The venerable Hawk continues to evolve, with the latest T2 aircraft coming off the final assembly line in Warton bound for Saudi Arabia and Oman representing the platform's most advanced configuration.

The aircraft has been in service for four years, but one of the most important parts of the Boeing P-8A program is only just beginning.

As Nick Jankunas, production manager and principal industrial engineer on the Leonardo-Selex ES Britecloud expendable active decoy ushers ShowNews through the double bank vault-style doors of his team's small, sealed aluminum manufacturing and test center, deep in the bowels of the company's Luton facility, he explains the name staff have given it.

Cessna has announced here availability of underwing hard points for the Grand Caravan EX. “These hard points expand the aircraft’s versatility by allowing operators additional mission capabilities such as extended range with additional fuel tanks, increased cargo space, agricultural operations and the ability to configure the aircraft for missions that require armament,” the company says.

Czech aerospace firm Aero Vodochody is reviewing its portfolio of aerostructures work to focus on risk-sharing programs and engineering capabilities.

Visitors to the Farnborough Airshow will be able to discuss on a single stand the merits of using top-quality CNC turning and prismatic metal cutting equipment from seven different machine tool builders in southern Germany, thanks to Geo Kingsbury, which is the sole sales and service agent for them in the UK and Ireland.

Paris Air Show organizers are gearing up for the 2017 edition, reinforcing existing services for a price that has become comparatively attractive, they claim

Viking Air Limited is to acquire from Bombardier rights to the CL-415 amphibious water bomber and its variants, along with those for the earlier CL-215 and CL-215T piston-engined versions.