Thales and CS GROUP are working with their partners in France and Europe’s defense industrial and technological base on are developing the PARADE program capability to provide permanent deployable protection for critical infrastructure from drone threats. The program follows an open competition contract was awarded after a European competitive tendering process launched by the DGARead More

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s, NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) RQ-4D Phoenix Global Hawk has reached a major milestone with the NATO AGS Management Agency (NAGSMA)’s Full System Handover to the NATO AGS Force (NAGSF) at the Main Operating Base, Sigonella, Sicily. The specially-designed AGS system is uniquely suited to NATO requirements and is providing critical JointRead More

Boeing has begun assembly on New Zealand’s first P-8A Poseidon aircraft, announcing it has this week laid the jet’s keel beam alongside Spirit AeroSystems.   It marks the first major construction milestone on one of four Poseidons headed to the New Zealand Defense Force. According to Boeing, the process, referred to as ‘keeling’, was completedRead More

Lockheed Martin is announcing the grand opening of a new facility that expands its Johnstown, Pennsylvania, operations. The Johnstown business expects to hire more than 80 mechanics and technicians in the next year to support component production for the newest F-16s being manufactured in Greenville, South Carolina. In conjunction, Lockheed Martin is celebrating 25 yearsRead More

Bristow Group has selected Helicenter Aviation as its preferred provider of ab-initio commercial pilot training and recruitment in the UK. Under the agreement, Bristow will support Helicenter with the promotion of pilot career events, reinforce the development and mentoring of aviators, and engage with trainees to help them become helicopter pilots at the early stageRead More

With the recent purchase of three Diamond Aircraft flight training devices, Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) is now operating a fleet of five state-of-the art simulators. EAL added one DA40 FSTD and two DA42 Convertible FSTD’s to their existing DA40 FSTD and DA42 FSTD including upgrades of the latter two. Additionally, EAL has ordered a new optionalRead More

ALSIM has announced its second sale at AERO Friedrichshafen 2022, an ALSIM ALSR20 simulator to Cirrus South Africa, based in Lanseria, South Africa. The ALSR20 is the brand-new simulator manufactured by ALSIM and is the exact replica of the Cirrus SR20 aircraft. This Flight Training Device (FTD) Level 5 is specifically designed for PPL andRead More

She also added that this change is proof of the importance of gender equality across the airline and the whole industry. Most people become pilots when they’re in their twenties and have dreamed of it since being a child and Rickiesha Foster, a cadet at the United Aviate Academy in Goodyear, Arizona was no exception.Read More