Connecting Skies • Bridging Continents
Airbus has been awarded a (US) $27.8 million contract to upgrade 50 UH-72A Lakota helicopters used by the US National Guard. The upgrades will expand the UH-72A Lakota’s capabilities to conduct day and night operations by providing an advanced moving map, enhanced digital interfaces, new monitors, an airborne mission management system, and other system improvements. […]
Textron Aviation Defense has delivered all eight T-6C Texan II trainer aircraft ordered by the Tunisian Air Force, which is now using the type for pilot training. The arrival of the eighth aircraft was announced on 10 August, with Brett Pierson, president and CEO of Textron Aviation Defense, welcoming “the induction of the Beechcraft T-6C
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) is reportedly in talks with India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) with a view to acquiring the Tejas fighter aircraft. This was confirmed during the Aero India show at Bengaluru earlier this year, when C B Ananthakrishnan, HAL’s chairman and managing director, confirmed that the company had received expressions of
