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Russia to commission new stealth bomber in 2025-2030

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MOSCOW, December 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russia’s new strategic bomber will use stealth technologies and is expected to enter service in 2025-2030, the commander of Russia’s strategic aviation said on Tuesday.

According to Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev, the stealth technology will make "the new aircraft difficult to detect by radar, although it is impossible to make airplanes of this type completely invisible.”

"However, new technologies and materials will help reduce the possibility of detection,” Zhikarev said, adding that the new airplane was expected to enter service in 2025-2030.

The new strategic bomber will replace the Tu-95MC Bear and Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers, and Tu-22M3 Backfire long-range bombers currently in service with Russia’s strategic aviation.

According to various sources, in addition to 16 Tu-160 bombers, the Russian Air Force currently has 40 Tu-95MS bombers and 141 Tu-22M3 bombers in service.

These aircraft will form the backbone of the Russian strategic aviation in the next decade following extensive modernization.

“We expect to receive two upgraded Tu-160 planes from the Kazan plant and to have two more aircraft in for repair by the end of December, so this process is continuous,” Zhikharev said.

The general said the modernization included the overhaul of obsolete communications, electronic warfare, targeting, and fire-control systems.

“We are planning to complete this modernization by 2015,” he added.

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Raptors to deploy to Guam



HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (AFNS) -- Fifteen F-22 Raptors are scheduled to deploy to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in January 2010 for approximately three months.

The fighters and associated personnel will deploy from the 90th Fighter Squadron at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska.

The deployment supports U.S. Pacific Command's theater security packages in the Western Pacific and follows the recent departure from the theater of two deployed squadrons of F-22s that also were supporting U.S. PACOM's TSP. The fighters and personnel deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam, and Kadena Air Base, Japan, completed their redeployment in October 2009.

The F-22 is a transformational combat aircraft that can avoid enemy detection, cruises at supersonic speeds, is highly maneuverable, and provides the joint force an unprecedented level of integrated situational awareness.

As part of continuing force posture adjustments to address worldwide requirements, U.S. officials continue to deploy additional forces throughout the Western Pacific. This is the latest example of the flexibility U.S. forces have to meet their ongoing commitments and security obligations throughout the pacific region.

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Russo-Indian 5th-gen fighter to commence flight tests in January



Russia has started initial tests of its futuristic fifth generation stealth fighter jet, dubbed the PAK-FA programme, which it is partnering with India. The PAK-FA, or the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) programme, as it is referred to in India, hopes to match, or outperform, the American F-22 Raptor.

The F-22 Raptor, which is an air superiority fighter, is the worlds only existing fifth generation fighter aircraft programme. A related, fifth generation ground attack version, the F-35 Lightning II, is currently under development.

An Interfax report, without specifying details of time, said that the first prototype of the FGFA rolled out on the runway of KNAAPO aircraft plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the country's Far East. The test pilot switched on its engines and made two runs on the airstrip, during which breaks were applied several times.

The PAK-FA will make several more taxi runs before making its first flight in January 2010.

Under an agreement signed in October 2007, India is partnering the Russians on the programme and is developing its own two-seater derivative. The Russian version is a single-seater.

According to sources, at least three prototypes of the PAK-FA aircraft have been constructed at the KNAAPO aircraft plant, and several Indian teams have visited the facility.

Russia's deputy defence minister, Vladimir Popovkin, had announced in mid-September 2009, that the PAK FA, also known as the T-50, was scheduled to enter service with the Russian Air Force from 2015.

The Russian Air Force will commence taking delivery of the PAK-FA only after taking full delivery of 48 4++ generation Su-35 fighters. The first of these long-range strike aircraft will enter service in 2011, with full deliveries completed by 2015.

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Forecasts 2010: Defence - selection headaches

Controversy will remain the buzzword in the defence sector during 2010, with long-running processes to select a new tanker for the US Air Force and a new-generation fighter for Brazil likely to grab early headlines.

Now entering its 10th year and third attempt, the USAF's process to acquire a replacement for its oldest Boeing KC-135R tankers should reach a new apex of intensity over the coming months.

