On February 16 2017 Belgium, Germany and Norway’s defense ministers all signed a declaration of intent to be a part of the European multinational fleet of Airbus tankers. The decision was made to be able to full their aircrafts during longer missions more effectively without landing.

The European fleet was established by Netherlands and Luxemburg to help European fleets be able to extend their flights and not having to land. The idea was launched by the both countries in July of the year 2016 and was used first used for a pair of Airbus A330 Multi Role tanker transporter aircraft that has been proposed to be delivered in the year 2020. Read more >>

On February 14th, Bell Helicopter opened its first training center in outside the United States in Spain. This is a huge lead forward for the customer service and support provider.

The training will begin with a level D simulator manufactured by TRY Simulation + Training and configured as a Bell 429. Some of the new designs of the Odyssey H device include “A curved, continuous screen/display with 11 projectors creating a 240-degree-horizontal by 80-degree-vertical field of view. To produce vibration within cockpit and to make it more realistic, it also has secondary motion base system. An iPad can serve as the instructor station, and the simulator is designed to swap out the cockpit module with a different helicopter type.” Read more >>

Fort Worth, Texas was the hot spot on July 26, 2016. The famous Lockheed Martin partnered up with the aerospace industry of Korea for the analysis of T-50 A, which is the aircraft located in South Korea. Originally these two Industries rose together to complete the T-50A aircraft. Back in the beginning of June, this year, Lockheed Martin finished launching the leading test of the original T-50A.  Lockheed is an enormous worldwide company stationed in Maryland. Lockheed Martin has about 125,000 employees around the world working together to make Lockheed on of the leading aerospace and global security company. Excitingly, the T-50 A is now ready for take-off. There are slim to zero dangers with 100,000 hours of departure already. There are more than one T-50’s already flying coming to about one hundred in the air at necessary times. The great thing about the T-50 is that currently there are over than one thousand navigators qualified in navigating these aircrafts. The T-50A specializes in progressive pilot training. The US air force is on its way in receiving a top production line of aircrafts ready to be trained on. Read more >>

HAI Heli-Expo 2016, the annual convention runs from March 1st to 3rd in Louisville Kentucky, is the world’s largest trade show that is exclusively dedicated to the international helicopter community. Luminaries from all major companies in the helicopter industry will be present to debut the latest and greatest in avionics. Among those in attendance will be the industry giant Garmin. Founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Min H. Kao, the company specializes in innovative GPS (Global Positioning System) technology that has wide-spread applications in aviation, marine, fitness, outdoor recreation, tracking and even mobile apps. Read more >>

Today Bombardier, one of the world’s leading aerospace firms has announced that they are preparing to introduce the world’s first turboprop commercial aircraft that can boast a 90 passenger capacity. Fred Cromer, President, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft states that a huge part of the evolution of the Bombardier’s Q400 aircraft program is their commitment to increasing capacity for their regional routes to first and foremost address the ever-growing demands of passenger capacity requirements and secondly to increase profitability based on a model of efficiency. Read more >>