer Pod (EAJP) with successful results earlier in November. The pod’s interfaces with the aircraft’s hardware and software as well as cockpit control and monitoring were tested during the flight. The purpose of Saab’s new EAJP pod is ...
The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin, has announced the successful completion of the Army’s AH-64E Apache Follow-On Test and Evaluation II (FOT&E II) for the AN/APG-78 LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR). During the FOT&E, the modernised LONGBOW FCR successfully demonstrated many new operational ...
This year’s Defence Aviation Environment Conference looked at how air safety has improved ten years after the Nimrod Review was first published. The Nimrod Review examined air safety in the RAF following a fatal accident in Afghanistan in 2006. The review was written by Sir Charles Haddon-Cave and recommended the changes ...
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