Having won the previous KC-X battle through a flawed selection subsequently overturned by the US General Accountability Office, the Northrop Grumman/EADS North America team has threatened to withdraw from the new competition, as the air force is refusing to change the rules for evaluating its bid against Boeing. If either side is to soften its position it will have to move quickly, as a final version of the KC-X request for proposals is scheduled for release in mid-January.

Only once the final document has been released will the field for the requirement be confirmed, with any Northrop/EADS proposal of an Airbus A330-based design to face solutions based on either the Boeing 767 or 777. Separately, Airbus Military will during 2010 hand over its first KC-30 tanker/transport to launch customer the Royal Australian Air Force.

The three-way battle to win Brazil's FX-2 contest for the first 36 of a possible fleet of 130 new fighters could also be the subject of outcry early this year.

A choice between the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale and Saab Gripen NG had been expected in late 2009, with the French aircraft having been widely expected to win. But with presidents Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva and Nicolas Sarkozy having surprised Dassault's rivals by announcing the Rafale's selection last September - before the air force had even delivered the results from its evaluation of the bidders - a victory for Paris appears guaranteed to prompt an appeal into the factors behind the selection process.

JSF ANSWERS

Elsewhere in the fighter arena, Lockheed Martin must this year deliver answers for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme. Following a glitch-prone 2009, the company will have to accelerate its flight-test activities by historic levels to get the schedule back on track.

Meanwhile, Lockheed will seek to expand its international presence by signing its first major export orders for the JSF, with Israel the leading candidate for an expected 25 aircraft. Partner nation Australia should also advance its planned first order for 14 of the type, having approved the purchase plan in December.

Any new major slip for the F-35 could have implications for Boeing's F/A-18E/F, which stands to benefit directly from delays to the US Navy's F-35C carrier variant. The manufacturer must find a new customer for the Super Hornet this year to keep the multirole fighter in production beyond 2011.

Europe's prospects in securing future export sales of the Eurofighter Typhoon should also become clearer over the next few months, after partner nations Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK have reached a decision on whether to equip the type with new technologies.

Potentially, the biggest decision facing their Tranche 3A configuration choice hinges on whether to introduce an active electronically scanned array radar. The new class of sensor could be an important element of future bids to sell the Typhoon to nations that are hungry for the transfer of cutting-edge technology.

One such nation is India, which is continuing its process to evaluate six fighter designs: the Gripen NG, Rafale, Super Hornet, Typhoon, Lockheed F-16 and Russia's RSK MiG-35.

New Delhi's requirement for 126 new medium multirole combat aircraft could deliver a product-saving opportunity for several of the bidders, but the pace of its selection process is likely to be a source of frustration. For example, it is unclear whether India will narrow the competitive field for MMRCA once the current evaluation process has been completed.

India will also have an eye on the promised first flight of Russia's Sukhoi-led PAK-FA fifth-generation fighter this year, with the type's debut having slipped from late 2009. Once revealed, the aircraft could take on the sales baton from types such as the MiG-29 and Su-27/30, or seal the continued contraction of the former-Soviet fighter industry.

Washington, meanwhile, will be watching events that could lay the ground work for technologies that may become mature by the end of the next decade. First flight events for the Northrop X-47B and Boeing X-51A Wave­Rider will demonstrate carrier-based unmanned strike aircraft and a hypersonic cruise missile, respectively, while a slightly delayed intercept test for the Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser could prove to be a watershed event for the directed energy community.

But for the US Army aviation community, continued belt-tightening seems inevitable. Pressure is likely to grow on the budget for development programmes such as the Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk and Boeing AH-64D Apache Block III. New programmes, such as a replacement for its armed scout helicopters, will be difficult to support.

In the airlift sector, new opportunities are likely to emerge, with major products on both sides of the Atlantic boosted recently. Boeing's C-17 strategic transport has been handed a further stay of execution, with 10 more examples to roll off the Long Beach line in California by mid-2012, thanks to the latest Congressional action to save the programme.

In Europe, the recent first flight of the troubled Airbus A400M could be a pointer to a good year for the turboprop-powered design; so long as the company can agree new contractual terms with its seven launch customers.

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Combat ready



PETALING JAYA: Claims that the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) F/A-18D Hornets are not combat-ready as they are not equipped with source codes are erroneous.


