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Canada Cleared for Upgrade of 36 Boeing CF-18 Fighters
30-06-2020

Canada Cleared for Upgrade of 36 Boeing CF-18
Fighters
2020 - 06 - 19 - www.ainonline.com

A potential Foreign Military Sales deal to   arrived in Canada in February 2019 for
Canada of an upgrade package for 36          modification to Canadian specifications.
Boeing CF-18 fighters has been               Under the DND’s C$360 million ($265
approved by the U.S. State Department.       million) plan the former Australian aircraft
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) is       are scheduled to achieve full operational
due to induct a new fighter type between     capability in December 2022.
2025 and 2035, and its current Hornet
fleet has been deemed unable to              As a second step, the DND is to
adequately meet Canada’s NATO and            implement the Hornet Extension Project
NORAD commitments until then without         Phase 2 to equip two squadrons’ worth of
significant investment.                      upgraded CF-18s. These aircraft are
                                             being modified with “upgrades to
As a first step, the Canadian Department     sensors, weapons, survivability, security
of National Defence (DND) acquired 18        and mission support” to “improve combat
low-houred F/A-18A/Bs (and seven non-        capability,” according to the DND HEP 2
flying aircraft for spares) from the Royal   document. HEP 2—now cleared by the
Australian Air Force. The first of them      U.S. and estimated at $863.2 million...
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Canada Cleared for Upgrade of 36 Boeing CF-18 Fighters
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Canada Cleared for Upgrade of 36 Boeing CF-18 Fighters
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Canada Cleared for Upgrade of 36 Boeing CF-18 Fighters
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Canada Cleared for Upgrade of 36 Boeing CF-18 Fighters
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Canada Cleared for Upgrade of 36 Boeing CF-18 Fighters
ACTUALITES

    British Government Says                    First Saudi F-15SR
    It Might Pass On $27M                      conversion flies
    Upgrade For Some Of Its                    2020 - 06 - 30 -
    F-35s                                      www.arabianaerospace.aero
    2020 - 06 - 24 -
    www.thedrive.com

    The U.K. government has disclosed          Alsalam Aerospace Industries (AAI)
    for what appears to be the first time      has completed the first in-country
    that it is not necessarily committed to    conversion of an F-15S (Saudi)
    eventually upgrading all 48 of the F-      aircraft to F-15SA (Saudi advanced)
    35B Joint Strike Fighters that it plans    standard, writes Jon Lake. The F-
    to buy with the still-in-development       15SA is a derivative of the two-seat F-
    and increasingly costly Block 4            15E Strike Eagle multi-role fighter, and
    package. Jets without the updates          is the most advanced variant of the
    would be left with more limited            Eagle in service.
    capabilities. This also raises questions
    about how existing and future F-35         The aircraft is equipped with a
    operators might approach the same          Raytheon        AN/APG-63(V)3       active
    question.                                  electronically scanned array (AESA)
                                               radar, a BAE Systems digital
    Jeremy Quin, the U.K. Minister for         electronic warfare system/common
    Defense Procurement and member of          missile           warning          system
    the country’s Conservative Party,          (DEWS/CMWS), and other advanced
    offered this note about upgrading the      avionics systems. The first locally
    F-35Bs in response to a question from      converted Boeing F-15SR performed
    Kevan Jones, a member of parliament        its initial functional check flight (FCF)
    from the opposition Labor Party, on        from Riyadh International Airport on
    June 23, 2020. Jane’s Gareth               January 15 2020. The F-15SR
    Jennings noted the exchange in             designation is applied to F-15S Strike
    Hansard, the official record of the        Eagle aircraft converted to the latest
    proceedings of both the House of           F-15SA standards. Saudi Arabia has
    Commons and the House of Lords, on         purchased 84 new-build F-15SAs, and
    Twitter. ones asked “whether the F-        at least 68 of these have now been
    35...                                      delivered to the Royal...
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AVIONS

    Atos secures onboard connectivity for
    Dassault Aviation’s Rafale “F4 standard”
    aircrafts
    2020 - 06 - 30 - atos.net
    Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, announces a new
    contract with Dassault Aviation to support the integration of the
    Rafale aircraft into the European Future Combat Air System
    (SCAF, Système de Combat Aérien du Futur) program. Named
    “F4 standard”, this new version of the Rafale will provide
    collaborative combat capabilities…
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    KAI awarded contract for 20 TA-50 Block 2
    training/light attack aircraft
    2020 - 06 - 30 - www.airrecognition.com
    South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration
    (DAPA) said it had awarded Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI)
    contract for 20 TA-50 Block 2 aircraft. The deal, concluded with
    Seoul’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration, is worth
    around KRW688 billion ($573 million). The deal also covers
    support for the aircraft, which are to be delivered by 2024…
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    Lockheed to provide radar                           processor
    retrofits for Advanced Hawkeye
    2020 - 06 - 30 - www.shephardmedia.com
    US Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a
    firm-fixed-price order worth $22.43 million, to procure 12 retrofit
    advanced radar processor systems for Northrop Grumman E-2D
    Advanced Hawkeye AEW&C aircraft…
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    Boeing to upgrade F/A-18 Block II Super
    Hornet - Growler with Advanced Cockpit
    Systems Block III
    2020 - 06 - 27 - www.navyrecognition.com
    According to a contract released by U.S. DoD on June 25, 2020,
    the Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $16,543,143
    firm-fixed-price order against previously-issued basic ordering
    agreement N00019-16-G-0001. This order procures retrofit
    modification upgrades to the series aircrafts’ F/A-18 Block II Super
    Hornet and Growler…
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Airbus signs contract for integration of 115
    new Eurofighter ESCAN radars
    2020 - 06 - 26 - www.airbus.com

