ILA-Berlin, 23 June 2022 – The NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) has signed a landmark contract for the acquisition of 20 latest generation Eurofighter jets. Known as the Halcon programme, the order will cover the delivery of a fleet of E-Scan (Electronically Scanned) radar equipped fighter aircraft consisting of 16 single-seaters…
Author: Jean-Michel Guhl
According to Ukraine military intelligence investigators and their surprising inquest shared with selected NATO experts, when Ukrainian forces began to take apart several pieces of captured or partially destroyed Russian military equipment they found a strong reliance on foreign microchips — especially those made in the United States. The chips…
By Jean-Michel Guhl La Paz, Bolivia, 18 November 2015 — An Airbus C295W aircraft belonging to the Mexican Navy (SEMAR) and operated by a mixed crew from Airbus Defence and Space and SEMAR has carried out demonstration flights in El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia, one of the airports with the…
By Leandro Maldonado 17 November 2015, Paris, France — Through a contract signed today with the European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defence and Space continues to develop Eurostar Neo, its new generation of platforms for geostationary telecommunication satellites. Under phase C/D of the NEOSAT program, this contract will lead to…
By Jean-Michel Guhl 16 November 2015, Las Vegas, Nevada — With joint engineering efforts accelerating on the Aerion AS2 supersonic business jet program, Aerion and Airbus Group, Inc. today announced during the 2015 venue of the NBAA a new agreement that will expand North American-based Airbus Group, Inc. resources to…
By Jean-Michel Guhl 13 November 2015, Toulouse, France — TAP Portugal has signed a firm order with Airbus for 53 widebody and single aisle aircraft including 14 A330-900neo, and 39 A320neo Family aircraft (15 A320neos and 24 A321neos). The aircraft will join TAP Portugal’s fleet as part of its fleet…
By Jean-Michel Guhl 22 October 2015, Paris — During its yearly Multinational Ballistic Missile Defense Conference on 6 October 2015, the US Missile Defense Agency bestowed the Technology Pioneer Award on the French and Italian teams behind the SAMP/T extended air defence system. This prize comes in recognition of the…
By Leandro Maldonado 15 Octobrer 2015, Melbourne, Florida — Embraer Executives Jets celebrated the delivery of the 300th Phenom 300 compact business jet. The commemorative aircraft was accepted by an undisclosed US customer at Embraer’s US facility in Melbourne, Florida, today. The Phenom 300 has been the most-delivered business jet…