October 27, 2010 Military Aviation News

When US jets patrolled France

10/27/2010

Jack Walsh was just out of high school when, after six months’ training, he was assigned to a base in France. This summer, aged 72, he returned to the Châteauroux-Déols Nato airbase, in the Indre, with other veterans. It was closed in 1967, when France left the military command structure of Nato, and now operates as a test ground for planes and freight airport and scrapage centre. He spoke to Nick Rowswell about life in France in the 1950s, how he thought the country had changed, and how the exp

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India eyes Typhoons in air drill with U.K.

10/27/2010

India and the United Kingdom have taken to aerial war-games expected to assess India's first participation of airborne early warning and control system aircraft and interest in Eurofighter Typhoon jet fighters.

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France sees A400M finance deal by end of year

10/27/2010

A formal financing contract for the A400M European military transport aircraft could be signed by the end of the year, a senior French arms official has said.

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Weapons Manufacturers Focus on Miniaturizing Munitions for Unmanned Aircraft

10/27/2010

As the Defense Department increasingly relies upon unmanned aircraft to fight insurgents, companies are developing smaller bombs that are more suitable for drones.

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Russia to compete for helicopter tender to Afghanistan

10/27/2010

Russia will compete for a helicopter tender for the U.S. anti-terrorism campaign in Afghanistan, the head of the Russian delegation said at the Euronaval 2010 exhibition in Paris.

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