The Egyptian display team, Silver Stars, turned on a superb aerial performance to delight Egypt’s President at the formal opening of the first Egypt International Air Show.
Thirty-five years ago, Aviation Week chronicled the first flight of the ES-3A Shadow, the culmination of a $500 million modernization program to convert 16 S-3A anti-submarine warfare aircraft into electronic intelligence platforms. The U.S. Navy/Lockheed ES-3A prototype began its flight test program from Palmdale, California.
Pratt already has a sizeable footprint in Poland, where it placed F100 engine work when the country acquired Lockheed Martin F-16s more than two decades ago.
The inaugural Egypt International Air Show opens today at El Alamein International Airport in El Dabaa, Matrouh. SHOW BUSINESS is there for all three days of the show.
Egypt’s State-owned Arab Organisation for Industrialisation (AOI) announced in January 2023 that an agreement had been reached for the local production of the Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 lead-in fighter trainer and FA-50 light attack aircraft.
The Indian government has approved the purchase of 240 locally assembled Al-31FP engines from Hindustan Aeronautics to power its Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighters.
The UK has pulled around 30 arms export licenses for Israel that London signaled could also impact the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program in certain circumstances.
In its budget proposal, the Defense Ministry is requesting funds to modernize the Japan Aerospace Defense Ground Environment (JADGE), Tokyo's answer to NORAD.