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First Three Production Airbus Military A400M Aircraft Take Shape
The initial three production A400M new generation airlifters are seen together for the first time in this latest image of the Airbus Military final assembly line (FAL) at Seville, Spain. The photo shows MSN7 (furthest from the camera, and first to be delivered to a customer – France) awaiting imminent installation of its engines, alongside [...]
US Navy Selects Lockheed Martin to Modernize C-130T Aircraft
The U.S. Naval Air Systems command awarded Lockheed Martin a $30 million contract to integrate new avionics and software on multiple C-130T aircraft as part of its avionics upgrade program. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will incorporate the Department of Defense’s Future Airborne Capability Environment conformant cockpit, which gives the Navy unprecedented flexibility capability for [...]
Saudis Request Package with 20 C-130Js, 5 KC-130J Tankers
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Nov. 8 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for 20 C-130J-30 Aircraft and 5 KC-130J Air Refueling Aircraft, as well as associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $6.7 billion. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has [...]
Indian airmen receive C-17 maintenance training
The Indian air force has begun sending about 100 airmen to Joint Base Charleston, S.C., to receive instruction from the 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 5, on how to operate the 10 C-17 Globemaster IIIs they recently purchased. “The Indian air force purchased the C-17s and they need the training because these Indian airmen are going [...]
Transcom Transforms for Changing Global Requirements
Putting in place the most-sweeping strategic planning effort in U.S. Transportation Command’s 25-year history, Air Force Gen. William M. Fraser III, Transcom commander, said his organization is revolutionizing the way the military deploys, sustains and redeploys its forces around the globe. Fraser assumed his post overseeing the Defense Department’s global air, land and sea transportation [...]
C-130J Super Hercules Variants Declared ‘Mission Capable’
The Lockheed Martin (LMT) HC-130J Combat King II and the MC-130J Commando II aircraft have been certified as “Effective, Suitable and Mission Capable” by the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center. The U.S. Air Force is currently recapitalizing the HC, MC and AC-130 gunship fleets with new C‑130J variants. The HC-130J is the personnel [...]
New Strategy to Posture Transcom for Post-War Future
A new, five-year strategic plan unveiled today at U.S. Transportation Command will posture it to ensure the military maintains its global mobility edge entering a post-war future, Air Force Brig. Gen. John E. Michel, Transcom’s chief change and learning strategist, told American Forces Press Service. Air Force Gen. William M. Fraser III, Transcom’s commander, shared [...]
Russia and India Sign Transport Plane Deal
India and Russia gave the green light on Friday to a joint project to develop a Military Transport Aircraft, Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (OAK) said after the signing ceremony in New Delhi. “A contract was signed by the client, the joint Indian-Russian MTAL venture, and the contractors, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and Russia’s United Aircraft [...]
‘Vortex surfing’ could be revolutionary
Migrating birds, NASCAR drivers and Tour de France bicyclists already get it. And now the Air Force is thinking about flying gas-guzzling cargo aircraft in formation — ‘dragging’ off one another — on long-haul flights across the oceans. Flight tests with C-17s “vortex surfing” at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 6 and Oct. 2, [...]
