The World of Aviation

Northrop Grumman has gone on the front foot in promoting its Global Hawk program following recent criticism of the program by USAF acquisitions head, David Van Buren. With the program due to go before the US Defense Acquisitions Board (DAB) review this week, Northrop Grumman has released a statement outlining the program’s successes in recent

Australian company Micreo has produced its 500th component for Raytheon’s ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receiver. Micreo was inducted into the supply chain in early 2008 and has been supplying radio frequency modules for all ALR-67(V)3s including those being retrofitted to RAAF F/A-18 ‘classic’ Hornets and those delivered with the F/A-18F Super Hornets. “I am delighted to

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared the Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA to be better than the Lockheed Martin F-22 during a demonstration of the aircraft on June 17. Putin watched on as the PAK-FA demonstrator was put through a handling display at the Zhukovsky Test Centre near Moscow, before taking a close up tour of the

Lockheed Martin successfully tested its Scorpion GPS guided glide munition from a C-130 Hercules on June 17 at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The lightweight Scorpion is designed to be employed from multiple platforms from AC-130 gunships to UAVs against structures, personnel, lightly armored vehicles, trucks, cars, missile launchers, and artillery or gun positions

The down select of the successful candidate to provide an Interim Basic Flight Training (IBFT) solution to the ADF is believed to be imminent. The tender, being managed by the Air Force Training Group, was called last year to provide an interim flight screening and training capability for a minimum of six years while the

Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland is establishing an AW139 final assembly plant at Tomilino, near Moscow, to satisfy Russian and CIS civil helicopter markets. “Russian Helicopters is increasing its presence on foreign markets, delivering Russian rotorcraft to foreign customers and opening service centres,” said Russian Helicopters COO Andrei Shibitov during a ground-breaking ceremony on June 22