July 20, 2011 Military Aviation News
07/20/2011
From Ramnath Shenoy London, Jul 19 (PTI) As India prepares to open the commercial bids for the USD 10.8 billion tender for 126 medium range multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA), Eurofighter hopes to make the country a partner in its Typhoon fighter jet programme which it says would be a game-changer.
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07/20/2011
The Pentagon's acknowledgment on Friday that an American defence contractor's computer networks had been seriously hacked by a foreign spy agency is the first in a series of security wake-up calls likely to hit Australia in coming months.
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07/20/2011
The skies over Las Vegas will fill with Lightning next year, as the military's next-generation fighter jet lands at its new home at Nellis Air Force Base. The Air Force announced plans on Tuesday to establish a test and training center at Nellis for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, also known as the Lightning II.
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07/20/2011
With their strategic proximity growing, the US on Tuesday pitched for more military sales to India, a call soon after Washington decided to cut $800 million arms aid to Pakistan. "On the issue of defence technologies, the US expects to continue developing and selling the world's most competitive products," secretary of state Hillary Clinton, on a three-day visit to India, said here.
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07/20/2011
China can send a man into space and a rocket into lunar orbit but, paradoxically, its defense industry cannot build a top-end aircraft engine. Or an engine sophisticated enough to power advanced surface ships and armored vehicles.
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07/20/2011
Indian policymakers are scrambling to develop effective policies to cope with a rising China by simultaneously pursuing both a robust diplomatic strategy aimed at encouraging peaceful resolution of border disputes and forging strong trade and economic ties and an ambitious military modernisation campaign that will build Indian air, naval, and missile capabilities.
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07/20/2011
The first Boeing P-8A Poseidon production aircraft completed its first flight on July 7, taking off from Renton Field and landing three hours later at Boeing Field in Seattle. The P-8A is the first of six low-rate initial production (LRIP) aircraft Boeing is building for the U.S. Navy as part of a $1.6 billion contract awarded in January.
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07/20/2011
A Pakistan Navy Uqab unmanned air vehicle (UAV) crashed on Tuesday in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, according to local television, quoting Navy sources.
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07/20/2011
The top award is the King Hussein Memorial Sword - presented in memory of the late HM King Hussein of Jordan, Patron of the International Air Tattoo (1983-1989) - and is awarded for the best overall flying demonstration. This year it went to Maj Murat Keles, flying the F-16C “Solo Turk” from 141st Sqn, Turkish Air Force.
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