Defence analyst Dzirhan Mahadzir told The Malay Mail yesterday that not having the source codes does not mean that the aircraft pilot would not be able to engage the weapons.

Dzirhan was commenting on former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's posting on his blog in which he stated that RMAF's Hornets were only good for air display as they were not given the source codes.

"It is ridiculous to believe that our pilots would fly a plane that could not be used in combat. Besides, we have carried out many exercises locally and also overseas. Our Hornets did not have problems engaging the opposing fighters in mock combat exercises."

Source codes, Dzirhan said, are software codes which modify the systems of the aircraft to work with non-standard systems.

"Most aircraft manufacturers and countries do not give out the source codes, but they might be willing in certain cases to modify them to enable the aircraft to accept non-standard systems.

"It simply means we can re-programme or modify the system, which in most cases, are kept standard, including the Russian ones.

"In any event, even if we did have the codes, do we have the expertise to do anything with it?"
Dzirhan pointed out an example that since it was the Russians who conducted integration work on the RMAF Sukhoi Su-30MKM multi-role combat aircraft, this seemed to suggest that we did not get the software codes for the planes or even if we did, we don't have the expertise to do anything with it.

"As a general rule, the United States do not release its source codes to export customers and this is a known fact.

"Obviously, if we did not know this until the last minute, then somebody is not doing their homework before the purchase of the Hornets.

"Even so, why did we not back out of the deal if there were such an issue? In any event, the US does provide 'object codes' which allows the buyer to do limited re-programming on their systems to counter new or unexpected threats."

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USAF Seeks To Replace UH-1N Helicopter
By JOHN REED

The U.S. Air Force has started its effort to replace 62 Vietnam War-vintage UH-1N Huey helicopters with a commercially available helicopter by 2015, according to a Dec. 17 service document.



The sources-sought notice seeks contractors who can provide the Air Force with up to 93 helicopters - dubbed the Common Vertical Lift Support Platform (CVLSP) - that can carry at least nine passengers and that have proved themselves in commercial or government service. The service wants to put the new helicopters into service quickly: "We will consider some performance trade offs to meet schedule at an affordable cost."

The Air Force expects to award a contract for the helicopters as soon as fiscal year 2012 and wants to have at least six aircraft by 2015, the target date for initial operational capability. Another 10 choppers are due no later than Sept. 30, 2017.

One way the service hopes to do this is by purchasing an aircraft that is currently in production, according to the document.

The service's UH-1N fleet dates to the 1970s and is used primarily at nuclear missile bases in Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming, where they patrol missile fields, fly search-and-rescue missions, and more. The Air Force has another squadron of Hueys at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., that provide VIP airlift around Washington. The Sixth Special Operations Squadron also flies a handful of the aircraft for special operations missions at Hurlburt Field, Fla.

Those aircraft fly a cruising speed of roughly 100 knots and can carry up to 13 passengers depending on the situation.

While the missions flown by the current Huey fleet are relatively benign, the service is looking for a helicopter with a fairly high degree of survivability in combat situations, according to the notice.

The new choppers must be armored against 7.62mm small arms fire, feature electro-optical and infrared sensors, infrared countermeasures, be night-vision-goggle ready, and carry enough firepower to dispatch several enemy infantry squads during one mission, according to the notice.

The Air Force also wants the aircraft to be equipped with secure satellite communications as well as nonsecure line-of-sight communications links.

In addition to carrying nine passengers or 3,195 pounds of cargo, the CVLSP birds must be able to maintain a minimum of 135 knots airspeed while flying at 6,500 feet and be able to fly for at least three hours unrefueled at 6,500 feet.

The Army is replacing its antiquated Hueys with 345 EADS-built UH-72 Lakotas in a multiyear contract estimated to cost $3 billion. The Army uses the unarmed Lakota for stateside missions such as medical evacuations, drug hunting and personnel transport.

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Eurojet Bolsters Engine Offer for India's LCA

NEW DELHI - Eurojet of Germany has offered India aircraft engine technology to power India's homegrown Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk2 version.

