Craig Hoyle
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United Kingdom
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Elbit secures Romanian SA330, Soim upgrade contracts
Elbit Systems has received a fresh slew of contracts from Romania linked to the NATO nation's fleets of transport helicopters and jet trainers. → Read More
Italy awards Leonardo C-27J Spartan upgrade deal
Leonardo will upgrade up to a dozen C-27J Spartan tactical transports for the Italian air force. → Read More
Rolls-Royce kicks off testing of replacement B-52 engine
Rolls-Royce has commenced testing in support of a re-engining programme for the US Air Force's Boeing B-52H fleet. → Read More
Northrop Grumman pitches Advanced Hawkeye for NATO surveillance need
Northrop Grumman is offering its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye to meet NATO's future airborne surveillance needs, having responded to a recent request for information from the alliance. → Read More
India’s first C295 tactical transport breaks cover in Seville
India's first C295 tactical transport has emerged from assembly at Airbus Defence & Space's San Pablo site near Seville, Spain. → Read More
BAE reports record order intake, as chief executive eyes future growth
BAE Systems secured orders worth £37 billion ($44.5 billion) in 2022, up from almost £21.5 billion during the previous 12 months. → Read More
Saab pitches GlobalEye for NATO AWACS successor deal
Saab is pitching a version of its GlobalEye surveillance aircraft as a potential successor for NATO's aged fleet of Boeing E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. → Read More
Tecnam modifying first two Sentinel SMPs for undisclosed buyer
Tecnam has launched mission system installation work on its first pair of P2012 Sentinel Special Mission Platform surveillance aircraft. → Read More
BAE, Leonardo advance self-protection pact for international market
The US government has approved a joint effort to combine the self-protection capabilities of BAE Systems Inc's AAR-57 common missile warning system and Leonardo's Miysis directed infrared countermeasure technology. → Read More
Saab reshuffles Aeronautics unit leadership as it pursues NATO defence sales
Saab chief executive Micael Johansson has reshuffled his senior management team, in a bid to better position the Swedish company to pursue new business opportunities with NATO member nations. → Read More
Royal Navy ships to deploy ‘Peregrine’ UAS on Gulf duties from 2024
UK Royal Navy warships operating in the Middle East will deploy Schiebel Camcopter S-100 unmanned surveillance aircraft from next year. → Read More
UK announces Ukrainian fighter pilot training pact
The UK Ministry of Defence has pledged to deliver future training to Ukrainian air force fighter pilots, although its commitment stops short of any transfer of combat aircraft to Kyiv. → Read More
Bruce Dickinson’s take on flying the iconic 747 as ‘Ed Force One’
Iron Maiden frontman and 'Ed Force One' captain Bruce Dickinson reflects on his memories from flying Boeing's iconic 747 on the Book of Souls tour. → Read More
How Boeing’s ‘Incredibles’ crafted 747 as Queen of the Skies
While the 747 programme's last delivery has closed a chapter of history for the Boeing type, it will always remain "Queen of the Skies", according to Michael Lombardi, the company's senior corporate historian. → Read More
From freighters to Air Force One: how the current 747 fleet is deployed
After a production run totalling 1,574 aircraft, Boeing's 747 remains in widespread use around the globe, with almost one-quarter of all delivered jumbos still operational. → Read More
How special 747 variants have delivered in military and niche roles
Boeing's ever-versatile 747 continues to fill a range of niche applications for military and other operators, even including its use as a satellite launch platform. → Read More
Italian industry cements its role in GCAP fighter effort
Italy's leading defence companies have signed a contract to advance the nation's role in the UK-led Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), which seeks to deliver a new manned Tempest fighter and complementary systems for operational use from 2035. → Read More
Lockheed’s first Greenville-built F-16 makes debut flight
Lockheed Martin has performed a debut flight with the first F-16 fighter built at its Greenville site in South Carolina: a two-seat, Block 70 example built for Bahrain. → Read More
Qinetiq boosts fixed-wing training fleet for German military
German operator Qinetiq GmbH has announced a fleet expansion involving its acquisition of nine secondhand Pilatus PC-9Bs and a new-build pair of Diamond DA62s. → Read More
2Excel to disband The Blades aerobatic display team
The UK's 2Excel Aviation has called time on its aerobatic display team The Blades, citing factors such as global economic pressures and the reduced number of domestic air shows for creating "an unsustainable business model". → Read More