The World of Aviation

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

Airservices Australia will trial remotely operated air traffic control tower technology later this year after signing an agreement with Saab and Swedish airways provider Luftfartsverket (LFV) at the ATC Global conference. The technology was developed by Saab with LFV as an operational partner and launched in 2009, and allows air traffic at one or more

Skywest and CITIC Pacific Mining have signed an agreement to operate a scheduled charter service between Perth and Karratha. While the services will be primarily used to transport CITIC Pacific employees, 10 per cent of the seats on the flights will be available to the public. The agreement, which Skywest anticipates additional revenue of $10.4

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

The US Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) spent most of Thursday (Washington time) grilling Pentagon officials on the faltering JSF program as it hurtles towards a probable Nunn-McCurdy cost breach in April, which will likely result in all expenditure being frozen while the program is substantially restructured. Of key interest to SASC members was the