Indian Defence Ministry sources said the single crystal turbine blade technology, originally denied to Indian scientists, has been offered to India by Eurojet via the EJ200 engine. The EJ200 is competing with the General Electric GE 414 to power the LCA.

Last year, India's Aeronautical Development Agency, which is developing the LCA, floated a request for proposals to GE and Eurojet.

Meanwhile, EADS, whose Eurofighter aircraft is also competing for India's $10 billion program to purchase 126 Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft, has offered thrust-vectoring technology.

Indian Defence Ministry sources said the offer by Eurojet and EADS were received simultaneously last month.

An EADS executive claimed that equipping the twin-engine Typhoon's engines with thrust vectoring nozzles could reduce fuel burn on a typical mission by up to 5 percent while increasing available thrust in supersonic cruise by up to 7 percent.

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SE ENSAMBLA EN SEVILLA
EADS podría abandonar el A400M: los países no pagan
El abandono estaría sujeto al pago de los 5.300 millones adicionales por los tres años de retraso que acumula el proyecto.
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El presidente de EADS, Thomas Enders, podría estar planteándose abandonar el proyecto del A400M, cuyo ensamblaje final se realiza en Sevilla, ante la incertidumbre sobre el pago de unos 5.300 millones de euros adicionales a finales de este mes por parte de los siete países participantes, situando las posibilidades de llegar a un acuerdo favorable para ambas partes en "un 50%".

Según informó este martes la edición alemana del diario Financial Times, Enders habría afirmado que "ya no cree en una continuación favorable del programa", por lo que el consorcio europeo podría estar dando los primeros pasos ante un posible abandono.

Esta temprana cancelación del programa sería vista como "una estrategia de negocio", en la que para el mes de febrero unos 100 ingenieros que participaron en el programa del A400M podrían pasar a dedicarse al proyecto del nuevo modelo A350 para uso civil.

En este sentido, fuentes cercanas citadas por el diario indican que Enders "no está dispuesto a arriesgar el buen funcionamiento del departamento de aviación civil para apostar por el A400M".

Los costes adicionales del programa del A400M, que realizó con éxito el pasado 11 de diciembre su primer vuelo, podrían alcanzar los 7.500 millones de euros después de acumular tres años de retrasos, por lo que EADS reclama a los países implicados inyectar 5.300 millones de euros este mes.

Hasta el momento, se han registrado 184 pedidos de la moderna aeronave de transporte militar A400M, cuyo ensamblaje final se realiza en la planta de Airbus en Sevilla y desde donde se realizó con éxito el primer vuelo de prueba del aparato, cuya primera entrega está prevista para 2012.

Incertidumbre sobre el programa

El contrato vigente entre EADS y los siete Estados que participan del programa firmado en 2003, entre ellos España, incluye el pedido de 180 aviones para su entrega en 2009 a los países miembros de la cooperación europea en materia de armamento, denominada OCCAR, por 20.000 millones de euros.

Concretamente, 60 unidades para Alemania, 50 para Francia, 27 para España, 25 para Reino Unido, diez para Turquía, siete para Bélgica y una para Luxemburgo. Hasta ahora se han efectuado un total de 184 pedidos de A400M para estos siete países, cuatro de ellos para clientes de Malasia. Sudáfrica que se unió posteriormente, con un pedido de ocho aviones, se retiró del proyecto.

Alemania, Francia, España, Reino Unido, Turquía, Bélgica y Luxemburgo ya han aceptado renunciar a las indemnizaciones por los retrasos del programa.

Enders reconoció, después del primer vuelo, que la situación financiera del A400M "no funcionaba" y solicitó un "esfuerzo adicional" por parte de los países clientes que garantizara su continuidad, confiando en alcanzar un acuerdo sobre el coste adicional antes de que finalizara el año, que por el momento no se ha materializado.

Precisamente, el presidente de EADS, Louis Gallois, y el presidente de Airbus, Tom Enders, acudirán el próximo martes a Sevilla para analizar y presentar la estrategia empresarial que llevará a cabo el consorcio europeo en 2010, así como sus perspectivas de desarrollo.

