Notícias (Forças Aéreas/Sistemas de Armas)

Ukraine has approved production of the Antonov An-70 transport aircraft and will introduce it into service with its armed forces, the company announced on 22 January.

The decision to adopt the An-70 was taken by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) following a test programme that was concluded in June 2014. Serial production will now begin, although the company did not specify numbers or timelines.

The An-70 is a four-engined propfan that has been jointly developed by Ukraine and Russia. With a cargo hold measuring 22.4 m in length, 4.80 m in width, and 4.40 m in height, the airlifter has a hold volume of 425 m cubed. This, combined with a range of 6,598 km (with a 20,000 kg payload) and a maximum payload of 47,000 kg, place the An-70 in the same category of airlifter as the A400M Atlas from Airbus Defence and Space.

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The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed an order to induct the AN-70 medium military freighter aircraft into service.

The decision is reportedly based on results obtained from joint state tests of the AN-70 and allows Antonov to start serial production of the aircraft and develop different modifications.

Powered by four Ivchenko Progress D-27 three-shaft propfan engines, the AN-70 is a short take-off and landing aircraft, and can be used for aerial delivery, air transportation of troops and tangible assets, as well as the provision of manoeuvres and troop activity.

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The Colombian government has received an offer to acquire Dassault Aviation Mirage 2000-5F multirole aircraft from the country’s air force, the Armée de l'Air.

The offer, revealed by industry sources, includes a total of eighteen units for an approximate cost of $ 500 million. Of this, $350 million are for the cost of the eighteen surplus aircraft, and the remaining $150 million is the cost of their initial logistics package.

These aircraft are in perfect operating conditions, according to the source, and would be delivered with the systems (electronic warfare (EW) in particular) requested by Colombia.

The offer comes just a month after in-flight tests that pilots of the Colombian Air Force (FAC) carried out in France aboard the Mirage 2000-5F, which were revealed by InfoDefensa.com.

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France announced Thursday it will sell 24 Rafale fighters plus a frigate to Egypt in a 5.2 billion euro ($5.9 billion) deal that marks the first foreign contract for the multi-role combat jet.

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will travel to Cairo on Monday to sign the contact with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a ministry source told AFP.

"The Rafale fighter jet has won its first export contract," French President Francois Hollande said in a statement issued by his office.

"The signing will take place in Cairo on February 16. I have asked the defence minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, to sign on behalf of France," he added.

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Argentina and China signed deal for 20 FC-1 fighter aircraft in order to increase aerial capabilities of the Argentina. The move, which further raised tensions in the South Atlantic last night, follows a three-day visit by President Kristina de Kirchner to Beijing last week, in which Argentina secured 15 economic agreements and significant financial investment to bolster its failing economy.
        
Argentina and China signed deal for 20 FC-1 fighter aircraft in order to increase aerial capabilities of the Argentina. The move, which further raised tensions in the South Atlantic last night, follows a three-day visit by President Kristina de Kirchner to Beijing last week, in which Argentina secured 15 economic agreements and significant financial investment to bolster its failing economy. China's FC-1 Xiaolong multi-role fighter aircraft
        
It comes after a decision by Buenos Aires to abandon talks with Vladimir Putin to secure 12 Sukhoi Su-24 'Fencer" bombers.
Last night sources told the Sunday Express that the deal with Russia, revealed by the Sunday Express in September, had stalled after a series of delays and concerns over post-sale maintenance.

However, that failure will see Argentina now take delivery of 20 of the Chinese-made fighter jets.

In a "working group" formed by the two countries, Beijing agreed to supply around 20 FC-1 fighter jets produced by the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation.

The CAC FC-1 Xiaolong (Fierce Dragon), or PAC JF-17 Thunder, is a light-weight, single-engine, multi-role combat aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan Air Force, the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and the Chengdu Aircraft Industries Corporation (CAC) of China. Its designation "JF-17 Thunder" by Pakistan is short for "Joint Fighter-17", while the designation "FC-1 Xiaolong" by China means "Fighter China-1 Fierce Dragon".

The FC-1 can be armed with up to 3,629 kg (8,000 lb) of air-to-air and air-to-ground weaponry, as well as other equipment, mounted externally on the aircraft's seven hardpoints. The under-fuselage and inboard under-wing hardpoints are plumbed, enabling them to carry droptanks of various sizes for extra fuel. The single-seat, single-engine, fighter has a top speed of Mach 1.8 at altitude of 55,000 ft and combat range of 840 miles, allowing it to comfortably fly to Port Stanley and back from the Tierra del Fuego air base in southern Argentina.

Last night sources told the Sunday Express that the deal with Russia, revealed by the Sunday Express in September, had stalled after a series of delays

Festa - Em janeiro deste ano, o primeiro voo de um Mirage argentino completou seu 42º aniversário.

Das 42 aeronaves modelos III e VF alocadas, nas últimas décadas, às diferentes unidades aéreas do país, menos de dez podem ainda (sob certas condições) atender um acionamento de emergência.

Vinte e um meses atrás, durante a festa do Bicentenário da Revolução de Maio de 1813, o Grupo Aéreo nº 6 conseguiu que quatro de seus Mirages decolassem do Aeroporto Internacional de Ezeiza e sobrevoassem a região central de Buenos Aires. Seus pilotos pensaram que o voo em formação pudesse ser considerado como o da despedida em público, mas não foi assim.

No fim de 2013, a implantação, pelo governo Cristina Kirchner, de um plano especial de patrulhamento no noroeste da Argentina – para o combate ao narcotráfico e a outras formas de contrabando por meio de rotas terrestres e de voos ilegais –, forçou a FAA a disponibilizar alguns caças para as interceptações que se fizessem necessárias. Atualmente, entre dois e três Mirages da VI Brigada Aérea são mantidos permanentemente (ou quase permanentemente) em prontidão, para intervir na chamada Operação Escudo Norte.

Dos aviones indonesios de entrenamiento han colisionado en el aire en Malasia durante la preparación de la exposición internacional de la industria aeroespacial y naval LIMA-2015, que se inaugura en Malasia dentro de unos días, informa TASS.

Surinam Air Force has helicopters again.
Three helicopters ordered in 2009 and received in January 2015 per 13 million dollars.