Poland’s 8th Air Base Krakow-Balice is welcoming a new CAE simulator for the C295 military transport. The Polish Air Force has a fleet of 16 Airbus C295 aircrafts, which are utilized for a variety of transport operations. To develop the full-flight simulator, CAE worked with Airbus Defence and Space. "This...

During a flight trial, Saab’s Gripen E smart fighter flew supersonic for the first time, breaking the sound barrier while flying over the Baltic Sea on October 18. This part of on-going trials for the aircraft as the company collects data as the plane hits and sustains various milestones like...

In further steps to keep the Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility (MSHATF) at RAF Benson up to date, Serco was awarded an eight-year extension to its CAE contract. “We are very proud to have been chosen to remain CAE’s trusted partner at RAF Benson in managing and operating this...

Lockheed Martin announced the Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) Program Training Systems Critical Design Review (CDR) was successfully conducted. This allows the CRH program to proceed to assemble, test and evaluate the Sikorsky developed HH-60W helicopter's training systems. “The CRH team is working hard to provide our warfighters the capability they...

The UK Ministry of Defence announced a £90 million investment into a helicopter simulation center for Royal Air Force and Royal Navy pilots. The deal will sustain 70 jobs at the Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility based at RAF Benson in South Oxfordshire. “The importance of effective synthetic training...

Boeing renewed its contract to use QinetiQ’s Hampshire, U.K.-based wind tunnel to evaluate aircraft designs. The latest extension will see Boeing use the facility for aircraft testing through 2024. The 40-year, £25 million contract was originally awarded back in 2004, and is reviewed every five years. “The wind tunnel, which...

Airbus Helicopters has delivered the U.S. Army’s 400th UH-72A Lakota helicopter, fulfilling its contract requirements to date by delivering every aircraft on time, on budget and meeting the Army’s rigorous quality standards. “From the moment when the Army awarded Airbus the contract to produce the UH-72A, our team has strived...

Airbus Defence & Space contracted Indra to develop a tactical and integrated procedures trainer (IPT) for pilots who will operate the A330 MRTT aerial refueling tanker. System delivery is scheduled for 2019. The system will familiarize pilots with functions of the A330 tanker in high-risk situations, replicating scenarios which are...

328 Support Services GmbH, the Bavarian aircraft-technology company better known as simply 328, has entered the helicopter market. Working with Reiser Simulations and Training GmbH (RST), the company completed a data gathering project to collect vital information to help create a Level D compliant flight model of the H125 from...

The T-50A Aircraft from Lockheed Martin, a trainer plane, has flown its 100th sortie this month at the Greenville, South Carolina facility. A milestone in the pursuit of the T-X contracts from the U.S. government to replace the Air Force fleet of training aircrafts. "This particular flight in TX-2, included...