Tom Kington

The Coast Guard deployment of C-27Js may be a calling card for Leonardo-Finmeccanica in Canada, but Airbus was keen to point out that its contender, the C-295, is already fully prepared for its new mission.

Airbus and Turkey’s Roketsan signed an MOU to team on the design, integration and testing of Roketsan weapons.

As part of his bid to ward off a blacklisting, the CEO of Leonardo-Finmeccanica says he’s working to improve relationships with Indian firms and the government.

Armament developments for the Eurofighter are underway as the British Royal Air Force uses the aircraft for close-air support in Syria.

Unwilling to wait for the next naval show, BAE Systems has taken the unusual decision to launch two new boats at the Farnborough air show.

The upgrades would provide a new, AESA radar equipped, ‘F-16V’ format within seven years, after bagging orders for over 300 upgrades to date from South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore.

Raytheon has claimed a Patriot anti-missile system used by Saudi Arabia  has had a “100 percent success rate” in intercepting missile attacks by  Yemeni rebels.

The Merlins are expected to start low risk, simple flights from the Queen Elizabeth next March.

A Raytheon representative said the US Air Force might yet look to extend the use of its new T-X jet trainer as an aggressor aircraft.

Work on an unmanned rotor-wing technology demonstrator is set to get underway following the signing of a deal between Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s Helicopter Division and the British Ministry of Defence.