Airbus, que hará públicos sus resultados anuales, podría confirmar un nuevo récord si se confirman las 498 entregas y los 300 pedidos, cifras desveladas ayer por el diario francés 'La Tribune'. En este marco, se prevé el desarrollo de una reunión de la alta dirección del consorcio aeronáutico.
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Me han pisado la anterior noticia cuando la iba a colgar. Edito

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Acerca del A400M, ya hay un "contrafuego" a lo que se supone que este tio de Thomas Enders hubiera declarado mientras las navidades. Hoy un portavoz del ministro Alemán de la defensa declaró que su país se apega a encontrar un acuerdo con EADS Airbus para seguir el desarollo del aparato y equipar la fuerza aerea alemana con éste :

http://www.lse.co.uk/FinanceNews.asp?shareprice=&ArticleCode=gjffl6av9xrt3wk&ArticleHeadline=Germany_says_sticking_with_A400M_transporter

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http://www.infodefensa.com/esp/noticias ... =2143&n=El presidente de Airbus prepararía supresión del A400M, a pesar segundo vuelo con éxito

.- A lo que decían esas "negras noticas para el A400M", ya han salido a contradecirlas y asegurar que dado la buena experiencia de la segunda prueba, se llegará a un acuerdo con EADS, y el A-400M, será un proyecto viable y de futuro, con posibilidades de grandes ventas exteriores. Tendrá el apoyo de los gobiernos de todos los paises que forman parte del programa inicial. Saludos.

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EMIRATOS ARABES UNIDOS COMPRA FINALMENTE 6 C-17A
Finalmente serán 6 en lugar de los 4 inicialmente planeados.
FRANCIA COMIENZAN MISION OTAN DE PATRULLA AÉREA DE LOS ESTADOS BALTICOS
Francia ha desplazado 4 Mirage 2000, en una misión que durará 4 meses para patrulla del espacio aéreo de Estonia, Letonia y Lituania, países que tienen un acuerdo con la OTAN para vigilancia y patrulla de su espacio aéreo, ya que estos países carecen de aviones adecuados para esta misión. Otros países que han desarrollado este tipo de misiones son Bélgica, España, Noruega, Alemania, Rumanía, Alemania y Dinamarca.

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Lockheed F-35 Purchases Delayed in Pentagon’s Fiscal 2011 Plan
January 06, 2010, 04:43 PM EST
By Tony Capaccio
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates has directed the military to delay the Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 program, cutting planned purchases by 10 aircraft in fiscal 2011 and a total of 122 through 2015, according to a budget document.
More than $2.8 billion that was budgeted earlier to buy the military’s next-generation fighter would instead be used to continue its development.
The delay is a setback for both Gates and Lockheed.
The defense secretary said last year he wanted to accelerate jet purchases to complete the military’s most expensive weapons program sooner and possibly save money.
For Lockheed, the world’s largest defense contractor, accelerated purchases would be more profitable because a program’s production phase brings in more revenue than research and development. In addition, the Bethesda, Maryland-based company faces negotiations that may require it to absorb a share of cost overruns during what will likely be an extended development phase. The company now absorbs no overrun costs.
Along with the delay in Lockheed’s program, Gates is calling for spending a total of $2.4 billion in 2011 and 2012 to buy 26 F/A-18E/F planes that are capable of jamming enemy radar. Those aircraft are produced by Boeing Co., the second-largest defense contractor.
Navy officials warned that if the F-35 program slipped, they’d press for more F-18s to mitigate a “fighter gap” caused by their aging, carrier-based jets.

Cuts Itemized

Gates’s order is in an unreleased document he signed Dec. 23 that is the basis for the new defense budget to be released Feb. 1. The document was widely distributed within the Pentagon, including the military chiefs, inspector general, the intelligence agencies and regional combat commanders.
He directed the shift from the procurement budget to development of $320 million in fiscal 2011; $544 million in 2012; $716 million in fiscal 2013; $872 million in fiscal 2014 and $356 million in 2015, according to the document.
The document gives no indication that the program’s target quantity would be cut. The planes bought through 2015 would be used for training, testing and to fill the first operational squadrons.
The F-35 is intended to replace the F-16, A-10, AV-8 Harrier jets and earlier model F-18s.

