The office of the US Dept of Defense’s office of test and evaluation has found the Boeing P-8A Poseidon isn’t yet mission effective and has some key “deficiencies” in its systems. The section on the P-8 in the office of T&E head, Dr Michael Gilmore’s annual report into major programs was based on operational testing
The US Navy’s fleet of Global Hawk unmanned aircraft operating under the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance – Demonstrator program in the Middle East have recently surpassed 10,000 operational hours in support of maritime operations in the theatre. The aircraft, former USAF Block 10 aircraft converted for maritime surveillance duties, average 15 missions per month in
Following on from our story of January 13, Defence has confirmed that a Boeing Defence Australia led team has been selected as the preferred tenderer for the ADF’s AIR 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) project. In a written statement to Australian Aviation’s sister publication, DIAR by ADBR, a Defence spokesman said “This
Sikorsky says it successfully test flew its first upgraded S-61T helicopter in “late 2013.” The S-61T is a substantially modernised version of the S-61/H-3/Sea King line featuring a complete structural refurbishment with enhanced crashworthiness, an integrated glass cockpit, a modular wiring harness, overhauled dynamic components, and a new composite main rotor. Aircraft are restored from
The outgoing chairman and CEO of EADS North America Sean O’Keefe has urged the USAF to consider the UH-72A Lakota helicopter to replace ageing UH-1N Huey helicopters for the nuclear missile site protection mission. In a letter to Acting Air Force Secretary Eric Fanning dated September 11, O’Keefe argued that the USAF’s current plan to
The famous NASA Dryden Center at Edwards AFB in California is to be re-named in honour of Neil Armstrong, the naval test pilot who was the first human to walk on the moon. US President Barack Obama has signed the congressional resolution required to redesignate NASA’s Hugh L Dryden Flight Research Center as the Neil
