The USAF has awarded a contract modification to Boeing for 6000 JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) kits valued at US$229m (A$250m). The kits, comprising GPS guidance units, aircraft interfaces, body strakes and moving tail fins, will be delivered from 2011 for installation on 500, 1000 and 2000lb unguided freefall bombs. The latest order is the
The South Korean Navy has taken delivery of its first three of eight Lockheed P-3CK Orions from Korea Aerospace Industries to add to the eight P-3Cs it already has in service. The aircraft are remanufactured ex-US Navy P-3Bs and have been upgraded by KAI and L-3. The delivery was delayed by nearly four years due
EADS North America has delivered the 100th UH-72A Lakota (EC145) to the US Army during a ceremony held at the aircraft’s production facility in Columbus, Mississippi. “The UH-72A Lakota program has progressed on schedule and within budget constraints,” said COL L Neil Thurgood, the US Army’s project manager of the Utility Helicopter office. “The aircraft
Pentagon acquisition head Ashton Carter has told a US Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing in Washington that the USAF’s and US Navy’s planned Initial Operational Capability (IOC) milestones for the F-35A and F-35C JSFs have been delayed another 12 months. Carter told the SASC that USAF and US Navy officials had reassessed their definitions
A visit to India by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has seen India order an additional 29 MiG-29K carrier borne fighters and finally sign off on a new deal to refurbish the former Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov for the Indian Navy. The additional MiG-29s come on top of 16 aircraft which were ordered in
The UK government and its industry partner Ascent Flight Training (a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and VT) have released an RFI for the UK’s multi-service Military Flying Training System (MFTS) program. The RFI seeks a 25 year flying training solution covering fixed wing, rotary wing and rear crew training requirements, with a reported preference