2,456 U.S. Planes

The F-35 program’s current projected cost is $298.8 billion. The plan is to build by 2034 at least 2,456 U.S. aircraft with common parts for the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.
Gates’s decision appears to have been influenced by several independent assessments commissioned by the Pentagon, said Thomas Christie, who was in charge of the Defense Department’s weapons testing from 2001-2005.
One recent study agreed with a similar one from a year earlier that predicted a 2 1/2 year delay in development beyond the current target of October 2014 and an added cost of $16.5 billion. The new estimate recommended the Pentagon add $314 million to the five-year plan to beef up testing. Gates did so.
A separate review of Lockheed’s manufacturing raised questions about the company’s ability to meet its schedule for assembling the plane.

Production Rate at Issue

The deferral of buying 122 aircraft reflects concerns “about Lockheed Martin’s ability to produce aircraft at the previously planned rate,” Christie said in an interview.
“I have to compliment” Gates “for stepping up to the plate as opposed to once again letting the program go on as previously planned, with its clearly unexecutable cost and schedule profile,” he said.
Gates’s decision was made in parallel with a review by the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, Ashton Carter.
Carter is assessing whether the program’s development phase should be lengthened beyond October 2014 because of delays in delivering 10 of 13 test aircraft needed to fly the 5,000 sorties required by the test plan.
“Senior leadership may have changes” to the schedule when the fiscal year 2011 budget is submitted, F-35 program manager Major General David Heinz said.
“The test aircraft are late to the schedule that was published more than a year ago and an update is currently part of the deliberation,” Heinz said in an e-mailed statement.
Carter is also preparing contract proposals that would require Lockheed to assume some of the financial risk for cost overruns. Its current “cost-plus” contract doesn’t require that.
Lockheed Martin spokesman Chris Giesel said in an e-mail the company understood the Pentagon was revaluating F-35 program funding and “this may have implications” for purchases in “fiscal 2011 and beyond.”
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman declined to comment on what he said was pre-decisional budget material.

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UCRANIA FIRMARA VARIOS CONTRATOS POR LA VENTA DE AN-140, AN-74 Y AN-148

Ucrania se está preparando para firmar varios contratos por la entrega de 3 aviones An-140 por un total sobre 50 millones de dólares a Laos, cuatro An-74 para Egipto por un total superior a los 100 millones de dólares y dos An-148 para los Emiratos Árabes Unidos para un total superior a los 50 millones de dólares, además de otra compra de 15 aviones por un total de casi 400 millones de dólares, informó el ministro de economía, Bogdan Danilishin.
Según la información, publicada en el sitio Web del ministerio, hay ya más de 150 órdenes y opciones firmes para el acuerdo preliminar del avión An-148. Habrían sido alcanzadas ya con Irán para la venta y la producción en conjunto de más de 70 aparatos de esta familia, agregó el ministro.
Recordó, luego que un contrato se ha firmado con la India para la mejora y el reacondicionamiento de la flota de aviones de transporte An-32 de la fuerza aérea india (IAF) cuyo contrato esta valuado en un monto superior a los 400 millones de dólares y con Irak para el montaje de 6 aviones An-32 por un total de 89 millones de dólares.

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BRASIL MODERNIZA SUS HELICOPTEROS PANTHER Y RECIBE LOS PRIMEROS MI-35
El contrato fue firmado el 24 de diciembre y alargará la vida útil del modelo por 25 años mas.
Los trabajos consistirán en la instalación de nuevos motoresTurbomeca Arriel, que supondrán un incremento de potencia del 15%; nueva radio digital y cockpit completo de pantallas líquidas. Se modernizarán 4 cada año, hasta 2021. Los Panther fueron comprados en 1988 y equipan el Escuadrón número 1 de la Aviación del Ejercito(1º BAvEx) en Taubaté,Sao Paulo.
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SUIZA APLAZA DEFININITIVAMENTE LA COMPRA DE UN NUEVO CAZA
El consejo federal Suizo, desea sanear las maltrechas arcas de las Fuerzas Armadas. Esto contradice el anuncio gubernamental de Octubre de 2009, reafirmando la decisión de comprar un avión para sustituir parcialmente a sus 54 Northrop F-5E/F Tiger II
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