June 19, 2011 Military Aviation News
06/19/2011
Prompted in part by the prospect of squeezed Pentagon budgets, U.S. defense groups have been consolidating operations in pursuit of higher value, higher technology pursuits. At L-3 Communications, as at both Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman previously, this means shifting out of service activities where margins are tighter and there is less scope for differentiation in a tight market, according to the New York-based group’s chairman, president and CEO Michael Strianese.
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06/19/2011
With the $2.4 billion Mirage-2000 upgrade deal with France in its final stages, India's defence ministry and air force top brass seem to be split over the high costs and likely benefits to the country's future air power needs.
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06/19/2011
Le Bourget will as usual provide an ideal platform for France's defence industry and armed forces to showcase the nation's frontline equipment and future military hardware. With its armed forces currently engaged in combat operations in Afghanistan and also over Libya, France's air transport and in-flight refuelling fleets are currently experiencing sustained high demand, with this placing pressure on its current aged types.
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06/19/2011
A group of British observers on board of a Swedish SAAB-340 aircraft will make a series of inspection flights over the Russian territories under the Open Skies Treaty on June 20-24, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry said. "SAAB-340 aircraft and the equipment it carries were earlier approved and certified by international experts and specialists, including from Russia," the spokesman said.
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06/19/2011
AgustaWestland is preparing to unveil its first production AW159 helicopter at the Paris Air Show. tomorrow. Some 62 AW159s have been ordered by launch customer, the UK's Ministry of Defence for the British Army and Royal Navy to fulfil both over land and maritime missions with a common platform.
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