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RAF engineers complete A400M engine change in the South Atlantic

Air July 17, 2020

A team of five RAF engineers have been specifically chosen for their unique skill set and deployed to British Forces South Atlantic Islands to successfully complete an intricate engine change on an A400M aircraft. Tailored tooling and equipment was required for the project; one that had never been attempted before at ...

QinetiQ secures deal to scope upgrade to Royal Canadian Air Force ranges

Air July 16, 2020

QinetiQ has been awarded a one-year contract, with an additional option year, by the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) Air Warfare Centre to develop a roadmap for the modernisation of RCAF Air Weapons ranges, which will enable the combination of live and virtual environments for collaborative team training. The modernised air ...

UK at the forefront of space exploration with biomining experiment

Air July 16, 2020

UK scientists are conducting a biomining experiment in space to investigate the effects of microbes on asteroidal material in space under microgravity conditions. BioAsteroid, a biomining experiment, uses a collection of 12 automatic culturing devices fitted with a layer of material on which the bacteria will be grown in the KUBIK ...

GE Aviation awarded propulsion systems contract by JMOD

Air July 16, 2020

GE Aviation Distribution Japan has been awarded a contract valued at 18.8 billion Japanese Yen (USD $203 million) from the Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD) for CF6-80C2K1F Propulsion Systems to power Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) C-2 transport aircraft. The JASDF C-2 is positioned as a key strategic aircraft for “mobile/deployment ...