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The Royal Australian Air Force Air Academy is responsible for conducting basic and instructor training for pilots, mission aircrew and air traffic controllers.
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David Donald UAE receives first GlobalEye AEW&C aircraft | Jane's 360 Gareth Jennings, London - Jane's Defence Weekly 29 April 2020 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has received the first of three contracted Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, the manufacturer announced on 29 April. Saab said that it had commenced deliveries of the Bombardier Global 6000 business jet-based platform that were contracted to the UAE Air Force and Defence (AF&D) under the Swing Role Surveillance System award from late 2015. Deliveries of the remaining two aircraft are set to run through to the end of 2021, while an anticipated contract for two additional platforms has not yet been signed. The ground systems had already been handed over to the UAE AF&D, ahead of the aircraft arrival. The GlobalEye is built around the Saab Erieye Extended Range (ER) radar that is housed in the same external dorsal 'plank' as the company's original Erieye system. Equipped with Gallium Nitride (GaN) and other technologies, the Erieye ER is an active electronically scanned array (AESA) system that doubles the radar's power efficiency compared with previous Erieye iterations. It has a range in excess of 650 km that can be extended by focusing the radar's energy. Saab said the Erieye ER is resistant to jamming and features all-weather functionality in all domains (air, sea, and land surveillance), as well as an "extremely high" tracking-update rate against targets of interest. Besides the radar, the aircraft is also equipped with the Leonardo Seaspray 7500E AESA 360° multimode radar, as well as a retractable Star SAFIRE 380-HD electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensor turret, automatic identification system (AIS) for shipping, HES-21 electronic support measures (ESM) suite, and countermeasures. Performance figures disclosed by Saab give the GlobalEye an endurance of more than 13 hours and a top speed of 450 kt. UAE to procure additional GlobalEye aircraft from Saab GlobalEye Goes Public with Dubai Debut Saab: First GlobalEye plane for UAE will be ready next spring GlobalEye AEW&C Aircraft: Details
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iai.co.il RAAF gets four new EW aircraft - Australian Defence Magazine: Defence has announced the acquisition of four modified Gulfstream G550 aircraft – to be designated the MC-55A “Peregrine” - for the RAAF. Minister for Defence Christopher Pyne said the $2.46 billion acquisition would enable Defence to actively strengthen electronic warfare support to naval, air and land forces for operations in complex electromagnetic environments. "The Peregrine is a new airborne electronic warfare capability that will be integrated into Defence's joint warfighting networks, providing a critical link between platforms, including the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter, E-7A Wedgetail, EA-18G Growler, Navy’s surface combatants and amphibious assault ships and ground assets to support the warfighter,” Minister Pyne said. “The aircraft will be based at RAAF Base Edinburgh in SA – yet another piece in a broader Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance precinct being developed at the Super Base, which is already home to our Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. RAAF Base Edinburgh will also serve as the headquarters for our unmanned Tritons and armed unmanned Reaper variant. "This capability and the people who operate it will bring Air Force a step closer to becoming a fully networked fifth-generation force and further exploit the joint combat multiplier effects on exercises and operations," Minister Pyne said. In August 2016, Chief of Air Force AIRMSHL Leo Davies confirmed that unlike the other airborne assets, the G550s will be dedicated solely to the ISREW role and provide what he described as a “multiplying effect." “The G550s would be the conductor of the orchestra, if you like, in an ISR sense," AIRMSHL Davies said. Features of the G550 include an endurance of more than 15 hours, a cruise speed of 0.8 mach and a service ceiling of 51,000 feet, which ADM understands would provide a line of sight communications and signals intelligence (SIGINT) interception range of about 400 kilometres. “About $425 million will be spent with Australian companies during the acquisition phase of the project, including $257 million to be invested in new facilities at RAAF Base Edinburgh,” Minister for Defence Industry Senator Linda Reynolds said. “There will be further significant opportunities for Australian industry, estimated to be over $2 billion, in the sustainment of the aircraft over the 25 years life-of-type.” CAEW Conformal Airborne Early Warning Aircraft – G550 airframe: Details
