June 16, 2010 Military Aviation News

EADS eyes Indian homeland security to sell mini drone

06/16/2010

The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) is in discussion with the Indian government for hard-selling its mini drone Tracker to meet the country's homeland security needs, a top company official said.

Op Garuda: IAF tests skills against French, Singaporean air power

06/16/2010

Six Indian Sukhoi-30MKI multi-role fighters, supported by IL-76 heavy-lift aircraft and IL-78 midair refuellers, tore into the skies over France on Monday to kick off the joint combat exercise with the French and Singaporean air forces.

Navigator plans flights, aviation portion of exercise during AFRICAN LION 2010

06/16/2010

Clad in a tan flight suit, U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Brett Trahan trades barbed jokes - the kind born of long hours spent working and living together - with his flight crew. Yet the group, no matter how familiar they may seem, treats him with a friendly respect. Trahan is legendary in his unit, and a hard worker; he is also marked.

Ukraine to start shipping military hardware to Iraq this autumn

06/16/2010

Ukraine is to begin this autumn the shipment of first batches of military hardware to Iraq under a large-scale contract worth over $550 million struck in 2009.

Two CN235s for the Navy of Mexico ferried to their Mexican base

06/16/2010

The two CN235s aircraft ordered by the Mexican Navy departed Airbus Military’s facility of San Pablo (Seville) with destination to the Navy’s air base of Tapachula, on Friday 11th June.

Could Kyrgyzstan Troubles Imperil US Troop Supplies?

06/16/2010

A wave of ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan isn't just a tragedy for the people of that Central Asian nation. It could also be yet one more headache for U.S. military troops whose surge in neighboring Afghanistan comes to a head this summer.

Lockheed Martin F-35B STOVL Breaks Sound Barrier

06/16/2010

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program has been plagued with cost overruns and missed deadlines. The price tag for the program has ballooned to much more than the DoD originally set aside for the aircraft.

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