An Iranian turboprop demonstrator made its first flight in the last week of May, taking to the skies around a year after being announced to the world. paving the way for the Simorgh program to march onwards to production. The closed-off Iranian aero industry is always an interesting study in slightly offbeat, character-filled designs, but this one is a pretty boring addition to the encyclopedia of aircraft - an also-ran cargo hauler.
CAE-Bell Collaboration to Bolster Military Helicopter Operations
On 13 June 2023, CAE announced its CAE Defense & Security division has been awarded the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Rotary-Wing, Introductory Flight Training (IFT-R) contract to support the service’s Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The contract tasks CAE with providing flight training to USAF student pilots as part of the branch’s Helicopter Training Next program.
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