Malaysian air force receives two AW139 helicopters on lease
25 January 2022
by Ridzwan Rahmat
The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) has taken delivery of two Leonardo AW139 helicopters, which will be operated by the service on lease.
The airframes, which are being leased from the Malaysian company Westar Aviation Services, were received by the service's No 3 Squadron in December 2021, the RMAF said in a statement published via an official social media post on 21 January.
Images accompanying the post indicate that at least one of the aircraft has received RMAF livery, and the airframes are based at the service's Butterworth Air Base.
US Navy deploys Northrop Grumman's MQ-8C Fire Scout to the Pacific
25 May 2022
by Gillian Rich
A Northrop Grumman MQ-8C lands aboard USS Jackson (LCS 6) as part of its deployment to INDOPACOM. (Northrop Grumman)
The US Navy deployed Northrop Grumman's MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aerial system (UAS) on USS Jackson (LCS 6), its first in the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), to provide maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting (ISR&T) capability, the company announced on 23 May.
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 (HSC-21) and HSC-23 will be the primary operators of MQ-8C. Scott Weinpel, business development manager for the Fire Scout programme, told Janes
TransDigm subsidiary buys flight instrument product line from Astronautics
23 May 2022
by Marc Selinger
Extant Aerospace has acquired the Electromagnetic Indicator product line from Astronautics Corporation of America. The unit on the left is a horizontal situation indicator. The others are attitude director indicators. (Astronautics)
Extant Aerospace, a subsidiary of US aircraft parts maker TransDigm Group, has expanded its defence aviation portfolio by acquiring the Electromagnetic Indicator product line from Astronautics Corporation of America for about USD27 million in cash, the buyer announced on 19 May.
Brazilian XMobots teams up with MBDA to build armed UAV
23 May 2022
by Victor Barreira
XMobots and MBDA are working together to add missile capability to the Nauru 1000C VTOL UAV. (XMobots)
Brazilian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) specialist XMobots Aeroespacial e Defesa and Europe's MBDA announced on 17 May that they are teaming up to develop a Brazilian-made weaponised UAV.
According to XMobots, the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in March to integrate the MBDA Enforcer Air, a precision-guided missile capability, with the XMobots Nauru 1000C UAV.
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