    Airbus has been awarded a contract for the development, supply
    and integration of 115 Eurofighter ESCAN Radars for the German
    and Spanish Eurofighter fleet. It marks the so far largest order for
    the world’s most modern electronically scanned array radar,
    Captor-E. The contract signature followed the approval by both
    governments in recent weeks…
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    Boeing and Hamamatsu to upgrade Japan
    Airborne Warning and Control System
    AWACS aircraft
    2020 - 06 - 26 - www.airrecognition.com
    According to contract published by the U.S. DoD on June 23,
    2020, The Boeing Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; San Antonio,
    Texas; and Hamamatsu, Japan, has been awarded an $8,471,689
    firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee
    modification to contract FA8730-18-C-0001 for the Japan…
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    Finland rules out Hornet life extension
    2020 - 06 - 26 - www.janes.com
    A report by the Finnish Air Force released on 25 June has ruled
    out the possibility of extending the service life of the country’s fleet
    of Boeing F/A-18C/D Hornet fighter aircraft. A statement released
    on the Finnish Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) HX Programme blog
    said that an extension would cause unreasonable risks to Finland’s
    defence capabilities and significant negative cost effects…
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    Malaysia : CN235 SLEP Program
    2020 - 06 - 26 - defense-studies.blogspot.com
    Following the signing of a contract between the Royal Malaysian
    Air Force (RMAF) and the Indonesian Aerospace (IAe) during the
    Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace (LIMA) 2017 show,
    all seven remaining CN-235-220M tactical transport aircraft and
    CN-235-100M VIP transport aircraft will undergo Service Life
    Extension Program (SLEP) that will extend the lifespan…
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Northrop Grumman to upgrade RF and
    microwave components in F-16 APG-83
    AESA radar in $18.7 million deal
    2020 - 06 - 19 - www.militaryaerospace.com
    U.S. Air Force aerial warfare experts will upgrade RF and
    microwave hardware and software on modern active electronically
    scanned array (AESA) radar for F-16 jet fighter aircraft. Officials of
    the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright Patterson
    Air Force Base, Ohio, announced an $18.7 million…
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    Germany Looks At Buying New Maritime
    Patrol Aircraft
    2020 - 06 - 16 - www.defense-aerospace.com
    Germany’s Defence Ministry has stopped refurbishing the military’s
    maritime patrol aircraft in favour of conducting a market study of
    possible replacements, a confidential ministry document reviewed
    by Reuters showed. Prepared for the parliamentary defence
    committee, the document showed the ministry had decided to stop
    the upgrading of existing Bundeswehr (armed forces) patrol…
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    Israelis To Boost F-35 Fleet’s Electronic
    Warfare
    2020 - 06 - 15 - breakingdefense.com
    The Israeli air force’s F-35 special test aircraft is set to arrive in
    Israel, suitably enough, on the Fourth of July, along with three
    more Joint Strike Fighters. The arrival will start a planned process
    of upgrading the IAF’s F-35 aimed at making them the main target
    supplier for the Israeli defense forces…
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    Kongsberg Awarded Contracts Worth 800
    Million NOK in Total for Composite
    Components for F-35 Program
    2020 - 06 - 30 - www.defense-aerospace.com
    Northrop Grumman Corporation has awarded Kongsberg Defence
    & Aerospace AS a contract worth 800 MNOK, where 426 Million
    NOK has been incrementally ordered in previous quarters. The
    agreement covers production Lots 12-14 for supply of composite
    fuselage panels and hatches for all variants of the F-35 Joint Strike
    Fighter…
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Boeing,   Kongsberg    Partnership                           For
     Norway’s Future P-8A MPAs Support
     2020 - 06 - 29 - www.navyrecognition.com