The Czech aircraft company Aero (Aero Vodochody) has signed a contract with the Hungarian Defence Forces Command for the delivery of 12 new L39NG advanced jet
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IAF IDF, US to hold air exercise with F-35 jets and no physical contact | The Times of Israel: Despite general ban on international exercises in light of coronavirus crisis, drill gets go-ahead because participants never meet By JUDAH ARI GROSS 24 March 2020, 10:53 am The Israel and US militaries were set to launch a joint aerial exercise in southern Israel on Tuesday in which F-35 fighter jets will take part, the Israel Defense Forces said. The drill was permitted to take place, despite a general ban on international exercises during the coronavirus crisis, because it will be held solely in the air, with no person-to-person contact on the ground, the IDF said Tuesday morning. The F-35 exercise comes weeks after the US and Israeli militaries called off two separate exercises due to the coronavirus pandemic, including one of their largest joint drills, the biennial Juniper Cobra. The military said the F-35 exercise would begin Tuesday afternoon and last through Thursday afternoon. During that time, residents of the area would likely notice fighter jets flying overhead, the IDF said. The military said the exercise was not in response to any specific threat but was part of its general 2020 training schedule. Earlier this month, the IDF called off the Juniper Cobra exercise — one of its largest international drills — in which thousands of American and Israeli soldiers were due to take part around the world. The Israeli military also preemptively called off an exercise between American paratroopers stationed out of Italy — one of the countries that has been hardest hit by the disease — and IDF Ground Forces. Israel may buy Boeing F-15I fighters to replace the Lockheed's F-35s Lockheed Presses For Sale Of 75 F-35s To Israel; Boeing Touts F-15s IAI delivers 100th F-35 wing to Lockheed Martin Israeli Air Force Prepares To Induct Second F-35I “Adir” Squadron Israel Air Force selects F-15 IA over the F-35I as the new fighter jet to be acquired over the next decade Israel Keeps Eyes On F-35Bs; Lockheed-Boeing Battle It Out For Fighters, Choppers Israeli Air Force will decide between purchasing a squadron of F-35 jets or Boeing’s latest F-15I Israel poised to ink $11 billion aircraft deal with Boeing Israel to purchase 25 Advanced F-15s and upgrade existing fleet Will Israeli Air Force Buy More F-15s Or F-35s; Intel May Tip Balance No, Israel's Interest In Buying New F-15s Isn't A Referendum On The F-35 Israeli Air Force likely to opt for Advance F-15 Over F-35 for Next Fighter Jet Acquisition Israel negotiating for up to 25 Advanced F-15 (2040c) F-35 Lightning II: Details
The U.S. air force has proposed a $50 million contract to upgrade the U-2 spy plane.
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Canadian aviation company Bombardier lost Canada's Maritime Patrol Aircraft tender to the US company Boeing. Canada will supply P-8A Poseidon.
pjs2005 @flickr Milliyet (Turkey): the first step towards co-production along the line of Antonov | Economy | Inosmi - Everything that is worthy of translation Translated by google 09/01/2020 Kıvanç El President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received a Ukrainian delegation, which included Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister for Strategic Industries Oleg Urusky, as well as representatives of leading enterprises of the Ukrainian defense and aviation industry, including the Antonov aircraft manufacturer and the manufacturer of aircraft engines Motor Sich ". It is reported that at the meeting, which took place after Ukraine's proposal to jointly produce the Antonov transport aircraft, Erdogan signaled his readiness to work together if necessary conditions were created. It was decided to continue technical negotiations on this issue. Then the Ukrainian delegation got acquainted with the work of the Turkish aviation and defense companies TAI, Roketsan and Aselsan. It is noted that, in addition to the production of a transport aircraft, new agreements between the two countries in the defense sphere were also discussed. At the same time, it is assumed that Ukraine, which acquired the UAV from Turkey, may make new purchases in the near future. The conclusion of new cooperation agreements is also possible. In a telephone conversation with President Erdogan the other day, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said: "We hope to sign a defense agreement by the end of the year." Erdogan, in turn, noted that he would be glad if Ukraine began to use the products of the Turkish defense-industrial complex. Aircraft manufacturers of Ukraine threatened to stop production due to a break with the Russian Federation Antonov An-178: Details AN-132 Light Transport Aircraft: Details
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