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Rolls-Royce to become net zero carbon by 2030

Air June 10, 2020

Rolls-Royce has signed up for the UN Race to Zero campaign in the run up to COP26 with an aim to play a leading role in pioneering a resilient, inclusive, net zero carbon future. This will see Rolls-Royce become net zero carbon in its operations by 2030 and, more fundamentally, set ...

Airbus A400M completes full Paratrooper Simultaneous Dispatch certification

Air June 10, 2020

The Airbus A400M new generation airlifter has successfully achieved certification of the simultaneous paratrooper dispatch capability and completed the full industrial development of the type’s paratrooping deployment capacity, with a maximum dispatch of 116 paratroopers using both side doors (58 + 58). The certification fight test, completed in May 2020 in ...

Austria awards C-130 avionics modification contract to Marshall

Air June 9, 2020

The Austrian Air Force has awarded a multi-million-pound contract to Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group (Marshall ADG) to update the navigation systems on its fleet of three C-130K aircraft. Following on from the Night Vision System upgrade modification of the Flight Management System in 2017, Marshall ADG will now design and ...

Airbus A400M achieves Automatic Low Level Flight certification

Air June 5, 2020

The Airbus A400M new generation airlifter has achieved a new decisive milestone after the certification of its Automatic Low Level Flight capability, offering a unique in its class capability for a military transport aircraft. The certification campaign, performed in April above the Pyrenees and central France, involved operations down to 500ft, ...