     On June 18 2020, Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace AS and
     Boeing signed an agreement for P-8 maritime patrol aircraft
     maintenance and support, with the opportunity to create new jobs
     in Norway and to develop the local industry…
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     Saab Receives Order for Gripen Support
     and Maintenance Operations
     2020 - 06 - 25 - saabgroup.com
     Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel
     Administration (FMV) on behalf of the Swedish Armed Forces to
     provide support and maintenance services for Gripen from 1 July
     2020 to 31 March 2021. The total order value amounts to MSEK
     687. The order is a nine month extension of a contract signed with
     FMV late May 2017…
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     The F-35 Lightning II can’t fly in lightning
     once again
     2020 - 06 - 25 - www.defensenews.com
     The most widely used variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is
     currently unable to fly in thunderstorms after the discovery of
     damage to one of the systems it uses to protect itself from
     lightning, its prime contractor Lockheed Martin said Wednesday.
     To safely fly in conditions where lightning is present, the F-35
     relies on its Onboard Inert Gas Generation System, or OBIGGS,
     which pumps nitrogen-enriched...
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     US Air Force succeeding with fixed-wing
     aircraft depot maintenance timeliness
     2020 - 06 - 25 - www.janes.com
     The USAF has completed fixed-wing aircraft depot maintenance
     on time or earlier an average of 82% of the time over the last five
     fiscal years, according to a congressional watchdog. The US
     Government Accountability Office (GAO), in a 23 June report, said
     that the annual average percentages for on-time or early-
     completion maintenance ranged from 78-90%...
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Elbit Systems awarded contract to operate,
     maintain and service T-6 trainer fleet of
     Israeli Air Force
     2020 - 06 - 22 - elbitsystems.com/
     Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded a contract
     valued at approximately $38 million from the Israeli Ministry of
     Defense to provide operation, maintenance and logistic services
     for the Textron T-6 trainer aircraft fleet of the Israeli Air Force. This
     contract award follows a decade during which…
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     Portugal : OGMA obtient un contrat de 1,4
     millions d’euros pour le MCO d’avion P-3
     Orion
     2020 - 06 - 21 - www.infodefensa.com

     La compañía portuguesa OGMA se ha adjudicado un contrato de
     1,4 millones de euros -impuestos incluidos- para la revisión
     general de uno de los aviones de vigilancia y patrulla marítima P.3
     Orión en servicio en el Ejército del Aire español. El expediente, en
     concreto, recoge el mantenimiento…
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                 HELICOPTERES

     Belgium Faults Manufacturer Support of
     NH90 Helicopter
     2020 - 06 - 30 - www.defense-aerospace.com
     Belgium’s recently-announced 40% cut in NH90 helicopter flight
     hours is not due to the excessive cost of the Airbus A400M, Airbus
     A330 MRTT or Lockheed F-35 aircraft coming online, but to
     Belgian Air Force staffing shortfalls made worse by deficient
     support by its manufacturer, according to the chief of the Belgian…
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     Chili : la Marine prévoit la réparation des
     moteurs Rolls-Royce de Bell 206 et BO-105
     2020 - 06 - 29 - www.infodefensa.com
     La Dirección General del Territorio Marítimo y de Marina Mercante
     (Directemar) de la Armada de Chile abrió dos licitaciones para
     efectuar el overhaul y reparación de secciones de compresor y
     turbina de motores Rolls-Royce (Allison) M250-C20B para
     helicópteros Bell 206B Jet Ranger III y Airbus BO-105 CLS y un
     conjunto de transmisión por un total de 826.000 dólares…
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Safran to support Dutch Cougar helicopter
     engines
     2020 - 06 - 29 - www.safran-group.com

     Safran Helicopter Engines has signed a multi-year contract with
     the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) to support its Makila-
     powered AS532U2 Cougar Mk.II helicopter fleet. Following a
     public tender, the contract formalizes a MRO agreement to support
     over 40 Makila 1A2 engines until their end-of-life…
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     Safran to support German and Norwegian
     NH90 engines
     2020 - 06 - 25 - www.safran-helicopter-engines.com
     Safran Helicopter Engines has signed a support contract with the
     NATO Helicopter Management Agency (NAHEMA), to support 276
     NH90 engines owned by BAAINBw in Germany and the
     Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA)…
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     UK : Inzpire’s GECO MSS to continue
     supporting Joint Helicopter Command’ s
     Puma Force
     2020 - 06 - 24 - www.adsadvance.co.uk
     The initial contract started in 2015 after the Invitation to Tender
     sought a 10-year contract broken in to two five-year spells, with the
     latter being an optional extension which has now been accepted.
     Full operating capability on the system was declared in early 2017.
     This contract extension will see RAF Benson’s 33 and 230
     squadrons equipped with the system until 2025…
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     GE Aviation to provide Aircraft Health
     Awareness System for Bell 360 Invictus
     2020 - 06 - 18 - www.airrecognition.com
     GE Aviation was selected by Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc.
     company, to provide the Aircraft Health Awareness System as part
     of Team Invictus for the Bell 360 Invictus competitive prototype, a
     part of the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft
     (FARA) program. The health awareness system integrates
     decades of GE’s proven health management technologies…
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