It was a long time coming... but Airbus Military finally has
some reason to cheer for its troubled A400M military transport
program. The European company conducted the first test flight
Wednesday of the TP400-D5 turboprop engine slated to power the
airlifter.
B-1B Lancer aircrews of the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron
guard warfighters from high above Iraq and Afghanistan while
carrying the largest payload of any aircraft in the theater.
Squadron members are responsible for close-air support,
nontraditional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and
armed overwatch for troops supporting operations Iraqi Freedom and
Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force Horn of Africa.
EADS North America delivered the 50th UH-72A Lakota Light
Utility Helicopter to the US Army on Tuesday. The 50th and 51st
UH-72As were delivered to the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation
Training Site (EAATS) from American Eurocopter's Mississippi
production facility, where the Light Utility Helicopter, based on
Eurocopter's EC145, is built.
A worsening global economy hasn't made much of a dent in the
international sales prospects for Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint
Strike Fighter, a Pentagon official told a defense industry
conference this week.
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