Aviation International News

Comlux Aviation to Complete First ACJ TwoTwenty by January

Comlux's CEO says the market for the ACJ TwoTwenty has the potential to accommodate 200 to 300 aircraft.

Poland Turns To South Korea’s FA-50 Fighter/Attack Jet

The new fighters are required urgently to complete the replacement of the air force’s Soviet-era hardware.

GKN To Lead Dutch R&D Consortium

GKN Aerospace will lead electrification and thermoplastics R&D programs for the Dutch sustainable aviation transition consortium.

ABS Jets Signs Up for Honeywell Weather Radar Retrofit

Honeywell’s state-of-the-art, hands-free RDR-7000 weather radar requires no pilot input, unlike legacy systems.

Romania Grounds MiG-21 LanceR Fighter Fleet

The upgraded MiGs were due to serve until 2024, but it is now considered unlikely that they will be returned to service.

NATO Awards Contracts for AWACS Replacement Studies

In the mid-2030s NATO’s current fleet of aging E-3 AWACS will be retired, to be replaced by a system-of-systems combining aircraft with other as…

Typhoon Radar Development Follows Parallel Tracks

With the first production AESA radars for the Eurofighter Typhoon now being delivered, further development is being conducted in two separate ef…

UK Carrier Strike Group Begins Deployment

An operational aircraft carrier capability is being restored to the Royal Navy after more than a decade with the deployment of the Queen Elizabe…

Lockheed Martin Flies First F-35 for Denmark

Denmark has 27 of the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing versions on order and expects to deploy them from 2023.

U.S. F-35Bs Make Combat Debut; UK Sea Trials Under Way

Marine F-35Bs have made an air strike on a Taliban target in Afghansitan, marking the first American use of the stealthy fighter

Avinode Sees Strong Charter Market in Europe

Swedish company says activity on its system shows Europe has robust growth at last.

People in Aviation: April 2018

Ken Dufour and Jason Zilberbrand have taken over the management and day to day operations of appraisal company Vref Publishing.