Cessna has, announced an agreement with the Turkish SSM (Undersecretariat for Defence Industries of the Ministry of National Defence) for 46 new 182 Turbo Skylane single-engine piston aircraft.
The first two of Saudi Arabia's 72 Eurofighter Typhoons have successfully arrived in Riyadh, less than two weeks after a formal roll-out ceremony was held in the UK.
The RAF's Airborne Standoff Radar system was on static display at the Paris Air Show is now shifting its attention to Afghanistan at the start of what could be the longest ever deployment of the surveillance system in the skies above Afghanistan.
Saudi Arabia is stepping up efforts to acquire advanced fighter jets to renew its combat fleet amid growing security concerns in the Gulf over the future of Iran, two sources following the matter said on Thursday, reported Reuters.
Germany's MTU Aero Engines has taken a stake in Saudi Arabia-based Middle East Propulsion Company (MEPC). The deal was announced by Germany's leading engine manufacturer at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget yesterday.
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Saudi Arabia has taken delivery of the first two Eurofighter Typhoons out of an order for 72 of the multirole fighter; state news agency SPA said June 12.
The United Arab Emirates Air Force has selected the P180 Avanti II aircraft as part of a fleet expansion programme to include two light multi-utility aircraft.
Governments in Africa and the Middle East are being targeted for a new medium range maritime patrol SAR (Search and Rescue) and critical infrastructure surveillance and security platform, based on the new Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft
Oman has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin a C-130J Super Hercules. The aircraft, to be delivered in mid-2012, is in the longer C-130J-30 configuration.
The UAE's foreign minister has confirmed that the UAE and France are continuing negotiations on UAE's potential purchase of French Rafale fighter planes,
The Turkish Air Force has disbanded its first McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom squadron as it prepares for the introduction of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II, flightglobal.com has reported.
A UK harrier jump jet crashed at Kandahdar Airfield on May 14 but the pilot successfully ejected having avoided another aircraft on the runway while making an emergency landing.
The US Army has awarded Bell Helicopter a $60.3 million contract for 24 of its Model 407 helicopters, which the Army will provide to the Iraqi Air Force as part of a planned Foreign Military Sale to Iraq the manufacturer has said.
Algeria has begun delivering military equipment to Mali as part of strengthened military cooperation between the neighboring countries, Agence France Presse reported.
