Rolls-Royce signs $580m (£340m) TotalCare Engine Support Agreement with Vietnam Airlines
Rolls-Royce has won on the 29th of July a $580 million (£340 million) TotalCare long-term engine support contract with Vietnam Airlines for Trent XWB engines that will power 14 Airbus…
Sagem Champion of Maintenance Data
As an expert in collecting and analyzing maintenance data, Sagem (Safran) is now offering a system for automatic transmission of this information from the aircraft to the airport infrastructure. It…
UK Defence Secretary Welcomes Completion of 200th Rear Fuselage for F-35 Lightning II Programme
The Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP, Secretary of State for Defence has today visited BAE Systems’ Military Air and Information business in Samlesbury, Lancashire to mark the completion of the…
Protected Military SatCom Network Live for Global Deployment
One of the world’s most impenetrable satellite communications systems, built by Lockheed Martin to serve the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands and the U.K., is now live. Those nations now have…
Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi Completes Flight-Tests of C-27J Battlefield Airlifter with New Winglets
Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi has completed dedicated flight-testing following the modification to add winglets to the C-27J battlefield airlifter configuration, one of a series of product developments underway on the only real…
Satcom Direct Expands Activity in the Baltic and CIS Regions
Satcom Direct, the leading provider of satellite voice and broadband data solutions for flight deck and cabin communications, is bolstering its activity in the Baltic and CIS regions with a…
Fratelli Neri Orders First Damen ASD 3212 Tug with Render Recovery Winch in Mediterranean
One of the largest Italian tug owners, Fratelli Neri S.p.A, ordered its first Damen tug, an ASD 3212, on 21 July 2015. The vessel will be the first ASD tug…
Lockheed Martin Delivers 29th C-5M Super Galaxy
Lockheed Martin delivered the 29th C-5M Super Galaxy to the U. S. Air Force on July 28. A Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) aircrew ferried the aircraft from the Lockheed…
Raytheon Company Appoints Wesley D. Kremer President of Integrated Defense Systems
Raytheon Company Chairman and CEO Thomas A. Kennedy announced on the 30th of July the appointment of Wesley D. Kremer as President, Integrated Defense Systems, effective immediately. Kremer, 50, previously…
Royal Bahamas Defence Force Damen RoRo 5612 Launched in Vietnam
This month, a Damen RoRo 5612 was launched at Halong Shipyard in Vietnam. The RoRo is one of nine Damen vessels ordered by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force as…