McNerney: Boeing plans to assemble military helicopters in India
Boeing chairman Jim McNerney revealed that his company will assemble one type of military helicopter that was recently sold to India locally.
By CPT Peter Smedberg [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
India place an order for 15 CH-47Fs and 22 AH-64s with the Pentagon recently.
Source: McNerney: Boeing plans to assemble military helicopters in India
Navy engineer sentenced to 11 years for attempting to sell carrier schematics
A former civilian engineer working for the U.S. Navy has been sentenced to 11 years behind bars for trying to sell schematics for aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to Egypt.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Aidan P. Campbell [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Source: Navy engineer sentenced to 11 years for attempting to sell carrier schematics
Airbus to bring A400M to Seoul ADEX 2015
Airbus will bring its A400M large transport to the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition 2015 (Seoul ADEX 2015) starting next week.
By Airwolfhound (Flickr: A400M – RIAT 2013) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Source: Airbus to bring A400M to Seoul ADEX 2015
USAF to conduct CV-22 training flights at four locales in Japan
An environmental impact study by the U.S. Air Force has disclosed four training locales in Japan for the CV-22B.
By: Glenn Fawcett [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The training locales are: a training range near Misawa Air Base; airspace around Gunma, Niigata and Nagano prefectures; the Ground Self-Defense Force’s East Fuji Maneuver Area in Shizuoka Prefecture; and training ranges in Okinawa Prefecture.
Source: USAF to conduct CV-22 training flights at four locales in Japan
Carter rejects South Korea’s request for 4 key technologies
South Korea’s Defense Minister Han Min-koo met his U.S. counterpart Aston Carter on Oct. 15 at the Pentagon. Carter rejected Han’s request to transfer four key technologies crucial to the KF-X fighter program.
Source: KAI
A statement from the Ministry of National Defense said Carter offered to strengthen technological cooperation with South Korea instead.
Source: Carter rejects South Korea’s request for 4 key technologies
JASDF, USFJ commanders in exchange flight
Lt. Gen. John Dolan, the U.S. Forces Japan commander, and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Lt. Gen. Yoshiyuki Sugiyama, the Air Defense Command commander, came together for a bilateral exchange flight at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 14.
U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jose L. Hernandez-Domitilo
Dolan took the back seat of a Mitsubishi F-2 while Sugiyama was flown aboard a F-16D.
Source: JASDF, USFJ commanders in exchange flight
CVW-2 photo exercise with Peruvian Air Force
Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing 2 fly alongside a Peruvian Air Force MiG-29 and Mirage 2000 during a photo exercise above aircraft carrier USS George Washington.
U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. David Babka
Source: CVW-2 photo exercise with Peruvian Air Force
India’s Nirbhay cruise missile test aborted after 700 seconds
India’s third attempt at testing its indigenous Nirbhay cruise missile has failed again after the weapon was launched at 11:38 a.m. local time on Oct. 16 from the Integrated Test Range.
Photo: DRDO
The missile flew for 128 km over 700 seconds before it nose-dived into the Bay of Bengal.
Source: India’s Nirbhay cruise missile test aborted after 700 seconds
Turkey shot down UAV after three warnings were given
The Turkish General Staff website issued a statement today at 13:30 saying that an unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down in its airspace near the border with Syria after giving three warnings.
Photo: DHA
The aircraft did not leave Turkish airspace after the warnings were given and fighters on patrol shot down the UAV as per rules of engagement. The UAV is reported to have crash in the province of Kilis.
Source: Turkey shot down UAV after three warnings were given
Bahrain not buying Iron Dome
Bahrain’s Minister of Information Affairs Isa bin Abdulrahman Al Hammadi said recent news reports on Bahrain’s plan to buy the Israeli-made Iron Dome missile system is untrue.
By Israel Defense Forces and Nehemiya Gershoni נחמיה גרשוני (see also https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A5:Flickr-IDF-IronDome-in-action001.jpg ) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/idfonline/8194572552/) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
“The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are looking into buying an anti-missile defense system from the United States, and there are no attempts whatsoever to purchase the system from Israel as claimed by the television channel,” Al Hammadi said.
Source: Bahrain not buying Iron Dome