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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, ...

Lockheed Martin delivers first KC-130J Super Hercules tanker to US Marine Corps

Air June 4, 2020

Lockheed Martin has recently delivered the first KC-130J Super Hercules tanker assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 (VMGR-452), the Marine Forces Reserve squadron at Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York. A US Marine Corps crew ferried the aircraft from Lockheed Martin’s facility here on May 28 to the ...

UK commits new funding to combat space debris

Air June 2, 2020

New government funding for innovative solutions to tackle the growing problem of potentially hazardous space debris, has been announced. There are an estimated 900,000 pieces of space debris larger than 1 cm orbiting the Earth, with only a small proportion of them tracked. The UK Space Agency is providing up to £1 ...